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Absolutely makes us weaker but I'd rather us make a change rather than running rr for most the season. Must Absolutely be slim pickings and a bit disappointing that we've gone way under limit which will get taken up by Rowe once he's on his real average. But it is what it is, should be fine round Owlerton but I reckon we'll suffer on the road.

Good luck to Stewart Dickson having the most awkward job in British Speedway.

Firstly, great team performance again- been fantastic to see Picko start as he finished last season, looks a rider full of confidence and really made Owlerton his track, Holders were their usual selves and both Anders and Leon are looking real coups. I do feel sorry for Danyon in some respect. He's been put in a really difficult position and we can't have massive expectations. But to me he just doesn't look comfortable round Owlerton and if he was to be dropped this early on it would be a harsh move. But equally we need to do what's right for the team. Again, no disrespect to KL or Birmingham, but bigger challenges will be coming and we do need to see some improvement. There aren't many riders that we could sign out there for what average we have unless we make a double change- He's got a few meetings for the Bandits between now and our next meeting- hopefully he can score well there, get his confidence up and show what he can do when we're up against Oxford.

They really are taking the p*** now. Once again, zero communication to the supporters and the paying public are kept in the dark until they've paid out of their pockets.

Can't say much more other than an excellent performance from the boys. Special mention has to go to Leon, I think it's fair to say that on his visits to Owlerton he's looked a bit under power and was often there for the taking. Not tonight, looked really quick and did an excellent job to hold off Musielak and to pass round Jeppesen. Early days, and no offence to Birmingham, but we will come up against bigger challenges this season. But a very encouraging start to the season.

Not that i think anyone's surprised in the slightest but once again the fans are left in the dark and treated like idiots. I understand with what happened with Rory and now Cook is completely beyond their control, but just bloody communicate with the fans.

I don't see how there's any doubt that we would be granted a facility. Plymouth started the season without Covatti when he got injured riding in Argentina, so why wouldn't we?

Of course we'll get a facility. Its a speedway related injury

Absolutely devastated for Tai. Really seemed keen to push on this season after a rough one last. A rider that really took to Owlerton like a duck to water and could rely on to give 100%. Can only wish woffy all the best in his recovery and hope it's as pain free as possible.

Updates are here for anyone looking to follow along this evening- https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/23035/birmingham-leicester-koc-2025-30pm

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Seems really odd they've persisted on with saying Cook will be representing the Bandits after everything that's been said over last 24 hour... Really poor from the club imo.

Rough being a Berwick fan- first Rory and now cookie. Have an almost impossible task of finding someone on a similar average to Cook now, and unfortunately their options are very few and far between. Think MPT would be an awful option for Berwick. Appreciate beggars can't be choosers, but Tofts form round Shielfield is about as bad as it can get.

I wouldn't say it's a fair comparison personally. There's a reason why Optus can offer more for less, they've got more people willing to pay an amount for a popular sport and will gain a lot more in sponsorship than BSN could ever wish to. Speedway is such a niche sport. You're not going to get anyone other than speedway fans willing to pay to watch a live stream and as a smaller venture BSN I'd doubt they'd have the pockets to operate at a loss. The fairest comparison in my eyes to speedway in the UK is ice hockey, although attedance wise ice hockey does tend to garner more interest in the top league, but much like speedway in this country it is a niche product- amongst every side in the EIHL they all offer live streams of their matches and you won't find a single team offering anything below £15 per match. So it lines up just about right imo and I think it's a fair price for what's on offer- ultimately if you bring down the cost by £2-3 it's not really enough to entice new customers. Bring it down by £5 and yes, I think you'd get a lot more viewers and people willing to buy in, but you'd also devalue the live expirence and would see a lot less people showing up for the meeting in person which actively needs to be avoided.

IronScorpion gonna be fuming...