spin king junior

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

-

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...

I'd argue at this point Berwick need to do what's best for them. You've got Hodder who let's be honest, there was plenty of times where he could've been dropped, but Berwick stayed loyal and kept him in the side, and for what? For him to jump ship to Glasgow the following year. And again, offered Ablitt a place and he's shot them down because it's too far to travel. I don't think Dayle is the best signing. But at the same loyalty goes a long way. If he can score above a two point average and show some commitment to the cause then it's a much better move for them than to have a rider to leave after a year.

Schleih confirmed as out Berwick finish with Dayle wood, Sam Hagon and Peter Kildemand

I prefer my 1-7 personally..... 😉

Well it was only a guess trying to put a team together based on these random flags they've thrown out there. I don't actually expect that to be the side.