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Certainly gave me the fix I needed! Some decent racing here and there, also seemed a lot better than last years invitational and ran a lot smoother. Must say I was particularly impressed with Max Ruml, even more so when I found out he was only 16! Definitely one to watch for the future.

And much like Marmite, I bloody hate him. The bloke really just doesn't know when to shut his gob. He was at it when the Bandits were at Somerset as well!

Has there been any official word on whether Tully isn't riding? Seems more like speculation to me.

I'd have only had Wilson back last season really to get him a true average. It'd be a complete waste of averages and time to bring Wilson back, he's not going to improve much now and is gonna take a while to get back into the sport. At the end of the day, we could do so much better than then bringing back Wilson... If we can finish off with North, Bjerre, Koppe and Albin then i think we'd be more than solid enough around Owlerton and would be near the play offs this season.

Definitely wouldn't want Crashercole at Sheffield. Dirty rider and doubt there'll be much improvement in him.

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Was Berge really that impressive round Berwick to warrant a team place?

1. Stead 2. Skidmore 3.Roynon 4.Compton 5. Lawson 6. Albin 7. Greenwood/Koppe Would be a solid enough side for me. I think we just need a really good side around Owlerton, and i think that'd be one team that wouldn't be beat at home all season. But as others have said, we really need Facu to step up a bit. Absolutely looks the part and pulled off some crazy passes last season, but really does need to get some decent machinery so he can really show what he can do.

Berwick speedway- Pay to come in, but don't you dare have an opinion!

Brave or stupid? I'd say the latter at this point!!

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You'll probably be right in about 5 minutes. Raining very heavily with no signs of stopping. Will take a minor miracle for this one to be on!

Well that's your opinion. But in the real world we have a 5 point foreigner who looks like he's finally finding his feet. If people think we're really going to drop a better rider down to nationality, then they're incredibly deluded. Personally, I think Knight isn't ready for Premier league yet and needs to take a step back before he can start moving his career forward. He's shown promise, but we haven't got time to give him time to give him more meetings where he's under performing.

So we should drop Koppe who's performed better than Knight and after he's just scored 11 round Sheffield? Get real.

Credit where due to the promotion. I think most of us had thought they'd gone mad with that revised line up, but without a doubt it worked! Haines and Koppe look like they've finally found their confidence and are finally showing some true form. It's such a relief to see the team bouncing back after the recent awful form, and with the points change after the Somerset away meeting, we could be be set to have a really strong team if we can bring in the like of Roynon or Compton to replace Knight.

Lovely, looks like the promotion have now got it out for our fans! Threatening to sue fans for posting their opinions, no matter what they be, is just down right pathetic. Although that being said, I'd like to see them try. My other club Sheffield Wednesday tried to do this years ago over some posts on a Wednesday fans forum. All they got was a ton of bad publicity and thrown out of court. Although I think it's just a scare mongering tactic. There's a good reason why they've only put the article in the speedway star and not in the local paper or website. The public backlash alone wouldn't be worth the sake of forcing a few fans to stop sharing their opinions...

I've got for sale the race jacket used by Nicki Pedersen in the Sean Wilson Testimonial. Open to offers but reluctant to sell. So I'm just putting it out there to see how much I can get for it. If anyone's interested then send me a pm.

Leicester fans must feel right at home!

Surprised we haven't had a thread set up for this. Should be an interesting meeting, quiet embarrassing we've got more than half our regular premier league team & could still have a close meeting! Sheffield line up- joe Haines, Jordan Tyrer, Jake Knight, Damien Koppe, Facu Albin, Matt Williamson and Hayden Sims

The place looked awful when sheffield were there. Low crowd, terrible racing and came close to dropping points against a Sheffield side which shouldn't be any trouble on the road. This just turns it around IMO and makes Berwick look like a complete package. If they can get everyone riding to their true form, then I very much doubt they'll be dropping any points around Shiefield that's for sure! After all the trouble in the winter and the recent struggles, I really hope this is the turning point for the bandits.

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For what we was up against, I thought the riders showed a lot of promise- Stead- Looked like his usual self after mechanical gremlins. Didn't exactly gate most of the time, but was brilliant to watch and provided some entertainment. Albin- Leicester shouldn't worry about him visiting on Saturday, Facu can't gate to save his life! But by god was he entertaining. He'll do an awesome job for us around Sheffield. One of the riders I completely wrote off at the start of the season and thought he was going to be a complete dud. But he showed tonight he's a complete racer and definitely isn't afraid to make some risky manoeuvres! Haines- Looked very slow and off the pace. Didn't make a single gate, which is worrying considering that's Haines' strong point! But if he's going to have an off night, then this was the meeting to have it. Hall- Apart from being hit by mechanical gremlins, Richard looked really good tonight. Kept up with the competition & was pretty much his usual self around Owlerton. Just needs to sort his bloody bikes out! Wells- He looked rather average tonight but still looked half decent. There's not a lot to say really as it was your typical Wells performance of gate and go. Koppe- Flipped his bike on his first race around Owlerton, so he didn't exactly have the greatest of starts. But in his next races he looked good and was well on pace with the other riders. Given a couple of meetings, I think Damien will come good. Knight- To expect him to get anything from this meeting in particular would be madness. He was well off the pace of the competition, which was fully expected for who he was coming up against. To judge his performance would be incredibly unfair. I think you always have to keep in mind what team we're coming up against. Yeah we took an absolute battering, but there was a lot of promise shown despite what the scores show. After tonight I'm feeling at tad more optimistic of how we could fair this season, we won't be play off contenders, but I can definitely see that team finishing mid table.

Does anyone know if we're lining up as they announced last night? I know there's a possibility of Koppe & albin swapping, but didnt hear anything about the others. For anyone who wasn't there the line up was announced as- 1. Stead 2. Albin 3. Haines 4. Hall 5. Wells 6. Koppe 7. Knight