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Edinburgh? Really.

Doubling up IMO was largely driven by then Elite League teams blasting the Sky Sports TV money in the 2000's on very decent overseas riders they could never otherwise have afforded. British riders were largely never given opportunities to ride at that level like they had been before. By the time the tv cash had dried up for good at the end of that decade, doubling up had started to take hold, by neccesity. No money was invested in the future of speedway, it was all blasted on trying to achieve instant success with most EL clubs having nothing to show for it.

In Britain perhaps but the decent riders will ride abroad and avoid here leaving the UK based riders who dont/wont/not good enough to ride overseas to make up the league.

Always the way!

He struggled at No2 in the main body but was a decent reserve last year. I think if he got more than one season at the same club he would improve.

He got better as the meeting went on. Some really good racing tonight and not a spec of dust despite the heat.

What a novelty that is!

Not much of a partner to be paired with, shhit like that breeds resentment. I'd shut off behind him when he did it to prove a point.

Not for the team mate behind him who ends up with an overinflated average as a result. Ironic that engineering his average to stay in employment could be at the expense of someone else being out of employment.

Definitely, Kyle and Leon avoided the dirt and stuck to the inside line to no avail whilst Poole adapted quickly. There was an inevitability about the meeting after the ht11 break. We are not as good as we think.

Well done to Poole, they adapted quickest to track conditions and had the experience further down the order to keep it going. I suspect the Glasgow riders wouldn't have asked for a track like that but that shouldn't take it away from Poole. Barker for Boughen was an upgrade, Leon returned to type and we struggled all evening for heat advantages when the top 4 except Harris didnt gate.

They already have, despite the best Spring weather for many years. Shortening the Championship season from April to August would push the same number of meetings into a shorter timescale and give the impression of a busier calendar, and more regular fixtures for fans. Once you get to September the weather is a lottery.

From memory last year GLA during the season had 2 three week breaks and only rode four home meetings in June and July. There are enough dates but perhaps not the will to push the Friday clubs to alternate days. If riders got more meetings in the Championship they may not need to seek racing abroad which is often where the rider availability problems come from IMO. I accept having fewer meetings lowers the cumulative losses of some clubs but with reports of tiny crowds at some recent meetings perhaps the losses at certain tracks could now be higher than if they ran 2H/2A. After three seasons of more blank weeks than fixtures the customers have spoken and probably lost interest and/or found something else to do. They will only take so much of being taken for granted.

Thats the bit no one in authority seems to grasp but will act surprised when clubs go to the wall or switch to NDL only. I suspect if the Championship went down to 5 or 6 teams they'd still cling to 1H/1A whatever the cost.

If speedway was transparent we would know.