mikebv

Won't be living over here, and it could be argued that he will be taking the place a UK rider could do... And isn't "internationally established" yet... Not sure too many U21 overseas riders would match that criteria either.. "Hello Government, to keep Poland happy, we need to have two U21 riders per team in our league, so we need to bring over up to six foreign riders".. "Why? Have you not got more than six U21 riders without jobs.?"... "Yes".. "Well use them then!!"...

Officlal list is announced on Friday... There will be some riders on there of a very "basic" level....

A typical UK Speedway decision.... "Let's ignore our own existing regs and just make something up"... "(Again)"....

Good call....

"Broadsword to Agents Doyle, Bewley and Cairns"... "The geese are flying backwards over Helsinki"... "I Repeat. The geese are flying backwards over Helsinki"... Repeat.

They should just get a room...

I wasn't convinced at first.... But by the third time ....😁

Sheffield were favourites... Then Leicester .. Then Belle Vue .. And bookies don't often get it wrong, with Belle Vue's lack of middle order strength being mentioned on here by fans of other teams as the reason they would "struggle" .. And Ipswich, even it they had kept Doyle, would still have had a huge Emil sized hole in their team to fill... With no one of that level wanting to ride over here to fill it, so they would still have had a big challenge on their hands to retain their title..

Plenty of "throttle jockey's" now in their team....

How is it "fairer"?... Northampton and KL won't have a big hitting No1, due to no one of that level wanting to ride over here. Ipswich will have two, like the Aces did last year . Is that "fair?".. And last season Ipswich, regardless of the takeover, basically only missed out on Jason Doyle as, same again, no other top level riders wanted to come over... Meaning they couldn't have signed anyone anyway... And they still ended up with two of the top eight riders in the averages, so, didn't do too bad... The only "fair system" is to distribute the top level riders to one per team, as currently, the teams with two have a big advantage in heats 13 and 15, (as the Aces showed often last season)... Kurtz, Doyle, Bewley, J Holder, Fricke and Douglas should all be the No1's if you want "fairness"... And it would mean a much more competitive sport..

With weaker rising stars, and also looking like weaker No 6's, and also no sign of any new top level riders coming over, this year has to be weaker than last surely?..

Not true... In fact quite the opposite .. The Aces are one of those teams who seem to not increase their crowds massively when winning, nor lose large amounts of their fanbase when losing.... They have had some truly crap teams down the recent years yet 1200/1300 still attend most weeks...

Just as long as the crowd isn't too noisy... And the race times can be heard after every race... And I can stand in my usual place without anyone being in front of me...

I hope they do... As if Brady gets injured the Aces will be using them both to take turns and guest!!!

Ipswich have won ONE title in 30 odd years ... "Your biggest threat???"....