mikebv

They will be... On Dan T's vlog it was mentioned that most riders get a 3 points guarantee, with some going for no guarantee but higher pounds per point ..

If you were starting a completely new team sport on Monday next week, you certainly wouldnt have copied the UK Speedway operating model to use would you?.. Certainly not if you wanted to make a success of your venture...

Won't bring any major sponsors money in though by advertising that.. Nor major TV companies... What you could get away with in 1976, you can't in a 2026, 24/7 instant digital media world.. And all team sports get injuries with many of them eg Ice Hockey and American Football being "dangerous" (even Cricket have had deaths from players getting struck, as sadly has Football recently), and none of them use it as an excuse to not only borrow from opponents, but even sometimes improve their team by doing so.. Edit. And whilst saying "We need to share each others riders due to how dangerous the sport is", might get some interest, "We need to share each others riders due to p*ss poor fixture planning" might not scan so well... More than half of all guests used last season were, (once again), used not to replace injured riders..

Isn't it a set £70 a point for the RS's...? (I know, reality might be different...) You could actually argue that the lower the quality, the more it will cost the clubs as more expensive riders beat them.. Looking at the six listed, and the No6's so far signed, many of the RS's will only score the majority of their points against each other I would think..

It wouldn't be any surprise if Dan got "an offer he couldn't refuse" from Ipswich, which was so good it changed his mind about riding over here.. With the added bonus of riding at a GP track, (which will be brand new to many of his challengers for the World Title)... Basically. "A Self employed person decides to take up a good offer of a contract", and nothing more than that.. Poland offer up two year contracts knowing what the landscape will be two years in advance, and know that, regardless of success, they won't be penalised team building wise.. The UK don't know from one season to the next what the landscape will look like, and, regardless of zero success, you can stilll be penalised team building wise.. Don't hate the player, hate the game...

And how much more successful it could be if those who follow the sport closely, but rarely attend, (but often turn up at play off time), all attended more regularly... It's a real conundrum... Those who run the sport, seem to do their level best to alienate their own fan base by the way they run it, yet, there isn't any Speedway without their money that they, year in, year out, throw at it... If only someone could work that conundrum, so much could get fixed..

It's standard frozen processed sh*te... Never understood why people eat at these events given, unless you have a decent independent food producer with their own van, it is fast food crap.. 100's of great local restaurants in so many locations where sporting events are held, yet people seem to think some, basically, microwaved dog food, served up by some 17 year old kid who started working there half an hour before it opened, is worth purchasing... And then complain it is not good!!!

Plenty more to add to what?.... If Ipswich run at their usual league title winning regularity then Paul will be not far off 90 when they win it again... 😁

But, like Smith, Wigg and Cox, (maybe others?), did in the past, why bother when a rider can just ride under another country's federation?..

You can only think that he would have just taken out another federation's licence and that maybe that would have had an impact on his SON eligibility...??? Dan Bewley in his statement upon signing for Ipswich said he initially wasnt going to ride over here, hence his comments about the initial ruling were very critical of it.. Obviously it wasnt fit for purpose... Unusual that, isn't it?...

Maybe a bit more of a comment on the sport... But the post and pre seasons on here are invariably far more entertaining than the seasons themselves...

You would think so.. However, the Aces signed Robert Lambert, legally according to the regs... Then all hell broke loose!!.. 😃 Did I just hear "Independent Governance" anyone?..😃

Hopefully that don't use each others riders to guest during the season, as it might dilute it a bit....😁 "In heat one we have the mouth watering prospect of watching Brady Kurtz versus Jason Doyle. Jason who top scored for the Aces, whilst guesting for Brady, in the Aces last meeting at Northampton"... 😵

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...