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and then said why not go the whole hog and replace Lambert with Scott...

I believe to appease the traditional British fanbase, he has a tartan blanket keeping his knees warm under the table... (A non tasseled one though which is a bit 'controversial')..

I like playground stuff.. But I don't like playgrounds..

1. Lion Madsen 2. Antonio Lindor Back 3. Toffee Chrisp Harris 4. Freddie Lindtgren 5. Matej Starbar 6. Black Magic Janowski 7. Vaclav Milik Tray A team that would have been superbly led by Neil Quality Street as Team Manager I am sure..

Not so much "Thank u Buster"... More like "Thank u Debbs" for me... Yet another fantastic thread started for us all to enjoy..

It's nice, she has done it up really well... She has really made it her own... Put her own stamp on it, that kind of thing.. Hopefully as this thread develops I will be able to suggest to her some of the ideas put forward on here..

Just got back from the Trafford Centre,... Going to pick my lad up from pre season training in a few minutes... Going to Nike Outlet to get him a couple of pairs of new Football Boots Then drop my daughter off at her new flat.... Any suggestions on the new boots? He needs a firm ground pair and heavy ground ones for winter.. Most games are on 4G but some will be on grass, however Academy pitches at Prem League teams so very good standard of playing surface... Looking to spend around £90 a pair..

Speedway riders ride for our entertainment don't forget? Cannot criticise a Speedway rider... No matter how constructive or factual.. You know the rules...

And some people can also see that the person who directed and produced this 'epic' is also the director and producer of the sport in Britain as a whole... It's not looking too good overall is it? Watching it tonight was like watching a small, cute furry animal dodging fast flowing traffic across a busy eight lane motorway... There is an inevitable conclusion to what you are seeing, but you simply have to keep watching in the vain belief that all will miraculously turn out to be ok.. A new low for me tonight with regards to how the Sport is presented to a wider potential audience.. Its almost as if they have all but given up on the TV contract such is the garbage so regularly getting beamed into people's living rooms.. Kelvin, Nigel and Natalie must wonder how they can keep sounding enthusiastic when deep down they know it's nothing more than a pretence to be maintained. The pretence being that Speedway in the UK still has some level of credibility or relevance.. The racing tonight was appalling, the crowd level watching it was appalling, and the entertainment factor on view was even worse than the racing and the crowd level.. It came across as something just waiting to be put out of its misery.. Something so desperately needing to be grabbed by the scruff of its neck and violently shaken into action.. Passed the point of saving in the UK I would now suggest in its current guise.. Therefore. What is next?

Get in there you Aces....!!! Get in there..... A great night.... Seriously, who f@&£*#g cares who wins Speedway meetings in the UK anymore? A dreadful, dreadful nights entertainment which does the sport absolutely no favours.. Fair play to Nigel and Kelvin for at least trying to pretend Speedway in the UK actually has some relevance.

Maybe between BV and the NSS?

Give me an 'R'... Give me an 'I'... Give me a 'C' etc, etc etc..

Maybe all those sheep, cattle and pigs walking all over it will pack it down a bit? Bit concerned about what 'muck' will get put down though?

Maybe it's less risky than riding a tighter line around the kerb knowing that at any time you may end up being fired towards the fence..?

Is it a deliberate ploy to kill off this sport in the UK? Truly appalling advert for the sport going out to a wider TV audience... The place looking virtually empty.. The racing absolutely awful... Who cares who wins titles in such a dreadfully organised and presented sport? Cannot carry on like this surely?

Maybe he should let Tungate know......

This truly is rubbish isn't it?

Four of the fans shown just then looking like they could be under 30... Wow.. Speedway is saved... Or are they just there early for tomorrow's Farmers Market?

Same bikes ride the NSS with barely a crash in three years...

I remember going to Odsal many times and watching Gary Havelock clear off in Heat One on a very grippy track and win by around 70 to 80 yards.. The locals lapped it up... It was actually crap to watch what was tantamount to 'drag racing'... The NSS rides so much better when less grippy meaning all riders have confidence to ride closer to the others.. Tonight riders will be expecting the guy in front to rear up at anytime and potentially wipe them out.. Not conducive in letting them concentrate on passing the guy in front, which usually means spread out safety first racing.. Lets hope it slickens off quickly..

When Paul Sholes took a knock he too got described the same.. Gingerist...

About two hundred more than crashes so far....? Just heard they can't get access to the track on Monday and Thursday's in August so can't run a meeting at the height of summer.. Not the greatest of business plans when you run a summer sport on Mondays and Thursday's.. School holidays and no meetings... British Speedway...

Maybe even run a four riders per team per match league? Like the Danes used to do and the SWC runs.. £2500 max per team would need £12000 to pay all the riders on show and VAT.. £5k per match to run it ex rider costs, (is that about right?) And you'd need circa £17k.. Without any sponsorship, 1200 at £15 would bring £18k in, so would having three away teams worth of fans bring an average 1200 in if nationally ran to bring in some variety, and the odd 'regional week' where you race your local rivals.. 16 teams would need 64 riders, with, per team, one earning £300, one earning £500, one earning £700 and one earning £1000 per night.. Complete all four fixtures in a group per week and that's £4k for the Number ones, down to £1.2k for the Number fours.. 16 heats of racing where each No1, 2, 3 and 4 just race against their same numbers four times so each gets a gate position... And all 16 races then have riders of roughly equal levels so hopefully decent racing... Make the No4 position British U23 only (or over 23 but less than two years racing), and no rider at No4 can have an average over 4 at Champ level. They get four races per night and can only get replaced in a team if not good enough by similarly classified riders.. And they stay at No4 all season, not earning a fortune for four nights but better than NL money (?).. The other three positions in the team can be inter changeable using rolling averages, meaning if you improve over time you get more money, or vice versa should you drop performances.. No team riding maybe but then again, not much takes place now.. Grade the riders A to D, and use mean averages for each sector to deliver an overall team strength which will prevent any team signing the best of each sector.. Hopefully meaning close racing due to similar levels of rider per race, a fair share of gate positions to deliver an overall true picture of each riders capabilty, responsibility and pressure on each rider to deliver within their sector, you improve and you get more money, or vice versa, so performance related pay is in place, three lots of away fans to hopefully bring in some money and create some atmosphere, a variety of teams to stimulate interest, a protected structure for young inexperienced British riders and hopefully several spare riders out there to bring in rather than using guests to cover injuries.. All ran at each track on the tracks own choice of race night due to riders only being allowed to come on board if they make themselves available when the sport in Britain dictates... The actual amount of times each teams meet each other would need to be worked out and it may end up with more local teams meeting more regularly (hopefully those being the money spinners) but the US Sports show it can be done where you play some teams more than others.. 24 weeks of racing would give 24 home meetings and, at four times per week, 96 matches per rider overall... A chance to get and earn plenty of coin.. Radical but maybe the sport needs radical...?

Enjoyed that... Balls of steep that backstraight move in the final... Be he had to breathe in...

Watching him a couple of seasons ago I suggested he would reach second string level in the 2nd Div at best... Or become one of those constantly interchangeable lower scoring reserves in the top division, where you are really nothing more than someone making the team because your average conveniently fits rather than anything you bring to the team.. Nothing since has convinced me he will reach any higher.. A bit really silly in making comments like he did without any ammunition to fire towards his own claim of a place..