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Coventry did well at the old stadium in recent times, I bet we get stuffed twice this year!

Think the meeting at Brandon will be, no point changing it to a Monday otherwise.

You will get some tier one riders averaging 7+ after 4 meetings, Garrity averaged over 7.

England are playing on the 16th in the Euros which is probably the reason for the change. Edit. Just realised they are playing at 2pm not in the evening.

Its a national event not a local one and I can't believe you comparing Football to Speedway.

To be honest if a number 8 turns out decent I dont have a problem with teams putting him in even based on form. If it is only to cover absences then you could always make a change and name him in the 1-7 if he's that good. Not sure we will see any that are heat leader standard although we haven't been told the criteria yet but Lakeside signing the kid Jonsson seems to show the level.

Good post. Monday is probably the worst night of the week for fans in general.

Kings Lynn v Coventry was Thursday 16th June now moved to Wednesday 22nd June

The number 8 will fill in for riders missing in the 2-5, there may be a number 9 from tier 2 list to replace missing draft riders.

I agree with that to be fair but if there was injuries where they'd miss several matches id suggest clubs would bring in a rider to replace.

British Final goes to Belle Vue but Brandon gets the ELRC.

We are trying to get away from guests not increase them. The number 8 is a good idea in principle. British riders are in Polish and Swedish squads.

Brandon will host the ELRC in October.

Belle Vue will probably have more of a home advantage than people think. I'm sure they will get extensive practice while other riders will turn up never having seen the place before.

That cant be right as all my twitter feed last night was the PSG-Chelsea game! Edit. The 200,000 was on BT Sport showcase, a free to air channel. Didnt even know that existed!

Depends if we can find a rider to replace him. Dont think us having a number 8 is much of an issue as we get priority on King and Garrity anyway. Unless Woryna misses a few for domestic u21 commitments?

Bees v Kings Lynn originally 8th April moved to the 11th, I'm guessing for Sky coverage.

No one saying Brandon has a right to host it. It would be a decent tribute to the stadium to host it one last time.

Quite simple the BSPA dont approve the signing, its not difficult. They can only replace 2-5 anyway. It looks like the riders that would be the number 8 would have a 4-5.5 average so they would fit regardless.

Probably find out mid April....

A simple solution would be long as 1-7 named for a meeting is under the limit using their average from the start of the season then dont see the issue. I did read it would have to be a rider new to Britain, for example Poole wanted to use Kacper Woryna for the role.

Because he'd know exactly where he will be riding on what day week in week out. Iversen has rode here for years so doubt its about money for him, more about what he thinks is best for him to become world champion. Coventry Bees for example had 5 meetings in 12 days then zero meetings in 12 or so days, riders dont want that imbalance. I really don't think riders would drop Poland even if they paid less as its one meeting a week.

Yep we will agree to disagree. Of course they wouldn't be struggling if money was no object but I'm quite sure if it was set race nights then they wouldn't be struggling for riders anyway, Iversen would be at Kings Lynn for example.

Spot on. Really don't think that is the case. They dont 'need' the busy schedule that the EL has at the minute because Poland and Sweden pays well enough but I think if the EL was run Wed and Thurs or Thurs and some Fridays they would ride over here.

The only way that'll happen if there was no d/u or draft riders. A number 8 is a very simple idea.