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I would imagine Glasgow, Poole and sometimes Leicester and Oxford are in 4 figures in the CL, the rest 3 figures. How the teams with big rents manage I don't know

in the long long list of ludicrous stuff that happens in this sport, this is well down the list

who knows which Bears, individually and/ or collectively, will turn up? You would imagine Andersen at reserve is an advantage but he's not there for nothing.

good ideas. If costs are not controlled in ANY business its soon curtains. I have a feeling however that the one league thing won't be allowed, people seem to want an 'elite' league, even though its anything but that, myself I think one league the way forward. Heat leaders who currently double up would have more meetings and more chance of high scoring in them thus making up for lost earnings doubling up/ down. Allied to lower machinery costs it should be win win. Who has the will/ energy to make that happen though?

bring the CL levels down drastically and have an 8 and 9 from 3rd div. RR for one ht leader, 8 or 9 for anyone else. Div 1 can do what it likes

i think most people know Plymouth have played a game with Kennett but I would counter what else could they do? They've shown themselves willing to go out and get people but they just weren't there - same goes for Birmingham and, for a while Newcastle. We really must share the spoils out next year for the good of the sport as a whole

prob driving too

never liked him, even as a tiger/ bear, even as world champ - he's a prick

any need for any of this

agree completely, no one will be making plans to attend their local track after that lot. The essential dichotomy is: good track, good racing, smaller crowd, good telly; or yesterday's serving. My choice would be the former. Having attended 4 Wembley finals, great occasions for sure but not purist racing in the main so its not a new issue

I suppose Odsal is permanantish, if the inside line was temporarily pulled in so its half permanent, half temp. I've been in there with a 37000 crowd, good road links, a 3 meeting weekend sgp 1 and 2 and British Final maybe or something, an Invitation meeting, whatever. Much cheaper to put on and hopefully better racing

don't be daft, no one thinks this is good, especially TV viewers who might have gone to their local track next week. If you talked this up people would never go

this needs addressing: the TV audience is the one that matters for this meeting, not the Cardiff crowd.

fair comment

congratulations on Oxford getting awarded this but, again, we do have an NSS with no difficulty accommodating the number of people expected, maybe 3/4k?

Barry and Bernard Gent were/ are excellent. It was only when you travelled down country and heard others you realised just how good they were.

would need pulling in a bit, 5 ot 6 feet into the pitch

turf has to be lifted at Cardiff, so I imagine thats what would have to happen at Odsal.

it worked for several national and world leaders and even trickles down to the workplace where bullhitters and self promoters get on through hype. Making people believe things is a piece of cake

perhaps a bit of complacency last night but they can actually win this again on Saturday

we are developing riders but they can't make the leap into Div 2 because its far too strong.

I understand the drawbacks, just don't know what else to do

I know but do they at least 'belong' to the teams

no dirt, pathetic actually - hope its never allowed to return here

need to go to 5 man teams until something changes, need a surplus of riders not a shortage. I wouldn't want it but I can't see another solution. It works elsewhere