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Anderson who?

Okay, thank you for clearing that up, the two statements for did not quite tally up.

This is what JPB Facebook page said, Just so everyone knows I’m open to offers in the national league not wanting to cause any upset with Birmingham & their fans I’d love to be at Birmingham but I would like to see what others I get, also my sponsorship brochures will be available very soon and would love as much sponsors (new & existing) as possible as I’m wanting new equipment little or large will help and be hugely appreciated! This would suggest that he was looking for a better deal than what Birmingham were prepared to offer him, nothing wrong in that the lad feels that he needs more money to move his career further on. And thinking about it Bacon and Hulme gives more points to play around with, rather than JPB and one other, and probably by the looks of it balance the books better.

Not sure what has gone off, but there has been some postings on his FB page that has hinted that maybe that there maybe problems. So I don't think that he has been hacked. And don't think that he is playing a prank. Could be that there has been a disagreement within the family, and Josh has had a bit of a wobble. Would be a massive shame if he does call it a day as he is a massive talent, but Josh now has a young family of his own and maybe he has decided that been a speedway rider is not for him. Hopefully whatever it is it can be sorted and the club and Josh can move forward, but if it is a case that he does not feel he wants to ride then Josh has made the best decision for him and his own young family.

Excellent signing. Should push the 2nd strings,. By my reckoning the last two places will go to Kyle Howarth and Todd Kurtz.

Already stated that he is not riding in the UK next season.

I would not go with Newman, I just don't rate him and think that he has found his level.

Could be both who knows, seems to be lots of red herrings thrown out at Sheffield. Josh G was pretty adamant that he would not be riding Championship next season so it looks likely that he is sticking to his guns. Cannot see Kyle Howarth riding anywhere else in the Championship. Same goes for Josh B,big season next season for him. 3rd heatleader could be a case of perm 1 from 3 of Proctor/ Wright or Jorgensen, not Lawson who I think will be Lakeside bound. Last two places who knows but looks like they will have to be a bit clever with who a small amount of points left over.

With Wilson Dean and that would be a good team for me.

David Howe is on record that he would only ride for Berwick. And I would not go for Newman.

Looks like Mr Godfrey is really going for it. Will be interesting to see how the Scunthorpe speedway general public respond to big changes and what looks like a massive cash investment on a very exciting team so far. There are a lot of big characters and managing this team could be tough, and I think if they have one weakness it is the fact that some of key riders have been very injury prone and that could be their downfall. But they must be in with a better chance of been in the mix more than recent seasons.

Sorry to hear about Lasse, he was box office at home last season. Still not convinced that Josh G will be coming back, so how about the following; (1) Howarth (2) Wilson Dean (3) Covatti (4) Bates (5) Jorgensen (6) Shanes (7) Wood

Would Swindon drop Doyle in favour of Morris? I very much doubt it, but the point I am making there are places for riders who did average over 8 just means it might not be the first team of their choice.

I agree regarding the one 8 point plus rider. 8 teams in the league 7 riders averaged over 8 plus Vaculik, means that they all have the chance to ride for an Premiership team.

Does the Danish League every Wednesday? I don't think it does. Maybe the intention is to run all Monday nights for an 8 team league in the Premiership, with the option to use Wednesday when the Danes are not racing.

My guess is this; Fixed race nights for Premiership based on it appearing that no team is moving up Monday and Wednesdays. Premiership teams same teams as last season. Championship the same teams with Lakeside joining the league. Team building Premiership to run to 45 point limit, Championship 42.5. Double Point tactical sub to be replace by the old 6 point behind tactical sub.

Need to do you homework my friend. Premiership Kyle Howarth excluding bonus point last averaged Home; 6.74 Away; 6.72 Overall; 6.73 I think that shows that he is as good away from Monmore Green than he is at it. Josh Auty excluding bonus point last averaged Leicester Home; 5.00 Away; 3.00 Overall; 4.00 Kings Lynn Home 5.23 Away; 4.00 Overall; 4.76 Championship Kyle Howarth excluding bonus point last averaged Home; 8.95 Away; 8.15 Overall; 8.54 Kyle away average only bettered by (Nick Morris, Ricky Wells, Steve Worrall, Robert Lambert, Josh Grajczonek and Craig Cook) Josh Auty excluding bonus point last averaged Home; 7 .23 Away; 5.91 Overall; 6.90. Josh has a long way to go to catch Kyle.

Got to agree and I will add Richard Hall to that list as well. On the subject of Garrity, I think people need to look at how many meetings he misses due to injuries in a season. Proctor looked very average when he came to Sheffield with Workington but the meeting he did for us he looked a different rider, but you then have to remember he was not riding against Sheffield riders who topped the league and were the only team in the league to win all of their home Championship fixtures. I throw another name into the hat Nico Covatti.

Speedway is a Summer sport that relies heavily on the weather. Why on earth anyone would consider going to a meeting in the middle of winter is above me, and something that I have never understood.

That would be unfair to name names. Nice to see that for all the big money investment that Glasgow put in that they actually won something this season.

Riding out on the train to work today I dug out a Speedway Star from my bag, which was the preview issue for the start of the season. So I thought I would look to see who had predicted who to finish in the top 4 and how many got it right and how many got it wrong. For those who don't read the magazine they get the reporter and a fan of the club to make their predictions for the season. So using a scoring system of 3 points for the correct position and 2 points for getting it right that team finished in top 4 but in the wrong order. So if you had (1) Sheffield (2) Ipswich (3) Edinburgh (4) Glasgow you would score 12 points. Some went pretty close some failed miserably. This is how the predictions went. Berwick; Reporter 4 points, Fan 4 points total 8 points. Edinburgh; Reporter 9 points, Fan 4 points total 13 points Glasgow; Reporter 8 points, Fan 10 points total 18 points Ipswich; Reporter 6 points, Fan 4 points total 10 points (The Ipswich fan predicted Berwick to top the league) Newcastle; Reporter 6 points, Fan 6 points total 12 points Peterborough; Reporter 6 points, Fan 6 points total 12 points Redcar; Reporter 6 points, Fan 5 points total 11 points Scunthorpe; Reporter 6 points, Fan 2 points total 8 points (bonus point for the Scunthorpe fan as he is only 8 years old) Sheffield; Reporter 8 points, Fan 9 points total 17 points Workington; Reporter 6 points, Fan 6 points total 12 points. So there was two stand out predicting teams Glasgow who just pipped Sheffield. And the other thing to learn from this, never ever ask an Ipswich fan for next weeks winning lottery numbers.

Hopefully they will revert back to 42.5 point limit, and if they do I would go with virtually the same team as last season with one change. Kyle Howarth Lasse Bjerre Josh Bates Jake Allen Todd Kurtz Jan Gravesen George Wood.

I think you maybe a little confused with your years. Andy Moore left Sheffield in 2004. Sheffield lined up for the match at Kings Lynn as follows; Ricky Ashworth Ben Wilson Andre Compton Paul Cooper Joel Parsons Jordan Frampton (Guest for James Birkinshaw) James Cockle. Sheffield had the same team apart from Birkinshaw rode for the 75- 15 loss.

And the strange thing at the end of season guess who dumped Kings Lynn out of the Play Off Semi Final. Its like the old saying its not how you start its how you finish.

Think they need to sit down and take serious long hard look at what they are doing and accept that what they have been doing has not been working. Main thing they need to accept is that they have failed to understand that the World of speedway has changed, the days of riders riding and basing themselves solely in this country has long gone and went out in the 70's and 80's. I don't think that they will be able to stop the doubling up rule, but they need to look at ways of to cut down on the amount of Guest appearances they need to cover the doubling up situation. The only way forward for this has to be either designated race nights for each leagues, or maybe squads for the top league with riders sharing doubling up roles. Or combining the top leagues and making one big league, is another way that could move it forward. But the main thing is it has to be attractive to both riders and fans alike. I have also advocated that there should be a fans representative elected from each club vote by their home fans to attend part of the Conference so that they can get ideas and views from a fans perspective. They also need to take a look at the TV deal as I think it was BT that put the pressure on the Promotion and Relegation Play Offs to come into effect, and at Sheffield what happened their where our own Promotion were subject unwarranted abuse. Lets hope that they don't just paper over the cracks.