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I would definitely keep the Bates/Bjerre combo together at home at least as I think they were the most successful pairing towards the end of last season. Wright showed how well he can ride Sheffield at the Pairs until he crashed out.

Can Kyle fulfil the number role, I think he can. He seems to thrive on the pressure and responsibility, he did every heat 13 when fit and did his fair share of heat 15's especially away where he probably did them all, and his away form last season was a revelation. If you look at Kyle's home and away averages they very similar for me he is one of the best all round riders in the league. Lasse, is as good as any rider around Sheffield, maybe needs to make some improvements on some of the away tracks, but he is capable. Todd surprise me last season fully expected him to show his best form away from Sheffield, as he in past had not done too well around Sheffield. But it turned out to be the complete opposite and his away form was very patchy whereas his home form was really good, in saying that he did on few occasions and important win away from home that turned a match around. People bang on about what is the way to build a title winning team, strong heatleader trio, strength in depth, strong reserves. None of this matters to win the title you need Stay clear of injuries (luck) Have rider or two that put a point or two no their starting average. More importantly win all of your home matches. Last season their was only one team that won all of their home meetings. That team topped the league and went on to win the Play Off Final.

Like the Canadian Mounties we finally got our man, and the team is now complete. Maybe not as strong as some of the other teams on paper, but it is not very often you see teams win back to back titles so its always going to be a massive ask for any team that we put together, and a lot depend upon everyone maintaining their fitness. Kyle Howarth can further kick start career, it was an amazing step up from Kyle last season. Lasse Bjerre and Sheffield are tailor made for each other (Thank God Richard Lawson went back on agreement with the club) Charles Wright will continue his steady progress my only worry is injuries with Charles. Todd Kurtz is a steady influence in the middle order just needs to pick up on his away form. Josh Bates is a far better rider than he is given credit for and I would not be surprised to see him pushing for a heatleader role. James Shanes is a signing that really excites me, I think he can put serious numbers on his average can really push to get out of the reserve berth. Jack Smith has seen most of the tracks and will have a bit more experience under his belt. Not going to make any wild predictions but cautiously optimistic for the season coming.

Rightly so as well. Kyle never refused to ride for to ride for the Comets, simply stated his preference was Sheffield. Also cannot blame Worky as it is no secret that they have been strapped for cash and a transfer fee hefty or not would have been a big help to them. We sat tight and played the waiting game and looks like we could be announcing any time soon that Kyle will be back at the club for next season. End of the day, Kyle gets to ride for the club that is his personal preference. Worky pocket two loan fees. And Sheffield get their man for next season. Everyones a winner.

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.