dontforgetthefueltapsbruv

Let's hope so

It's not about the principle of if someone should have a higher average in the Championship - that's very obvious What its about is ensuring only suitable riders take team spots in the Premiership It shouldnt be a set up that has 2 point newcomers who in 99% of cases would be woefully out of their depth. It should be about higher standards and riders capable of being competitive If you can't see that logic then your brain is 2 points short of a team limit

You said it makes no sense - I pointed out why it does

I would think it is because the desire is to have riders that are of a standard fit to be in the top league rather than filling a team with fodder to gerrymander the remaining places Personally with a RS position in place I would say that the other reserve should actually have to be at least 4 points let alone 3 or even2! (and non Brits should not be allowedto drop below this figure) The other point in this which I will put forward in a devil's advocate role (because I understand the attraction of wanting the best for your team) This shows some of the reason why the sport in the state it is - despite all that has gone on, and the league all but falling apart, (not out of the woods yet) the first serious chat about team building involves how the regulations may be changed/manipulated in order to give a team an advantage And we wonder how we got to this point.....

Re teams - Here's a straw - keep on clutching!! Re stadia etc - very valid point

Apologies if I missed something from you I'm sure I've seen the sign them but allow them to miss away meetings as necessary put up Mute point anyway as none of these are signing up for an any day of the week league

I think one big league is absolutely inevitable (unfortunately imo) However if/when it happens it has to just be what it is from what's available - no making up rules like letting some riders ride in home meetings only etc Something like that is more ridiculous than a 5 team league

I don't see that as cooperation but more capitulation and manipulation

It is utter fantasy that Belle Vue could've joined one big league and named Bewley or Kurtz Even with a ludicrous situation of them turning up for any weekend away fixture without them being "accomodated" what's the point The home teams uppirters don't see them - ripped off. Belle Vue have to race without them- ripped off Take into account they would be on 12 points averages in a team total needing to be not much above 30 and it means Belle Vues travelling team would likely be 7x 4 pointers One big league would have to exclude (whether by design or reality) the top stars and indeed ALL those in Poland (2027 will mean no choice anyway) So also take out Lidsey, Brennan,Ellis, Cook, Blordorn etc etc Teams built to 30 with 3/4 NDL standard

Nothing is more precious and valuable than time and family - particularly when where you have been working couldn't give 2 sh!ts if you were there or not At 54 I've recently exited a job after 36 years and if I have any say in it have no plans to work again and if I do it will be on terms that suit me

Starting point would be teams built in region of 30 point total on current Championship terms and each containing 3 or 4 NDL standard riders

I can certainly accept the sentiment that there is not a significant enough difference between the 2 leagues (due to the number doubling up) but not that the Premiership is simply the Championship plus 6 elite riders Championship No1s are 3rd heat leaders and even second strings in the Premiership You have Premiership reserves and even the RS slots who are heat leaders in the Championship Premiership teams are the equivalent to 55-60 points in Championship terms

What you are going to evict moley!!

Thread at 298 posts - if every Scunthorpe fan makes one themselves that could double by the start of the season

It might yet be Buster after all.......in the end

As with so many suggestions that at face value seem interesting and innovative once you scratch through the surface there are often huge holes which are as bad/worse as the situation intended to resolve Like the one big league brigade thinking it will be at current Championship standard etc Change is inevitable, imperative and over due but the solution will never be a concensus of agreement I fear that those with the decision in their hands have it in them to reach agreement and implement it smoothly

Time will tell but I will take a stab at single figures is likely

They would find a way to eff it up Perhaps field an ineligible rider and get disqualified

Please see my clarification post My apologies that you couldn't envisage the full meaning and the intended impact

Too nice - they are used to having w@nkers at No1

I have no disdain whatsoever for the Championship or any team within it and Ipswich is not perrfect (and was far from it in the past) I agree big changes are needed - let's hope they are made and that they work

You're being deliberately obtuse and pedantic Perhaps I should've mixed it up a bit but if you used more than a single brain cell, some logic and a little common sense yoy could work it out For clarity it goes down further to include the likes of (but not exclusive to!) Howarth, Castagna, Edwards, Mulford, Zischke All worlds ahead of the NDL/out of depth newcomers that would still be required to fill the gaps without them It would limit these newcomers to the reserve berths rather than filling 4 spaces in each team...

A valid analogy in many ways although not completely correlated In many ways Ipswich were expelled - the top league didn't really want them at that time Despite being that 'sick man' of the top league they were immediately one of the top dogs in tier 2 and the aim and drive was to rebuild and return There isn't that desire in thd top clubs of the Championship now is there? There is the criticism that Ipswich and Belle Vue just used Birmingham and Oxford as fodder but Is the situation different in the Championship? You see very similar with Poole and Glasgow re Workington and Scunthorpe - who has the big name No1s? Who signs the hot young talent?

They ride in Poland therefore will not ride in a UK league with no race night restrictions The 25-30 don't all to be No1 standard but I think you knew that but choose to pretend to suit your point.....

But it won't be one big league at Championship level - not the 2026 standard anyway It would need to be significantly watered down if it was to include 14 teams That would mean the vast majority of teams (both current Prem and Champ) operating at a lower level than they would want To maintain the standard at the 2026 level you would need to find 25-30 riders at or close to the standard of Harris,Lawson,King,Nicholls,Wright etc The alternative is to only allow 9/10 teams in - how is that fairly decided? If you are saying that this solution has to be the "best for British Speedway" then that choice can't automatically be the current 9 incumbents It has to be the clubs that give the sport the best chance to thrive and improve, the ones most likely to be able to increase fanbase and take the next steps in the rebuild process If you don't follow that process then you are not doing what is "best for British Speedway" Tough choices