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I expect Diamonds to thrash the very weak Bears side. Redcar will have the opportunity to strengthen soon, meanwhile they are easy meat.

It won't be an upright or cheaper than existing engines though. F2 could yet be the saviour.

I don't think there's anything to stop any team riding in any country, providing it is approved by the local ruling authority (wasn't there a foreign side in one of the lower Polish leagues?) Having said that, If Scotland votes for independence it can **** off as far as I'm concerned.

We should have Nigel and Kelvin running it, then we'd have "proper speedway."

It's said that most overseas track material is more porous and therefore better draining. There have been mixed opinions on track covers, but I'm sure the right ones could help. The other problem is stadium access, some promoters are severely restricted on their time allowed in the stadium. Rain-off's are bad news as is anything else which causes a late postponement.

There are too many tried and failed contenders. I would pick a few riders who are improving and young enough to have a lengthy future. I would stick with them for maybe three years, I would have group training sessions particularly on the types of track that they are likely to come across. Currently they just pick the form riders, but many of them have little or no experience of riding abroad or even with each other. We KNOW that we aren't going to win it, so why not use it as a training ground, things can't get any worse?

I agree with your points about the NL. It IS meant to be a development league but Dudley/Cradley in particular have gone too far, they should either be in the PL or out. I disagree with your points about the Elite League, personally I would prefer one big league but if we keep the EL it still has to run within the available finances. I like the Draft, there are already three or four riders who look like future main body members. I too have watched teams packed with international stars but the racing was usually just as predictable if not more so, and big names alone don't attract me. Other countries while starting from higher figures than us, are going the same way, this weeks Speedway Star had a report where most Swedish clubs are running at a loss. Even Poland is developing a reputation for late or missing payments, yet another rider there was featured this week after payment disputes with his former club (did you see the half empty stadium at the last GP). I don't know what the answers are (I'm not alone in that)but further bankrupting clubs isn't the answer, neither is gambling on riders who currently ask more per meeting than the clubs are paying to a full team.

Which is the Russian bloke?

Clutching at straws.

There can't be many clubs making money from gate receipts though.

While echoing the above sentiments, his club need better than he's doing, who would you bring in?

Not all Brits though.

It's no use dreaming of what would have been.

If you follow that bunch of rejects at Glasgow you can't have a brain cell. By the way, I'm not from Berwick or a Bandits supporter.

When the Glasgow team was declared, I said "what a crap team" I was rounded on by the usual Glasgow supporting posters as a "Glasgow hater." Actually I'm not. If they couldn't see that was a crap team then they were deluded. Actually it's worse than crap.

Redcar might well regret letting that slip away, as Doolan replaces Lawson for Fridays return.

I thought they were having to wear pine cones when I read the headline.

Very!

I don't think he has a Polish club any more, I think he's been over here doing after-meeting practices for a few weeks.

https://www.facebook.com/ben.duffill.3?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab

Jitendra Duffill even wrote his apology letters!

It certainly looks that way.

The videos of him certainly don't look impressive either.

What standard is Polish Liga 2 (where he rides)?

"perfet"?