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Young junior Wilkinson should progress no end after this.

It's a sensible move that should do some good, my only reservation would be the number of riders included, there aren't 15 worthy of a test match place, let alone a World Cup team.

A lack of co-operation between the various authorities won't help any of them in the long run.

Well a 3 pointer, whether he be NL or not.

The biggest kicking for UK speedway, might well be the use of even more guests as riders are allowed to go absent to accommodate these changes, if that should prove to be the case they should only be replaceable by a junior, as an incentive to clubs to sign riders who are actually available. Could this herald the future scrapping of the EL?

Depends whether the track Doctor has received a brown envelope.

"Mid season" Your optimism does you credit.

The current following has a high percentage of older people, who either wouldn't or couldn't pay that, and it's likely you'd have to pay even more to get those names on board. Attention needs to start on a more modest set up, you can't grow things without good roots.

I think it more likely that those who respond would like to see top riders. Joe Public doesn't give a hoot. As far as "wage" goes, I have long thought that a semi-professional league, clustered around weekends (so riders can have off-track employment) was a likely future.

A rush into bankruptcy.

That reminds me of the early Mike Parker days.

He's had years to get a decent average, why did he get dropped and Clegg didn't?

I didn't suggest that he would.

Or any combination that reaches the same (or lower) total?

CVS?

What I mean is that you don't have to own a club to be named as promoter, the owners might decide to appoint someone as promoter or even have joint promoters. So if for instance BH decided to retire and his shares were bought up, the shareholders would then decide who was to be named as promoter.

It's better than the old 'rider control' where riders were allocated by a governing body. If the guy didn't fancy it he'd probably retire and you would get an allocation from the barrel scrapings.

So what? The directors could appoint anyone with some background knowledge to that.

No, I meant what I actually wrote.

Rather dictatorial.

Actually he is only a minority shareholder, so if he departed it might well not be the end of the road.

So what is the rumoured figure and who are the "Havelocks"? To be honest, a lot of Bears supporters don't want Kus back and even if he does return, it'll still be an uncompetitive side.

We'll never agree, so I'll leave it at that.

The idea used to be to have one senior rider who could give advice, some teams have stocked up with riders who failed as draft riders or who failed in other leagues. It's getting like a cheap PL.

It was good to be able to see it, pity they didn't have more cameras and some commenters who knew what they were watching and how to add up. I only saw the second half of heats and the A and B finals but it all seemed a bit processional to me. Filling in the programme and juggling all the options must have been an anorak's dream.