SteveLyric2

I wonder what would have happened if the BSPA had stuck to their Premiership Mondays/Thursdays fixed race nights - having initially agreed those 2 days with the FIM?!

With Woffy back in the GB fold and an article in the Daily Star today, maybe more national coverage may follow?!

So it looks as though Scotty is now getting the best out of the new engine - and from what I'm hearing about Monday's teams he'll be well up for another maximum!!!

Maybe we're just waiting til after 23rd May (when riders have done 4H/4A) so that the 2 Poles will drop to reserve, PK will complete his temporary stay and the 2-5 can be properly strengthened!?

But there's very little to 'take back' after only 4 meetings!!! Thats why I said to give it a rest - at least until riders have completed a few more meetings, FFS!!

Give it a rest Gav - How is any 'new' rider going to increase their GSA after only 4 meetings??

Correct - I'm sure the bookies will change their odds accordingly - or not!

Neither of the 2 rules you quoted are specific or relevant to Shanes' situation, unless if/when he returns (at the possible expense of a Pole) its seen as being in the best interest of British Speedway, whilst at the same time redeclaring with an 8-pointer?! Poole are likely to have plenty of points leeway to strengthen!!

They can't be proved right or wrong at the moment as we're not at the end of the season yet! That is what the betting odds and punditry is all about. I think there is a song lyric along the lines of "Its not where you start, its where you finish!".

Josh said in interview on video at Somerset on Wednesday that there was a good spirit within the team with everyone getting on well. It was just about getting their set-ups right and having more meetings. Only 3 home meetings so far (2 Prem;1 Challenge) and the track prep and weather conditions have been different every time.

So are we going to prove all the bookies and pundits wrong now - or shall we wait til the end of the season?

Kyle Newman replaces King in Wednesday's Prem Riders Championship at Poole!!

Why/How are either of those rules relevant to Poole's change?

Maybe Shanes will come back in for Sczhepaniak at the end of the month and allow for another 7 or 8 point rider if any of the top 5 are still not performing?! ;-)

55-40 Lisa???? Good luck with that score - anywhere!! I'll go 52-38 again. (ps. Just waiting for Gavan to come on stating it'll be a cast-iron Pirates win!!)

Holder's ban and fine were reduced on appeal to the ACU. However I'm not sure how much of a reduction there was? Originally I believe he would have been eligible to start racing again from mid April - but surely he would have to have a relevant work visa to be able to do that?! As I've said previously, maybe he had to come back to the UK on a visitor visa and he wouldn't have been able to start the work permit/visa application until after his ban was finished. I don't know enough about the visa application process, but presumably it may be possible for somebody to object to one being issued?! Any objection could be speedway-related or something else entirely, couldn't it?! Either way its Chris's business and Matt Ford is fully in the picture so watch this space. Meanwhile we wait till the whole current 1-7 have got new averages - those already on rolling averages and those that still need to complete 4xHome and 4xAway - to see what changes MF will have in mind - if any, by end of May. ps. Its a shame the rules don't allow for a last season's rider to be reintroduced as Timo Lahti is doing quite well in Poland!!

Not sure what I posted was either incorrect or 'smug'?! Merely stating facts as part of my opinion. Hardly my fault if posters are reading or seeing something that isn't there!!

Lol lol lol lol!!! (ps. So nice to see former Pirate Piotr Pawlicki performing so well in Poland after returning from injury. Such a shame that he's not in the GPs!!)

No Zach for the Robins!! Sargeant guests. (More tapes anyone?!)

But unexpectedly according to the BSPA website some riders HAVE got a new average - based on rolling 20 meeting scores!!

The :Polish big guns finally come to the party 53-37.

So both teams at full strength ie no changes despite new averages for some, so will Poole finally find some form or will it be another romp for the home team? OR will the weather be the winner again.....?

Hardly just 'one or two Poole fans'!! The majority of speedway's pundits, senior riders and managers and the bookies all thought the same, as did many fans from other clubs. Anyway now would be a very good time for the SCB/BSPA to clarify the situation re: 'only one 8 point rider' per team as the likes of Poole and Rye House don't have one and the likes of Wolves have 2. What is allowed and what isn't?

BTW can you show me proof as to when EK rode as Poole Number 1?!

I think you'll find that Josh G was the replacement for Hans