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So with the AGM in Broxbourne, Herts in early November, Matt Ford expects a 'difficult' AGM with only himself and one or two other promoters keen on a stronger Elite League!! If speedway is to go further down the 'dumbing down' route towards a PL type level, then I hope that admission charges reflect the new standard. www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/Sport/Speedway/

Depends if there are any EL teams (or whatever the top British league will be called) that insist on riding Saturdays?! If there aren't any then I reckon there could be a couple of Brits invited to take part. Yes they have to be invited!!!! And I could see a round at either BV or Kings Lynn in future years.

Maybe - but how many BT Sport subscribers are there compared to Sky Sports? BT's Champions League viewing figures are nowhere close to what Sky's were previously. Mainstream TV is the answer - maybe channel 4 or 5 - but with a 'highlights' package rather than live meetings every week. If the sport gets on mainstream TV - it may even attract some major sponsors?!

So the main grandstand is sold out for Wednesday. I wonder if all the seats will be taken after last night's disappointment?! Well done to the Wolves, proving that the Aces and the Pirates both have similar problems at Monmore!! It looks like my 'start of season' bet on BV will come to nothing. Shame it wasn't one of those 'cash-out now' deals!!

Maybe one heat leader and 2 second strings!!?

Just to repeat - the Polish league is not covered by BSPA/SCB rules.

If its to be 6-man teams - how about:- Kasprzak Kurtz Zengota Newman Andersen Gomolski

Nice try. When he was interviewed at the semi final, Hans said his target to ride again in the UK was the Blue Riband.

...and would you charge more for the EL v EL fixtures?

I think the SGP series should switch to Sundays, giving much more flexibility for all the leagues!! ;-)

Where do these rumours start??

I think the 'powers that be' and fans for that matter, need to decide what 'younger audiences' they want/need to attract?! A teenager wants many different things than a 5-8 year old for example. 18-25 year olds have much more disposable income than ever before and probably wouldn't think of spending any of it on a 'family sport or activity'!! Speedway has long been promoted as a family sport and over all this period attendances have continued to fall - for combinations of several reasons, not all applicable in every area of the UK. Its one thing to target young teenagers who want to become riders - and well done to all the academies and to the work Neil Vatcher and others are doing - BUT that does not address the attendance problem. Recognise that the sport is fast, dangerous, extreme at times and full of rivalries - both individual and club-wise - and use all methods of media (both pre and post meeting) to build on those aspects. Couple that with a period of reduced admission prices and special offers - not just for one meeting but for maybe a whole month or two - and not expect the officials/referees to dish out fines for the slightest misdemeanour on track. Get the riders on board - turn a blind eye to the occasional 'finger' to opposing fans, make sure all riders do a winners' lap and really crank up the crowd. Lets get real people. Know your audience or who you want your audience to be and go for it.

Surely any rider (eg Aussies etc) who base themselves in UK will need to have a job in the UK to meet their work permit/visa conditions?! So will that mean riders who maybe have families based here, changing their base to either Poland or Sweden or will it mean riders choosing British speedway and one other??

What are the other sports where the 'Directors' of all the clubs share all the information from their annual meeting with the fans?! Just wondering........

Lindback's out of hospital then?!

I guess its a given if you make cretinous posts!!

Because Sandhu had another strop at not getting his own way,,,,,,,again!!

Holder and Doyle at Swindon?? That's 18.53 of the team total straight away. Good luck with that

Just to be clear its only the Polish Extraliga that is planning to introduce this (they actually announced it as a possibility 12 months ago!) I can't really understand why though?! Has any rider missed a Polish meeting due to clashes in the EL or Sweden? I doubt it very much. NB. on a related topic Poole have told Hans Andersen that they will not tolerate clashes with his Danish League meetings next season - so he has to sort it out if he wants to utilise the 2nd year of his Poole contract.

As suggested on the Poole forum, Kyle (and Adam) should be Poole's riders in the ELRC on 8th October - assuming its still on?!

Just home from a corporate function. seen the result but none of the coverage yet. Well done to the Wolves - clearly the better team over 2 legs, despite all the rider absences. Should be a good final - but my money is on Belle Vue - as it was at the start of the season. My team Poole not consistently strong enough throughout. Bring on the Blue Riband and 2017's restructured format!

Reports by some on facebook of Poole fans being attacked by Wolves 'fans' on the way to the track!!

Yes it is. The same mistake Mark Lemon made when announcing that King would guest for Fricke - before he realised and deleted the announcement!!

And Lindback is out now anyway!!!

Except that the rule is a BSPA/SCB rule for British speedway not Speedway in any/every country. Poole weren't allowed to permanently replace Andersen until 14th September (the start of the 7-day window) after they had ridden their final 5 league meetings using guests - something that the vast majority of fans complain about. If Andersen's injury had happened one day earlier than the cut-off date for team changes, then the Poole team would have seen 3 maybe even 4 changes!! Poole tried to propose that the day after Hans' injury on 28th August but were turned down by BSPA.