SteveLyric2

The only problem with that being that unless it resulted in 'Poole taking all the blame', it would still be seen as non-contentious by many on here!! Whereas the full report in the Ss did explain the circumstances and who was responsible for making decisions on the night - but of course that didn't suit some people's agendas!!

The biggest problem is that all the 'foreign' teams' riders will want to be paid what they earn in Poland, Sweden etc, so I'm not surprised Poole - or any other British club - would think twice about staging it. Poole were one of the keenest for this competition to take place a couple of seasons ago - as were Sky - especially when there were lots of spare dates in the fixture list!!! Not sure there are that many spare Wednesday nights this year when it could be hosted?! Any 'off-raceday' could also be difficult as it would likely clash with the foreign fixtures as well as possibly meaning two home meetings in a week!

Its not as if this Pairs event is new - they ran it last season and it was on Eurosport! Personally I thought it was a total borefest and the commentators struggling to keep any enthusiasm going for the TV viewer.

That'll be the 2013 rulebook, I presume?!

wooooooooossssshhhh!

Surprised it took you so long WK - are you sober now!! ha ha. A good win though, even if it was the worst penalty shoot-out ever!!

The 3 rounds are on Fridays and Saturdays. Poole are due at Lakeside on 28/3 and Arlington on the 10th May!! Not so worried about the first fixture as its only a challenge - even though Poole might be missing Ward and one/both? of the Poles, but unless the Eastie fixture is moved, there will be some sort of issue to be overcome!!

...and whatever is finally announced has to be 100% correct (and not subject to change)!!!

The signing of Taylor Poole is subject to him getting a visa!! Interesting to see how the authorities deal with this one compared to other Aussies rg Doyle etc!?

How close are the Sheffield pits to the bar??!

FFS!!! Whats not to understand??! The BSPA are finalising the new deal with a League Sponsor and will announce that deal - along with the TV coverage arrangement at the appropriate time. I also think you'll find that all/any riders likely to benefit from their sponsors logos being on TV, will be fully aware of what the situation is - in the same way that promoters are with club sponsors!! For example, I've already seen a 'draft advertisement' promoting the coming speedway season, which is scheduled to appear in the Spring edition of a quarterly magazine!!

As said before, surely the BSPA are awaiting confirmation of any League(s) sponsorship before announcing that AND the new TV coverage deal! I really can't see any major publicity advantage to Sky (or whoever?) for them to make any announcement until nearer the start of the televised meetings!! (Sky publicity promos - 'Hey everyone, we're not sponsoring Speedway any more, it won't be called the Sky Sports Elite League any longer----------but we will be televising some meetings through the season'!!).

It could be Leicester or Eastbourne??!!

FIM Speedway 'Commissioner' Armando Castagna, stated over a year ago that a European (World?) League was one of his priorities!! Initially the Poles were the main ones seemingly against it, but based upon the latest news it sounds like they are back on board - just as the British Elite League gets a full programme of fixtures, with fewer spare dates! In the situation of riders racing in more than one country, the question of which team is given precedence was to be solved by a priority of 1) Rider Nationality; 2) whichever club the rider has been riding for/contracted to/an asset of. the longest. So for example, a club such as Poole would have first call on riders such as Holder and Ward.

I clarified my comments in #721 - and have been proved correct this morning!

I was referring to #710 and #711 and the fact that Poole still have 7.50 left, so they might sign Morris!! Don't think so. Expect something official to clarify within 24 hours, maybe even sooner?!

There are a few Speedway Riders who have 'picked my pocket' over the years!!!

Not for much longer - the 'politics' has been sorted!!

Aussie Team manager Mark Lemon has tweeted' more doom and gloom on the visa issue' today!!! I wonder who that affects now??!

At least with some official practice/training you wouldn't then get riders turning up for the actual competition - and testing out engines - or would you? And if you did, what action would be taken?

Maybe the BSPA wanted to have a totally new senior Team GB set-up by appointing Rosco. Many seem to conveniently forget that the senior Team GB management team in previous seasons was Middlo AND Morris!!. (and that's not a pop at Wizzer, before he gets upset with me again!) Morris and Vatcher are proving their worth with the youngsters and will still be part of the overall set-up, working with Rosco and allowing him to focus on the seniors!

So, what are the real chances of Morris being back at the Oaktree Arena this season??

Trying to get Cook to treat the SWC seriously rather than using it to test engines!!!!

Poole v Swindon is likely to be 11 am!!!

Why will Grajczonek/Newman be affected for Poole?