SteveLyric2

Whats your point? Ward, Holder,Janowski and Pawlicki all rode for the 2013 Pirates, which is what this competition is all about!! Why would you want a 'true reflection of the strength of the rival leagues'?? We all know that generally the British EL is weaker than the rest, so to have a competition with more equal strength teams will surely make for better racing theoretically - albeit in this first year as only a 4xteam round with 4 riders per team - as long as all the riders meet the agreed criteria!!

From little acorns (albeit somewhat misshapen),... large oak trees grow!!!

For many non-Birmingham fans that are nevertheless trying to understand the detail of what has actually gone wrong at Perry Barr, the posturing of several 'I'm more important than you' individuals on here is not doing any good for anyone - least of all Brummies Speedway!!!? Factual clarification is what is needed!

Too many for the GP (top?) riders - apparently!!!!

Am I correct in remembering that this couple's house was actually burnt down a couple of years ago??!

Perhaps reading this forum??!!! Not sure how anyone can complain about last night's referee - we had Daniel Holt at Eastbourne!!!!!!

Sunshine - with no chance of a rain-off - is always good for fans, whichever club it is!!!

So, the end of the EL is nigh.........because Milik was signed on a 4 point average!!!? Yay - glad we cleared that up!!

Another very satisfied punter here, just back from a great crowd at Wimborne Road. Shame about the couple of mechanical issues and refereeing decisions that affected BOTH sides!! When both teams have all their riders racing to their capacity it will make for a fine play-off meeting - hopefully!

Well at least you should have no problems hearing whats going on with stand-in centre green presenter, Clive Fisher!!!!!!!

It may well never work long term but can't agree that 'nobody wants it'!! Its a FIM meeting, with Armando Castagna and others firmly of the belief that this should be one of the ways forward. As has been said before, the major issue behind it not being a 4-round series this year (and probably next year too) is simply money - or the lack of it, especially in the UK!! Poole were offered the opportunity to host it this year but simply could not 'guarantee' the cost!! - and if Poole couldn't do it I doubt any other EL club could, even with some external financial support! However that is no reason for not at least trying it - and when/where better than a GP weekend in Poland?!

But that is what World Champion Tai Woffinden says will be the saving of British Speedway??!!!!!! (or maybe it might just suit him!!!?)

At least Shamek is back in double figures in Sweden - lets hope it continues in UK!!

Ooh I do hope so!!!!

Don't disagree with any of that, other than to add that their must also be some control of machinery/costs etc so that engine tuners cannot put so much financial pressure on the riders! Then the riders wouldn't need to demand higher (and higher and higher) pay deals.

I think there needs to be an agreement between Promoters as to what they want league speedway to be? Apart from the basic '4 blokes on 4 bikes for 4 laps', the sport has changed in many ways over the years. Is it An 'Extreme' sport/entertainment, or a 'Family sport/entertainment'? Or maybe something else. Once decided they need to promote the heck out of their preferred choice. If its to be 'extreme' then make it extreme - create villains and heroes; set-up real rivalries; have some handbags and disagreements!! If its to be family oriented - as in the past - then offer families some real incentives to attend; provide regular family entertainment in addition to the 15 heats; run on a family-friendly day; make sure all riders are accessible, before and after meetings etc etc

As a Poole fan I don't actually think Poole will get 2nd place!! I think they may get 4th or even scrape 3rd. Kings Lynn Coventry Swindon Poole

I do love a thread that sticks to the subject matter!!! Every club and fan know the rules at the start of every season so why start debating it all again now?? Unless of course the BSPA decide to change the number of play-off qualifiers again??!!!

The worst infections spread very quickly!!

At least it should be 2 full teams - subject to any other fixtures before Wednesday!!!! Its clearly going to be a close one and with this hot weather set to continue, the track team will have a much harder job than usual in preparing a well-watered track. I don't think either team will get far enough behind to use a T/R so I reckon 46-44!!

More to the point - will PK get back in time and not be 'exhausted'??? Edited - Oops hadn't spotted the other earlier thread!! Maybe Mods can merge the 2????

Hardly the correct thread to be asking about Bridger?! But hey, if you want to respond to Gavan I guess you'll find him on most every Poole thread!!!

Any Eagle fan able to confirm who did do the track prep, with Uncle Bob away on hols?? It was clearly very different to expected and caught a few riders out!! Good performance from Bjarne. Not sure how his several Poole-based sponsors felt about it??! Whats up Gav - nothing negative to say about Janowski??!! Not like you at all!!!

AJ's form abroad could well mean he will lose one of his places - which (if true) is why he might look at the UK again!! Can't see it being Poole though. There will be other options for MF if Pawlicki's current form is down to injury or illness and if there's a need to replace him.

I thought team line-ups had to be submitted in advance - and only able to be changed through rider injury??! Edited: just seen the latest info.