SteveLyric2

The one obvious benefit Sky's involvement with speedway has had is keeping at least an 8-team EL going for 15years - because without the dosh slushing around the promoters, several clubs would have gone to the wall ages ago!! What the promoters have done with the dosh - including the live meeting fees - is a totally separate issue!!

As a subscriber of Speedway Star since the mid-eighties, I can see all the alternative points of view expressed above. On the subject of Readers' Letters, could PR give us an idea of the ratio of 'letters received' to 'letters published' each week? And perhaps some clarification as to why some are not published, aside from the possibility that some may be libellous?!

Except for the Sky promos for their Summer Sports coverage.........!

The rider hasn't ridden for Poole - apparently! And I haven't had a reply to my suggestion of Thornblom?!

Not if the EL club signed/contracted the rider first!!

Just need the PL promoters to agree then!!!!

Freddie has been confirmed for Havvy's Farewell the night before (21st March)!

At the time it was made public that Doyley was not going to be with Swindon, it was suggested (not by me!!) that his financial demands were too much for Swindon!! What reason to you expect Rosco to come out with? Is he going to openly admit that the club can't afford one of their own assets, having gone to great lengths to assure fans that the club is now financially sound again?! If the doubling up situation was real and Doyley was going to be first on the team sheet - why not go with Doyle at the expense of one of the other signings?! Doyley had a fantastic season last year. He has grown up both as a rider and as a person - helped (imo) that he's also in a stable relationship! But he's not yet the 'finished article' and clearly needs to get his organisation and realistic career priorities sorted out. You never know, but riding only in Europe and not in UK for a year may just improve him even more?! I just hope that for 2015 he won't have got too used to the wages he'll earn abroad and hope to get the same in UK - whoever he rides for!!

That reduces the options substantially!! How about Mathias Thornblom???

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!!

Steve0, you are not allowed to be critical of Doyley. CrazyRobin gets most upset!!

Is it another Poole asset then?!

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!

Do you know which of the 3 format options has been selected? I know its still 15 heats!

Doubt it will be THJ!! Don't think he's available!!!

If a second string upped there average to that extent - why would you look to replace him?? Unless he gets injured of course.

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.

Thanks.

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

Is he likely to be doubling up/down in the PL?

But only 'announced' - NOT in the official 2014 team declarations!! No team has been officially declared (publicly) yet by BSPA!!

What I meant was that all teams had exactly the same chance to sign whoever they want within the points limit!!

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!!

Squads!!!!