Sings4Speedway

Any idea when the league cut off actually is? Just looked and the Colts do look at risk without getting that fixture in time.

Personally i hate cups and other comps mixed up with the main season. Run the league fixtures May-July, Play Offs can then be in August with the bumper holiday crowds. Quick fire KO cups could be run in Sept with any teams that want to enter, fixtures must be completed in week 1, week 2 etc any cup fixture not completed doesn't count and 1 leg aggregate goes through. Theres no need to be stood around on a freezing night in October watching the trophy deciding fixtures with poor forecasts and miserable crowds before the season limps to an end.

Not sure its the bikes but perhaps the levels of effort/desperation that is causing more incidents? Was a time when trackcraft coupled with speed and a half decent attitude was enough to earn and keep a team place, now its solely a results based business and points matter. There was a time when team riding or switching order to make a different attack on a rider ahead counted now theres just scrapping for the finishing position between "team mates". Im sure everyone can name half a dozen riders who they think are quick but often passengers on the bike and even if these are not directly involved in crashes they are forcing others to do the same.

When the Anlas was first introduced this issue was happening a lot, certain tracks got given the benefit of allowing extra tyres to be used. The rest of the issues with the early batches were countered by running higher tyres pressures, then the compound changed (with no announcement) and everyone reverted to running lower tyre pressures again. If the storage or rotation of stock has been poor at any level of the supply chain the tyres being used could have easily been of the earlier compound. Lets not forget that the manufacturer change was brought in and mandated rather than allow choice from the hologamated brands list to "reduce cost" (the Anlas costing £7-8 per tyre more than a Mitas and requiring more tyres per meeting!). Lets not forget that those changes were also brought to you by the people who introduced and blew money on the Gerhard fiasco, who still insist on topping up Briggo's retirement pot with one brand of allowed dirt deflector......does anyone genuinely think there will be any meaningful and considered change soon?

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery? .......poor form once again from the mafia, at least make reference to the work started by IOW rather than trying to pass off as thier own idea. Embarrassing once again by those in charge.

Declared as injured again for tonight at Oxford.....perhaps Lukes run out of holiday?

Biscuits would have been useful. Few dozen packs of crackers crunched up would dryed that up in no time.

Riders hitting form for both sides, wouldn't be shocked at away wins in each fixture.

Failed test doesn't mean innocent. The hearing will be to decide the level of punishment dished out and wether ignorance or bad advise were a factor which will reflect in any punishment handed down.

I was told that during the match vs Kent he was barely riding round due to his knee and lucky to not be excluded for not attempting to race. Theres no arguing that Luke has upped his average and plenty like him he's just not my cup of tea thats all. To be fair i was shocked he went back to Mildenhall after last season but i guess a ride in the shop window is better than nothing at all.

Hurty knee was what i was told.....along with a bruised ego and lazy @rse. Think the novelty of NDL is wearing off for him and whilst managing to up his average in his second year where does he go from there?

Think Muff has been struggling with an injury for a while so maybe having a run out and see how it is rather than take the long trip down to a track he doesn't ride very well? Sadly his stand in Jacob Fellows suffered a nasty double leg break so the injury crisis at Mildenhall continues.

Glad to see the MSDL hasn't decended into too much of a mockery. Sittingbournes best rider switched sides and got a 4 ride max, Rhys Laker took 5 scoring rides (is there no limit on RR rides now?) That said it was good that a way was found to get the meeting on and that it exists in any form is still a bonus.

Only time neat and Rhys has been used in the same sentence . Seriously though he beat his opposite numbers in the qualifying heats so definitely did his job. Frustrated in the semi final but should still hold his head high. The comeback has definitely gone better tha expected.

Was a point when it was an honour to get a NL team place and by signing on and doung so the rider agreed to all the fixtures. Re-arranged meetings and dispensation for riders under 18 and still in education are all fair game but those who don't really fancy the travel/don't like x track are dragging the sport down further.

If only speedway was my main anything anymore.....even the forum is boring these days.

In which case its very poor form from the promotion. Its been clear from the start of the season that its 2 from top 3 in averages. As i said i "thought" it was mandatory after the debarcle of the NLRC a couple of seasons ago. "2 of the top 3 riders in each team by MA, from the green sheets of the month prior to the event must be selected to participate." Must be selected, any club failing to do so is cheating the public.

Wow. Obviously injuries playing a part but i thought the pairs was a mandatory meeting? Complin & Phillips dodging it for Armadale, Verge ducking it for Kent and you can bet Andrews & Extance will miss it for Plymouth. Shame really as the top two from each group pick themselves but semi finals and finals should hopefully create a bit of interest.

4 riders in a race and experience for an unattached rider. Letting 3 rides go for nothing is poor form as is allowing the host promotion to advertise a line up knowing full well a rider wouldn't be attending.

Think both Simpson and Perry are safe, if form is anything to go on it should be Spencer who gets pushed out but i don't think that will happen either.

No but perhaps Plymouth should/could have arranged some level of cover even if it was an unattached 3 pointer

All very murky. The same as a rider with an illegal silencer being allowed to use it for the Northern fixtures, its either legal or its not, end of.

So Andrews returns? Can't have been ill or with holding his services on the Northern tour or he would be missing this fixture....perhaps he got lost?

Happy be to be corrected just going on what i was told. That said no fixtures in August is just daft.

Thought I heard a number of key staff are taking August holidays (yes really) which is why Kent NDL fixture couldn't be arranged until September