Hacksaw Jim Duggan

His name is Starke and he has raced for both Berwick and Newcastle, so the answer to your question is yes. Glasgow do look good, a far more ballsy team than last year - they have replaced what was a very weak underbelly.

The epitome of a list of scores being read with very little context, the 0 came at Rye House on a rain effected track in a meeting that was abandoned. A few of the lower scores were Wolves, a track a rider of his style doesn’t get on with – and against an exceptionally strong team compared to what level you would expect this season. Bellego at the age of 24 has shown himself to be a rider who is progressing, and improving each season. It seems perfectly logical a side would wish to sign him next season. He also attained his average from a pretty fair split – his away performances were more than reasonable, and his form in the former PL in 2016 showed him to be a rider who hasn't fluked a season.

What a load of f*cken guff

The White Knight rarely makes a valid point - just follows posters around and tends to agree with the poster rather than the point, made a total fool of himself on this thread This thread in general is quite bizarre.. A point is made, not an opinion an actual suggestion of a rule change based on total BS logic – someone shows that logic to be wrong and explains why the limit is set as it is, clearly, fairly and with logic, and in doing so they are basically called idiots because they are smarter than the OP and understand the rules of the sport better than the OP. God dam morons and their education...people, people knowing more than other people rrrrr....makes you so angry when people learn things others don't rrrrr.

No...they don't - so piss off You don't follow the sport - no one actually cares what you have to say, another one of the dullards who think going to speedway 20 years ago makes them relevant - it doesn't - no one gives a sh*t what you have to say about speedway p.s don't bother replying, don't bother with lengthy verbiage - I really don't care, in fact if you reply it only confirms what a twit you are.

What a boring post on so many levels - buh bye

Given in this age bloggers who post videos on youtube from their rooms can attract so many viewers – and many sports shows are presented in relaxed atmospheres in studios with fans looking for the most part uncomfortable behind the presenters, I think a guy presenting a video in a pub is pretty much on point with the general feel re presentation just now.

The behaviour in the post you quoted? I agree, time to grow up sado....

Talk about speedway, current speedway - give it a go - come on - tell us all in detail about your 1-7 and why, what performances you enjoyed, how they get on at tracks you attend - come on now talk about speedway....but you can't...it's why you thrive on being a tragic old sado as you have no other purpose on this forum, an irelevant old bore who has to troll for attention because you can't participate or contribute to most threads - genuinley pathetic I'll leave you be as yer ticker will be going 100 miles an hour over this attention ya tragic old sado x

I don't want your respect you sado. Once you troll the thread and pinch and steal the ideas of others because you don't have a clue who half the riders are you will bother to contribute to the ACTUAL subject - grand job! This thread is not for you - boring old troll - give people a rest and just let them enjoy the sport for chirst sake

By the logic - jog on then as all you ever do is have a go at the sport. You don't contribute anything of interest as you know noting about a sport you don't attend - it's just not for you.....a tragic dullard who will never be back and drags every topic to which you contribute on this thread down to the gutter of sh*t, rarely talk about the subject of the thread, and why? Because you are left out so have to ramble on the same dated rhetoric again and again and again - the ultimate sado. Do tell what 1-7 would you pick and why?.

Is what it is, the day I am not happy with it I will stop frequenting forums assuming people care about pleased I am - I would never want to be that guy, that anchor - that "Sidney the robin"

Bang on re that first poster you quoted, that guy is one of the biggest rockets going on this place!

I agree to a certain extent, but it has been that way for the best part of 15/20 years, it is as tin pot as lower league football and other local community sports that as a general rule don’t attract massive attendances. If the delusion is removed and people stop comparing attendances to 40/50 years ago and compare them to 10/20 years ago…..more likely to see speedway has been in a pretty consistent place in this country for a long time, it isn’t a big sport, little point thinking about it as one. Speaking about speedway in a way that it is a rule change away from being like the 70's is moon howler behaviour - it is best to make the best small sport it can be, and it seems for the most part fans much prefer the loosing bonus point system

I really don’t think the oft used line about the crowds the sport used to attract is the hammer blow, argument ender some appear to think it is when used as a counter to nuances people don’t like . It is now the best part of 40 years since speedway attracted crowds to brag about, crowds were on the slide wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy before most of the rules that have apparently driven fans away were introduced. I highly doubt crowds would return in their 1,000s as some appear to think if the sport removed tactical rules, doubling up etc.

The aggregate score didn’t offer much of anything other than favouring sides who had home advantage. It didn’t really offer much to fans on the night as most in attendance don’t particularly care about meetings they didn’t attend, the current system makes the in the moment meeting better and adds value to that, which is a good thing. Is it a joke rule etc that wouldn’t work in football or other sports, yeah maybe - but it is a completely different sport with a different set of circumstances and rules, football is more credible than speedway etc and so on but it doesn’t mean I am that bothered for using the offside rule at a speedway meeting, or a scrum – it’s a different sport, it likely will throw up rules other sports don’t use…shock horror.

Yeah, yeah great we all get it - a wee cleek on here think speedway is crap now, used to be great, never go etc – we get it - does it have to be the same dross on every single thread – I mean jesus Christ every single topic the same absolute sh*t, away and live in an echo chamber, you would love it.

Like a speedway rider he would have been doing his job and would have been paid for doing so

If I worked in a restaurant I wouldn’t expect free food every single time I went there for the rest of my life, nor would I expect free drink if I had worked in a bar, free meat if I had worked in a Butchers etc and so on. A bizarre sense of entitlement to assume free entry should be granted to ex-riders given most have contributed less to the club than the fans who pay to get in every week

Ah Del Boy!! "this time next year I'll be attending speedway meetings Rodney"

Has it's down sides though! What dross excuse will TWK talk about to explain away not going to speedway? I'm offering good odds on "they race on bikes"

I assume you were also a fan of 6 man teams and the year sides raced in the ridiculous morph suits, Swindon in green and white squares next season?

I think the addition of Iversen at Kings Lynn and Vaculick at Leicester is far more likely to increase attendances than Edinburgh traveling to Poole or Lakeside to Glasgow in a one league structure. Once the novelty had worn off with one big league it would just be sides who were miles apart in terms of talent and travel distance for fans. It would increase the number of poorly attended meetings across a season as there would be less local fixtures and chances to attract away fans, while likely not growing an organic attendance each week anyway as most teams would be getting thumped each week in a non-competitive league where the rich would be good and the rest wouldn't.

Told you....not interested in your life advice. Agree!! A shambles, get them banned! both of them! both as bad as each other...justhere2cgoodspeedway is acting like well, like....a 12 year old?

And what if I am? Only validates my point, you are spending your day arguing with what you think is a 12 year old on the internet.