wtf

Year before when he was at Birmingham in the pairs on a soaking wet race track

I think their respective CVs might paint a different picture

If that's the case and it's so obvious, it makes you wonder why the promotion chose one over the other?

I'm not sure he's been awash with phone calls, he's on an awkward average where others want to take a chance on an unknown and gain an asset. I'm not sure how much he can do to push on by forcing a move elsewhere?

You're right about Tate and Antti still learning away tracks and any other newcomers having to learn away tracks will make the Comets suspect away from home. Personally I can see Jye being a big improver this year. He'll love his new home track and the wide open spaces, plus from the teams point of view having someone else in the team who knows all the away tracks will be essential. I can see Jye adding 1.5 points on his average this year. I think Jye at his worst is a 5.00 point rider. I think he'll be a good improver and will be good for the team too.

Not sure where you were Friday night, but I guess 1 out of 7 ain't bad😉

He’s had several offers and will be spending most of his time travelling ooop north 🤣

Couldn't use Starke, he was in the play offs for Workington. But I agree they should have found a better guest

Jim was there in person last night, so will have witnessed it first hand.

Best bet if he could fit would be Voulas, but he's entirely the wrong nationality for Lemon

Whilst it's far from ideal, Workington could get away with RR for Tate at home with extra rides for Troy, Claus and Antii. Away from home where Tate has been learning new tracks and his scores reflect that, well chosen guests could work well.

It’s clearly just very convenient to exclude the guy who’s now out of the meeting rather than the one who momentarily loses control, makes contact with another rider pushing them into the fence. Decision is a joke

Just change the word "all" for "the vast majority of" and you are about right. BSPL sought advice about transponders, chose not to take it and went for the cheapest option and unbelievably ended up buying something that doesn't work very well. Who'd of thunk that

I know there have been a lot of discussions trying to get Anders on board, but travel, difficulty in getting to Poland for Sundays and also money have meant that that deal hasn't come off so far

Harsh!...... But Fair

Think a few people are getting a little carried away. Jason Doyle will do what's best for Jason Doyle and his family. And so he should. Riding in the UK suits him and his family, Riding for Ipswich suits him and his family. And in return he performs week in week out and gives value for money to his employers end of. If you want to put him on a pedestal of integrity and loyalty and he does it for the love of the fans etc, might want to ask Leszno how they feel about him.

I think Tarasenko is a pretty safe bet, most tracks he saw for the first time last year. He saw Kings Lynn once and was unbeaten until he crashed in a first turn incident in heat 13. He spent a large part of his time figuring out what are the best engines for english tracks and experimenting so I'd say there is probably more to come from him. He's ultra professional, brave, and very switched on. If he goes to Lynn, I'd expect him to be pushing for the #1 race jacket by the mid year.

exactly. could be tricky, we'll see.

I really hope somehow they can put together a competitive team not just the dregs leftover from elsewhere. But it does feel like there are icebergs all around and someone just yelled "all ahead full"

I think team composition is going to be so important and something they need to get right. If you want the fans to support all the teams, it's more difficult when half of your championship team, next week are riding against you in the Premiership. They need as many as possible riding in particularly both top teams.

When you think of all the other rules they break, it's hardly surprising that they do . TBH I don't really see what the problem is with discussing with a self employed rider , their availability to work elsewhere in the future. Yet another example of this ridiculous asset system that is completely unfit for purpose

It's frustrating where Morris's punishment for not taking a test was, I felt correct and serves as a deterrent for others. Worrall's punishment for taking a recreational drug known to impair your judgement is sufficiently pathetic to say to anyone else, " don't worry about it, if you get caught, you'll miss a few months" It's not like he held his hands up, admitted it, and showed any remorse. Initially at least.

Watching him trying to get round Oxford would be good for a laugh if nothing else. If you pay him per point he'll be pretty cheap

This 100% Blaming the riders for asking for too much and then being paid it, is like blaming McDonald's for why you are fat

If promoters are stupid enough to over pay, why is that the riders fault? Because as a group the promoters have as much integrity as a spam sandwich. Back in 2013 I think it was, The 2nd division all agreed a £55 a point pay cap across the board at the agm. Within an hour I knew one rider who was being paid £75 a point (£20 a point cash) No one is forcing the promotion to sign them and pay what they ask for, the promotions aren't strong enough to act together. Blaming the riders is like blaming a work colleague for not agreeing to do his job for half the money for the benefit of his boss?