Falcon1983

If they get 12 clubs they could rebrand it to THE SUPER 12 loud, noisy, crashes, bit of the extreme

If they are going to tinker again then they need to have a 12 team top flight, maybe with a 42 or team building structure. From the top of my head 1. Poole 2. Swindon 3. Belle vue 4. Sheffield 5. Glasgow 6. Ipswich 7. Kings Lynn 8. Peterborough 9. Wolverhampton 10. Leicester 11. Birmingham 12. Somerset The rest of the CL needs to be downgraded to the level of the NL with some form of regional split. And if team building was now off the top of my head without seeing any averages so unsure if it would fit... 1. Iversen 2. Heeps 3. Jensen 4. Covatti 5. Mechelsen 6. Allen 7. Kemp

I think Swindon will let Ipswich win but will take a point, they will be told to take zero risks but that could still beat ipswich on current form

Seems a few can't debate without them having to feel they are correct, say your piece, allow people to counteract your beliefs with the view of "we will agree to disagree" end of the day you are all speedway fans so share the most important thing together. Poole are a successful club, I wouldn't say matt Ford is even partly responsible for the decline in british speedway in fact I think the sport would be in a better place if you had someone like Matt Ford and Guy Nicholls governing the sport. Middlo is a good manager and person has the trophies to back it up, clown is not a word I'd use to describe someone who has given the sport alot Hawkins however is not useless as a manager perhaps inexperienced but will he learn?

Bad day in the office for me

What do you mean, looks correct to me lol

I'll get my score predictions in as I'm usually always wrong Iversen - 10 Heeps R/R - 7 Harris - 4 King - 11 Lawson - 7 Allen - 7 Sarjeant - T/Ex, T/Ex, 0 Witches 46- 44 Pirates

Not worthy an apology bit like when someone orders online and puts their delivery post code in wrong lol

Wells should beat Sarjeant every time

You been on those scooby snacks again I see, NKI qualifier for the GP series next year, where was THJ cant even compare to two in their current state

Makes Ipswich weaker IMO Harris doesn't look like turning it around regardless so now witches will be reliant on NKI, Heeps, Allen, Lawson and King at home while carrying Harris and Sarjeant Let's face it Harris is never going to score big every week at Foxhall but if he did rediscover some form away then it makes the witches stronger away potentially As someone said earlier tho would have preferred to see Harris & Kennet go and bring In NKI and a stronger reserve Time will no doubt tell, must enjoy NKI while we can as he wont be here next season now hes in the GPs Think most would have preferred Tungate now instead of Harris lol

TV money, sponsorship, pretty sure having a Monster Speedway GP in these other areas is what they would like to see (Monster that is), it's only Australia/USA where riders will need assistant-Funding to transport bikes etc. But I'll go quiet now as this is a meeting thread

Well whenever they are dont have to be in order, they'll only worry about upsetting the polish league anyhow lol

I think Speedway Grand Prix needs to try and take the sport into other areas personally rather than an additional British round for now. I'd like to see it extended to a 13/14 round series something like April - Poland May - Sweden May - Denmark June - Slovenia June - Czech Republic July - United States July - Australia August - Russia August - Italy August - Germany September - Latvia September - France October - United Kingdom October - Poland

If you were Louis Would you not get Heeps and Allen to score 0 from 4 riders each and get those averages down in time for the play offs? Hoping that Kennet and KP can score 10 each or so tonight

If we go back in time there were not many alternatives were there, feel sorry for Peterborough

To be fair and I'm sure someone will, how many riders have increased/decreased their averages and when you say sign a naff team... I can't see why anyone would not sign the best team possible from the start it just opens up possibilities... The ones who usually lose out having increased their averages are the lower order riders at least this may protect them in a way... Perhaps someone might come on here and under my idea state what they do with the witches right now and see if they look any stronger for it.

Bomber is a good example of why I think they should change the rules with regards to team building. I've probably said this countless times but when a rider loses his job and he's actually slightly improved his average (usually a 6 or 7) just so teams can get one main rider out... it's unfair So what they should do is simple and helps teams be competitive... For example I'll use Bomber and Allen Say Bombers season start average was 8 but now its 5 His club should be able to move him out and bring in a rider to the equivalent of his starting averages, what the other riders averages are or total team points is irrelevant against that one rider So Ipswich should be allowed to release him and replace with someone averaging 8 or less... Now what will make team building and changes interesting... bomber is under performing but witches are allowed to replace him on his start average, but when released other clubs can sign bomber on his current average of 5. Now look at Allen, say he started on a 4 but is now 6, if Ipswich wanted to replace Allen then they can only replace with his start average so bring someone else in on a 4, if another club wanted to use him they would go with his current average of a 6 So what it does is, it protects the rider, increase your average and it's less likely you will lose your ride throughout the season, under perform and you put yourself at risk. Would certainly make team building and changes more interesting, the whole team building total should only be relevant before a wheel is turned i.e. to build a team

Some good responses so far

Ok Steve lol - Real name (first name only if you wish) Christopher - Age 35 - Location Colchester/Ipswich - What do you do for a living General Manager of an Internet company - Club you support None really but follow Ipswich & Leicester - what got you into speedway Father used to race so from birth was going to all the meetings - best speedway moment Meeting between Exeter vs Ipswich around 90/91 had everything crashes, fights the lot... - worst speedway moment Poole fan mocking my dad when he lost his crash helmet in a crash saying he'd lost his head, I was sat behind them at the time and was about 7yrs old - Favourite speedway rider and why Rob Woffinden, always used to give me £1 when I saw him as a kid, he had a gold tooth so always thought he was a millionaire - most disliked speedway rider and why Mick Poole for his antics at the 89 thT deliberately slowing down to let Berwick get through and knock out Exeter, he even said he was cheating lol then in the final his engine blew up and they didnt win the meeting lol - what do you enjoy other than speedway football, motogp, I run a Sunday football league sidd - social media links (if you wish to connect with other members). I'm not all that interesting but can be found on fb my surname is easy to work out

Quite sick and tired of the same people arguing in every thread going, it's gone beyond friendly rivalry or banter, plus the numerous trolls who keep setting up different accounts and talking to themselves. So let's introduce ourselves to each other and see who is behind the username. - Real name (first name only if you wish) - Age - Location - What do you do for a living - Club you support - what got you into speedway - best speedway moment - worst speedway moment - Favourite speedway rider and why - most disliked speedway rider and why - what do you enjoy other than speedway - social media links (if you wish to connect with other members). We might find those who go for each other might have more things in common Who wants to go first lol

What average would Mechelsen come in on?

Man of the meeting Ellis Perks

Doyle 13 Ellis 4 Jensen 9 Musielek 7 Batchelor 11 Perks 1 Doolan 5

50-40 To Swindon lol Ipswich Harris 4 Heeps 4 King 11 Allen 5 Lawson 7 Pieczek 4 Covatti 5