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Could we all have a whip round to assist poor old Arthur. He clearly needs a few slices to complete his loaf as he's obviously missing some - even stale ones will fill in the gaps.

Been told by a fairly reliable source that Leicester have moved UP on understanding they won't get a share of the Discovery TV pot for a few seasons. Same source has said that once final figures are known (following delayed Play Offs) that BSN contribution to each CL Club will be a 5 figure sum (before the decimal place ) so that initiative seems to have been a massive success for the CL in it's first season. It suggests that the sum generated to be split by 10 CL Clubs is very close to the sum given to PL Clubs by Discovery. (if the above figures of ciurrent TV deal are correct). That's a pretty damning verdict on the highly paid Marketing Consultant employed by BSPL to negotiate the TV deal if correct (some have suggested Discovery deal is 100k a year over 5 years but some think it's 500k a year for 5 years but based on the majority view of 100 k for 5 years then BSN has made a cracking start and the product isn't radically inferior) Naturally they appeal to different markets, Discovery to a Global market, BSN to a very niche in-built market. Jittendra and his BSN team though should be very proud of their efforts.

Oxford or Brummies. Would fit in nicely at either. Very popular at PB

strange as he showed signs of improving on a few occasions. wonder if he'll pair up with his mate Broc somewhere? Broc seems to be really struggling with shoulder injuries and confidence though so not sure where they could go. Hopefully NOT Birmingham as not sure either would be increasng their averages much in 2023. Does Dillon still have work permit qualification as didn't he miss out on top spots in US Finals last year? (just something in the back of my mind about that).

He's on an average where there is a lot of competition and fractions count. His attitude stinks and he'll be in competition with guys who are real team players and not a spoilt brat. He could probably have picked his club 3 seasons ago, now I doubt if many would touch him.

If Roynon wants to continue his impressive BSN career which could open up new chances after he finishes riding a Friday home track may not be ideal. I can see him at Plymouth with Coles. Kemp may well be in last chance saloon and EWR is one of his better tracks.

Irrespective of the Clubs involved a complete and utter farce and more proof that none of the current sports top table are fit for purpose. Three Clubs qualified At least one of the three (the one without BSPL Director involved) at least had the balls and sense to say that they couldn't stage their Fixture. Ford and Bates now cobble together this shambolic joke and Godfrey and Louis are complicit in it. The sport is a laughing stock a FH complete joke.

I think Danny King is one of those rare riders that offers far more than just points. He's an excellent Captain on and off the track and even when he may be under par points wise is always helping others. He takes pressure off others. Lawson is a big points scorer but has never really wanted captaincy responsibilities although a good mentor. Worrall may be the more dispensible of the three. If any of them were free and available, I'd want Danny at Brummies over the other pair every day of the week. Top bloke.

It's good on paper but I've seen it fail in another sport for one basic reason even with the very best intentions of most involved. Your 200 most passionate fans contribute a sort of contractual amount monthly or one off. Obviously though some of them want a perk or benefit for that, such as free or reduced admission. Human nature is also that some of those will want to act like "King dick" and saviour but probably want to come in free and end up paying no more than if they just went to every match and paid. So if your average and budgeted crowd is 500, but the core 200 are getting in for free or on a discount as they are contributing to build or save the club, your actual paying crowd is 300, and you are quickly back where you started, not enough in, too much out and disenchantment. Sugar daddy's are few and far between and sponsorship and advertising will be desperately hard to find with the economic crisis and rampant inflation and increased interest rates affecting everyone.

Lawson would have been on a fat guarantee at Lakeside and Eastbourne and presumably Plymouth. Poole don't pay guarantees and he's responded in great style by upping his scoring if not his average. Fair play to him. Hopefully the BSPL will render guarantees as history as the Sport can't afford them. By signing for Poole, he's also had 2 semis and 2 finals in both Cup and League Play Off (8 meetings) he wouldn't have had at Plymouth, guarantee or not, and won medals. Win win I'd say for him, more income and more meetings and a secure future at Poole, more meetings to help cover what he was still owed by Lakeside and Eastbourne in the past.

I don't think Brummies (nor Oxford for that matter) will go down the "Danish route" or riders that are contracted to Denmark. Of course it'll be up to those Clubs to try to accomodate their Opponents who have and to the BSPL I'd suggest to strongly police excessive "Guests and absences" to protect Oxford and Birmingham to ensure that they are not messed about by Danish League absentees. Some Danish riders may also have to balance the options of being in the UK on Mondays and Thursdays for PL commitments and the economics of riding in DSL with possibly bigger pay days in UK although naturally Danish sponsors will want them in Denmark

Will be great to see Worky back. NDL would seem best starting place to bed everything in over first season.

Anything that stops or limits guarantees has to be a positive. Both heat leaders on 4 figure sums and reserves on 4 point guarantees. A few riders are clearly not on guarantees this season who may have been in the past with a resultant improvement on consistency. One aspect of 2 times home and away, which I agree with 100% is what does it mean for NDL at clubs who run 2 teams. Some can run double headers (not popular with fans) some can't, will it make at least some Clubs pull out of NDL. Hopefully we get a 40 point limit a logic to run A fixtures then B fixtures with A scheduled to finish by end of June and B sometime in August. Icing on the cake for me would be an aggregate bonus point for A and B fixtures to keep excitement going all season.

He's always been a bad loser, right back to NDL days. He's got great ability but his problems are in his head and understanding where his limitattions are and not having false or raised expectations. Fear he's now in a viscious circle of having unattainable expectation of himself, leading to frustration and then it all gets too much for him to process. At Poole he's had excellent mentors on and off the track but it hasn't worked for him there as it should have. His strop last night in Heat 14 was bad enough, to then act like he did whilst his team mates were celebrating was contemptuous really. Showing disappointment is one thing if its done at the right time but that was n't the time nor the place. Not sure where he goes from here, doubtful if he'll get another PL chance in 2023 and he'll almost certainly be looking for another CL Club. Starting to look like another Bickley.

Whilst the whole lead up and indeed the CL season from early September onwards has descended in to a complete and utter farce you can only congratulate Poole on an outstanding season and commiserate with Leicester (as you have to with any team that wins a League but then fails to win a Play Off). The fact is, and it seems blatantly obvious, is that the Jubillee / Summer Cup totally destroyed what could have been an excellent League season, which was gaining momentum and excitement in to the driest / hottest July in years and was the n inexplicably halted for 3-4 weeks by a frankly banal / pointless hughe mistake of a "fixture filler" at a time when Fixtures did not need filling. As a "Spring "(as we saw with the Shield in 2019) or "Autumn" (as an option for those who wish to enter) regional and then one off Final based Competion it may work but PLEASE never again interrupt a League season in such a stupid way! It'll be interesting to see which Teams actually line up for 2023 with what is rumoured to be a 40 point limit. Great that Edinburgh are back in, good luck to Leicester on moving up, that releases 7 good riders, a few Clubs will have to wheel and deal to get under new limit and hopefully a more balanced league and no one else drops out! The Sport at Board / MC level (call it what you want its a Management Committee masquerading as a Board and therein I thiink lies a massive ICEBURG) needs radical members change. The issue since the BSPL became "L" and no longer "A" is that it is now run by a Board of Directors legally and not a management committee, (legally its a massive difference in terms of roles and responsibilities) and the danger is that it restricts those who may have in the past wanted to sit at the top table and input new ideas but who aren't prepared to take the financial responsibilities that now entails. Hopefully we can have a 9 Team CL in 2023 (at least 9 teams) with a League starting in April, finishing in August and Play Offs done and dusted by early September with either a Spring or Autumn regional Competition with a one off final at Belle Vue with winners of "North / Midland / South" that does not impede with the League programme. It would also be nice to schedule in a set CL Riders Championship, a set CL Pairs and a set CL 4's as one offs like in the past with Peterborough staging the 4's as a neutral venue and the others also sensibly shared out. Have a happy, safe winter everyone

The voice of common sense! Home Leg and perfectly entitled to do what Poole did before home matches e.g have practise and track prepared to their choice. They will also be entitled to use their own Start Marshalls and other Track Staff + Officials if they so desire surely?

Ablitt will have ridden at KL on GB Youth Training days and GB Youth Rounds. Doubt he's raced in senior action though. He'll have done plenty of laps there though. Same with Kemp.

Very very wise in one way. Very concerning though in another as deep concussion is not something that always (if ever) goes away. Is this the knock that occured in a Team GB Training Camp? Wish the lad all the best but he has a long life after Speedway and hopefully they will consider that.

The only thing Poole resembled before Terry was called in was a very poor BMX track

That's definitely not "down to the base". There's a fair amount of tyre packed material on there, probably more than you'd see at the dust bowl with the ruts at Poole in 5 seasons. Nice bit of material for those who aren't gating tarts to use if the weather plays ball.

Day after day, week after week, year after year, irrespective of league they are in these arrogant idiots are at it. The sooner the Barrett helicopter is spotted over Wimborne Road and the New Estate footings go in the better for the Sport in the UK Free of these insufferable serial cheats and their arrogance. Good riddence when it comes. I miss great rivals like Cradley and Coventry who were bitter rivals but they earned respect as did their supporters. Not Poole.. Hated for what they are. Arrogant cheats.

Your point is? I believe in the integrity of a full season over matches held in less than ideal conditions.

Track covers are not the holy grail Water can seep underneath making track patchy and dangerous. Water can come from underground making it similarly patchy High Southerly winds this week could mean very labour intensive job to get down and take up and tether How do you work on track with covers down. It's an absolute joke to be trying to run this now. The Champions are Leicester and the Runners Up Glasgow. The League Table does not lie.

Leicester / Sheffield ; Ipswich ; Scunthorpe ; Poole are exempt from all BSPL / SCB Regulations and able to make the rules up as they go along. I gather they will be formalising this next season with the management committee being sponsored by Fyffes.

It's at Shovlar house pumping up his backside to keep his ego inflated