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Think Steady picked the wrong Christmas film

Probably thinking "You need 7 riders not 6, you wazzock"

I don't see why Leicester fans are worried. Yes, Howarth for Lawson is a weakening, but for a while last season, heading towards the play-offs, Leicester were the strongest in the league. Of course Ipswich are massively strong on paper. Clear favourites. But the other play-off sides are weakened similar to Leicester. Belle Vue with Zach Cook for Ben Cook, and Sheffield with Rowe for Howarth. Leicester will still be thereabouts.

Is "Mr Trackside-View" hyphenated on your birth certificate?

And Tom Brennan who finished 2022 on 5.86 and started 2023 at reserve on his reduced 4.40, with Norick Blodorn in the team on his 5.45, even though people wrongly kept telling us that Brennan would be in the main body

Yes, that's everyone's best guess at the line-up, and has been for the past month.

Really? They've got a top three that only Belle Vue can better. 2 second strings that are the equal of any others in the league A No.6 who is a 5.00+ rider on a 25% discount and easily the best rising star in the league.

That's the worry. They said they were building around Tom Brennan. Now they haven't even got Tom Brennan. How low can you go for a No.1 to build around?

Suspect your teams will be correct, and you'll also need to add Kent and other(s). But I reckon you'll be waiting a while to fill in any riders.

Hope Birmingham can get a competitive team, but the latest press release doesn't give much confidence. "We were planning on building a team around Tom Brennan" didn't exactly sound very promising, but having lost Brennan it's hard to see where they go next. I'm dreading the next press release of "We are building around the twin spearhead of Steve Worrall and Wiktor Lampart"

Either that, or there's one almighty punch up going on in Tenerife at the moment. No signing is official until a full 1-7 is submitted and accepted by the BSPL office. It could be that Ipswich have announced their 1-7 in an attempt to put pressure on others still fighting for a 39 limit...

It's not closed

You think that Belle Vue pay for them to fly out to Poland and back for Polish matches?

Bewley is British, and Kurtz is British-based (Warrington). So no flight costs there.

But like I said, it wasn't a Belle Vue article. It was a Jake Mulford interview from either James Black, Paul Burbridge, Ryan Guest, Keith McGhee or David Rowe. (There are 5 articles on the page and those 5 names, but strangely it doesn't say who wrote which one).

You seem confused about the source of your news. The Belle Vue press release (from press officer Hayley Bromley) regarding Mulford said nothing about his Championship team See here https://www.bellevue-speedway.com/blog/latest-news-2/2025-rising-star-revealed-355. That was 18 October and there has been no release from Belle Vue since. (If they can be accused of anything, it's a lack of any press info from the club). The subject of your anger should to be the Speedway Star journalist (Keith McGhee, I guess?) who seems to have leaked the Redcar news in an ainterview with Mulford in Speedway Star. (The authors of the articles are listed at the top of the page, but they don't say which person wrote which article on the page. However McGhee seems to be the only Northern one, so I guess it's him as he's North Yorkshire based).

He definitely was.

Like quite a lot of people, I'd been told, by someone with a good track record of being right, that Brennan was on his way to Ipswich and Danny King was on the move. I'm convinced this information was good up to within a fortnight ago. With Danny King's signing being announced, either that information was wrong, or something has changed last minute. I suspect it is the latter. If Brennan signs next, as I think he will, it suggests that Rew has changed his mind, and Ipswich have gone back to King. If Rew signs next, it will leave Ipswich around a point under the limit. Can't see that being done voluntarily, so could it be a Phil Morris intervention to stop Birmingham being raided of their best takent? I still think Brennan will be the next Witches signing, but it's interesting times. It will be a shame if Rew opts out of Britain.

Yes, and one was Jack Holder. But the rumour is that he's now changed his mind. It's really not difficult to understand.

Howarth had already signed for Leicester long ago. There's no Sheffield bringing him back. And if the rumours are true of Holder changing his mind, Sheffield will be looking for a Musielak, Lindgren, Lambert type not a Howarth.

No connection. Howarth had already signed for Leicester, so if young Holder has changed his mind, it's too late to undo the Howarth move. Anyway Howarth wouldn't be a suitable replacement for Holder. The Holder rumours go on...

Why? They knew their contracts ran out on 31 October 2024, why would that have any effect on him signing a different contract to start on 15 March 2025? My gas contract doesn't run out until the end of Feb 2025, I've already signed one to start 1 March 2025.

Nah. Easy decision. Zischke all day long. Vuolas is a good lad and has the novelty value of looking like a University Challenge contestant, but Zischke is the upcoming talent.

Cook in rather than Cook.