Ben91

There were rumours last winter that Nicol would be in this season's team. Personally I think he needs a season in the second tier first. If he is on an assessed five point average he is likely to drop it and we have an asset in Busk Jakobsen who would come in on a lower average and probably score more. Changes need making to ensure we improve and challenge for the play-offs. Every other team will go back to the drawing board and look to improve, we can't expect what wasn't good enough this season to be good enough for next. Sundstrom should be top of the shopping list whatever the points limit.

If teams have to have a British reserve then you won't.

He's only said he had to miss meetings for his Polish side because he was racing for Newcastle. He hasn't said anything bad about the club there at all. For his part he shouldn't have signed for a Sunday track and for Newcastle's part they didn't have to sign him at all knowing his other commitments.

The whole Przedpelski situation has been a farce. The second he started riding again in Poland Leicester should have had their facility for him removed. It may take 20 hours but he could reach Sheffield from Gdansk by car if doctors are advising him not to fly.

So it's a fine of the payment received plus letting everyone in free for the first meeting of 2018. Surely if Rathbone walks away he ends up the richer for it, not having to pay the fine and not having to take the hit on the first meeting too. If Peterborough close because of this it's a crying shame. But then the rules also should have been followed in the first place.

I'm a Rye House fan, I don't care.

The rentaguest Eagles should have no trouble progressing sadly.

Agreed. He's a spent force, better options out there on similar averages. I'm sure others will disagree because he's a racer and a nice guy. Would have Nicholls over him any day, again not the rider he once was but experienced and can get out of the traps.

There are rules to be followed. Guests are horrible, as are many other rules but nevertheless they're there to be followed. Asset or not Woffinden riding for Wolves would have been wrong. That's the long and short of it as far as I'm concerned.

No. There isn't a country without a league system where the sport thrives. It'd be no different here, just another nail in the coffin.

Lack of communication from the club regarding whether this is happening or not is poor. There'll have been no speedway at Rye for over a month by the time it rolls around, if indeed it does. Just another part of a disjointed season of racing at Rye. A Raiders side is needed for next year to keep the fixtures coming regularly.

Knight's rightly banned but it being just for home meetings is a strange one. Not turning up for a meeting is basically withholding his services so it should be a 28 day ban.

So it's going to be Leicester v Ipswich or Sheffield most likely, both teams have two Leicester riders in their line-ups. Any danger of clarification over who rides for what team?

Let's not let facts get in the way of a good argument though.

It doesn't. The nature of Speedway here is that teams ride in the league they can (at least try to) sustain racing in. With leagues built to differing strengths then it is unlikely that a second tier team would actually win their two legged play-off. So basically it's no more than two token meetings. If there was straight up and down relegation then fine, there's no reason there shouldn't be if promotion and relegation are to be persisted with but then that should also encompass the standalone NL sides really. As a Rye fan, Lakeside in the top flight too gives us a local derby which is fine by me.

Lambert isn't 20 yet let's not forget that. He's shown improvement year on year and he has had the weight of being his local club's number one on his shoulders recently. People need to stop comparing him to Michael Lee, Terry Betts and every other rider under the sun that's come before him. He's his own rider. If he can improve his starts he'll kick on another level. I'd happily take him at Rye House on his current average. It's more than likely only going to go up from there.

Plenty of riders improve at the end of the season to ensure employment for the following year then revert to type. He's not the sort of rider we should be looking at if we want to win things.

That's lucky, we wouldn't want another blow off!

How does the wind compare to the wind when this was originally called off?

Bowen's clashes with Boxall and Roynon should be worth the entrance fee alone for this.

One meeting, shouldn't be signing riders off the back of that. Still only averaged five in the second tier.

More importantly nowhere near good enough too.

Etheridge, seriously?

Fitting an out and out number one with Nicholls, Harris and KK would be unlikely and/or would leave the tail end very weak which isn't good. Drop one of Harris/Nicholls and bring in Lambert and Sundstrom, one or both could end up putting a point or more on their current averages. Perks' average dropped when he was at Wolves. I wouldn't say he's any better than Morley atm. Personally I'd swerve both and use a two pointer (Hume, Jenkins, Thomas etc, there's plenty about). Kennett was averaging over 10 at home, and he won't average three away again next season. If bridges haven't been burnt when he was dropped he's a no brainer on his average.

Not suggesting we sign Luke again, just pointing out the similarities between him and Morley. Indeed. All seems far from rosey at Kings Lynn and I'm sure we'd have the money to bring him in. He's good at Rye (track record holder). The top five I posted would be formidable at home and very handy away. Could swap Nicholls for Bomber but I personally prefer Scotty.