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Will there be a dog track at the new Swindon stadium? Radical thinking but why not say "This is the race night for the Elite League, if you don't like it then drop into the Premier League." We can't keep sacrificing the good of the sport as a whole for one or two clubs.

All it takes is an official post on the club's website to dispel doubts and prove that the paying customers' opinions are being listened to/cared about.

1. Ash Morris 9.06 2. Shelby Rutherford 3.50 3. Nathan Greaves 7.08 4. Lee Smart 5.76 5. Luke Bowen 8.52 6. Jack Smith 3.00 7. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 3.00 Total: 39.92

Until standardisation is introduced to the sport worldwide it will be one of those things that sounds like a good idea but isn't. Bring it in for the NL and the top boys will have to have two sets of bikes because they will be the ones riding PL also against riders who can do as they please (within limits) with their bikes. Bring it in for the EL and we'll see the few top riders that can be bothered to race over here decide it isn't worth their time because they'll need to be investing in new gear just for Britain, that's not going to happen. If bike standardisation is high on the BSPA's agenda I fear for the future of the sport in Britain. Focus needs to be on how we can get more fans into each and every meeting at all levels, how we can make the Elite League a viable proposition for the best riders in the world and most importantly of all how we can develop our own talent to be competitive on the world scene in the next 10-15 years.

Always thought Bridger would do better if he put substance over style, get out and score points rather than hanging off the bike trying to look good for the cameras. Rather have a bloke on an eight point average with no frills than a six pointer who rides around with one leg sticking out any day of the week.

People complained Rye wasn't a good race track to stage it on, so it's moved to Leicester...

Of course, I was referring to his second stint though.

Searching for something positive to say but really struggling. The new logos just don't do it for me for a start, while the blue and yellow are synonymous with Rye House in Speedway circles. This shouldn't have been changed. Quotes coming from 'Team BMR' don't sound professional, there needs to be a person attached to what is being said, otherwise it feels impersonal. Who is saying these things about the club, the riders etc? What weight does their opinion hold? The team that has been put together is simply not good, people need to stop trying to sugarcoat it. One heat leader, 4 second strings, an untried newbie who by most accounts will struggle and our mandatory three pointer. A new regime want to make their mark, that is understandable, but you have to embrace the things that already make the place tick and the people that come through the gates each week. 'It's my toy and I'll do what I like with it' or words to that effect didn't work for Silver, a man who had given us two league titles and managed to get speedway back into the stadium at Rye, for the new promotion to seemingly be going down the same route there is no chance it will work for them. We need a vision of where the club is going on and off track, it can and should be an exciting time for fans, a new era. How do the promotion make it that? Communication. Tell us what is happening, tell us why it is happening and we will be more content and happier as a fanbase. Tell us why the team building was a huge balls up, tell us why Nicolai Klindt decided he'd rather go to Leicester/Scunthorpe. Smoke and mirrors don't help anybody.

Going to one league would be a massive regression. Just because the EL is a failing product, why should the PL have to take the hit to bail it out?

Communication is key, there's no reason that some details cannot be disclosed to nip speculation in the bud. If there are planning issues then say so, if the promotion want to fill the crater in the car park in but there are reasons they can't then say so. People are a lot more understanding when they are told things.

There hasn't been any speedway since October, I've not forgotten about it, have you?

Priority should always be given to the higher standard of competition, it's a sport. Allegedly.

You can do it all again for Porsing, plus get paid for it.

Cum on the lads.

If Tungate surpasses Josh it'll be because Josh's average has plummeted.

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr Rye House 2016...

Age restriction, no. Experience restriction maybe though. It is unfair to penalise people for coming into the sport late, with an age restriction of say 21 you could be freezing out a newcomer that can go on to be a good rider and giving a reserve spot to a lad who has been riding for 5 seasons without ever moving out of an NL reserve berth.

This is the team to watch in the NL this year without a doubt. Three heat leaders, one of whom is the brightest prospect in British Speedway at the moment, then the bottom four all have big potential. If the riders can stay injury free this side will walk the league, Spillers or no Spillers at Eastbourne it's simply a cut above.

A couple of individual meeting victories between them then.

For about half a season, horrible injury and never got back to that level, as we found out when he was here.

Blackbird, Poole and Hawkins hardly pulled up any trees.

It didn't have to be an assessed rider at all, plenty of riders out there that would have had experience of the PL tracks and still given us a strong reserve. If Karger struggles then that's a lot of pressure on Morley and Eddie will be carrying a very poor team, yet again.

Meh. Oh well, a point under the limit, that's more like it for a Rye team.

Probably just a typo.