Paulco

No matter what we do , you cant please everybody . We all have our favourite riders and who we would like to have , but that is seldom achievable . Both Aaron and Richard are club assets , so were always going to be the first two offered deals to come back . I have no issue with either of them returning , though as has been said previously , their consistency away from Ashfield has room for improvement . Lunna will also no doubt be next on the agenda , but with the league being watered down slightly , if we can capture the signing of Bewley I agree with a previous poster , we have to maximise that capture by starting him at reserve .

I'd be slightly worried if we started the season with Danny Ayres and a raw novice at reserve , and that looks how it will pan out if we re-sign Richie . However with the league watered down by a further two and a half points , most teams could also be very weak at reserve . I'm just miffed i'll not get my yearly Highbridge pub crawl next season

You would think so , wouldn't you

Buster Chapman more or less said that when he became El Presidente , but there are still parts that are as clear as mud

Suppose you have to try and emulate your peers where you can

Thought your lot didn't do stuff like that

Doesn't seem fair though . Riders who haven't proved good enough to attain a three point average become more attractive than a rider who averaged just above three ( who will probably not figure in the majority of promoter's plans ) or a young budding hopeful hoping for their first crack at the second tier . They are the ones who should be given the two point averages , just like Jason Crump all those years ago

I was only going by the averages someone had posted on another thread . Pumping the Monarchs last month could turn out to be a bit of a pain in the ass for our team building plans

Don't think any of them are unpopular And if Andy Smith's son comes in on a 2 , then him Bewley and Lunna would be less than 11 , giving us room for Garcia maybe

At our dinner/dance last week , when Rene Bach was interviewed and asked about his plans for 2017 he said " if he did start the season in Britain his choice of club would be either Glasgow or Newcastle ". Having , what appears to be , made his goodbye to Glasgow statement on Faceache this afternoon , it would appear he must be strongly in the running to return to Tyneside next season .

Yes I remember putting a number 8 out against a t/r in a meeting against us

Passion , the ability to gee riders up who are having an off night , the tactical awareness to maximise the use of gate positions , t/r's etc .

I would think so . Aaron , Richie , Son of God , Nike , Jack Smith , hopefully Bewley and whoever else fits

A rapidly improving reserve plays a big part in any league winning side

That we don't know , but young bones heal quicker . With the points limit down to 40 , young Bewley's low average will be even more sought after

Where as Bewley looks very tempting on his low average , most of the other 2016 three pointers wont . Cant see Glasgow going with a three pointer and Danny Ayres at reserve , a three pointer and Bewley is a different proposition altogether .

I sympathise with your situation Tyretrax , knowing where it is you work and it would be impossible to get a Saturday night off , it's a shame someone like yourself , who has been part of the furniture for decades has to miss watching the Tigers . But we were always going to try and get away from the Sunday afternoon raceday , it will be interesting to see how it goes . It's one thing getting big crowds for evening cup finals , we'll see how it goes in the regular part of the season . While much has been made of switching to Saturday nights , nothing has been said about the other announcement at the dance - I refer to the giant screen to be placed on bend 2 . That will add something to the evening's entertainment .

Seriously Blobby !!!!!!! surely you don't pay any attention to what gets posted on Arsebook . That's even more mental than it gets on here . Why , we even had your sponsor making a fool of himself on there during the KO Cup final on Monday night .

Given the rapid progress he was starting to make , before he got injured , during the second half of the season . Whoever signs Dan Bewley on his low average and starts him at reserve , will be favourites for the PL title . Will also be interesting to see if Belle Vue use him as a fast track reserve , assuming this practice is still in place next season

Anyway onto team building . We'll know during the week which set of rules , daft or otherwise , we'll be working with next season . If we stick with the three pointers at number 7 , I noticed Andy Smith and his son , Jack , in the bar after the Cup final last Monday - I wonder

I loved my trips to Newport , especially the Newport v Glasgow clashes the night before Cardiff . They never disappointed

Was at a Welsh Open at Newport one year , might have been the one the day after Harris won at Cardiff , and the Polish lad Marius Mroz ( think that was his first name ) went spectacularly into the fence , at the pits gate , face first . Hit it with an almighty clatter , but within a few minutes he was up waving to the crowd , thought he was a goner that day

It's an interesting one , Saturday night is really breaking new ground for us , Saturday night in Possilpark lol , really interesting haha I assume a Sunday afternoon will be our alternative race day for clashes with Berwick , Worky and Rye House

Erm we weren't bovvered

I'm not , the Speedway Star's priorities are the EL and GP's and the weekend's crowning of Greg Hancock I assume takes up the front cover as I haven't bought it yet