Paulco

I can understand the cost aspect of putting young people off , but it doesn't seem to be as big an issue in other sports . When I go to watch ice hockey at Braehead it costs me £18 , if I take a child it costs £14 for the child . So not really much of a diffence in price . The Braehead Clan matches are regularly sold out , with as many kids there as adults . So get the product right ,as they do in ice hockey, and the people will go . If we had tracks prepared fairly and properly , then speedway could still be the most enthralling sporting spectacle out there .

Might not be to everybodies liking , but when promoting a meeting , speedway needs to concentrate on the controversial side . In 2011 I went to a meeting in Poland , Gniezno v Bydgoszcz . The home side had Scott Nicholls in their side and the away team had Emil Sayfutinov in theirs . All over the town of Gneizno on the lead up to the meeting , plastered on every available wall or lamppost , was posters with a picture of their Cardiff difference of opinion the year before . We need to big up any kind of potential controversy

Is the term " shutting the door on " now classed as a dangerous move ?

Would never have classed him as dangerous , but I remember Tom Owen being kicked out of a meeting at Paisley in the mid seventies . Went to a Stoke v Glasgow meeting about 7 or 8 years ago . Claus Vissing's first year in British speedway and he got excluded about three times that night , twice putting David McAllan in the fence . I remember Jesper Olsen's first season as a Glasgow Tiger at Shawfield , he stopped the first aiders getting bored

If it's true about Klindt , then I'm surprised Rye got in touch with Etheridge . Surely the way Victor Palovaara rode at Rye House , when Glasgow won there last July , makes him a better option as a 5 pointer than an untried Etheridge would have been .

There was a football manager in Scotland ( St Mirren's) who claimed he knew better than the club's fans as they didn't have a clue . He was sacked a fortnight after making those comments . We can only hope karma visits Mr Cook at some point .

Exactly , and there's the various average reductions . There's Max's for stepping out of the NL , Sam's for trying to punch the Evil Dane , Kevin's for actually trying last season , Ryan's for being a dick and Erik's for having a speedway rider for a dad

True , there's loads of riders still available

My post never printed , is there sinister forces at work ?

Tyson Fury should have won it for upsetting all the bleeding hearts

Aye you touched a nerve haha

Even though people seem to think Glasgow could afford to go Elite , I cant see it being viable . We have Edinburgh , Berwick , Workington and Newcastle , all within two to three hours drive away and meetings against those clubs always get a decent away following turning up at Ashfield . Belle Vue would be our local derby in the Elite League

On paper maybe , but if the two reserves continue where they left off in their first NL season , then who knows what might happen . Too be honest every side looks much of a muchness so far . If Newcastle sign the right rider to complete their team they could be contenders even if they look weak at reserve . With Kasper Lykke starting at reserve , Rye House look solid as do Workington . Will Simon Stead come back as good as ever from his injury , will Charlie Gjedde ? That will determine where Sheffield and Plymouth finish . Will Jonas Andersen build on his debut season at Redcar ? Will Berwick's team of veterans have one more season in them ? Will Peterboorough pull a number 1 out of the bag from somewhere ? Or will it end up another domestic squabble between Glasgow and Edinburgh again ? Agreed Scunthorpe probably look the weakest septet , but the side I like the look of most is Ipswich , Danny King is a superb number 1 and if James Serjeant continues the progress he showed with us last year , Ipswich will be contenders at last . For what it's worth I think Ipswich Workington Newcastle Glasgow Rye House Edinburgh Redcar Plymouth Somerset Sheffield Peterborough Berwick Scunthorpe

Yes I would be surprised if the Monarchs didn't join Scotland's big club in the play offs

Not any longer , the day of the smug is coming to an end

About what ? Anyway sports fans , I am a wee teensy bit pissed tonight . We've got hunners and hunners of money apparently , sooooooooooooooooooooo why not become a Tiger if yer good enough . Barker might have went to Peterborough , Worrall might have went to geordieland .................but once the Wonga started to fly ....................they are Tiggers and we are going to be awesome next year , so get it round you Edinburgh

At least that is sensible , I've long thought that foreign riders coming in on a 5 point average shouldn't be given an average that dips below that .

Going to be a long three months until we get underway methinks . The team has been named , so we've discussed that , us and that other mob have been having wee pots at each other , now we're onto Buckfast .

Depends on the vintage of the Bucky

Oh the irony

Of course you don't haha

Would agree with that , though it seems the type of track that you really need to ride regularly to be adept at it . Riders who become home specialists while riding for the Monarchs become less effective when they move clubs and return with their new side .

That was disbelief

Yes I remember that , that was his speciality , winding up the opposition . But that added to the occasion

I'll get the one with Shane Parker waving at him as he flies past him at Ashfield