MattK

http://www.swindonlinksport.com/2015/01/26/visa-issues-wont-delay-start-of-season/ Interesting that Terry Russell has said there'll be no delays to the start of the season. This means that either: He is supremely confident Troy's visa will get sorted before the start of the season We'll start with a 6-point PL rider at heatleader Or we'll "do a Poole" and expect the rules to be changed to suit us. I wonder which one it'll be?

I don't think so: 18.11.2 The Guest must be in a current Team Declaration. This rule is in both the Elite League Meeting Regulations (section 17) and Premier League Meeting Regulations (section 18), which suggests it applies to each league separately.

That is just Facebook speculation as to why a new #1 won't be signed til the beginning of Feb. I think it's more to do with the fact that Rosco has gone on his holidays.

Fixed that for you.

This is the rule from last season: 16.1.1.1 In the case of a Doubling-Up Rider the priority is: 1. Original Fixture List 2. The “owning” Club (ie. is on that Team’s Retained List) 3. If there is no “ownership” then the PL Club has priority 16.1.1.2 In the case of a FTDP Rider the priority is as per SR 16.1.1.1 unless there is an agreement between Promoters

Who is Rose (not Kerr- wishful thinking!) an asset of?

Just had a quick scan through and counted 12 clashes for Charles Wright, out of 28 Swindon meetings. Who gets first dibs on Kerr and Howarth?

Nicholls' problem at Swindon was that he was trying too hard. He got excluded for touching the tapes several times and he seemed to make a habit of falling when second or third trying to pass the rider in front, when settle for a point or two would have been the better option. He also suffered from being the #1 of a very poor performing all-round team.

Who told you that? Mystic Meg?

Why not? You've got three recognised heat leaders, one of the strongest second strings and probably the strongest reserve pairing. Coventry are definitely the best all-round team.

If Leicester do sign Pedersen and then a quality six-pointer, I think they have to look of a decent team about them. They certainly look the strongest of the second-tier teams and could well make a push for the play-offs.

Season tickets provide a much needed source of income early in the season. That's why a few little perks are thrown in.

Speedway is saved. Watch the crowds come flooding back.

B Pedersen, Janowski or Shamek Pawlicki and then Kolodziej, Larsen, Madsen or Kylmakopi (for Howarth) looks a much better team than bringing in Miedzinski or Lindback.

The problem is, fans are notoriously fickle. Look at how badly crowds dropped in the middle of last season when we weren't doing so well. Some weeks it looked as low as 7-800. Granted, crowds picked up again towards the end of the season, but that was largely in line with results and the play-off push.

OK, turn it round the other way. Say you run the club and want to encourage and reward Season Ticket holders. How would you do it without making "normal" fans feel excluded?

If we can only sign a "low" average rider like Pedersen, Janowski or even Pawlicki, I wonder how ruthless Rosco will be?

KK must fancy his chances of winning the world title next year. Why would he bother with Britain?

Well spotted. Didn't realise he had ridden here so recently.

Where do you get Pedersen's average from? Last I can see is from 2007 - 10.46

A decent signing in himself, easily the strongest second string in the league. Puts a lot of pressure on Morris though. Still need a massive signing to head the team though.

Given that the police regularly fail to follow procedures - it is entirely possible that the FIM failed to correctly follow a procedure which is executed once every ten years.

6.6?

Is Davidsson still a Swindon asset?