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Ahh right - thanks, I didn't know it was 17th September as not seen it anywhere?? At least there will be meetings on tho so definitely a weekend of good Speedway in Polska hopefully!!!

Presumably the last round is in Poland but no idea why they r drip feeding each announcement & taking so long about it?? Looking at going to it & trying to catch some Ekstraliga action so hope they pull their fingers out & announce it soon so we can all plan ahead.

Well, after that announcement its safe to say i'll be increasing my visits to Owlerton in 2016!!! Looks a very exciting side & will be great to watch even if they dont win every week

Think Ty would be a great signing. If he did then what would be left for the last rider?? Could Berge be squeezed in??

It does but also very poor planning that ya can't just buy a ticket for the Friday meeting on its own which IMO is ridiculous. My plan was to stand on the Friday with my Belle Vue mates but my Mum and Dad want to come Saturday so I was going to sit in the stand with them for the final. Seems ludicrous that I can't do that now without paying for a weekend combo to stand up on the Friday & a separate seating ticket on the Saturday - means i will be paying a lot more than i should be. Bearing in mind July is peak holiday season, the same applies for anyone who can attend friday but cant make saturday - they will have to pay for 2 meetings up front just to attend 1 of them!! Shocking

Bizarre one that?? How many points r u under the limit now then??

Well, Nicholls will be at Belle Vue & Pawlicki probably at Poole but apart from that you've probably got the other 5!!

If we don't get Max back then I'll be even more gutted with that than losing Zagar. Think pretty much all clubs were after him last yr & couldn't believe we managed to sign him & then talked of making him an asset. Don't think we have yet & if not then more fool us. Level headed young lad who has a big future in the sport. Wasn't great at Kirky Lane so was looking forward to seeing him this season every week on a bigger track so hope he returns. If not then I really have no idea who we will get to fill our team?? Altho got a very nasty feeling we'll end up with Stead & Batchelor and that will be the wooden spoon in the bag

Richie Worrall wasn't in the draft so he'll be in the 1-5. Max Fricke will be in the team along with Nicholls, leaving the 2nd rsv & an alleged No1 As there appears none left then I reckon we'll end up with Simon Stead & be about 1 - 1.5 points below the limit.

Surely if u can get 7 riders within the limit set then who gives a toss re heat leaders and second strings?? Christ, why did the BSPA muppets bother adding this ridiculous list in the first place?? The rules r simple - a 40.5 point limit for 7 riders - end of. Don't really see what a million pages of bickering is all about??

Think KK will be a great signing for ya. Only gonna be 1 rider with an average over 8 so think KK will up his in this watered down league. Looking like a nailed on top 3 of Poole, Coventry and Swindon with the rest as distant also rans

I certainly hope it means we have a decent No1 sorted or we're screwed!! Without Worrall we could have gone strength in depth with say Grajczonek & North in the middle order to back up Cook, Fricke & Nicholls. Not ideal but whole league is massively watered down even from last year so may have been better option unless we have a 7.5 - 8 point man to bring in

A complete & utter shambles from our Management. Yes, they've done amazingly to bring us the new stadium but they now need to man up, admit they've cocked it right up, & announce sensible ticket pricing. This 20 meeting nonsense is total pie in the sky...with the weather in Manchester we struggled to squeeze in 14 league meetings last year, even having to run on a sunday as well as a wednesday so how on earth do they expect to fit 20 meetings in?? And thats not even the main point - what standard are these phantom 6 meetings going to be?? Riders pull out of meetings like the ELRC so do they really think they r going to bother turning up for a crappy individual meeting as thats all i can think they will be as they wont be team meetings?? My guess is that they'll be individuals for NL standard riders on GP weekends which means anyone that buys a season ticket is in effect paying £17.00 to watch this!!!!! You'll probably find even the season ticket holders wont bother turning up for it!!! Complete joke - sort it out Management & announce that season tickets will now be £200 - £225 & people might actually buy one!!

No chance. He is on 6.70 so we would be wasting a point for a start?? He was terrible for us at the start of the season as well altho he should fare better at home as the track is a lot more like Sheffield than Kirky Lane was!!!

Is he??? Means we can't have Boxall then & would have to go Roynon or someone like S Lambert or Wilkinson. That's probably why we're only team not to have announced our 2nd rsv as we're waiting to see if we can get a No1 in

Presume we will only be able to get whoever was in the draft at 2nd rsv so think thats going to be Boxall, S Lambert, Roynon, Wilkinson. Looking at their PL averages, the highest averaged rider in 2015 was Boxall & his EL average is 3.69. What we need to do is get KK or someone at 7.50 - 7.90 to go with Boxall/AN Other or ditch Richie Worrall so we're left with just over 12 points for 2 riders. For me then i would think we'll probably end up with Grajczonek & Dak North maybe?? Not ideal as means Cook will be No1 & thats a big ask for his first full season as an EL rider only with no PL to fall back on form wise

If the 5 listed above are confirmed, as expected, and then Boxall is the 2nd rsv we would be left with 7.93 points to play with so if we cant persuade anyone to come on an average close to that then we could be about 1.5 - 2 points below the limit!!!!!!!!!!

It is but there is no Belle Vue team news to talk about so may as well chat about something else!! We still havent even named our 2nd tier rsv as yet FFS!!!!

This is an awesome signing for Poole Saw the lad last year at Scunny, Sheffield & Somerset & in my opinion i think he'll be the next big Aussie GP star...forget the Darcy comparisons as dont think there'll ever be another Darcy, but just let him mature slowly & u have a potential World Class star on your hands. I knew he was a young lad but it was only reading up on him after seeing him ride for the 1st time that i realised he's only 18!!! He has some ability for a lad at that age. Must admit i'm very much looking forward to seeing how he blasts round our new track when Poole visit us in 2016.

Great signing for Swindon that - possibly the only genuine No1 in the league for 2016 Just looking at potential line up - not sure they can squeeze in Morris & Zengota as would leave them very weak at the bottom end?? Hoping 1 may be made available & if so i'd be happy if the Aces snapped either of them up

Does anyone know when the Euro rounds are announced?? Fancying one of the Polish ones this year with an Ekstraliga meeting on the sunday hopefully

Why such a huge break between GP's 2 & 3?? Surely they could find someone to host one on May 28th??? Only just got going & then a months break which is poor. Should only be a month off for the World Cup surely??

Anyone know when the fixtures r announced?? Going to plan a trip to one of the Polish European Championship rounds & hoping it will be on a weekend where there is League action. Disappointing these days that there never seems to be Extraliga fixtures the day after a GP so hoping it changes for the Polish Euro round!!

What's KK's average?? Thinking for your lot or maybe us???

Jesus - so thats potentially Zagar, Magic & Iversen gone from last years most watered down EL in living memory. Sides are going to have 6 point riders at No1 if it carries on like this!!!!!!!!