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I am a Leicester fan and I never want to see quitter Kemp or sniffer Morris in a Lions race jacket again, they've both let the club down badly in the past!

Dougy has been a bit of a slow burner, although he's shown year on year improvement he's never really stood out to me as a number 1, more of a Masters type who has maybe reached his level, which would be okay in a league with no "number 1's". His average last season was achieved from the number 3 spot and he didn't appear in any heat 13, so his average maybe a bit artificially high... for a number 1. Hope he proves me wrong though.

Testimonials are now given to any rider who has put 10 years into British Speedway and that's not even 10 consecutive years... or even full seasons!

I agree to an extent, but I was specifically addressing the point about a Polish only GP series, I don't think it'd ever happen And a Merry Christmas to you too 🎅

The FIM would never allow it even if the likes of Max Perry (choose your own rider) were allocated a GP spot, much like a decent percentage of spots were allocated to the "lesser" Speedway nations in days gone by. And if you look at the international calendar, those "lesser" nations still get allocated a decent amount of events

It's surely the other way around... all these riders have been signed up to CL clubs for weeks

That remains to be seen if any of the top lads stay, if they do, Leicester will be sunk without a number 1. I'd like to see Tom Brennan in the team sheet his KO Cup performances for us

No thanks 👎🏻 A half decent CL team 👍🏻

Hasn't the defrosting of Russell's Swindon licence elapsed and anybody is free to run Swindon now?

Plymouth... on a Saturday night? 🤔

Please, just answer my question, instead of a passive aggressive response

Does "moving it on" include shutting it down? It's not just a business it's a community facility. If he just walks away surely he's done his money and will effectively have nothing to sell.

It's remarkably similar to the Studley Grange stunt they're attempting

The obvious answer would be some kind of selection draft for different level riders... won't happen though and that's why there'll be no 6th team

I wonder when the deadline is for the 4th, 5th and maybe 6th, 7th, 8th etc. clubs to be confirmed as starters or non-starters in the PL, because the CL are still happily announcing rider signings left, right and centre while not 1 PL club has yet announced a single signing despite knowing the points limit. If they're still hoping to lure some unsuspecting club into the PL under the illusion that these riders aren't already lined up and ready to announce they'll be in for a long wait.

It does seem more of a humane alternative

What would a "gambling deal" consist of though? There's no wide spread media exposure, that we know of, and there's only 14 venues for the sport and a many of them are in population back waters. It makes no commercial sense, in the current Speedway climate, that I can see, for a major betting company to be involved.

Now it's confirmed we're in the failed PL, just waiting for the announcement of Nick Morris & Drew Kemp to put the rotten cherries on the icing of a horse rubbish cake 🎂

Makes me laugh when Robbo is on, great rider but... whenever he's asked anything about a meeting or a rider, he's never seen it or them 😂 Love it when Crabby is on, no nonsense as a rider and manager, no nonsense as a pundit

Brum, Oxford and Lynn didn't have a no 1, bottom 3 teams by a long way

You always need a number 1 imo

... or just stay in his Polish hotel room and watch it on BSN Sorry, couldn't resist, you set em up and I'll knock em in 😁

It is when you could be sat on a Saudi bench earning £700k a week 😂

In name only, which is why I can't get my head around your [the sport needs the PL] argument. Even if it was one big (and 14 is not that big) league you can call it what you want " the top best ever league in the country ever league... ever"... it's still the top league

Or a virtual team, matches to be played on the Speedway Challenge app and streamed live PPV on a Saturday night 😂