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If the Masons have a survival plan they'll stay put, all leagues are still funding 7 riders and 90+ points a home meeting and until that is addressed a reduction in points limit will only take the top two leagues back a year or two. The hemorrhaging will continue and next Winter will see more clubs wanting to be in the NL as the top two leagues will look at merging again forcing the weakest to look at the lower level to survive.

I cannot for the life of me understand why they didn't take 1 rider out of each team and 12 points out of each meeting in the top two leagues. Less meetings still makes for losses and in my opinion is not as sustainable as 6 man teams and 13 heats, sporadic fixtures will lead to sporadic attendances unless the fixture lists are cast in stone with no opportunities to move or postpone apart from the referees decisions. So no sun offs, electrical faults on the morning of race day, no flooded tracks or "beyond our control" cancellations particularly as riders stuck in airport lounges tend to Tweet the world to declare their predicament.

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15 minutes ago, CUFC_Brummie said:

Well with their latest social media post they have to be announcing moving up tomorrow surely, you wouldn't post that if you were staying put, would you?.......

I wouldnt have thought so but nothing would surprise me given the past few weeks! We should know for certain in the next 24 hours.

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1 hour ago, GiveusaB said:

So....3pm today is the BIG announcement ?

Championship here we come : ))))))))))))))))))))))

Tom Bacon as our first signing???

I think your right on both accounts here but that is just my reading between the lines opinion.

The club have made it a stick or twist situation set a headline and produced a online poster for it . Would they have gone to this trouble if the outcome was to stick knowing that it would only be met with huge disappointment.

Also Tom Bacon look at his sponsorship packages on his social media covered in Brummies race stuff every photo is in a Brummies race suit might mean nothing but we will see. 

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2 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said:

Dont think you will see tom bacom at brum! Think if the masons had made up there mind at the agm he maybe would have signed for you?....

Tom is clever and loyal but has largely mastered the Brum circuit and whilst he would no doubt bang in big scores at Champ level i wonder if he will move on to a new track type/style to further develop himself as a rider?  

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25 minutes ago, Trackerman48 said:

Dont think you will see tom bacom at brum! Think if the masons had made up there mind at the agm he maybe would have signed for you?....

With 4 months till the new season, I'm not sure why Tom would need to know now???

Wish him all the best wherever he decides to ride, but it wouldn't be a massive disappointment if it wasn't for B'ham..... imo!

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1 hour ago, GiveusaB said:

With 4 months till the new season, I'm not sure why Tom would need to know now???

Riders in Poland and Sweden know what they will be doing next season. Riders at teams like Sheffield and many others already know. Why should any other riders be treated like second class citizens? I bet he knows by now anyway, it's just us fans who are being kept in the dark.

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31 minutes ago, uk_martin said:

Riders in Poland and Sweden know what they will be doing next season. Riders at teams like Sheffield and many others already know. Why should any other riders be treated like second class citizens? I bet he knows by now anyway, it's just us fans who are being kept in the dark.

Only 1 hour and 24 mins to wait : )))))))))))

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3 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Tom is clever and loyal but has largely mastered the Brum circuit and whilst he would no doubt bang in big scores at Champ level i wonder if he will move on to a new track type/style to further develop himself as a rider?  

But don't forget Tom was racing for Peterborough this year so will have some knowledge of the other championship tracks - SHOULD we be going up, his knowledge would be invaluable.

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11 minutes ago, kitten2502 said:

But don't forget Tom was racing for Peterborough this year so will have some knowledge of the other championship tracks - SHOULD we be going up, his knowledge would be invaluable.

I have no doubt that Tom's knowledge and experience would be invaluable but i fear for Brum that the decision dithering may have let the Bacon boat sail. I suggest he is one of the most in demand riders in the upper two tiers and is most likely fixed up already. Why would he wait to see IF Brum would stick or twist if he has had perfectly good offers placed in front of him already? 

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