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21 hours ago, Skidder1 said:

Leicester are certainly 'speculating to accumulate' with their first 2 signings. Neither will come cheap so I hope the Lions fans turn up in huge numbers on Thursday nights!!

I think if we have mountain and Dan Thomson at reserve that may soften the blow a little! Think the crowds will big hit and miss. Fans are split on moving up

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59 minutes ago, FishersGate said:

I think if we have mountain and Dan Thomson at reserve that may soften the blow a little! Think the crowds will big hit and miss. Fans are split on moving up

Last time the Lions moved up it was pure vanity and we simply made up the numbers, signing a few riders on short term deals who were not committed.

With the current owner/management set up I think we will see a different mindset and a superior product served up.

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1 hour ago, Teromaafan said:

Last time the Lions moved up it was pure vanity and we simply made up the numbers, signing a few riders on short term deals who were not committed.

With the current owner/management set up I think we will see a different mindset and a superior product served up.

I agree. They have to make this work after the disaster last time out. Thinking there going to build a strong home team and aim for the play offs is a minimum requirement

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2 hours ago, Teromaafan said:

Last time the Lions moved up it was pure vanity and we simply made up the numbers, signing a few riders on short term deals who were not committed.

With the current owner/management set up I think we will see a different mindset and a superior product served up.

That will be great - as long as fans turn up in greater numbers!

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6 hours ago, FishersGate said:

I think if we have mountain and Dan Thomson at reserve that may soften the blow a little! Think the crowds will big hit and miss. Fans are split on moving up

Mountain's a bit of a puzzle for me. Didn't seem to impose/improve much in the CL over 2021 but always looked very useful riding for Sheffield and not just in heats 2 & 8. Maybe he will stay at Sheffield?

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10 minutes ago, Big Al said:

Mountain's a bit of a puzzle for me. Didn't seem to impose/improve much in the CL over 2021 but always looked very useful riding for Sheffield and not just in heats 2 & 8. Maybe he will stay at Sheffield?

Think it's up to him. Think both clubs want him as his average possibly maybe 3.66 which is low. I wouldn't be gutted if he doesn't stay at Leicester. Id love Nikolai Busk Jacobsen at Leicester. 4.37 and always has huge scores around Beaumont park. 

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6 minutes ago, FishersGate said:

Think it's up to him. Think both clubs want him as his average possibly maybe 3.66 which is low. I wouldn't be gutted if he doesn't stay at Leicester. Id love iNkolai Busk Jacobsen at Leicester. 4.37 and always has huge scores around Beaumont park. 

I thought Nikolai Busk Jacobsen had retired.

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On 11/20/2022 at 3:11 PM, FishersGate said:

Think it will drop a little due to it being Thursday. But we're a loyal bunch. Had around 600/700 hundred on wet Tuesday night and against Scunthorpe last year. Which was already a foregone conclusion. 

That would just about pay for Championship Team these days,some sponsers must have deep pockets.Did they not change their race night to weekend because fans weren’t liking mid week.

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Could be Leicester's last season. Seen too many clubs succumb to the lure of the "Premier" league and fail after having to change race night.

Leicester should have taken advice from their arch enemies down on the south coast who remain operating successfully on the night that their paying spectators want to see speedway.

 

 

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On 11/20/2022 at 3:33 PM, Big Al said:

Mountain's a bit of a puzzle for me. Didn't seem to impose/improve much in the CL over 2021 but always looked very useful riding for Sheffield and not just in heats 2 & 8. Maybe he will stay at Sheffield?

But the fans voted him to be the most improved despite his average dropping.

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10 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Could be Leicester's last season. Seen too many clubs succumb to the lure of the "Premier" league and fail after having to change race night.

Leicester should have taken advice from their arch enemies down on the south coast who remain operating successfully on the night that their paying spectators want to see speedway.

 

 

Someone praising Poole! Has the world ended? :unsure::o;)

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12 hours ago, Fromafar said:

That would just about pay for Championship Team these days,some sponsers must have deep pockets.Did they not change their race night to weekend because fans weren’t liking mid week.

And they had Jason Doyle...

More fans immediately went to watch in the 2nd Division at weekends than went mid week to watch some GP stars...

Poole show that sometimes it isnt really the level of rider on show, but the night you run...

And with only single GP riders going around, and not in every team, to make a change of night work at this time, (especially given the clear historical evidence they have), could still be pretty difficult I would think...

Hopefully plenty of sponsors on board and it will be a success...

 

 

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25 minutes ago, mikebv said:

Poole show that sometimes it isnt really the level of rider on show, but the night you run...

Maybe the case when the leagues are almost the same strength but if there was a clear difference between the leagues it may be a different story... having said that Poole always had healthy home crowds when they were in the 2nd division before but I think they do get a good "holiday" crowd 

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