Some thoughts about the next year have appeared in several threads already, so let's gather them all up in one thread. 2008 will soon come to an end and it's not long before we will start thinking about next year already.

Of course it's difficult to predict, how competitive will anyone be next year, but it doesn't mean we can't make any guesses. Let's try to look at the evidence and discuss, who and how much might all those rule changes at least theoretically benefit.