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I find it odd people jumping on the wagon to jump on young James, poor guy has moved country at the age of 16 is on tracks hes never rode before what are you expecting from a first season. He won his first ride at scunny the other day so got his 3 points job done. He would have won his first heat last night however got a puncture. Its still only his had 2 home meeting , id hate to work for some off you lot , youd be sacked after your second day. I personally think middle to end of season he will be on 5-7 points at home. Keep the faith and get behind your riders.

James Pearson is still only 16years old. He needs as many rides as he can get. I have criticised LR may times in the past about some of his decisions, but i am with him on this one giving JP his 4 races. If the match was in danger of a home defeat it would have been different. Brummies won

The BSB’s had a certain aroma which was only found there. Probably eminating from the green mould up the walls by the urinals.

Maybe it was the pits area that was rendered unsafe, don't want anyone tripping over them toys or slipping on the spilt milk?

Have you been to Plymouth to actually see the racing there first hand? I'm not a Plymouth supporter but went there for the very first time on Tues vs Poole. Hardly a 'toy track' when you see the breathtaking racing that it produces even tho it's small. Tracks are not about the size but how they are shaped to produce quality racing. I would say you need bigger balls to ride that track than say a Sheffield. The riders are closer together so if one rider comes off it's likely more will follow like dominoes. Toy track, nonsense!

1 by the starting gate but a couple of right mingers on bend 4

I witnessed his dad getting hit by someone in the pits but I suppose the Newcastle promotion and fans don’t want to talk about that part. Winditin Winditon

anyway nice to see the brummies get there season up and running with a decent win

Barker just went into the corner too quick and overshot the apex . There was no hole just a berm of dirt ..Danny king was wondering what it was as he doesn’t get to see dirt much these days .

Never had any issues with cookie at ashfield no matter how he goes elsewhere

Another cracking tackle move from Paul Hawkins! Yes his name is now, Paul after the other two tactical genius Lambert & Cook!

Glad to win as I knew we would,,, but come on,,, why gift them a point with no Doyle in 15,,,that just sucks,,,,, I'm guessing they are just happy to win,,,

Could we not afford to pay Doyle to ride in heat 15 or something? Another top drawer move from the tactical genius Hawkins to gift belle vue a point

Steve once told me that 50 per cent of his output was genuine and 50 per cent wind-up and that no-one knew which was which. Including, on occasion, him…

It's probably preference. I don't like watching Edinburgh, Newcastle, Plymouth, wolves, Ipswich as don't find that kind of racing as entertaining as full throttle you get at Glasgow, BV, Peterborough etc. I won't say it's bad or boring etc it's just my personal preference

Met Steve in person he actually admitted he was a wind up artist and good at it better than me to be fair so anything he says i would take it with a pinch of salt. Turnip talks alot of sense,especially for a turnip.

It's clear to see that Plymouth is a much better race track than some would have you believe.

No bugger wants to ride with Batchelor I should think

Let’s be clear, no one is criticising young James. He rode superbly last night, his gating was superb snd on several occasions, held off their top heat leaders for over two laps. James is a great prospect snd yes, the points will come. Personally, I don’t care if he doesn’t score many points all season. I hope the club honour their pre season statements that he is under no pressure snd will be given time. I hope that means he is with us all season, regardless of his scores. We will reap the benefits next season. what is being missed, is that many of the “floating” punters snd the newbies, only want to support a winning team unfortunately!!! Birmingham have had an unfortunate start to the season at home, not having completed a match before last night snd this has already had an affect on crowd levels. EVERY home rider last night, rode their socks off and they ALL want snd, DESERVE the right to win matches if they are good enough to do so. What none of us want, is for that chance to be taken from them by an inept team manager!!! As has been pointed out already, we missed out on the playoffs last year by one point. No team can afford to “gift” points to the opposition if they are serious about getting to the playoffs snd competing for honours. The new consortium have already invested a more than six figure sum into the club snd are doing so many things right but, their hard work means nothing if the crowd levels are affected by disgruntled fans or sadly, by fans stopping away because the team isn’t winning. Laurence is to be commended for the work he does for the club snd his key role in getting the consortium together but, that doesn’t alter the fact that over time, he has repeatedly proven to be an inept team manager. Apparently, in a radio WM interview he said he left James in his last race because : “ he deserved it”. I can see the logic but, I snd I believe, most other Brummies fans want is for team manager to do his UTMOST to get the team over the winning line., not to be mister nice guy to the riders. By his actions last night , he could snd nearly did cost the other six riders the win that all seven of them, including James Pearson , had worked so hard for. Laurence has a history of such poor decision making snd it’s not good enough. We will never win anything with this team manager. He continued the Shanes / Morris pairing all of last season despite the fact that they are not compatible as a pairing, always wanting the same line snd constantly getting in each others way, constantly being on the wrong end of a 5-1 . Despite this being glaringly obvious and talked about by many fans, Laurence just didn’t see it or, change it. . We have been running rider rep at the moment snd guess what… in several of these meetings, what does he do? He pairs Shane’s snd Morris in the first rider rep ride, snd guess what, we got stuffed in those heats. Yes, they got a 4-2 in heat 14 last night because Shanes has actually started gating lately .That’s the same Shane’s that should have replaced young James in James’ in his last ride and then we may well not have been going into the last heats with Scunthorpe having the chance to either win the meeting or, the last heat with a chance of taking s point. That would have killed the “upsurge” the fans went home with after a great all around team effort snd our first home win. The criticism is of Laurence Rogers , not young James .

He was lucky nobody gave him the byker T.cake....

Maybe tracks that can’t get their floodlights to work should also just be training tracks

These 'works' seem to have come at a very convenient time. Reminds me of a Cradley v Wolves match that was called off due to a 'waterlogged track' . One of my mates lived in Dudley and we thought might as well go for a drink as we were going to be out anyway. Passed by the track to have a look, dry as a bone. The fact that Hancock and Hamill had missed their flights back to the UK was a pure coincidence.

Well done to all for achieving first home win this season. Sorry,I can't make the 140 mile round trip to support the team whilst there are folk who think loyal supporters of speedway(and have been for many years) are classed as 'keyboard warriors'. Who gives a flying from posts on Brummies Speedway Forum whos birthday it is or whos grass has been cut during the off season and if anyone has a day off work to take a rider to an airport No disrespect to those who have taken on the challenge to put the Brummies on track for 2022.Those folk who have put their money where their mouths are deserve our ultimate respect

Wouldn’t have moved King from 5 either personally. Once Riss has been moved to 2 he probably thought Barker and Batchelor as a pair at 3 and 4 looked a bit iffy so moved King in there. I prefer keeping things simple, Barker at 2, Riss and Batchelor 3 and 4 and King at 5. Although certainly an argument for Riss at 5 on current form. Only one man’s opinion matters though at the end of the day. Perhaps Hawkins is far more of a tactical genius than any of us gave him credit for

Yes, got a picture copy of the msdl race section, can send you a picture of the racecard if you like?

I think the best solution is for me to get down there and have a look for myself.

Well not unless they want to retain it?

As Newcastle are over 3 points below the 42 limit, I don't think signing a new reserve is the answer to avoiding the wooden spoon!

Castagna 0 Thomson 2 Pijper 3 Flint 1 There appeared to be a bit of a mix-up as to whether second place was Kye Thomson or Michele Castagna. It was definitely Thomson though.

As long as everyone - especially Danny - keeps clear of Barker's 'rodeo' bike, all should be well!!

The old saying........Doesn't matter wot size it is it's wot u do with it that counts!......kinda comes to mind. So whether a track is big or small it's the shape of it that determines the quality of racing. Went to Plymouth, the smallest track, on Tuesday for the very first time and I was well impressed with the breathtaking racing on show. It's nonsense to say the Premiership should only be for tracks (Daniel Smith) that allow the riders to be throttle jockeys coz that can also be boring if the track isn't shaped correctly. At both ends of the scale Plymouth & Belle Vue av got their tracks on the money

Not great, unless there was more than usual 'inside' ? Put it this way, there certainly wasn't an increase from the last meeting.(Berwick)

And have the floodlights been checked?

That would have been far too cheap and sensible. Why back the brits when you can fly in and pay for an overseas rider. Not saying Pearson isn't grateful but i bet McGurk would have ripped your arm off for that level of help nobody is questioning his need for rides/progression BUT will Brum see any benefit from that? Chances are the promotion/ supporters are paying for him to ride and learn and once the progression comes he will be off to a bigger paying fish in the pond. The only long term servants of any club these days are those who are track specialists or get no other offers elsewhere.

You're very well informed. Very few people know about Netherton International.The restaurant there does a roaring trade in faggots & peas, pork scratchings and orange chips !!!

I was waiting for a post about giving Pearson 4 rides and his progression ? WHY ??? is Pearson's development more important than the Clubs success ? Ok, if you want him to have 4 rides....win the match, make sure that the opposition can't get a bonus point and put Pearson in Heat 15 (unless you have to put one of your top scorers in that Heat? I'm not sure of the rules as they change so often....)

FFS, you really are beyond helpThere was every chance they could have won!!!

It was a special engine for some reason ( we never found out why ) broke many track records over 2/3yrs

Suggestion: How about opening a twitter thread for the meeting so the commentators can answer questions or raise points of discussion. Works well for Dave Goddard when he does his Premier Sports commentary, can also help fill in gaps etc.

Sounds a bit like the sort of thing that Dave Jessup would have done?

Not riding a track because it’s dangerous is fair enough but not as good an excuse as the Newcastle junior rider on Saturday who ( allegedly) didn’t ride the Berwick track because it was too big for him

Was quite tame compared to the Davie Fairbairn days

Me, You, and the vast majority of fans I would say.... A huge opportunity I would think over the next couple of years for the sport over here when (if) Poland release the riders to ride in more leagues. .. The top league has to be seen as "the flagship" in any sport so getting plenty of top two division riders from Poland over here into the teams (with top GP stars included) will be almost like a "new start" for the sport.. In the interim, having the likes of Doyle, Fricke, NKI, Holder, Kurtz, and Zagar over here means the top league has some "top talent" that doesn't also ride Div 2 so there is some demarcation.... The more the merrier, and the better the sport will be...

Iversen(once he's fitter) and Zagar improve the league....all im interested in....

As I see it a riders job is to win races or at the very least to beat his opposite number, a managers job is to make sure his team wins then to make sure the opposition takes no league points, surely thats what the Sport is all about it is after all a competitive Sport if not then there is no point in competing, instead we should just play tiddly winks.

Last night Morley took a extra reserve ride in Ht14 meaning the other reserve only got 3 rides. We had already done enough to win the match and looks hard on Edwards, but if we dropped a 4-2 in that race and a 5-1 in the last which was possible Poole would have snatched a vital bonus point. Correct decision by the manager who is judged on results, not sure if Atkins would have seen it that way if he had been involved.

No the signed a rider on a 28 day contract which the BSPA approved. Do you honestly think that the BSPA didn't expect BV to replace that rider. Stop digging that hole.

Thank goodness for that.

Russia should not be in Ukraine full stop no arguments not their country