MD

The Premiership may need Glasgow but Glasgow doesn't need the Premiership IMO. The racing at home is good even against the weaker teams, like Edinburgh. Moving up would mean the nearest team would be Manchester when EDI, Berwick and Redcar are all closer. I've no great interest in what the Premiership does but wish the Championship teams would stick together and not be dictated to by a league the country can longer sustain.

Bomber had the throttle open up scraping the fence in that heat, TB doesn't do that. Still enjoyable tonight with Complin a different rider. Expected more from Schlien.

Signing a 7 point rider on a 9.5 average hasnt helped matters. It pushed valuable points away from the lower order and made the team even weaker, though I appreciate there may not have been many options out there.

Would be 31 at that point. Who knows what state UK speedway will be in by then, there is usually always someone looking for riders.

Does it matter who gets his registration? The rider will dictate where he will be riding.

Thats the first problem, what the PL owners will want will differ from the CL owners. Sense will go out the window as self interest will dominate.

He may opt not to come back however by keeping him at No5 suppresses his average and makes him very marketable next season should it be us or someone else. The problem with swapping him and Basso around is that if Claus isnt on it, as recently, they become a very weak pairing.

We can help him get over it next season, if he wanted of course.

Vissing is also going through his mid season slump and is as slow as a week in the jail.

Andersen hasn't ridden yet so maybe not! I hope Berwick get what they are paying for and not a continuation of Peterborough.

Or Eriksen.

Out of character for Steve, his head really did explode in ht15 when there was no need.

Had Havelock reserve switched Newman for Roynon in ht14 and given Roynon either one of ht6 or ht9 for Newman to help get rid of his third ride, it would have been easier for Poole to pick up third place in ht14. Why he didn't is inexplicable. Having been in total command at ht10 with the TS dispensed and being 10 points ahead, the dreaded regrade handed the ascendency back to Poole who won four of the last five heats. I'm still lost why we do it when it isn't advantageous to us or why it has to be fixed to ht10. If we must have it, it should be when it benefits us.

Whatever happened to Jordan Stewart who was injured at Brum in 2021? Will he ever come back to speedway?

Its a double edged sword, if you let Jorgensen go another club will benefit from his now realistic average however if you keep him he could be just as p1sh as this year. Berwick need a real clear out, Leon needs to be refreshed at another team, Knudsen hasn't shown what he promised last year and Etheridge is Dany Gappmaier in disguise. Hopefully there is a plan B for 2024.

4) The practice will do him good as Glasgow visit next week.

He never does when expected to be the No1. Almost always on an attractive average at end of season though.

It all depends on who is training them, they all seem to interpret rules their own way and the trainer passes on their bad habits. It totally pi55es me off when some refs let jumping go but others pull it back then don't consistently follow it through for the rest of the meeting.

FFS Berwick!

Belle Vue and Peterborough apart, its a poor watch IMO with passing pretty rare. As you say it often becomes tedious mid meeting.

We've already moved him away from 5 which should be easier with no ht13 but I dont think its working paired with Vissing, he and Basso are much better. Brennan does seem noticeably absent in the big heats. Vissing is reknowned for his mid season collapse, although tonight was frustrating he will come good again. If we could find a competent and consistent 4 pointer, the cheque book should come out. We didn't take advantage of Oxford going a man down tonight because we couldn't. Just like against Poole we didn't gate and never forced Oxford to chase the meeting.

The M74 is fine its the M6 thats an absolute b1tch especially on a Friday!

I meant Complin not the team!

Brilliant meeting that could have gone either way right up to the last few heats. Last years rider of the season turned up again to remind us we should have kept him. More passes than an SNP conference tonight.

Surprises me greatly but thanks for doing the numbers. Hopefully tonight he can put decent points on the board.