Sidney the robin

Not a bad night and well done to the Swindon management for producing a pretty good track tonight.That is the best the track has looked for quite a while there was some very interesting racing tonight.Batch was very good Zach rode very well rode some great lines and is improving fast and for the Wolves Thorssell was always in the mix he fought very hard as did Howarth and Tom Bacon i was very impressed with him tonight.

His team behind him did a great marketing job to get him that sponsorship.

A big night for the club tonight hope the crowd is decent and the racing is a whole lot better.An even contest i believe but a home win for me be very interesting to see how Tom Bacon goes as he is a good trapper and must be one of the most improved riders in all leagues.

I think the opposite because his dad was so good a legend the pressure on him was immense straight from the start.

The only thing. I would say ORLOV is how many people get in for free? that has to stop i think,?.Tomorrow I hope for a 13/14. 00 crowd but the track needs to be better fingers crossed eh!

You know more than most on this issue ORLOV Swindon usually get 1000 plus i would say 1200 plus everyweek on a good day v Poole , zummerset even more I think even with the delay in fixtures ( 5 weeeks?) the crowd is holding up ok.

Style wise he was so much like the old man i can remember him signing his faberge deal with Kevin Keegan and Henry Cooper.Personally i think he would of made it and been world class an exciting rider to watch just like Barry.

It is common knowledge that most clubs have hit trouble this year even the mighty Poole have problems and there gates have been down.My club Swindon i think the gates have held up quite well considering the crap entertainment dished out week to week but there are rumours they are in big trouble.Something has to change but talks and plans need to start now dont leave it until there good old jolly up meeting in Tennerife and rush things through.

I. was thinking without the likes of Doyley/Iversen riding these two teams as examples shows the level of rider we will have. - Poole 1.Kurtz. 2.Starke 3.J.Holder. 4. Klindt 5.Jacobsen. 6.Lidsey?? 7.Jenkins. - Ipswich. 1.King. 2. Heeps 3. Schlein 4.Covatti. 5.H.Andersen. 6.Hume. 7.Kemp.

Certainly right there the reserves are important a test match that always sticks in mind was in 1983 at Sheffield England v USA. Neil Collins who was a reserve got a very important 5.1( with Carter) over Schwartz/ Sigalos really turned the match.

I would love Tom Brennan or maybe Georgie Wood to get a chance i dont think Eastbourne would allow it though.For me to have any chance of winning anything our top 5 have to click again the extra odd point at reserve wont make that much of a difference.Also would it not be better to have Zach at no 7 or is there another crazy rule that will not allow it.?

If that is the case waytogo28 then that will be it for me speedway will be a thing of the past. Fingers crossed you are wrong but if i was a bookmaker your assumpion i would have as 1/5 on.!!!!

Forget about the winning you need to be more concerned about whether you have a club to support in the future.

Poole have made endless changes but the side is not that much better no in/out number 1 ok Jacobsen is the real plus.And yes the loyalty thing should be the norm and if a new rule was put in place that you could only stick with the original 1/7 and change only if a rider got injured your side would be nowhere.That is because they got it wrong building there team, also people forget about Swindon that we are weak at reserve but our top five need to be clicking at one time that has not happened for a long time now but if it does the side is a match for anybody.

Spot on Frankie local stars often got chances in those test matches i remember the likes of Les Sharpe, Arnie Haley,Dave Younghusband, Tony Lomas, Bob Kilby (etc) getting caps they were all good riders in there own right.

1968 Swindon Great Britain v Sweden. Hunter ,Luckhurst. - Lars Jansson B. Larsson all at number 7/8 6 man teams in a 18 heat format..

With who? the team in place will see us into the playoffs then all to play for the side essembled at the start of the season i thought top four so nothing's changed for me.

Would that make that much of a difference ? we need our top five firing before anything else.Also if i remember rightly Smith beat Clegg 2.1 in there meetings a couple of months ago.

Never raced at the Abbey.???

Taking a gamble now would be madness the situation is entirely different to the Tomasz situation from last year stay loyal see how it pans out.

I just dont see it myself ( ie) Rosco is loyal to his riders and that is a brilliant thing and he would not make that particular change anyway.And also are we going to win anymore AWAY matches with Krystian in the side NO because he has still to learn those away tracks yet also he is unproven around the Abbey.

I read the Adver on Tuesday for the match report and i know the club needs this big storm to blow over but it said basically the Robins back on track.Not alot said about the state of the track look we all know it is a hard job to get the track in good shape and it is a thankless task for some.But the worst thing about it was it was on live TV and this should never of happened also having a 2 hour programme dominated by the tractor was just awful.Just hope Monday things are better look i am not putting the boot in to my club but if this at happened at Poole on Monday there would of been a public uproar .

I think he was only axed because of money he is a very talented rider but i think he is quite expensive for a rider who has a 6.36 average.

If we leave the Abbey i think that could be it for Swindon speedway i can't see us getting an alternative site and even if we do that will take time.I know it is long shot but if the worst scenario happens could Cowley Oxford be a option.?

Last night was the dustiest meeting i have been to since the Wembley 1975 World Final ( Collins unlucky conditions changed).Last night it was so dusty people were laughing about it it was like being outside the Swindon Crematorium terrible.I notice now and even Doyley did it last week entering bend 1 people are shutting off the track is so unpredictable Morris has fell off twice in a week in the same place something is not right is it just the track or are bikes just to quick now I don't know the answer.