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Watched the first leg at BV but didn't attend last night. Instead of moaning about the Referee, perhaps Stead should be asking why the track curator decided not to rip up the gates again. Just like with the borefest a week earlier against Wolves, any rider off gate three was severely handicapped, so much so that you were treated to three man races, in effect. To be honest, I go to the NSS every week and the racing is usually very good, but from what I've seen from Sheffield this season, I seriously wouldn't bother crossing the road for what passes as racing there. It actually makes Monmore Green look like a Speedway riders paradise. Pleased to see our young riders Tom and Norick perform so well at the death. For me, the turning point in Tom's season was when he went up to number two, with Matej at number one. He seemed to grow in confidence and learned a lot about what lines to take around the NSS from the Master.

7.61 - Kurtz rides at 1 & Lambert at 5

In the interests of Speedway, no doubt.

With some of our performances around Owlerton, it will be difficult to tell whether we are trying or not. On the other hand, Sheffield riders will have no such excuse.

Give it ten minutes and you'll be able to switch off.

Anyone know why Douglas only had his four programmed rides yesterday? Would have thought that he would at least of had one of the R/R rides.

Which yielded no points

Would imagine that MPT was offered both meetings by Lemon, once he knew that Matej would be out.

Brennan announced: https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.39899

As Slovenian speedway riders are a minority group, there must be a high probability.

Please Crumpy stay fit. Missed both of Ipswich's meetings at BV this season. Will be there whatever on Saturday, but yet to see Crumpy around the NSS.

Would doubt it. Worse still, Max is a Belle Vue asset.

Only if we can have Max Fricke riding instead of Kurtz.

But last week was slick, as evidenced by the times.

The demise of speedway in the UK, for me, started a long while ago. Consistently reducing team averages constituted a dilution of the product on offer. Combined with ever increasing prices and value for money just went out of the window. Forget all the intervals, false starts, etc., speedway is in effect around 15 minutes of actual racing and for £18-£20 just isn't good value. I go to Belle Vue every week, because I always have done. Would speedway, in its current format, attract me as a new follower - probably not. For a conurbation the size of Greater Manchester, the crowds we get are really poor. Would they improve with better riders in the league, a reduction in pricing, better promotion in the local areas, well who knows?