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In theory, any club in this league with an assessed 5 pointer could have made this move. In reality, only a few could afford to do it.

Anyone know if Tarasenko is available for the Championship riders final on Sunday….

Agreed it’s the rule that’s at fault, not Glasgow for exploiting it. Although my comment on getting a financial package together still applies, not many Championship teams could do it.

Obviously a cracking signing for Glasgow which strengthens them a hell of a lot. Genuinely no idea how he fits average wise and it’s certainly not a like for like swap with a team already over the limit on current averages, but it’s speedway so shouldn’t be surprised. Should make the play offs closer for the 3 teams with the financial clout to compete against each other.

Redcar have picked up a couple of decent guests for this meeting by the looks of it.

Shame about the drop outs already, all good riders around Redcar who would have had a chance at winning. Still should be a decent meeting though.

What are you on about? The race was stopped on a 4-2 (although Charles was very close to passing Sedgmen, hence why it wasn’t awarded) and the re-run was a 4-2 to Brum? Birmingham did well but were greatly improved by having Lawson at 1 instead of Morris (16 for Lawson, Morris scored 2 here last time). Sedgmen had a typical meeting at Redcar and I thought Starke did well (as he should at Reserve). Solid enough from the Bears top 5 but the reserves were heavily outscored. Need to improve for the play offs. Some decent, fast racing on a well prepared track.

Think it was just a good gate actually. Didn’t move until the tapes started to go up. If this was one of the many “massive rollers” that the opposition seem to get away with every week (according to some) then we might have to disregard that posters comments. Good ride from the Cooks though (albeit it was Danyon)

R/R scored 5 so you would hope Charles would have scored more. Still think Pirates would have won but certainly could have been a lot closer. Sounds like a decent meeting, Poole are very strong at home.

If the Bears keep it within 10 they will have done well.

On the BSN coverage Worrall blamed Trigger for the incident because (and I quote) “he sh*t himself and didn’t go round the outside” Probably knew that the Redcar fans still call you Right Turn Richie.

Gavin Parr said they had tried everyone over 7 points as a guest but couldn’t find one (yet). Even said he was hoping Charles might declare himself fit. Looks like it’ll be R/R again.

Good effort from the lads tonight, everyone chipped in at some point and great to see Erik scoring well (although the track was perfect for him, gate and it was very difficult to pass) Hope Barker is ok after that nasty looking fall. Not sure R/R will be as effective tomorrow night though.

Whoosh. Maybe I should have added a wink emoji, but I assumed people wouldn’t take it seriously.

Sounds like they tried to get a guest but were unsuccessful at such short notice. Probably try and get one of the Poole lads to guest tomorrow night..

Charles injury (and the fact it’s R/R and not a guest) is a massive blow to the Bears chances.

Yes, watched the stream and thought it was a decent meeting, particularly early on as it got a bit gate and go the last few heats. Pickering as entertaining as ever, brilliant double pass in his second ride. Hagon started brightly and looks a good prospect. Edwards star man for the Bears and everyone (except Harrison) scored points, although very inconsistently in most cases. Hume had a good meeting too. Decent stream - the commentary was better than the camera work I’d say though.

Well done Connor. Never in doubt.

Given our last showing at the EWR, where we made Simon Lambert look like Bartosz Zmarzlik, I think Scunthorpe are the favourites. Especially as we will be weaker without Mulford.

Dreadful news for Jake and Redcar. Been excellent the last few weeks and extremely hard to replace on his average.

Not there tonight but will be following the updates. Hope Jason can re-discover his form and use the dropping at Kings Lynn as motivation.

Erik on his Facebook today blaming his bikes, not his illness, for the performance. “A terrible night for myself, I was giving it everything out on track but simply couldn’t get out of the starts and struggled to find any speed in my bike tonight. Sorry to the Redcar promotion and the fans for my performance.” Certainly no need to apologise.

Gutted against Poole again but fair play to them they never know when they are beaten (and never are at Redcar). But a fantastic meeting with some superb racing. BSN viewers certainly got their monies worth. We can’t get all of our team firing at the same time but credit to Hume and Mulford tonight they were excellent. Erik not at his best and Danny not quite at it when needed. Lawson superb and Ben Cook a joy to watch. Oh and I prefer the old system where it’s called a draw……

Erik riding at 5 this week instead of 3, Wright back to No.3

It’s a fair point, but I doubt many on here know what tests, medical examinations have taken place, so it’s just speculation really. If he’s not medically fit to ride then he shouldn’t, if he is then he should.