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Being honest that's probably fair and if he was signing for Lakeside, Wolverhampton etc I am sure it would be, but for Coventry and Mick Horton I seriously doubt it.

I think it's interesting that although FRICKE appears to be in for Barker neither web site has confirmed it.

BSPA and sense in the same sentence Phil !!! After this years fiasco I would have thought the BSPA would try and ensure the play offs don't run past the end of September.

Some very good points which I totally agree with.

All very very amateurish, sports a complete joke.

Serious question - Does he ever talk anything but drivel. Comes over as refreshingly honest and fair play to him for that, it's a shame more promoters/managers are not as forthright. That won't be the only thing PK won't be in if what I have heard is true.

Certainly not what I have heard

It wasn't a straight forward decision but Pedersen did hit him and force him wide, if KK had gone straight down it would have been an easier call but he clearly tried to save it but lost it at the end. The trouble that Nicki has is his reputation and past, he is now clearly suffering from it, very few people including referees give him the benefit of the doubt.

I agree it was a good GP, some good racing and some bloody good entertainment. Congratulations to Greg who is a worthy winner, shame Tai didn't get on the rostrum but his last two GP's just were not good enough.

Edinburgh are a very good side and as you say did well putting it together with a lot of riders making significant increases in their averages but you have also been very fortunate with no significant injuries. I think the Monarchs have a good chance of the treble, they should be too strong for anyone over two legs.

Better to be thought an idiot than opens ones mouth and confirm it.

Well I wasn't there so cannot comment on his handling on that day but I have attended many many matches when he has and he is certainly one of the best referees in this country and does a pretty good job in the GP,s as well. When you put him alongside some of his colleagues in the UK he is light years ahead of most of them and some of those are truly dreadful and not even approaching inept.

Go on I will say it, why on earth should Jim Lawrence be disciplined over this.

They certainly were a few years ago I am not so sure they are such big earners now, I am sure I read somewhere that Swindon's final last year wasn't their biggest gate of the season.

I was amazed to see a team with worst reserves than ours but their top 5 were very good value and they deserved the win. Reasonable match and a fabulous heat 15, but a sad end to a season which started so well. Let's hope we haven't seen the last action at the best track in the country.

'TC Harrison' Panthers: Richard Lawson (guest), Adam Roynon, Todd Kurtz (guest), Rider replacement for Richard Hall, Ulrich Ostergaard, Max Dilger, Nicki Barrett. Edinburgh: Craig Cook, Justin Sedgmen, Max Fricke, Steve Worrall, Sam Masters, Aaron Fox, Derek Sneddon. According to Panthers web site

Worryingly I know it was accurate. EL needs to race on 2 set nights and leave the other 5 nights to the PL, this would solve the doubling up/down fiasco of missing riders straight away and to be fair I don't see why any rider cannot double up, if teams want to use up nearly a third of their team limit on one rider why not. Common sense would suggest Wednesday/Thursday would be the best nights and perhaps just an additional sky match on Mondays if Sky cannot use the usual nights.

And talking of the meeting last week, did you hear the one about a well known promoter who proposed we have 3 fast track riders per EL team next year and that most of the supporters were stupid. Another promoter then said most EL tracks had seen a dramatic fall in supporters over the season and left most in debt and wasn't so sure it was the supporters that were stupid.

I don't think slumming it in the PL is the biggest concern for Panthers supporters. I wouldn't be surprised if Chairman Harkess didn't intervene to ensure Edinburgh kept the second leg. Can only agree, just caused aggravation for the sake of it.

Shows they can do it when they want to. So why do they drag their heels at other times?.

Personally I think it was over the day Iversen got hurt in the Grand Prix.

Not lost to speedway then, just the BSF, lol.

I don't disagree with any of the above.

Newcastle want to stage the KOC SF with Edinburgh on that date apparently.

That question has been raised by more than a few Panthers supporters as well although I think it's the final round of the WU21 Final rather than the Czech GH. Latest rumours suggest this fixture is in doubt, probably because of comments raised by the Newcastle promotion in this weeks star, if members of the BSPA were as good as getting along and organising as they are at pathetic getting one over and stuffing other clubs for their own ends this sport wouldn't be in the mess it currently finds itself.