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Dickson did the right thing tonight in replacing Douglas with Kemp when he touched the tapes and remarked on it in his after meeting interview. It was obvious that passing was going to be at a premium tonight, especially in the early heats, so even after Milik's impressive victory in heat 1 it was looking extremely unlikely he was going to come through from the back in heat 5 against Masters and Lawson, so to make that decision was very strange especially as Dickson had basically shown Birmingham what to do in the previous heat. With the Brummies struggling for points on the track the last thing they need is for the management to be making basic errors like this.

Twice, and Becker also. There are very limited options with regards to JT, so it's going to be down to the management, club and his team mates to help him get going I think.

Weakest in the league but with possibly the strongest reserve partnership... although they didn't really show it tonight

If it's any consolation, I think you've got the best looking race suits in the league so at least you looked good while you were taking a sound beating

You should put the Snooker on

Masters and Bates

A bit harsh, the lad made the gate twice and looked very comfortable out front in only his 2nd ride on the track ever. Anyway didn't your manager design the track?

I don't know why you'd put Milik off of 15 on this track

It's a shambles at the start so far tonight

Sing when you're drawing, you only sing when you're drawing

Your boys should be right at home then

And don't even get started with some of the promoters!

You're replying to your own posts now! You need to go and have a lie down

I use the camera app on my phone... if I look through that it gives me a pretty good idea of what the weather is doing Anything else is witchcraft!

Apologies if I have come across as aggressive, that's really not my intention. I haven't said you don't care, I have said you don't seem very forgiving. Unlike you I'm not prepared to write somebody off for life for a crime they have committed, pleaded guilty to and served time for. He was found guilty of burglary, robbery and two counts of attempting to commit fraud. My reasons for not touching him with a barge pole are purely Speedway related, but like I said, if I were a desperate promoter I may think differently.

Let's hope that all of our Aussies make their flights to take on the Birmingham Banana Skins... I'm currently waiting outside the turnstiles to make sure I make it in time

I forgive you for such a pointless post

Maybe that's where it all went wrong

I have read your post and you don't come across as a very forgiving person. The difference with paedo's becoming teachers is the small matter of the law of the land forbidding it, it's not a matter of opinion. It is not law that burglars can't become speedway riders... or anything else for that matter the only thing he has forfeited is his liberty for a few years and his reputation. There are many people that have turned their lives around and gone on to become inspirational "heroes"... Ant Middleton served time and now does motivational speaking tours.

I seem to remember him being taken under Gary Havelock's wing when he was a real hot prospect at Coventry, I'm not quite sure where it all went wrong for him Speedway wise. Personally, I think as he's not currently banned from speedway, as some riders are, he should be free to ride, if he can find a club that'll have him, I think he maybe needs somebody to take him under their wing again or a chaperone type person a bit like Glenn Roeder with Gazza when he went to Italy, just to keep him on the straight and narrow. Many "famous" people have been to prison and then gone on to make a success of their lives, Gino di Campo also broke into somebody's home and look at him now. Sometimes prison is the wake up call for people to turn their lives around. Personally, I'm with you and wouldn't touch him with a barge pole but that's just me, if I were a promoter at Plymouth or somewhere I may be thinking differently.

Leicester are riding on Thursday night, I live just over a mile away... should I set out now?

Where is Mr Tungate based?

"Warsaw and Cardiff are getting a serious qualifying makeover" https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/speedway-gp-world-championship-points-up-for-grabs-as-sgp-sprint-races-debut-in-warsaw-cardiff I'm pretty much lost for words

What is even "sprint" about it? If they wanted to copy other sports, which they seem determined to do, they should run a series of one lap dashes... Or, god forbid, come up with an original idea! How about something like a rider nominating one of his races during the main meeting to count to qualification to an extra "Golden" race? This could be tactical, so Zmarzlik could nominate his "quali" race when he meets his nearest rival to harm their chances or an "easy" race to stand a better chance of qualification to the bonus race... that's just off the top of my head

It's one of the few French words I know