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Agreed. I thought the Edinburgh riders and fans were a credit to their support tonight. That heat six stoppage was the most amateur thing I’ve ever witnessed in sport. Also, both Monarchs left the track and returned to the pits before the re-run of heat one. Isn’t that an exclusion? Then Palovaara 100% missed the two minutes. Dreadful night for the referee. Accidentally pressing the red light is an absolute shambles.

Touch of class from the Edinburgh riders after the meeting. Says a lot about the guys and the club they represent. I presume it was good viewing for the neutral on BSN, which is what it is all about. Both teams gave it their all but I think despite making hard work of it the right team made the final. Glasgow could have put 1,3,4 or Howarth in 15, they were all outstanding. Dan Thompson electric all night and Leon Flint while not gating was fantastic to watch again after midweek.

What a meeting. What a night. I’ve just watched the meeting back on BSN and it doesn’t even come close to being there. If Ashfield had a roof, it would have come off after each of the last three heats. What a track. Inside, outside, first lap, last lap. Pure entertainment. Harris on Sedgmen, Harris on Palovaara, Howarth on Sedgmen, Howarth on Palovaara, Flint on Palm Toft, I could go on and on, but the value for money is remarkable.

When you write “John Louis would not put up with this” what part is complimentary or respectful for that matter ? Incase you’re a bit slow, his son is running things, so don’t speak like his dad wouldn’t be proud of him and his son’s achievements. It’s really not that difficult to understand. Also, to say I’ve got a chip on my shoulder makes no sense, why would I have a chip in my shoulder over speedway 😂 it’s not that deep.

Are you another delinquent from Poole?

The Ouch post is very complimentary with regard to John Louis. But you then you go off on a rant which is largely irrelevant to his/her post. You might want to read your reply before posting such bitter, confrontational (juvenile?) responses. A Witches fan with a chip on their shoulder, now there’s a thing!

Redcar had a 14 point lead after 10 heats,fell apart in the last 5,losing 11-19, and Masters only finished third in heats 13/15.Going to make for an interesting second leg on Sunday,I don’t think 6 points is enough of a lead.

I’ve heard there could be one league of 12-14 teams. riding 2 home and 2 away. minimum 44 meetings in the season. this to me becomes a lot more appealing to riders. Suddenly they get paid as if they were doubling up, may not be as much if they were a big hitter in the prem but they get the same track at home for more meetings and then they also get to visit lot more other stadiums and the product becomes Fresh for all the teams and almost a look that can be more appealing not riding against the same team every other week. this one league the more you look in to does look better. the only question would be how the riders would be graded points wise as obviously if we can we want to keep the big guns in England but also may have to accept a short reset in order to grow the product back up.

Because I can't see any reason why he would leave Poole, he is happy and likes the set up, He already rides in Poland so don't see why any club would offer him big money to ride there and not here.

Redcar only winning by 6. This tie still anyones. Be easier for us if Oxford made it through tbh. They showed a few heats on BSN. Am I right in thinking Redcar had a 12 point lead at one stage?

Some issue with his tyre but as it was a three rider race Victor could have went off 15m and it would still have been a 3-3 heat

Wow I can understand why Tigers were so upset at missing Villads against Poole on Tuesday!! Would have made all the difference I guess!🤣🤣👍☠️🏴‍☠️

My opinion on play-offs is we need them with 1 home 1 away but if it was 2H2A we can scrap them, teams at the start and end of the year can be very different even if they don't have any rider changes the form of the riders can vary quite a bit so can be a bit of luck when you face another team. Weather and other things like dodgy refs can also play a part and there are too little meetings with 1H1A to negate some luck factor (not that it disappears with 2H2A). If they can't fit 2H2A then maybe even something similar to 2011s format where the top 4/5 do another round robin with the top of the overall table at the end winning. The premiership this year would have come down to a last meeting decider in Sheffield naturally had there been no playoffs but instead we got a nothing meeting to put Sheffield top which didn't matter as they'd already lost in the playoffs. Teams do agree to do play-offs though as it makes them the most money so they can't complain, at the very least the team that finishes top should get some form of trophy.

Bowes expected his bikes to be at Poole as they are stored at Workington. He got told this was not possible and threw his toys and confirmed his season is over. For me I want riders who want to ride for Workington regardless. Nobody is bigger than the club. He has been missing more than present this season. Go and chase your dream in Poland and Sweden son. Bye for now

Think Victor packed up after the red lights came on so was still under power. Not sure why the red lights came on though, I thought there was maybe power issues in the ref box but not sure as it took a while for Hugh in the box to come back on.

I was surprised he wasn’t excluded for missing the two mins.

A night of high drama and great excitement and entertainment. Edinburgh really missed Paco although Sedgy did great as a stand in captain. Very pleased for Max Perry. Well done to the Tigers and good luck in the final.

Yes the ref must have been quite relieved. Couple of interesting incidents. Why was ht1 rerun and not awarded? And then when it was rerun did VP try to come out on his first bike and get told that wasn’t allowed?

Still waiting on an explanation for ht1 where the red lights came on with 6 seconds on the clock and Victors bike then packed up, yet was allowed to jump on another.

Well done Max saved us tonight after Villads' mare, massive improvement from the last few meetings and looked more like he was before his crashes. Hope Villads can get some more of that intensive physiotherapy, didn't look particularly comfortable before the meeting and that crash definitely didn't help, credit to him though for limping round for the Ben fund collection, some fit riders skip out on it so doing it while he was obviously in pain was nice to see. Dan and Leon have come alive these last few meetings and Bomber and Kyle looking rapid. Happy the referee's blunder didn't end up mattering as that would have been a horrible way to lose for either side.

No IF!! That's what happened

Heat 13 & 15 didn't surprise me, Edinburgh couldn't afford Glasgow's reserves to score the points they did, that's the decisive factor for me.

If Bowes has indeed "spat his dummy out" & refusing to ride for Workington, then should get a 28 day ban. Of course that's pointless at this stage of the season, so what's to stop any rider disappearing before the end of the season? Maybe ban could carry over to next season?

Or us.