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Squads are cut to 2 riders and a reserve in each team next week.

And this was the forecast rain radar at 12:00 yesterday when the decision was made

Just hope Brady and Dan get through it unscathed. As professionals they’ll definitely give their all on the night but they’ve been there done it with this competition. Let another dog have its day . Just get to Saturday’s massive meeting safe.

Doesn’t weaken them at all, Klindt is just as good as Thompson, Wood is better than Perry at Armadale, only one you could claim is Lambert for Nagel but then again he’s never been to Armadale and Lambert scored a barrel load on his last appearance.

I don't disagree with you in the main. I was quite happy to pay my £29 in the seats to see the current world number 2 and 3, and another SGP rider and another most people seem to think should be an SGP rider. For me, heat 15 was worth the entry fee. At other tracks the amount I would pay might be less. I pay less to watch speedway than I do, for example, rugby - but British speedway could do so much more to attract more support and to improve the value of the event.

I don’t disagree with your comments but the financial stakes seem to be much bigger these days and with Poland seemingly calling the tune it is a big financial risk for riders. In all fairness who would blame Brady for not taking too many risks given the biggest prize of his career possibly up for grabs. As much as I like Bartosz I would like to see Brady take the honours this year as the guy deserves it.

To be fair generally the effort levels of the riders does seem to go up a notch during the play offs in the UK, whether that's perceived by the fans (me) or is actually the case I don't know, but I'd like to think it is the former. As for some clubs increasing the admission prices, I know King's Lynn have done it in the past but most clubs don't... I don't call them the pay offs for no reason though.

Another issue is, it is now the business end of the season in Poland and the GPs so no rider is going to possibly jeopardise either becoming potential world champion or risk not winning the league or retaining a place in the upper league in Poland. They pay the riders top dollar and can make demands on them to protect the Polish product and t v rights with t v companies seemingly contributing handsomely to the coffers of Polish speedway across the board. Not sure what the answer is but UK speedway is not in a position to exploit an event to the detriment of the punters attending who are at odds with what is on offer and now pick and choose the meetings they attend because the product has become tired and in some cases boring. Those who want to exploit the punter are not looking at the bigger picture and are possibly driving the sport into oblivion.

Pity you hadn't bothered to check Lambert's performance at the Dale a month ago (14 + 1 from 6) before making your facile comment.

3 guests for Glasgow which weakens them considerably so it could be an Edinburgh win. stv national news sport segment has a preview tomorrow night which is fantastic coverage for the sport.

Very good at Armadale Guest feast as usual the sport is just a joke

Lambert is so out of form as a reserve at scunny yet he’s at 2 in Glasgow side. Cannot believe it.

Presumably because their combined age is 75 and they're not better than the top 3. I also think Dan Thompson can count himself unlucky, I'd have had him instead of Ellis personally.

I’m sure he will be ,but as I am in Tenerife I don’t really give a toss.

Richard Lawson seemed up for it ?

Just put some dirt on the track.He won’t be interested until it slickens off just like Berwick last weekend.

Klindt scored 17 on his last visit. Let’s hope that history doesn’t repeat itself. We need 12+ point win to even have a sniff. As such I think this will likely be our last home fixture of the season.

Klindt scored 17 on his last visit. Let’s hope that history doesn’t repeat itself. We need 12+ point win to even have a sniff. As such I think this will likely be our last home fixture of the season.

Finally!!

Agree with you, I always worry when other meetings are before ours due to injuries so I would deffo get it done before any chance of injury for Doyle Kurtz and Bewley at the weekend. I’d rather beat or even lose against a team full strength than not, otherwise it doesn’t feel the same when it not full 1-7 vs 1-7.

I'm about a mile SW of the track at 18:55 as if by magic it started raining heavily.

You conveniently didn't look at the forecast Redcar did. Still got the screenshot for you. When it was called off, this is what the met office had:

Not saying the Poole decision was right or wrong or pre determined But season after season with Poole this topic comes up Are all the fans of the other clubs wrong everytime No smoke without fire

Normally just stream meetings Poole are involved in but just purchased the playoffs bundle, I am quite looking forward to watching the Scottish Derby, see what all the fuss is about. 😀 Not sure Simon matches Nagel but the other guests are pretty good to who they are replacing.

We must get this on tomorrow night …. We don’t want Kurtz coming back to us as world champ and Bewley world number 3 as they will both have sky high confidence