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Ablitt is a trojan horse

Oh that is sad news... Banter is banter but not under these circumstances. I'll remove post and commiserations to all family

I predict a controversy about an oversized Polish engine. They can't be cooking up the same scam 2 years running. Rob will be on the ball. No 600s at Scunny.

It's staggering really that a conurbation of the size of BCP can't sustain a soccer match at a ground whose capacity is lower than most 4th tier league grounds and at a second tier speedway venue on the same night? Clearly something going wrong

NATS at Bournemouth confirm Sunak and Braverman Helicopter due to land 1pm Tuesday. Coming to measure Centre Green and Track for suitability to Dry Dock Biffy Stockholm for the winter

Saturdays would surely bring in more kids, more families and more lapsed SW speedway fans from Cornwall and Somerset more often than Tuesdays or Fridays. I think the Polish argument is a red herring, MORE riders don't ride in Poland than those who do. I don't think clashes with SGP should affect Saturdays too much. You'd lose more on Tuesday than you wiujd on a Saturday clash with GP. The core support could record, the floating support wouldn't be watching SGP anyway Good crowds watch winning teams. Plymouth have been in CL for 3 seasons. It's a unique track an outlier. Employ or ask someone with a statistical mind to identify track specialists. Aim to win at home first and foremost. If you win by enough you pick up bonus point. Workington won CL in 2018 with 6 riders between 7.5 and 6 piin average. Track specialists in other words. The recipe is simple Saturdays, don't worry about GPs, identify track specialists, budget to have a solid home centric team and be firm with home fixture planning when it suits home team Focus on May to mid August to attract any footy fans. Big sponsors are hard to find, 10 medium ones less so. 50 small ones easier still Be great to see Plymouth back BTW. I'd be on the blower to Barker Pearson, Keleher for starters.

Aone way ticket to Togliatti may be appropriate. I'm sure they could use a track raker

If you study Ukrainian history it has deeply fascist undertones that are still there in the military The guy in charge is something of a puppet. He's not a politician. At any time he could vanish and be replaced by military hardliners. Putin is an utter thug but there are plenty of equally reprehensible thugs in the background in Ukraine and across that Region. What Ukraine now has is a huge amount of western hardware, god forbid some of the extremists currently in the shadows there get their hands on it. The cult of Boris and Zelensky may not be a laughing matter if it all goes ** up. Anyway back to speedway, if we welcomed the Russians under Stalin, Kruschev, Breshnev etc, which we did, I can't find any reason why we should not welcome them now with open arms.

Read some history you pillock and not the Daily Mail. The 3 Russians riding in UK have no affiliation to Putin, have taken Polish licences and deserve to be welcomed here. Not everyone in taken in by the puppet in Kyiv.

I'm appalled that the British Government, more factually the Conservative Party have received tens of millions in Russian bung money directly from Putin and his cronies. Worse still enobled an oligarch son of an ex KGB Official. As for Vlad, Emil and Artem, let us enjoy them while we can. They have done nothing wrong

Terrible news to wake up to. Last time I saw him was on his Harley leading the parade with about 50 Harley at Shield Final at Eastbourne v Leicester just before Covid break season. Stopped and had a chat after the meeting and looked like he'd never stopped racing. Don't think he ever got due credit for runner up in 78 World Final as everyone sympathised with Jessup. GK had beaten Olsen on the night from memory. His best League again didn't get due credit was White City 77,he bore brunt of RR rides all season and showed he could ride big tracks as well as small. Always scored big at the old PB remember him and Niemi scoring all the points between them almost in one Eastbourne win at PB when we just couldn't seem to get a race winner. Above all that though its clear he was a top man, humble and widely respected.

VT signing for Glasgow will really upset the applecart in its own right. Side benefit clearly will be Brennan riding at 2 (or 4 presumably) and clearing up a lot of pressure on the lad which he hasn't always handled well. One of those anomolies where he'll ride like a second string as a Heat Leader but ride like a Heat Leader as a second string - often its in the head but can be crucial.

No I wasn't there. Holidaying in Ireland.

Interesting news I've been told by an ex City Councillor about Wheels Site which may indirectly help Brummies in longer term possibly. He believes that the 40acre Wheels site has been given to the new American Owners of Birmingham City Fc in exchange for the much smaller St Andrews site. There are a number of caveats, not the least that the new owners will take over the decontamination of Wheels a massive task likely to take 12 months and cost tens of millions. The new Owners will then build a City of Birmingham Stadium owned by the football club holding 62000 in 3 tiers. The top tier of 17000 will be cleverly hidden behind marketing banners to be opened for major events and it will have a retractable roof and drop in football pitch The aim is for multi sports including athletics, American football, stadium motor sport and concerts etc Associated facilities will include full soccer training facilities and pitches and a 400 metre training athletic track needed for major events. All funded by American Venture Capital. It will link with a massive new Movie Film and TV studio being built on the East Side by Stephen Knight of Peaky Blinders Fame. Hollywood Style facilities. The arrival and investment of Tom Brady NFL legend suggests a serious rival for London for an NFL franchise. Definitely a possible speedway GP venue of the future adjacent to HS2. The existing St Andrews site will pass to Council to develop for housing raising much needed funds. Apparently already all agreed and rubber stamped as part of BCFC takeover and signed off by City Council and Mayor Street. Brummies wise it may give access to Alexander Stadium if and when Birch field Harriers locate to the new smaller state of the art Athletics track. They (BCFC) have also bought the very modern Wasps Rugby Union training facility and moved in there. Alexander Stadium may therefore be available ultimately for other sports but timescale is 3 to 5 years. One final interesting correlation is Gary Cook who orchestrated Man City move to Etihad after it was transformed and start of their massive rise has been installed as their CEO with Brady working as a global ambassador. Win for the Council who rid themselves of a contaminated eyesore that was Wheels. Glimmer of hope though for Speedway to move to Alexander Stadium

Updates don't have a texter YET but apparently because they can't fill in the gaps, Plymouth don't have a team. They appear to have 5 riders plus RR with a doubt about Howarth. Who'll sort it first, the rapidly declining updates or the sadly injury ravaged Gladiators. Would be a very appropriate time for The Hearse and Pallbearer to arrive and Mark Phillips to lift the lid complete with kevlars, he's probably still faster than a few... Loves big banked tracks

So what if a tyre had exploded in Heat 2 (far less experienced riders possibly than Howarth) and a rider had been very badly injured. Surely IF IN DOUBT act and do something. At least the courtesy of going down to the Pits and having a look and a chat with Clerk of the Course and Howarth himself. Mark Phillips has ridden speedway bikes, not sure who the ref was but have they??.

Standing ovation from people who'd crao their pants if ever they had a tyre deflate mid race. In fact Thay defecate when they dropped the clutch

Something about this struck a chord about this topic and hey presto I found it. Scunny v Eastbourne June 21. Kyle Newman tyre, disintegrated. Plenty of pictures if you search for it. Maybe Skidder you could ask Kyle. I'm sure he'd remember it. Sometimes Refs aren't interested. Clerks of the Course feel compromised. Mark had the balls to ride round Exeter, that's proof enough for anyone to know he has rider safety at heart. Hopefully Plymouth will stay under BSPL and not be lost.

Excellent analysis. It's a bostin little track when riders attack it and the weather plays ball. It will be a big miss if they drop out of CL but sadly riders seem to think they have all the power and for those In PL a trek down on Tuesdays doesn't work. If situation allowed Saturdays do you think that would be best option? I guess what Leicester decide to do might scupper that though in terms of available riders. I hope Plymouth keep going as its a very welcoming place and Promotion and every time you go there's another little improvement in facilities.

It's Rory Schlein so they are probably stronger. Brennan would probably be their last choice as he singlehandedly got a meeting called off there last year in a strop. Plus he also assaulted their Guest Nathan Ablitt there more recently in the Pits and hot an SCB warning. I think we'll nick it 48 to 42 Theyll miss Gilkes and Barker.

Even the Prince of Darkness might be in a better mood tonight and not the usual doom and gloom. We'll done Plymouth

All we need now is for Barker to confirm he lent Richie some piss as Richie had just taken an anadin.. Only in Speedway

If they don't what's the point of them being there. Who are the presenters and reporters?

Richie has shoulder injury. Possibly too much painkiller. No excuse but that's possible explanation. Boxhall should never have been allowed his license back hopefully we never see him again.