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I really don't understand Stewarts mind sometimes.....we're in form, fricke and masters got maximums so let's dig the track up. Now masters can't ride it.

They've had all bloody day to sort the track with sun out. What's the excuse this time?

God the track absolutely terrible

I agree. Doyle and Emil at 1 n 5 in heat 13 is when they usually kill the oppositions hopes of a victory.

With king missing we have a great chance of winning here. Seems like Dan moving into the main side and woth King missing the speedway gods are showing us abit of luck. I think we will win this now 50-40. Masters has hit form along with fricke. Big night for Joe T and Kemp, you can add becker to that as well. He needs to show some form!

Get in brummies boy did those fans need that!

Come on brummies.

The meeting was boring but I don't really have any complaints on the track. Yes there was next to no passing but with the forecast looking poor they had to prepare it in a way so if it did rain we could manage to finish the meeting. Crowd was poor again though, think the cold and forecast put people off. A win is a win and only two riders looked off the pace. Joe T and Becker. I think Joe likes more dirt when I spoke to Andy the trackman. Becker on the other hand I don't know really. Maybe some wolves fans can enliten us on what tracks he prefers. But I'm glad we're hitting form and it's our bogey team next week. Bring it on

Thanks. The crowd was down but I'm glad I took the risk.

I'm keeping hope the rain stays away. Which app do you use ?

Weather forecast has taken a turn for the worst and looks like rain in the afternoon. I still have faith knowing how well they managed the track last week

I wasn't really following speedway much when Garity got put away, so I asked around last week at leicester and some folk explained what had happened and about his release. I actually spoke to ex promoter/team manager on Thursday about Garity just to see what he had to say about his attitude and personality etc. What I will say is I didn't hear one shred of positivity about the bloke. When he was riding apparently his so called 'friends' from the travelling community were entering the stadium without a ticket. They were in the pits and just generally causing abit of a trouble. They were eventually thrown out but apparently it caused a lot of tension between the rider and management. There were other things said but I'd rather not go into it. Now in my opinion this is a really tough subject, does the guy deserve a second chance in life? Probably he does. Does he deserve a chance in speedway? Not so sure. I don't know the guy and can only say what I have been told. I personally wouldn't go near him if I was a promoter/team manager.

So did it rain or not? If not then why would buster not put a meeting on? I don't get the logic?

It's currently raining here. Car park is half empty thinking many folk aren't risking it. If this carries on then it's a disaster. If it stops then there geniuses

Been holding it off going until the inevitable announcement of it being called off but going to take the risk of going now. Let's see if it pays off

I've never used met check but w9lion is right only says a tiny amount of rain. Other apps say its going to rain but not sure how much. Tough one for the club as we could only get light drizzle

It's still early doors and line ups can change but I just feel like patience is zero with the fans due to how poor they've been for quite a while now. They showed promise early doors but this fixture against an out of form lions side is a huge opportunity missed. I just really don't get how all the fans can see that the team is poor but the the guys in charge of team building think its a decent side? How did Oxford put a semi decent side together but Birmingham couldn't? I know Oxford have a few quid lying around but tolley isn't afraid to cough up the money. Didn't he say he would sign Zmarlik if he wanted to ride here?

Unless a new rider is coming in this looks a strange move to me.

Just using speedway updates right now. All I can say I feel so sorry for the Birmingham fans. On the other hand so happy for Joe Thompson.

Stewart has done it a few times in the past. He did it in the Poole semi final a few years ago and also for Glasgow I think. He usually puts the most out of form rider at 5 and basically sacrifices heat 13 in order to strengthen heat and a few others I do agree though that I still don't understand the change.

Not sure about this one. Both teams aren't very good but something got to give surely? Think Birmingham reserves will smash leicesters but leicesters top5 is better. Last heat decider coming

I thought it was a cracking meeting from where I was standing. There was passing for sure. It was a real shame we lost in the last heat. Fair play to Sheffield they have a cracking side. There wasn't much confidence going into this from the supporters I had spoken too, there were.a few grumblings saying changes need to made etc. Problem is expectation has risen at Leicester ever since we moved leagues and the team we've put together is should be doing better. Even though I enjoyed the meeting we really do need to win at home. Couldn't care less what happens away but winning at home is a must. So far we've one once and that wasn't convincing either. I don't think I'd make changes yet to the side, the top 5 could all still click yet and Dickson will be more patient unlike last year. Well done to the bend 2 army that were making some noise as per usual, although they only seem to sing when there winning lol.

Lions need to react to the poor peformences against Ipswich and Belle Vue. I actually think we may win this one. Just got a funny feeling that's all. If we do lose then the pressures on...

Shame as the team chemistry should be really good this season. All the riders know each other well and on paper it's a good side. It needs more time to get going but I imagine Stewart Dickson is furious..

The point is though they didn't need to be rising stars. They could have just signed as a reserve by choice of the club. Clubs are forced into having a rider they probably don't want. Brennan, Jenkins, Flint etc would have been picked anyways because there average was low so they could fit in more big guns. You can't tell me Joe T and Ashton are good enough to be in the premier league. Riders like Simon Lambert, Max Clegg etc could have been picked as a number 7 instead.