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wasn't there another rider that was also caught up in all this at the time, possibly an Aussie?...or am I thinking about something else?

to be fair Lambert is correct in all this. Should Poole be deducted points..no. Should Poole be fined by the Environmental Agency, 100% yes.

well that didn't go quite to plan!..one has done one's dough!

After the shambles of the Swindon and Leicester meeting last night, should Swindon be either fined or deducted points? In cricket if you prepare a pizz poor wicket you are deducted points, surely after last nights debacle then some form of action needs to be taken against the home club. Last night was a great chance to build on the success of the British GP from Cardiff, the sport probably had new viewers tuning in to watch something similar to Saturday night, yet all they were dished up was a horrendous advert for British League speedway, the sport can either learn from this and take measurers to prevent the same mistakes or it can be swept under the carpet similar to other meetings, from every negative comes a positive and if this sport has any real future in this Country then have an enquiry, include owners, promoters,track men, riders, referee's, BT and learn from the mistakes and come up with a agreed plan so that going forward meetings like last night are minimalised at the very least...after all for this sport to thrive everyone needs to be working together. I also don't get the outbursts by Batchelor and Morris, both have form for being outspoken, instead of wasting your energy and time on social media etc, why don't they try and be constructive and build a strong SRA, until the vast majority of the riders have a strong voice very little will change. Last night was poor but its a good chance for British speedway to change things and for the better.

Thanks, one bet for me tonight, backing Newman-2 against Jake Allen @5/6....looks a strong bet to me.

where are the odds for tonight?

could someone let me know when Rossitor is officially going to open the new stadium at Swindon please?

the track will be slicker than a Poole track in April and there will be more dust than in the Leicester trophy cabinet

its the team manager where the problem is, maybe he's the one whose gone stale

How ironic, Jason Doyle springs to mind when loyalty is mentioned!

every non Poole fan knows the rules are bullsh7t and that at some time or another than are going to get "pushed/pulled" to the limit. At least with all these changes Golden Head Neil will be smiling on tv again!

its quite simple, riders demand high fees, promoters cant afford them but need to be competitive, promoters then have a golden goose, goose lays the eggs, riders eat the eggs, goose dies, promoters fooked!!

speedway in Milton Keynes was never sustainable, why should it be any different nowadays? MK Dons, lovely stadium, virtually empty for home games. Basketball, all but died a death.

and some wonder why this Country is in such a mess, you only have to look at the posts above!!

and yet there are other riders who cannot forget what other riders have done quick enough.

the lost revenue on turnstyle income could be made up by having it as a pay per view event.

how I wish that the sport had a Bernie Ecclestone, Eddie Hearn or a Frank Warren at the helm, our sport is a untapped fountain of excitement.

spot on Jacques, I wonder if he ever needs medical help again he'll go private?...my guess would be no.

nah its never going to happen is it, it would be a lovely fairytale ending but this is reality!

Schlein is about as British as my Citroen van, absolute joke, he gets in on a technicality, if the speedway gods are looking down he'll miss out on qualification tonight!

like I said he's found a loophole in the rules similar to other riders have in the past, does it make him a Brit?.... this may go against the grain in this day and age but to me he isn't a Brit, he's rode 95% of his career on a Aussie licence and now his career is all but done he decides to ride under the GB banner.

He found a loophole in the rules, good for him but he isn't a Brit by any stretch of the imagination and should not be riding in the British Final. Wiggy, I thought he took out a Dutch licence to "help" his long track/grass track career on the continent?

Here's the scenario. I have all the ability in the world but because I'm a fat bloke I'm never going to make it. I'm the fittest bloke in the world but because I have no ability I'm never going to make it. I am fairly fit and have ability but still never going to make it. I am the fittest bloke and have as much ability as anyone else, I'm still not going to be top dog. I am the fittest bloke, I have the same ability as anybody else and a selfish mindset but I'm still not going to be top dog. I am now the fittest bloke, have good ability, selfish but above all else I have my more than fair share of luck to reach the top.

Poland in SON, I know they're shirt at 5/4..11/8 but just cant see past them.

To me its fairly obvious, there are 15 minutes of racing in speedway meeting, yet meetings tart at 7.30 and finish at around 9.15 on average, stadiums in general do not have full under cover stands, pa systems that are pizz poor, announcers/presenters that are ta best average in terms of geeing up the crowd and keeping everyone entertained. Fans and riders used to moan about Frank Ebdon but maybe just maybe he was ahead of his time in pushing meetings through, todays youngsters are the one's that will need to sell speedway to their youngsters going forward, nobody wants to stand out in the elements for nigh on two hours for 15 minutes of entertainment and lets be honest most races or even meetings may not be entertaining!