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Firstly, and most importantly, I am not your "boy". Secondly, I think you mean, Don't need to prove anything. Finally, you need to be very careful when throwing around empty and unfounded threats, that have no substance or concrete evidence. So, either get your facts right, or, don't bother posting.

And all after having blank week after blank week. Totally bonkers way to run a sport

I really think Robert will be the next big thing in British speedway. I don't think he gets all the plaudits he deserves whilst lesser riders who do well in one GP just seem to have to put their Kevlars on to get people raving about them. In football terms Robert was unplayable last night and really put on a display. I notice he's top of the SS averages and it's clear to see why. I really enjoyed watching him race yesterday and I genuinely hope he goes on to fulfill his massive potential.

My 1st visit to Redcar What a great little racetrack, you lucky people. Nice to see the hand of friendship offered to the children from Chernobyl and getting them on the centre green for a dance. Redcar promotion you get a big thumbs up from me Onto Scunthorpe tomorrow. First time there too I hope the rain isn't as bad as forecast.

Swindon as a club, should be charged with bringing the sport into disrepute. For a disaster like this to be shown live on TV was an embarrassment for British speedway. Those responsible should be ashamed of themselves.

It will be interesting to hear from Swindon riders and Fans (and promoters) when making comparisons between their homes meeting on Monday and of that we saw last night. The two occasions were a world apart. Basked in the hot weather we have endured Buster prepared a track that was fitting for any meeting and not one speck of dust was to be seen. The meeting flowed with efficiency and the good crowd went home happy. I thought Swindon battled well, had no answer to the Stars strength in depth. By only supplying 4 heat winners, in the end, Swindon were never going to find enough points to inflict any damage. The star of the show was undoubtedly Robert Lambert. In all my years this was as good performance I have ever witnessed by a Stars rider. Even comparing him with the likes of Lee, Crump, Henke, Rickardsson, this was comparable with them all . Back in the years when Lee ruled supreme, I sometimes thought he missed the gate on purpose to demonstrate his brilliance from the back, and last night the thought again crossed my mind. Lambert's heat seven win was something else, utterly spellbinding.. In heat 11, against the fast starting Morris, he hunted him down before executing the move as they stared the last lap. another exhibition of his ability. Even against riders of the calibre of Batchelor, Morris, Ellis, and Musielak, when Lambert made the gate, he cleared off in front, sometimes 50, 60 mtr ahead as if in another race. He was that good. All in all a good night, decent crowd, good racing and the right result. Watching Lambert on this form was worth the admission fee alone...

There used to be plenty of inter team rivalry and riders having fisty cuffs however that difficult for that to happen when the following night those riders could be in the same team. For that to happen you need to return to 7 riders 1 team end of.

I have to say that when Ipswich ran the John Berry memorial meeting several years ago under the old 13 heat format with the old regulations I quite enjoyed it. Team managers being able to select what gate their riders went from naming your top 5 in any order all added an element of tactics that is sadly missing now. As for the 13 heat format and second half yes I enjoyed it however my personal favourite was the old National League 16 heat with 6 heat junior league match from the late 80s. Sadly the sport is way beyond what heat format should we use.... Major changes are required.

This inadvertently sums up the thinking that bedevils the sport. If promoters need to commit to 20-heat meetings to make a better night's entertainment and provide the paying public with better value-for-money, they need to be putting it in the riders contracts that they're obliged to ride in whatever events are required of them, and riders should be fined if they bugger off early. Similarly, those saying that 13 heats would 'cut costs'. The whole financial viability of the British speedway is at stake now, and costs need to be restructured around a lower semi-pro level, anyway, so again you structure the pay policy around what's required to put on attractive and value-for-money meetings. Find the riders willing to commit, which are unlikely to be the international journeyman, and structure your competitions around them. I personally see little point in running second-halves (or 'first-halves' for that matter) that have no meaning beyond the end of the meeting, but you could easily have a structured competition that scores points for some meaningful season-long event, or some sort of league bonus points.

I vote for the second!

For gods sake man, take your multi personalities and fark off and troll some other team. Did the whole Swindon squad shag your mum or do you just get twisted pleasure about being a dick online?

Credit where its due I only take the piss when you deserve it - which admitedly is 9 times out of ten

Do not feed the troll

He should have edited hope and mmmmmmm and everything in between .

Yeah right. About authentic as a Donald Trump handshake.

Don't know what you edited but it should have been "buy".

There is potential for a rearranged fixture on that date .. far from certain but fans, last night, were advised to check press and social media for any update.

Considering a number of the Robins riders are carrying injuries and Zac was just returning from one the team did pretty well. I think with a fully fit team the Budgies could have won it. Lambert aside (who's different class at the moment) KL are nothing special. Other than Jack Smith I'm with Rosco in not making any changes. It's good to have some continuity in the side and you can actually identify with a set of riders. If we don't make the play offs so what? Things aren't going as well as last season but let's see if these lads can turn it around.

Did I hear you say Lynn have announced the guest for the next 2 meetings already... All fit riders attend conference....No dust bowl... Credit where credits due. Shows after the call off gesture as well that they are thinking of their fans more now. Good show

Richie is fine with the track - won quite a lot of races there when he remembers which way to turn, it’s just the supporters he has issues with. Its a mutual thing

But apart from that one...name me one, just one

I think it's a shame that the Masons in their first year as promoters ,have unwittingly let Rogers get involved , I know he is a plausible Svengali but it doesn't take a great deal of investigation to uncover his long track record of disreputable behaviour .and a fledgling promotion can well do without the sort of controversy he creates .masked by the cheery chappie that everyone loves act . if only the speedway fraternity were a bit more vocal ,as a few on here have been ,we would have rid ourselves of him long since , sadly though ,he will just go to ground while this all blows over ,and then resurface whiter than white until the next time he fancies making up his own rules

Excellent meeting with some great racing. Late start due to exchanging tickets (only at main Ticket Office) and late arrival of Ambulance (can't be helped). What gets me is that there is no consideration whatsoever for those people who arrive on time for a 7:30 start - not just this meeting, but in general. People may have arrangements in place (trains to catch, etc.) for after the meeting, yet these seem discounted in favour of a needless interval.

It’s just so sad, my heart sinks when I see that he’s posted. You know it’s going to be a load of rubbish

Thought you said "Chris Harris would add nothing to the team"? More sides than a 50 pence you have ginge.

TOGLIATTI with Russia defending their title.

A short clip of Heat 4 from Monday

I will go to Landshut and provide live updates: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/311/speedway-grand-prix-challenge-landshut.html

Wow that first word must of been very painful to type.

Well despite yet another home defeat it was actually a pretty entertaining meeting with some excellent racing. Nip and tuck for most of the meeting until the Witches 5 - 1 in Ht15. Bears just incredibly inconsistent which has been the case all season with always 2 or 3 riders (different riders each week) not contributing. All of them are capable of winning races at home but they are "up and down like a brides nightie" Witches top 5 rode the track very well and were too consistent for the Bears.

I doubt the Cardiff GP loses money as it's subsidised by the Welsh government. The British GP is probably one of BSI's bigger cash cows. BSI would only be interested in running another at Belle Vue if the local tourist board was willing to throw some money at it, or a local promoter was willing to front up a significant staging fee. Neither is likely to happen because the small capacity of the stadium means it's unlikely either scenario would be financially viable. BSI is in the game to maximise their profits - they're not interested in using the profits from one GP to subsidise another. They do have to put on a certain number of GPs for television purposes though, and there's obviously not enough cost effective big venues, or suckers who'll throw money at them to go around. Hence why they still have to find venues in the middle of fields that only cost a few bob and won't lose too much money. It's possible that a Belle Vue GP might make its debut if BSI desperately needed to find a cheap venue to make up the numbers, but as it would potentially pull some fans away from Cardiff, far more likely that they'll find somewhere in the likes of Germany, Italy, Finland or Croatia first, whilst claiming to support 'minor nations'. I'm sure though, they'd prefer to have ten Polish GPs if they could actually find ten Polish cities willing to pay over the odds, and thought they could get away with it...

You could have 1100 online programmes on a smart phone, and look back at them during the long gaps between heats to fill the time. I'm not actually unsympathetic as I still like filling in traditional programmes, but there comes a point when it's no longer economically viable to produce them for the number of patrons who'd purchase them.

Seems this man has all the necessary credentials to be co-opted on to BSPA Management committee

Ironic isn't it! Any day but a Thursday

Poor taste talking about a team that has sadly closed in that way. Of course we do it is still our team whoever is riding.

Don't take it Personaly ,not everybody has your intimate knowledge of the sport and find your Posts to complex.

I am of the older generation and my mobile phone is very basic, I don't want a fancy phone that does everything but make a simple call.I enjoy collecting the match programmes and filling them in and looking back at past meeting I have attended ( well over 1100) .Having said that for the modern generation it could be a good idea.

Proper speedway Nige. If only every track had entrances and exits to the bends as wide as that.

It's also making saving/collecting programmes impossible because of their weight and size. You could store 10 old style ones for each modern one. So that puts people off from buying them. It's just money thrown away.

Excellent meeting last night with lots of good racing..from both sides Another example of a big score not reflecting the super quality of the racing

I’ll tell you what is absurd, keeping David Bellego & Jack Smith.

Kids for free tonight - a great offer throughout the school holidays. Hopefully this and the weather will attract a lot of people out tonight.

And a dry evening too!

I would rather they sign Kenneth Bjerre and a two point Englishman like josh Bailey and replace Garrity and Simon Lambert should just fit now Iversen has a new average I think. The league title would then be coming to Norfolk

what are you on about idiot

Well I havejust got back from a buzzing Wimborne Road. Arrived an hour before tapes up and everything was as usual. But up to 7.30 the crowd kept coming in and it was easily the biggest crowd of the season. Full grandstand, people all the way around the place. Excellent. Spoke to Robbo in the pits and he said the track looked good. No comparison to Swindon where if you were not in front you couldn’t see anything. The first 4 heats were a but tentitive fir the riders. It was clear the track staff had worked late last night putting down thousands of gallons of water and had continued to water during the day. After the first 4 races the track settled down and we were treated to some excellent racing. After an enforce sun break, the Poole boys came out and attacked hard. Leicester just crumbled. They tried, and produced some thrilling heats, Andersen and Nicholls giving everything, but Pirates were just too good. Harris, who ran a poor last in his first, showed what he was about by having two sensational races, shoving Andersen to the fence to allow Jakobsen through in one, then bombing Nicholls in another to allow Brady through. This is what we have been missing all season. Someone who can take the fight to the opposition, and boy did Harris deliver. A great night, some great racing and three points to Pirates in our quest for the playoffs. As Middlo said in the press conference, no team will want to pick us in the playoffs. Next stop is Leicester next Monday. Hopefully 3 more points.

Very unsportsmanlike. But then again, so is your entire profile.

Some of the fans. But if they gave all the tickets away for free one year these fans would probably find a reason to complain about that. They are so frustrating and so draining.

SECOND that.

Everything Rogers touches he messes up. We dont need people like him in the sport.