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If he was ill yesterday and clearly at risk today, why travel? Its selfish and I suspect there is more going on than on the face of it.

Well Done to Kaiser Erik, great performance. But lets also celebrate Tom Woolley, he matched GB & Glasgow (and defending champion) star Craig Cook's score - and from one less ride

Many tracks no longer fit with modern engines. Look at what is served up at some tracks that were superb even less than 10 years ago. Whilst its not the only reason for the lack of entertainment, team owners need to adapt their product (track shape/width etc) to suit the modern era. Very few have or will bother to do so. Entertainment IMO is about passing not necessarily speed and the ridiculous gulf between abilities at the top and bottom of the riders averages wont achieve that. Nor will poorly prepared tracks. If last night the riders were on £250 for the meeting that is likely to be around a quarter of what most of the top enders will take home. I'm not surprised they don't take it seriously or put themselves out. There is no prestige in these events and wont be again unless the competitors are adequately rewarded for taking part. Speedway doesn't even give out medals to the league winners far less reward the riders and their teams for being better than the rest over a season. The whole ethos up is fundamentally flawed but we already know that. Unfortunately we also accept its not going to change.

That's strange, cos there is a panthers fan called Daniel Green that's also a spurs fan, and it's one of the accounts you would guess it to be. What's the chances, tut.

I liked the tractor guy at Scunthorpe on Friday evening... we didn't see him until after heat 10... and then never saw him again. There were zero track rakers and the track was fine all night

It's probably because King's Lynn isn't spelt p-o-o-l-e

Take it as opinion rather than fact!

Is this thread still going? I’ll give a “fact”. Poole won easily again at Ipswich. Can we race you every week?

To be fair (no pun) Slaters are there same time in September every year, irrespective that speedway is on. It rarely if at any time causes disruption, unless Ben Barker is riding who would rather be on the rides, a bit more exciting for him than speedway.

In 3 rides the furthest he got was bend 2, definately bike trouble I would say

http://www.sheffield-speedway.com/news.php?extend.2791 has some great action pictures of the 23 minutes of racing, but not a single picture of the 2 hours of track grading. The tractor man must be gutted.

The only thing I remember from last year was the ridiculous not swap guests from 1st and 2nd leg.

If a track has dirt on it then the tractors are needed to keep it race-able with todays modern bikes. The slicker the track to start with then the less work needed. At Redcar we use 2 tractors along with a water bowser and because this work gets done every approx 4 heats the track at the end is still in great condition. If you think Speedway is bad have you ever been to Ice Speedway ? After every 4 heats its about a 20 minute delay for grading and smoothing of the surface. Normally in about -10 degrees.

It's a shame, that as quite a prolific Twitter user, his back injury didn't allow him to reach for his phone before the event to let his fans know he wouldn't be there. I expected better of Scott

Thought you would be glad not having to watch 'drivel'.

It's another nail in the speedway coffin .Its the same every week and just winds people up.Apparently yesterday's hold ups where down to mr Cook who allegedly went round the other riders trying to get the meeting stopped because of track conditions.The same mr Cook who had a bad day with his machinery and hardly ever breaks down in other meetings.Very odd.I feel sorry for all the Glasgow fans who turned up to support him and paid to watch him.

If it wasn't for their coverage of the GP's. I would ditch BT Sport, their League coverage has been very poor, and now they change this meeting for rudy German Football.

It’s his usual line, completely incapable of having a proper discussion unfortunately. Best ignored.

So that's Charlie & Erik both individual champions.. can Redcar now win the league which would be a great season as long as the diamonds win the cup,,

Massive congratulations to Erik Riss - what a season this has turned out to be!

Oh yeah I see what everyone means now...

I'd just like to point out that the folks who were annoyed at zagar and iversen for qualifying for next year should get their coats

Craig Cook wins heat 5 taking Sam Masters from the back then withdraws from his next ride and, presumably, the meeting citing illness. What’s going on now especially that IRR is now in place!

Wednesday 11 September is the Date Sheffield want Newcastle to come, but I don't believe it is set in concrete yet. Wednesday is a danish league night, and Newcastle have three danes in their side. It would probably depend on their availability. Newcastle were prepared to come on the original date of 29/08 without Thomas Jorgensen but I'd doubt they'd want to come if two or more are missing. Unless we can have Broc Nicol as a guest

I would've thought this would have been an ideal match to be televised. with the result meaning so much to both teams. Probably, if either of the them were called Poole, then this match would still be on the big screen. I lost count of the times I've travelled to Monmore hoping to see a win, when we had much better teams than we do now, and have always lost. I don't see this being any different. To win away, all the riders must be dialled in and do their bit and so far this year, that hasn't happened. Unfortunately I cant is changing tonight. Will be surprised if we get within 10....

Absolutely bonkers!!! That's being a jobs worth of the highest order.....how can you race without an opponent? Lol crazy

The entertainment on the track was worth the wait in these “golden” days.That is the difference.IMO.

He seems to have improved a lot this season and fair play to Wolves for seeing his potential and snapping him up. I can't think swapping Ashley Morris for Douglas took much thought!!

... and yet back in the "golden" days the tractors came out at the end of every race and did a couple of laps. Meetings dragged on for two hours - only 13 heats in those days too - but everything was sunshine and lollipops. Admittedly at most tracks the music being played today is the same as we listened to as the tractors tootled round in the 1970s

I was going off memory had a look at that site cant believe the race times at derwent park in the 80 secs bracket was still good to watch though, who needs super engines.

or brain trouble.....

I have, three times now. White City v Swindon 1978, Kent v Cradley 2014 & Eastbourne v Lakeside 2017.

It's not Coventry! The Middlesbrough Middlesborough quip was a real story, I think (??). I'm sure I remember one of their last team managers (or at least a member of management) getting a set of body colours made with the wrong spelling. He left the club shortly after.

I remember getting through three air horn cannisters at the Wolves - Potters meeting at Monmore Green in 81. No one complained, in fact I was actively encouraged by the large Potters following that day. I recall that the racing was pretty dire, but controversial refereeing decisions and the closeness of the score kept everyone captivated. Mike Sampson (and I think Rob Lightfoot) came home for a 5 - 1 in heat 13 ahead of Neil Evitts to win the match for the Potters 40 - 38. Happy days.

yes he is not good enough nbj should not have been replaced at the time .we are now weaker at reserve becker and douglas could be trump cards on Thursday just my opinion

Easy to see why he spends loads of time on the Internet.

The weather looks good for saturday,i hope the promotion get a good turnout to support this double header.

It’s amazing how little research people do when claiming this, that and the other. Takes a few seconds to check riders previous scores in the updates site archives.

Cannot really understand why this meeting is being held at a stadium with no seating, poor peripheral lighting at the back end of September, just because the GP is the day after should not preclude this meeting being taken somewhere else on a different date.

I think track curation is a dying art. These old guys are retiring or popping their clogs, like a lot of fans.

Try living in Edinbro........

heat 14 brilliant

BZ dishes out a lot but he does stay on the bike when it goes against him. 10 years ago Pedersen was completely ruthless but he has cleaned up his act and is now no worse than anyone else. Did anyone get too upset with Lindgren last night bar Lambert. No and Lambert beat him and we enjoyed the race. Hard riding is great to watch.

Probably not wrong.. Incredible how this sport (in the UK), still allows ringers to come in on a seemingly ad hoc basis, and some fans are still genuinely surprised that it isn't taken seriously by the wider mainstream media...

Must be those uncomfortable chairs in the BT Studios

This might be all wrong. It's an age thing...... Wasn't it Rick Miller that was the only rider to finish a race at Brandon only to find he'd been excluded for not trying. He spent most of the race performing wheelies for the crowd. That was a 0-0.

GWC Obviously i agree with your post ,,And Eastbourne now have to live with that poor decision,,that has made the side weak at home .. Wood has proved totally unreliable,, and Bowtell was an accident waiting to happen,,,On the other hand young Edwards needs the experience this season for next year .good move ..they just dropped the wrong rider ..,<>and i know some will say,,Well you would say that would,nt you>

Have you ever thought of changing your nom de plume to "Loose Cannon".

Iversen & Zagar were sooooo boring & barely troubled the scorers in Teterow weren't they?

I'd say main asset would be for team manager to be a qualified electrician.