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Hopefully the monsoon season is over and we get a meeting this Friday . Should be a straightforward three points for the Tigers as we are at home and don't need to be twenty points ahead by heat 11 to have a chance of hanging on . Been a turbulent season for the Diamonds , but hopefully their 75th team manager change since April.can galvanise some team spirit . It's a return for Ben Barker , and you just don't know what to expect from him . He'll be backed up by Matty Wethers . Apart from those two I dont expect too much from the rest and we should at least hit 55 . But the main thing is that the rain stays away and we enjoy an entertaining 15 heats .

You’ve already said that, but however many times you repeat it it’s still nonsense

I certainly wouldn't call it cheating, I never used that word. Ultimately it comes down to the governing body and their strength/weakness, if he's not fit enough to ride then he needs signing off for X number of days/weeks so that he can't ride anywhere, or if he is declared fit (I suspect he very much isn't) then he must crack on for both of his teams. As I said having him fit for one team and not the other looks awful and really shouldn't be allowed to happen.

Some people just don't get it and probably never will, sport without integrity is absolutely pointless. Good for you, but many do and most of those I suspect don't go any more.

I don't think Aces fans are that bothered, they are going to qualify for the Play Offs at a canter anyway. Its more to do with integrity, you have to admit that it really doesn't look very good for a rider to be fit to ride for one team but not another. If it was a Polish team and not Plymouth there would be absolute uproar!

By Plymouth, not Ipswich. Look, we know how it is, you Belle Vue fans would much rather see a half fit Crump struggle to a few points to give your team a much better chance to grab 3 or even 4 points (you might still get them anyway!), we get it. As I’ve already said, if Plymouth were prepared to take the hit and still include him without him being 100% fit, then that’s their prerogative. What’s that got to do with Ipswich? Their stance, is they’re going to wait until he’s 100% and will do the team justice, which surely they’re more than entitled to do? I’ve even seen Ipswich fans question Ipswich here which to be honest, has totally baffled me. Why should Ipswich give their opponents an advantage before the tapes rise in the first heat by fielding a 45 year old bloke who only a few weeks ago broke 8 ribs and isn’t yet totally fit? Are you THAT desperate for success??? Ipswich have a business to run, have little to no chance of making the play offs, and up until Monday had lost 7 matches on the spin. They need supporters through the gate as much as everyone else so they’re quite right not to gamble on the fitness of their number 1 until he’s back to full fitness. To me it’s very simple!

Two successive lasts for Danny. Maybe he's knackered after his 18 holes of golf earlier today...

Me biased , perish the thought haha

Obviously he does since he's just signed for Sheffield!

Except of course for Issue 3 which Ipswich were allowed to ignore in signing Craig Cook

Just checked the 2020 rule book and I've copied and pasted those rules which it would appear will apply for 2021:- 2020 SCB Rulebook 012.1.1 Premiership & Championship Leagues Championship League, teams will meet on 2 occasions, 1 home and 1 away. The League will then split into a North South divide and those clubs will meet additionally on 2 occasions, 1 home and 1 away. The quarter finals will consist of the 3rd v 6th placed team and 5th v 4th placed team, the top 2 teams will go direct to the semi final. The team who finishes at the top will have the pick of the quarter final winner in the semi final. Can't see anywhere whether or not we will actually ride again against teams under the North/South divide this year with the season starting late, and whether or not it could possibly influence whether or not there'll be quarter finals.

Bored now.... if you cant beat them... join them. ive had enough, staying at home. sport is a joke

Thanks for the confirmation Neil I thought I was right The guesting rule seems to confuse some people but it’s understandable when it doesn’t suit your team. I wouldn’t want us to be accused of cheating. Sedgeman is on the market now for any teams with injured riders looking for replacements

Why don't the people on this forum check their facts before posting on here. I am told after asking and checking that to have a guest for a injured rider the injured rider has to have medical certificate. Crumps average is higher than Sam's, so it's all legal apparently, I think the country is turning into Boris Johnson clones if you repeat something enough it then becomes fact. At the end of the day you win nothing so just try and enjoy the racing, because sadly it is killing itself.

Indeed, and it's one of the reasons it will eventually die out in the UK.

Jason Crump was named in the Plymouth line up for their match at Glasgow 0n the 2nd of July. The important fact is that meeting never took place so other than his all to early come back at Ipswich he has not ridden for any club in British speedway. It is my opinion that we return to his initial medical certificate from the incident at Wolves on May 31st. Maybe Crump/Ipswich should provide an updated certificate but we all know he broke 8 ribs & was very knocked about. We all know that injured speedway riders bravery/stupidity levels are questionable & we have seen riders carried to their bikes in championship events Collins, Carter & Tatum to name just 3 but this is British league & as much as it's our life blood it is not for a world championship.

Why not go the whole hog and have a retractable roof built over the stadium, just as they do at Wimbledon and Cardiff? In fact, why not make that a condition for all clubs to have, then we could all enjoy speedway come rain or shine….

Agree. We could of had Lawson for Ty, and still been under the limit. As for Bridger, Almost everyone knew he wouldn't do a season. Must of cost Buster a few quid.. Bet he won't make that mistake again.

Sorry disagree. Plymouth and Ipswich are not one entity. One club is prepared to let an unfit rider ride, another isn’t. So you’re saying because Plymouth are prepared to let him ride through the pain barrier and ride whilst not 100% fit, then for the “integrity” Ipswich should do likewise? Nah not having that sorry. Ipswich are entitled to make their own private decision regardless of what Plymouth decide. They will have spoken to Crump at length no doubt about it. They’ll know more than any of us if he was going to do himself justice. They’ve decided against it. Their prerogative to do so. Bugger all to do with anyone else. Hardly cheating is it? Oh and disagree about Belle Vue fans not being bothered either. They’ll want to top the table, no doubt about it.

The sacking of Craig Cook is what everything comes down to. Should've got rid of Proctor & Bridger for Lawson and one other. Cook, Lawson, TJ, Riss & Kerr as a Top 5 would've got you a Play-Off place imo.

You’re wrong but nevermind

Agree with you... well at least 66.6% Killer falls off if the wind is blowing in the wrong direction and he seemed alright with it after the incident With Lahti, Nicki didn't move off his line, was marginally in front when Lahti came off, there was still a lot of track left to ride and the throttle goes both ways Birkemose would do well to wind his neck in and show a bit more respect to the 3 x World Champ, all his histrionics after the incident was embarrassing To be involved in 3 incidents in one night is unusual and the law of averages says there's going to be one wrong decision, no excuse for any alleged violent behaviour but nothing wrong with a frank exchange of opinions

Hospital admissions are way below the prediction made by the experts (which shows just how wrong they are) and the NHS is under no increased pressure from Covid. The experts predicted 60,000 daily by now and they are way off the mark. The truth is the variant isn’t a real issue to the UK right now. The sooner we get used to living with this virus the better, it’s going nowhere. So long as hospital admissions don’t start rising at an alarming rate (they aren’t) and deaths don’t start increasing at a rapid rate (they aren’t) then it’s time to start moving forward as a nation. The vaccine is doing its job (as well as killing some too).

Personally, i would have used a buggy if i was riding in a meeting just a few hours later, but then i'm the extreme professional lazy bugga...

I stand corrected.

But then you'd have to endure them in audio form from Michael Max!

And

only released from sheffield still with glasgow

Good signing, but feel sorry for Sedgemen. There are others in the team who have been dissapointing, but kept their team place.

Not the person I was expecting to see released - didn’t think he’d been riding that badly tbh

About time someone gave josh a chance. You’ll certain not get bored watching him that’s for sure, great addition to your side.

Dale Boy talk to me - Dale is a protege of Jimmy Lynch, possibly the finest manager of speed of all time, now in semi-retirement but working as a consultant for me at T Tibbs Motors Europe Limited, where is he advising me on everything Brexit and beyond. Jimmy's connections in Poland, Latvia and most recently the Ukraine, where he has introduced me to the stunning Sylvie who is now working alongside my lead Consultant Main Man Rogers on the production of bed time stories for the 7-10 year age group. Did you know that Main Man Rogers used to read Johnny C a bedtime story every day whilst his Dad Busty was busy on his tractor? Ah, back on topic, well Jimmy Lynch met with Dale at the Gymnasium where he and his tag team partner Big Blayne Scroggins were training to be wrestlers, they went on to have a some exposure on World of Sport under the guise of the Masked Marauders, taking a terrible beating from the Mums and Dads favourite Big Daddy and his tag team partner The Farmers Boy! Jimmy Lynch was their valet, accompanying them to the ring wearing a gold chain he borrowed from Boogaloo Bobby Schwartz and string vest that Totally Honest John lent him, honestly! Jimmy looked the part, but sadly a belly butt from Big Daddy saw him disappear over the top and he returned looking very shaken if not stirred by the experience! Thank you goodnight, much love!

Ignoring the majority of your post which is ill-informed rubbish, no doubt posted in an attempt to look clever - Jason Crump’s PL average is 8.00 and Sam Masters’ average is 7.52.

Exactly but at the end of the day we needed a guest and took him from the list We could have had someone else and had same result Who knows ? It’s a chance you take and it’s the same for every team needing a guest.

When Hans Andersen is declared into the team line-up, Proctor and Bates will be removed and an eligible rider with an average of 4.01 or less will be declared; that rider will then be replaced by Kennedy in a new declaration as soon as he is available.

As Bagpuss has outlined.Plus the racing was OK Monday but you seemed to differ to most.For all the stick you and a couple of others give Trees on her opinions,you are no better but the polar opposite.

100% - he rides for both or neither and it should be the SCB enficing that not the clubs choosing If Ipswich are providing a medical certificate then I don't see how he can be insured to ride for Plymouth inbetween missing Ipswich meetings

But that’s not his decision, and shouldn’t be his decision. He declared himself “fit” to ride against Wolves, and after the first bend, put his bike in reverse before pulling on to the centre green wincing in pain. So if Ipswich put him in tonight because “he was going to ride for Plymouth” and he does exactly the same, other than the Belle Vue fans on the back straight pi$$ing themselves laughing, what have Ipswich achieved by doing that? Another likely home defeat which in turn hurts their business. If they want to be cautious and make sure he’s 100% before they include him, good for them. If their intention is to pull a fast one by getting a guest in as was alluded to be Rob in his original post, then they’ll be doing that for the rest of the season and he’ll never return. There’s been no inclination that that is going to happen to my knowledge. We won’t agree here, so we’ll agree to disagree and I’ll bow out on this particular subject. On the meeting itself, I can see it being another close one, could go either way. I’ll go for a draw.

After seeing the Goodyear Blimp last week its sparked an idea. Why don't Kent use a small airship to raise/lower the track covers as and when needed. Could be tethered to the centre green and even have some advertising upon it to cover the costs.....

This side even with Robert Lambert in it would struggle does it really matter who the manager is? Chapman is the man who should take the flak he built the side for me Peter is just a scapegoat.

I disagree, Bickley has improved, not by much mind, but is better than he was in 2018!

If you cant see how poor the sport is in Britain now from 20 years ago you are just as deluded as the people running the show.

Foreign riders want to come but quite often they are no better than British youngsters but it’s one solution. ive been hearing about this continuous slow death of British Speedway for 20 years or more yet the sport carries on. The sport will continue in some form or other so long as people still support it so I see no difference now to 20 years ago.

Scott Autrey

Penhall the obvious one as is the aforementioned Dag. In terms of his English career what about Ulf Lovaas? Others to consider....Jim Airey (again in terms of his British career), Dave Shields, Wayne Brown, David Biles, Dave Tyler.

Thanks to Nicholls & Jorgensen. This is the thing, you say the racing was ok on Monday, that shows how desensitised you've become if that was an ok meeting. What was on offer on Monday would be a bad meeting anywhere else. King's Lynn is an FTG, 1 lap race track, you've all forgotten what racing actually looks like.

As Dag told Backtrack many years ago, he lost his nerve after a series of nasty crashes.

Was the ref Frank Ebdon?

right decision, his after meetings thoughts were laughable

Great archive from Canal + (thanks Stewmac) with memorable matches from the Extraleague over the years for all to enjoy again https://www.canalplus.com/pl/sport/ekstraliga-archiwum?fbclid=IwAR0M9VYfyBTFUoQXBG49BjjN0qUWc0gKE0q6VxyJlw-wpQCTmVyhI90X4jo