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You need to make your mind up,one minute full of sarcasm about lack of information, then more sarcasm about the length of the meeting preview anyone would think you were an ignorant biased poster,but most of us are used to your drivel.

Gary said he had aggravated a shoulder injury. They knew at mid day so got Roynon in. I thought it was an entertaining meeting. The track rode well and there was some good passing. Nicholls and Lawson excellent, but rider of the meeting was Complin with his never say die wall of death blasts around the outside. What a shame he turned his back on the sport for 11 seasons. He was a talent in his youth and one wonders what career he would have had had he not quit.

BSN said Hans had aggravated his shoulder injury again. Roynon was there to commentate for BSN originally. He wore Atkins old kevlars. So very last minute.

Look no Hans!!?? And a superb rendition of God Save The Queen!!??

Truly refreshing to have two teams at full strength in both legs, no guests, no r/r........

Yes! Check the Referees scorecard!

Good meeting, poole look very strong going into next stage of the playoffs, can't afford to have one of the top 3 to have a bad meeting though as kemp and Ablitt are struggling imo,also zach cook is a weak link away from Wimborne Road.

Be shocked if wasn't back at Berwick

Congratulations to Poole a well deserved win but it feels weird that I’m proud of my team in defeat absolutely no qualms about anything tonight best team won but anyone who says small tracks is not good. For passing just look at tonight and you might take a different view Glasgow next Tuesday and that’s it for another season good luck to all 4 teams in the semi finals and may the best team win.

Not sure the move to the hounds was in his thoughts at all. Never heard any suggestion of that before. The rest I agree with though. For the six years he ran it, he upgraded the track and stadium and always invested heavily in the team (not always successfully). The end was always inevitable given the Bradford City fire and the scale of redevelopment required of a wooden stadium, the value of the land in Manchester and the relatively limited income potential of running a speedway/stock car venue. I also understand he had a divorce from Pat to pay for? Hyde Road, Plough Lane and Brandon are the nearest the sport has had to iconic venues....and they were all allowed to slip into the wrong hands and outside of British Speedway's control. The sport never has had any vision or long-term coherent strategy....hence its lost its most cherished assets. It's still a miracle the new Belle Vue got built. Chris Morton and David Gordon deserve a medal for that at the very least.

You're giving her too much credit.

Good meeting so far,cheerleaders on the centre green hope Shovlar doesn't get to excited.

Think I've heard this before https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/22316192.odsal-biggest-stadium-permanent-roof-country-new-plans/

well done good memory, its Garry clegg. now bloody 62 years old. And still enjoying my speedway. I thought i might have been remembered for all the tracks that closed down after i rode for them,.

Don't see Edinburgh having much if a chance against Leicester, but they do seem to be able to pull out good performances from time to time. After Poole's performance at Leicester on Saturday, I think they are now favourites for the league.

I'm devastated.

Just enough of a toss to reply without answering the question about the longest ever preview?!

I fully expect them to win but not by much, Pirates to be in self preservation mode, If Hans wants to do a dirty Nicki, move out of his way!

Thanks FB. Can't say i'm too bothered what Gazc thinks anyway

They certainly aren't planning on making it easy. Good old fashioned passionate promoting and journalism Good Luck to Plymouth, I'm sure most neutral observers will be hoping for the miracle. https://plymouth-speedway.com/meeting-preview-the-gladiators-v-the-pirates-playoff-qf/

100% In recent times all Clubs joing have had huge start up costs that often aren't publicised. Certainly Birmingham and Eastbourne in 2019 when moving up would have been in excess of 40k , Kent when moving up in 2020 although Lens "asset list" would have helped, Plymouth in 2021 the same although may have been eased only by Somerset late notfication to close, Brummies again when Masons left (understandably) and NT came in, meaning double whammy for Brummies from what Masons had to pay and then NT again I gather (as the issues with previous Brummies promotion in mid last decade didn't help too. Ditto all of that with Newcastle. What message does that give to anyone wanting to make something happen (as you rightly say Steve and with obvious experiences). It's all blamed on the Promotions that fail, or in some cases those that build teams that won't fail but on a shoestring but who don't have competitive teams as a result. A viscious circle, they to compete and over-spend and fail, or try to budget, be uncompetitive and fail. Godfrey is very honest about the way he runs Scunthorpe and it works for him, Bates brothers have openly admitted losing tens of thousands initially at Leicester but have deep pockets, deeper it seems than Owners at other Clubs who ran out of cash, it's good for us at Birmingham that Nigel seems determined to try again in 2023 but he's openly admitted in Speedway Star that his Company was covering costs from very early in 2022 and that the Club has lost a 6 figure sum so far. I don't know whether he's right to risk doing another season or not, only he does, but it simply isn't a sustainable business model. Individuals are responsible for their own affairs and live or die by them, but the SPORT and DIRECTORS of The Sport e.g the Management Committee really do need to wake up and smell the coffee and actually have the balls to create a Platform from which more existing Clubs, more returning Clubs and new Clubs have a chance of survival, stability and growth. It makes all the more remarkable the success of Oxford as an example, but how do we define success? Survival? Spending more than you earn and getting away with it year by year and hanging on? Having endless pockets and happy to support it like some (Glasgow and Leicester as an example)? Being one of the reducing few with the history and sustainability to contine (BV / Poole / Ipswich as examples)? Where though is "The Plan"....like the Poles have. Answer is "there is no plan" is there?

It would be a huge risk for anyone... A title winning team with world class riders couldnt attract enough punters when Speedway probably had, at least, double the crowds it gets now... And, unlike areas like Swindon, Coventry, Oxford and Birmingham, there hasnt been much of a concerted effort to try and bring Speedway back.. Maybe when they build that Superdome roof, meaning there wont be any rain off threats, it could then be viable...

Nah! Worth a try

Lol……I saw that after checking myself…….he DID have an off in his first outing though. Don’t know if that was the cause of his bad performance. Also, looking back, I see Starkey got 8+1 from five the last time he was there with Oxford. Ruml got 8 from seven in the same meeting………I think I’ve made my mind up now…..lol

Find it hard making my mind up between Starke and Ruml if that’s the choice but I’m inclined to go with Starke, I think. No-one’s mentioned Wells though……and although his average is lower than the others, he could be a good shout at Ashfield as replacement for Danyon. I don’t know how he goes at Poole though……. Vissing was another I thought about but have been afraid to say…..lol Also……a question…….Does Ben move to no.1?…….I see his average is higher than Cookie’s

Certainly entertaining.I thought earlier in the season we could have got him for Ablitt and maybe dropped Kemp but Ablitt hasn't done that badly and Kemp seems to come good when least expected and it definitely makes a refreshing change to keep the same team all season.

Us I hope.

Cos we do what we want! Is there an actual official reason why Hans wasn't there? Not people's paranoid ones!

But would Adam have bikes with him?

Hes down as r/r in tomorrow's must win for Oxford

I think that we've heard it all before!

Four point Kent victory would put them two points clear meaning Belle Vue need a win

Like to keep you sycophants on your 6 toes.

I would say Poole's is more established. Whereas 2 of Glasgow's are young riders who are getting better all the time and who are nowhere near of reaching their level yet. So with Glasgow you just don't know what you are going to get on any given night atm!

The motorcycle training school was on what is now a car park near where the Crystal Palace was until it burnt down.

Do the remaining NDL matches not count as competitive meetings? Mind you given the strength of the Armadale team, probably not (sadly)

Wow an inaccurate post from the trackprat.

https://youtu.be/ddru8-8qPpo Catch the latest Redcar Bears vlog at the link above!

Come on admit it. You're all the ginger whiner Middle ditch, writing as fast as he talks and typical of his drivel

No one would expect them to make it easy but it would need it to be a very strange meeting for Poole not to get 31 points. Most neutral observers may want a miracle, I hope it is a good meeting with lots of passing and I hope Plymouth make a fight of it although realistically it should be a walk in the park for the Pirates.

Can’t see a problem getting 31 points myself but you never know.

Speedway does tend to get its "knickers in a twist". There were issues with tyres back in the eighties/nineties...you'd think it would have learnt lessons?

At least it stops the criticism that he’s not that good.He has improved enormously this season with speed and style IMO.

Will see you in the bottom 2 again

That'll be the dates that were reserved for NDL fixtures but suddenly became available when Nick Morris's Polish Div2 team got knocked out of the playoffs.

I think Glasgow will have a little too much for Plymouth over the two legs.

Next year Bewley, Lambert and Holder will have improved more. If Freddie can get rid of long covid and Madsen get completely fit and Woffy do what he says he is going to do then it could be a tough season for Zmarzlik. No Russians until complete withdrawal from Ukraine, which isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Remember the list of riders for next year will, traditionally, be announced within 24 hour of the last GP of the year.

You might want to change your login name then

That's no way to speak about Matt Ford!!!

I believe just one person has caused the hate against our club .he did it when we were a premiership side and now it has happened again.think he has a very low iq level just got to put up with it I'm afraid onward and upward