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disagree. Riders need to learn to ride conditions that aren't perfect. The more experienced riders are having no problems, the kids on their rocket ships are getting out of control. Or should we just wrap them in cotton wool? half the problem now is the tracks they learn on are too slick and predicable they never learn how to deal with anything that isn't perfect

I have to agree with a previous poster Poole are a juggernaut at the moment nigh on unstoppable love them or loath them you have to admire them and I wish my team could be a successful as them well done Poole fair play to you.

Stupid comment,he’s just been banged on the head with a bike.Get a grip.

Well, that's the first season of the "new era" under Discovery Sports Events... and I'm far from impressed. They seem to have taken the sport back about 20 years! They've lost most of their major sponsors, crowds appear to be amongst the lowest we've ever seen for a GP series, some badly prepared tracks, they've almost killed Cardiff, the racing has generally been, I'll be polite, forgettable, series wrapped up before the final GP, incomprehensible scoring system, no Aussie GP and Russian GP (understandable), neither were replaced in the calendar. Terrible TV coverage often missing the racing when there was some, inaccurate and random captions, horrible noise over EVERY replay. Still the pits look nice and some people have said they've enjoyed the post meeting fireworks!

Bit shaky camerawork, but the ten minutes of this 8mm silent home movie of a USA v WORLD Speedway test match in 1974 at Costa Mesa, California, is nevertheless worth watching.

The scheduling was a nonsense and has to be addressed (you'd think...).

Congratulations to Poole much too good for us tonight and last Wednesday. Another season and sadly it departed with a feeble whimper tonight , sadly when it came to the business end we were simply not good enough.

So Cami declared Starke to BSN but another rider to the ref?

Whether he wants to or not Tom Brennan should not be allowed back out. I'm thirty feet away and he can't walk a straight line.

Good start to night for the ref with a shocking call. Should’ve been both them excluded basso fell on his own.

Personally I don't see a problem with signing Lambert at number 1,,,but not sure Simon is up to it.

And the long term injury line is in the same section as the window and only applies within the window......(rightly or wrongly that's how it is) Belle Vue fans are making themselves look totally foolish making such a meal out of this

Maybe Sam Ermolenko could do the working out of the permutations for them.. ...?

Not a good couple of weeks for Speedway in Scotland.

You make it sound close.

Promoters and riders appear to be the biggest problem, it should be the BSPL telling clubs when fixtures have to be run by to stop this nonsense. God forbid there should be an outbreak of common sense.

Just shows he doesn't know what he's doing

I hope so. We all want to see two full sides, injury free and in the groove on two good tracks for the final with the best team winning.

Poole are a juggernaut at present, unstoppable and all fit and well. I do think they've scheduled the fixtures well too, always on the go and never any huge gaps in the fixtures for them, unlike a lot of the opposition, glasgows lack of meetings has been ridiculous

The only thing I can think of is that Starke didn’t qualify under the heat 15 rules and that was the only way to get him in the heat? Because you can put a reserve in heat 15 if the originally nominated rider is excluded I think - I’m sure that happened once last year?

Fair play to Poole. Much the better team over the two legs. Hope they win the final. The match itself was a bit rubbish. Not a lot of racing - probably more in heat 15 than the rest of the meeting. Personally, I think it’s just too late in the year and getting too cold. I live in hope things will be settled earlier next season.

Good ride from Kemp. Hopefully gjve him some confidence.

Nicol was the obvious error, and Cooks stock has dropped. But the big blows were the losses of Ostergaard and Hume. Not saying that they'd have beaten Poole with those two fit but they'd have stood a much better chance. Luck with injuries and momentum are massive going into Play Offs, Poole have both and Glasgow neither.

Presentations mid meeting. Place is a joke at running meetings efficiently, get on with it.

Did I just see Havvy smoking in front of a no smoking sign!!

The refused has kindly asked me to send his winnings to the bend fund( not £9500 ) which i`m more than happy to do.

We certainly like an exclusion even with a 10 point deficit this team would be incapable of overturning that never mind 30 points. Major rethink on how we build our team for next season.

Let's not forget though, as we've been told all week since Wednesday, this is a track that 'always provides great racing'!! Hope all riders are OK.

Just when the refereeing is under scrutiny we get a clueless decision. How can they come up with these decisions

Cook exc fine not under power. Basso fell on his own and is allowed in? Shocking call!

Doesn't Woffy slurp the 'right' drink when being interviewed to ensure a wild card?

They could do with showing a 'virtual leader' board at any time during racing, like they do in other sports such as MotoGP, then you would have a better idea of the standings at any time, and a rider would know what they have to do in order to challenge for a better place in the standings

Nicol did not looked interested all night.Obviously he’s away next season,he has been a major disappointment.IMO.

I'm amazed Poole still have him around tbh; strikes me as a total liability. Also quite surprised BSN had him on comms - i suspect that will not be repeated.

We have had a fair idea for a while that this may be the case.

I forgive him tonight as he had a nasty crash.

No t/s allowed

Fair enough, Bailey seems to like it.

Starke also crashed into 1. The track is fine, but it’s riding different to how it normally would. That’s all. It’s not full of ruts or concrete.

Track is too heavy.

Yes hope they are both ok.

He didn’t prevent the raising of the gate. It had already been released.

011.1.6 Starting Offence The following are deemed to be starting offences: - a) failure to meet the 2 minute time allowance b) not obeying the Start Marshals instructions c) when a rider’s motorcycle or any part of their body or equipment touches or breaks the starting tapes whilst the green starting light is on or prevents the raising of the start gate d) returning to the pits, as detailed above under 011.1.3 e) delaying the start in any other manner, or who prevents the starting gate from being released properly

I'm beginning to realise that "speedway fans" actually aren't interested in "speedway". They just want everything their way - the way it was 60 years ago...

You are very welcome to him. I would accept a cold cheeseburger in return for his transfer if I was Chris Louis

He has done a lot of talking the last few weeks about making changes to his team and other things etc, when somebody starts talking like that it normally means they are trying to convince sombody i.e the organisers of his spot in series.

Agree with you on Bart,has it totally sussed out now,just picks up the points needed without taking too many chances.Hard to see will constantly challenge him in the next couple of seasons.Artem Leguta and Emil if allowed back in might make it a bit harder though.

It's a no from me !

Happy to see Lambert finish in the top 6 and automatically qualify for next year's Gp's.After being written off by many especially on here he had a great 2nd half of the series to qualify.

Dudek half a bike length behind and leans all over Doyle. Biased referring to try and help Dudek make the top 6.