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With respect to a tin pot club like Grudziadz, we we are the Peterborough Panthers.

That would be good mate it's fantastic ,been able to manipulate the rules openly is a good tool to have in your locker. Beats paying a rider to do 1 lap then use rr all season (worlds worst kept secret )

Your sounding like Ben Basso Fan there.. As WTF said you have it all wrong. If Tomalin bought the club and backed up what he said there wouldn't be a problem.. You might of well had Holder and Tungate. Talk is cheap, and where is he now ??. Very quiet...... MT f@cked up by jumping the gun on Holder, trying to undermine Buster on the Holder signing, and bragging about buying the club and cocked it up .Buster then went and got NP @£3.5k a meeting. If i was him i would of got a bum and told the fans why... I feel sorry for him if im honest..

You’re about 180 degrees wrong on that. If you had any idea how much harm Tomalin and Johnson have done by promising what they can’t deliver and how much Buster has stepped in and covered their backsides so you actually have speedway at Peterborough you wouldn’t be jumping around like you are.

The Colt's racing filled the gaps well... The Triumph Owners Club was a "bit different" from the run of the mill meeting presentation.. And the National Anthem gave the meeting a bit of "gravitas".. The five and six man races were definitely good to watch and also maintained interest for at least 8 riders through the meeting.. Also noticeable was how many Aces fans were wearing club colours ranging from hats, caps to replica tops, and fleeces... The Aces seem to have got their act together off the track in this respect.. Still lots of opportunity for fan engagement, but the Aces do look like they have moved forward in this area.. The track is a huge bonus which should underpin everything else they do... A very professional set up at the Aces I would suggest...

Mate you’re way off here. Buster has bailed you out more than once in recent years, and even built you a title winning side the year before last. The disrespect he gets on here from some of you Panthers fans is staggering. Be careful what you wish for springs to mind here.

Time to make amends with Tungate and throw Buster under the bus if we have to, Just pin the entire blame onto him. Not being nasty but the team is already proving to be a disaster after one meeting and it's all down to Buster because the Nicki P situation doesn't arise if Tomalin got his side and Worrall wouldn't be having shockers in a Panthers race suit either. Would Holder accept a team place if Tomalin and CJ had a word with him and explain that it was all down to Buster and that Chris won't have to deal with Buster in any way, When it comes to payments and stuff because they'll personally take care of it. If not then we've got to pay Dudek the money he wants because we can't chuck the towel in after one meeting.

What an awful poster this is. It’s 2023 and people are still running with the “no brakes no fear, fun for all the family” line. Why not go the whole hog and advertise the opening match of the season with two guests too?

For goodness sake, everyone calm down. One meeting in and it's gone nuclear...

Nicki is riding in Poland on Saturday... what the chances he has a reaction to his injuries and doesn't ride Monday?

You're right there, the Panthers are we we

If I was Michael then everyone would know about it via a statement on the clubs website because I wouldn't sit back and take the bullet for someone else's decisions. I'd go full on Antonio Conte mode.

I never said he couldn't,I just said he struggled with the 3rd bend at times and when he fell it was more often than not on the third bend. Anyways we've got speedway back so let's enjoy it and hope the all riders stay safe.

Work than less than half a mile from the stadium and weather still fine. A bit overcast, but no more than it has been all day.

Raised the question of why must the highest average ride at 1? Shane rode at 3 and 5 vast majority of his time in the stripes, I believe he hated riding at 1 memory serves. Yes it means top riders clash in heat one but given best racing occurs generally later in the meeting is this best time for them to clash?

Edited for accuracy.

To have a champ spot he really should be getting round it straight away tho

I am honestly not Scunny bashing, I usually attend as an away supporter when Redcar are in town and your club definitely need a ring master. Roy Clarke does a fantastic job for the Bears just as he did for the Diamonds. He is the type of character Scunthorpe need with his mixture of Speedway knowledge and humour. Your announcer is probably a very nice guy and his voice is a dead ringer for Jonny Vegas but sadly without the wise cracks. Honestly there is an atmosphere at Redcar that draws people in everyone is so friendly fom the guy in the car park to the promoters and owners and if all of that could be replicated at Scunthorpe your fans would love it !! After all you have a great track and great facilities.

Can you make sure Novak hasn’t got any weddings this Friday.

They make them up as the season progresses.

Really enjoyed that, the racing improved after a slow start. A fair bit of rustiness on show but a competitive meeting with the cream rising to the top in the later stages. Always a great speedway experience and night out at the NSS.

And so it begins. Both teams presumably at full strength in front of a bumper crowd as everyone returns to get their speedway fix. Struggle to see anything other than a comfortable Edinburgh win. 60-30........... Edinburgh Monarchs 1 Josh Pickering 8.92 2 Lasse Fredriksen 4.00 3 Kye Thomson 6.60 4 Paco Castagna 4.93 5 Craig Cook 8.24 6 Jacob Hook 4.00 7 Kyle Bickley 2.86 Glasgow Tigers 1 Chris Harris 8.76 2 Marcin Novak 5.00 3 Benjamin Basso 8.52 4 Claus Vissing 5.00 5 Tom Brennan 6.71 6 Lee Complin 4.00 7 Ace Pijper 2.00

Mr Clarke makes his own nickname up for home riders like - the billeracy blaster etc , as an away fan he’s annoying

If that happens, Nicki should be sacked on the spot.

If Grudziadz don't back down then he won't be back unless he wants to ride for free due to Nicki having to spend his wages on a fine every week.

Buster all winter -> Me, Myself and I I don't care what the clubs promoters want, I don't care what the team manager wants and I Don't care what the fans want either therefore you'll get what I give you because I said so. Delivered a No.2/No.6 to ride as a HL who threw a stinker on night one and he also delivered an injury prone No.1 who crashed out of the meeting within two bends and as it stands will not be returning to the club if the situation with Grudziadz can't be resolved. Yet somehow it's all Tomalin's fault...

Where’s all this come from ? Nicki committed to a full season and he said himself he’s not stopping yet.

Eurosport had done a tweet on 24th March with a picture card of events in April and asking which of the events were you most excited about. One of the pictures on the card was the SGP in Croatia on 29th April

Harder on a bike than on a keyboard. I recall a certain B Penhall used to have problems with exit to Pits turn at Cradley. One error accidentally caused terrible injuries to Steve Clarke of Rye House who demolished Starting Gate trying to avoid Penhall. Not sure J Turner is the next Penhall but give the guy a chance. Seems he can definitely make good starts.

If it is not rained off, its on the radio. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/motorsport/65114802

Would agree.

Apart from the fact that Josh has to be at number 1, I wouldn't be confident about Kye beating any of the Glasgow heat leaders. Paco is too inconsistent, could easy run 3 lasts and win his final ride. Vissing was a heat leader for Edinburgh in 2013, Jacob and Lasse have no chance against him. Come the end of the season I can see Ace having a higher average than both of them

Most of them on June 1st. Maybe slightly earlier for TJ or Jonas, if theirs are special circumstances.....

Hit & miss & changing forecasts. If the rain hits --- Good Call, if it misses --- we could have raced, why bother with British Speedway. All say AAAAAAAHHHHHH & breathe.

Doesn't Josh have to be at 1 as he has the highest average?

It still hurts with how the season ended last year. My speedway mates still feel robbed of a grand final at home. Bridges do need to be fixed. Hopefully this season can sort that !

Changed my mind,, witches by 24

“Yep exactly,if that was the riding order of ipswich, lions look good,shame it’s off as I was looking forward to the first meeting lions giving them witches a lesson to shut some of these forum warriors up“ This was your little rant on the other Leicester v Ipswich thread so you’re fooling nobody here Spidey old bean. oh, and if the Witches “all fire together” it won’t be a close one at all, it’ll be a thumping home win lol. Can’t see all the Witches firing in their first home meeting anyway so I actually think Leicester will make a decent fist of it. Witches by 6-10 if it goes ahead.

Zagar

I think the Team was built round the hope that Flint will really step up this season and Jonas developing fast.Time will tell.

Fair enough we'll have to agree to disagree I think... what I will say though is that it's only a quarter final because of the severely depleted numbers in the top league, soon they'll be starting with semi finals! Also the KO Cup has been so devalued over the last 10 years or so it's little more than a fixture filler these days, in fact it's only been run in the top league twice in the last 10 years... and after the fiasco of last season you can't be guaranteed that the final will even be run! One thing we can agree on is that Leicester have lost out on a good crowd for their opening fixture... hopefully folk will turn out in numbers for the new opening fixture... there's a lot of bridges that need rebuilding after the end to last season.

Not if the promotion were happy with the 7 riders signed & weren't planning on making any changes!

I know its a pain but I think I'd rather not start at this stage of the season if it's light rain seeing riders act like Bambi on ice is far from entertaining & I'm sure won't help them either. As much as I want to see a meeting I want to see proper racing.

And Chris holder hahaha

Bit deceiving really as Tai and Robert still have represented GB in speedway cup of Nations and assume the will in the world cup. So I would assume Bewley, Tai and Robert are GB's 1, 2 and 3?

No she was already involved from the beginning.

A highly entertaining night of Speedway entertainment, meeting run really slick, I didn't care much for the faffing around before the final, OK if you're in the main stand not much doing on the back straight in the cheap seats though. 5 and 6 rider races around the NSS is truly a sight to behold! If I had to have a minor gripe (and of course I do ) I found it difficult to identify the Aces in the final with 4 of them racing around in pretty much identical race suits, but that is minor. Overall a brilliant nights racing in a meeting that is fast becoming probably the 2nd most prestigious individual meeting to win in the UK and the winner seemed pretty happy to win also, which tells you something. Hopefully Harris was using this meeting as a test session if not with the form of Sedgeman and Fricke it looks like it may be a long season for Leicester! Glad I made the decision to travel home across the pennines and not down the M6! Why the British road system shuts down at 10pm these days is a right pain in the arse for the travelling sports fan.

No offence but I’m glad you’re not the team manager! We’ve got to push Kye to be a solid heat leader - that isn’t going to happen riding at no.2.

I feel for Torquay Does this sound familiar?

Well that’s short sighted - as by that own admission it’ll work in their favour when they visit an away track.