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First of all. Must say that’s the best racing I’ve seen at lynn in a long time, track was perfect. secondly, laguta is just class, and soon will be scoring maximum after maximum there so if you can sort your engine room out then you won’t loose many. thirdly, I know lynn are struggling but that’s a great result for us without Kurtz, every single rider did the job they are paid to do. A very professional performance.

Not turning up for an FIM meeting is a 28 day ban.

I am eagerly awaiting Blobbys post on his take on tonight’s pumping. I have had to put the popcorn on hold and cover it with cling film.

The negative comments mainly come from Sportowefakty, as it was their reporter that he commented about . To balance things out, it's also true to say he's had massive support for his words on FB fan sites. Many riders (and fans) are fed up of reporters simply writing nonsense just to get clicks. Gleb seems to have been the first to actually say it out loud. Well done him in my opinion.

Despite their recent home struggles , and having a patched septet tonight , you just know the Monarchs are going to be up for this tonight more than any other league match . So we'll have to get the best out of our 7 , no silly exclusions , if we are to prevail . We should have an excellent chance of winning, but I've been to Armadale too many times thinking that , only to be disappointed . Should be a cracker though

I'm tempted to feel sorry then I remember how little of that there was when we were getting humped off them every year. And the less said about 2014 the better. Get it up ye

If i was to say we have had the best season entertainment wise so far do you really reckon people will take a financial risk as you put it to come to the next one.Personally i don't. If speedway is worth a financial risk if you think the racing will be good then Belle Vue would be packed every week.

Too true, try to fix one error & end up causing another!

Once you make a signing like morley , a trapper who is dreadful away from home as a strengthening move it just shows what a bad job youve made of team building in the first place . I like garry may as hes a straight talker essentially but they cocked it right up. The one person last yr who improved a bundle esp at plymouth was bowtell, way better than morley and n2 all last yr , who could get a few away, they let him go too incorporate a rider, starke who looked completely shot . Everybody hates poole but they get it right 9 yrs out of 10 team building.

Why do people continually come on here and ask 'was the crowd good?' or 'what was the racing like?' If everyone did that and not bother getting out and supporting clubs there would be no speedway. That was easily the best meeting racing wise in quite a while. After Klindts first race win and leading his second until Freddie had engine problems causing Dan to fall he looked like he might have a decent night - and that probably made the difference in then end. Freddie wasn't too far away from the points either and seems to be moving in the right direction, albeit slowly. Tofty looked back to his best...and that man Laguta - wow - gonna enjoy watching him all season long!! Jason Edwards showed improvement with a decent bit of fight. Having said all that, had Kurtz been there last night BV would definitely have had a bigger win All moving in the right direction - wonder what the change is that Alex has up his sleeve?

I'd certainly echo what Crescent Girl has said. In all my years watching speedway, I have never known anyone more passionate about the sport than Laurence Rogers. That doesn't necessarily make him a good team manager, but I can remember a few years ago Wolverhampton fans turning their ire on Peter Adams after a string of rubbish performances and a poor final league position. Adams was - and remains - the most successful in top flight speedway's history. I don't think that this is a matter of spite, but it is a matter of looking for someone to blame for Birmingham's disastrous on track performances over the last couple of seasons - in other words, a scapegoat. What you seem to believe is that if he left and the 'inept buffoon' was replaced by someone apparently more competent on track performances would dramatically improve. Looking through the 2023 predictions thread, most have Birmingham bottom and none have them in a play off spot. That means the team is poor - which it clearly is - and therefore whoever comes in is extremely unlikely to turn things around without significant changes. Booting Rogers out, then, will almost certainly make very little difference. I am not aware how much say Laurence Rogers had in building the team, but given a reported £250k loss last year even if he was wholly responsible it is more than likely that his hands - not unreasonably - were significantly tied in terms of the budget for the team. Blaming him - and only him - for Birmingham's present form seems to me, then, to be totally unsupported by the actual circumstances in existence.

Craig should really man up....

Did you fall.

Yes, I can see the Edinburgh pits from all the way down here!

You are underestimating Cami. Or maybe not now that I have thought about it for 10 seconds.

Whilst the Berwick fans will point to a poor performance from their side, it was an equally good performance from the Bears. Didnt really look a weak link tonight - having Riss back a lift for the whole side. Good to see King back on form, and both Hume and Bailey rode hard for not as many points as they may have deserved. But hats off to Mulford tonight, best home performance by a mile and rode really well. Shows what at least getting to the first bend in the mix can do, but made some great passes and will surely take a whole load of confidence from tonight. Knudsen had a strange night, looked excellent in his first two and then nowhere. Hook did his job but otherwise a poor performance. A big well done to Rory Schlein however - my nephews always stand and wave at the away riders vans as they leave. They often get a wave back, but Rory stopped his van and gave them a cap which they were absolutely over the moon with. A simple but effective way to get two new fans.

Racing was as good as seen for a while. Heat 1 was very good, feel of Marcin held it tight would've held on. But another fine performance from the guy can only ride one track. Swap of Ben and Tom worked well for Tom, but you'd imagine would've got 20 between the 2 whatever way round put them.

You forgot to put right before up & ye. It appears all is not well at the West Lothian also rans. Luvvly.

Have to feel sorry for Edinburgh missing their top two. But we won’t, disappointed only to get 51,. Worrall apart they were how shall I put this. Sh*te.

Can’t see Tungate at Lynn as he’s absolutely woeful at the AFA. That said, he’d fit right in with the current middle order

Bit like independence day lol

Luke came through five rides with no adverse effects last week. He was a little tender on the Monday but has been good all week after so let's what see what tomorrow brings sincerely hoping the seven isn't on the cards .

Tony Burchill

Wouldn't quibble with your Leicester analysis, but would suggest that you may be a good bit out as far as the "massively stronger" home team is concerned. Harry McGurk, for whatever reason, is currently nowhere near his known form. By my reckoning he's had four league meetings, three of them at home, and scored six plus four from 15 rides. Kelly was going well and while I take the point made elsewhere that riding in the top five is harder, results breed confidence and I think he will make the transition successfully. An extra ride for Pijper is potentially good news, certainly. I'd blink a bit at seven rides for Harrison, only lately back from serious injury. Without R/R he could, potentially, have had his four rides, one of McGurk's and perhaps another if anyone is struggling, reserve replacement for tapes/time exclusion and so forth. With R/R, he may need to take three of those rides, McGurk (and I do hope he fixes whatever is not working and returns to his customary standard) his full four. Injury and/or loss of form elsewhere would then be a big, big problem. But it's all opinion, which is why we all love to come on here and chuck in our two-penn'orth!!

Niels Kristian Iversen is now number one.

Its just dawned on me that most these riders don't give a crap about who they ride for and only who bids the most for them..so that's Tungate off to Lynn then....

But Leicester agreed the date at short notice knowing full well Bomber was riding in Germany. Perhaps he reiterated what an honour it is in light if comments like yours? You are like a dog with a bone when something gets up your nose!

Most of our team needs moving on if possible.. Shocking..

The problem for me is the People running the sport are in denial and seem to the sport is in good health.The sport needs a major revamp IMO.

Cracking meeting and a superb performance from our boys . Cant remember seeing a better meeting at Armadale . Harris , Brennan , Vissing were outstanding while Basso and Nowak were solid , Complin showed how much riding for Glasgow means to him and young Ace was so unlucky , leading heat 2 then picking up grip and coming off and that seem to affect the rest of his meeting . For Edinburgh , the guests did their job . Worrall looked very fast and Kerr tried hard for his points . Castagna had his one good race , Thomson was rubbish and Lasse whatshisface had a up and down meeting , laterly mostly down . Woods was out his depth . Biggest shock of the night , a fiver for a pint in the bar

Good to see Erik back, certainly hasn’t forgotten how to gate and will get racing sharpness back the more he rides. Comfortable win against a poor Berwick team in the end. Everyone chipped in and great to see Mulford ride with a bit more confidence. Only Knudsen and Hook were positives for the Bandits.

For Joe’s own sake I hope they make a change. He’s got no confidence at this level and he’s scoring well for the lower league Leicester team but he was looking really wobbly going into the corners with his handlers twitching all over the place. As a neutral it was good meeting to attend and Emil certainly showed his class, Doyle was constantly in his way in heat 13 but at least it goes to show Doyle was putting the effort in as with a GP at the weekend and the meeting lost he could have just gone through the motions. It certainly is different going to a meeting with no particular affiliation to a club, great to see so many ex bees riders of course but viewing wise you don’t get much closer to the action than at Leicester.

Prob missing Josh being there atm. He seems like a good team man to have around. If you take the guests out the team, who is actually leading it?

I think the point is Leicester weren't due at Peterborough on that date, the club switched with Sheffield

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Off- result stands

Erm it’s last year. Sorry

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harder rides against Birmingham? Is there such a thing?

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Is anyone else getting really pissed off with no official announcement? Why release a news piece to the Telegraph and BSN if you aren't going to make the changes imminently?

Didn't know that was a rule tbf

Just barker; cruising through the year, lions solid throughout,can’t win a league with 2 top heavy lads,lions showed how to deal with this,lions looking good at mid season ,will be hard to beat at home ,Allen and fricke have track knowledge now,kemp would be another bonus

No he wasn’t interviewed.

Funny lot the “promoters” in the PL. Seems they only want clubs to join when it suits them…… for as long as I can remember they have been riddled with self interest, and been pretty hostile to newly “promoted” clubs. I remember Wimbledon under the Lanning family wanting to run 1st div. at Plough Lane being refused, Hackney Kestrels moving up:and being shafted with only the late Simon Wigg being allocated to strengthen the team. Oxford being refused a PL place … Nope the PL “promoters” are like a secret society running a closed shop ……. Think it’s time for the PL clubs to eat humble pie and apply to join the Championship in 2024 .

They are not as bad as Birmingham!

It will need a miracle to turn this around. On the plus side, Emil and Jason are crowd pleasers and more often than not show how it can be done. Apart from these guys the team is a shambles. King and Thompson need to be put out to grass and given that the chances of a play off place are becoming remote, try some new talent and hope that the current set up league wise survives another season. Not convinced that the sport can continue as is and the current arrangements show why more meetings are needed to bring on the talent not the current farce with once every three weeks or so for a home meeting. If you cannot change and start having meetings be they individual, four team or pairs in addition to the joke of league racing than every promoter needs to think long and hard and decide if it is worth continuing with the current set up. While the powers that be piss from a great heigh on Nora events, they are also killing off the sport as we all know it.

Very quiet on the Cook front.Borke got 2 pts in the U24 match in Poland on Tue.Very difficult to predict result but Tigers will never have better chance of a win IMO

Rene Bach was pretty good at Armadale

Used to love the old Speedway Stars when the front cover was just a plain and simple affair with iconic photos on the front and rear cover. Just the Speedway Star banner and nothing else. Around the tracks gave you the opportunity to view all the detailed results along with a meeting report, always an interesting read. Plus the averages which appeared in league formation so you knew where each of the top riders were ranked in the averages. Easy to read league tables with no complicated scoring system. Seems then that I much preferred reading the old Stars than todays modern format but that's just my personal opinion.