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There's no debate. Lee Dicken is the greatest Tiger of all time.

Phil Morris... very impressive! Can you imagine Rob Godfrey stood up there!

Phil morris to be applauded, skewered the opposition ,the decaying sport statement got right under his skin. CVS was quality as well rebutting the argument that wolves have folded because it wasn’t viable. first day goes to the good guys

Not me, will always go, winning or losing

HA! GOT U! MEETING JUST BEEN CALLED OFF! UP URS!

I'm told that Ipswich knocked that option on the head. As a result, R/R is on a mandatory 7 day concussion break.

To be fair I don't think anyone can doubt Doyle when it comes to his committment to British speedway.

However did we manage to race over 20 home meetings back in the 60s and 70s? Oh yes a wee drop of rain didn't deter riders back then.

you can’t even think of your own response, just plagiarise the first bit of mine! I just answered you claiming I’d never experienced adrenaline to prove you wrong - again! You like claiming a lot of things that are bull but try and pass yourself off as the ‘expert’. Still, I should probably stop feeding the troll I’m off to enjoy more adrenaline!

I was at Foxhall today & can confirm that there is damage to the pit gate, caused by a champagne cork hitting it last Thursday. Parts due to arrive 8am Friday morning

Speedway is a dying sport because of scum like osbourne.

I have to admit that when I read that Shane Parker had been voted the greatest Tiger of all time I laughed. I though how could the present generation of fans compare him to Jimmy Mac or Charlie Monk (my boyhood hero's) and then it dawned on me that the previous generation would have said the same about Tommy Millar and Ken McKinlay and their predecessors. Having been lucky enough to have been brought up on 60s and 70s speedway this old dinosaur finds kevlars and lay downs a bit 2nd class.

I'd definately go if i was you.

He is generally poor at Ipswich. When he rode for us he was particularly poor. Didn’t get one of his brilliant rides all season. was never his fault though. Track or set ups

Aces still stronger without Wright

I tend to agree, Emil and Danny would likely get more than Harris, Rew and Riss would probably get similar if they are used cleverly so overall probably safer bet.

96 years between the 2 also, this guys got some skills

I think there's a lot more to it than that. The bikes are very different and much harder to ride in imperfect conditions, and promotions seem to be reluctant to run in front of rain affected crowds or pay expenses for rider's travel only for the meeting to be off anyway. Don't get me wrong, Brtish speedway has got itself in this hole. But if you are going to have play offs then the season needs organising much better than it has been recently.

Steve Lawson was voted Greatest Tiger of all time.

Your guess is actually very accurate. An early rain off is usually decided on the state of the current track and whether it can take the forecasted rain.

Always go with the obvious... Brucey looking particularly Juicy

Hmmm....Bruce Penhall would be too obvious? How about Steve Lucero?

The first point isn’t true. About a third of League Two football grounds are bigger than Dean Court. Speedway is a minority sport. Of course there being a match at the local Premier League ground on the same night would hit the speedway attendance.

It's staggering really that a conurbation of the size of BCP can't sustain a soccer match at a ground whose capacity is lower than most 4th tier league grounds and at a second tier speedway venue on the same night? Clearly something going wrong

Exactly. Although season coming to a close so people might just try and get as many meetings in as they can. Doubt it. If there was an alternative they would have taken it. Makes me think the cut off for the groups is end of Sept. Knew there must be a perk to supporting Southampton at some point. Looks like I have found it!

Oooh hit a wee nerve did I? Dont like people pointing out errors do you lol Does the adrenaline of winning a national title, or of representing your country in two different sports count? Will it do for starters? Or maybe navigating in a rally car in one of the stages of the Scottish rally a few years back? Ooops you appear to be wrong again, never mind.

Omg he's back,,, different account but the Belle Vue end of a bell is back.

I haven't been following this in depth but of course I wish Coventry all the best. Used to love my visits there to watch the Robins! I hear that Clarke Osborne's name has come up during the meeting and he's said that houses should be built as speedway is a dying sport or something along those lines. What a joke of a comment from a man who has formed Swindon Motor Sports to build a new all purpose stadium for the Robins to ride at!!!!! It's almost like he doesn't actually intend to do this!! This guy clearly gets a kick out of killing speedway clubs. Makes me want to see Coventry back on track more than ever now!!

Aye counting wasn't his strong point. Say why you want about Lee (I will) he always gave 100%

will get you thrown out of a meeting these days!

Also wasn't that the GP where Gollob grabbed Henka's crown jewels

Phil Morris excellent stuff, good start to the enquiry.

Rob Tilbury? Nice pink helmet

If we lose at Scunny on Friday that will affect the attendance more than the football imo.

Probably a stadium staffing issue?! Either that or the stadium have had some success in hiring out their venue facilities!?? It does however mean we clash with a AFCB home cup match on 27th which will no doubt have some effect on attendance!!

Obituary here: https://www.speedweek.com/amp/langbahnwm/news/213472/Bahnsport-Legende-Manfred-Poschenrieder-(85)-ist-tot.html?lang=en

Especially on that ipswich page we both post on,,, some bloke was more or less trying to start a fight with me the other day,,, so I put the rule up for him to read,,, and still no apology,,, the admin then removed it all

think we both know it will go ahead thursday for sure looking forward to it kurtz to show sayfutinov the way home again in heat 15 again like he did on last visit to secure the win with doyle trailing in 3rd place

I think ippo shoukd rr in the first leg. Would get 7 or 8 points rather than taking a risk on Harris.....

Guests and using alternative race nights would solve the fixture problems,it’s only the racing that most fans are there to see nowadays.Just give every rider a plastic trophy as they have all probably guest at some time during the season.

For some reason Chris seems to struggle at some tracks that Jack seems to do reasonably well at, Jack is usually ok at Wolves.

British Speedway is dying on it's arse anyway..How's the league going to look without us and Wolves!? if Peterborough are not involved I can see myself totally losing interest in the sport all together. I don't even bother watching the GP's live either as for me it's just not the same anymore.

You don't think that they care about the taxpayers, do you?

With respect, this 2024 thing is getting silly now. I respect people are upset, and might of had a drink at this late hour, and i sympathise, but

As amusing as that is to watch riding around in celebration after the meeting is not an official session, you may as well throw them out for wearing shorts and a t-shirt between sessions

1. Each club sets its own ‘budget’ based on how ‘ rich ‘ they are, so some clubs will always be able to offer more than others , that doesn’t mean they will get whoever they want due to race night issues and travel. 2. clubs are different, some promoters do the team selection some leave it to the team manager. 3. There is a ‘ assets ‘ list of riders, not available to the public and it’s always out of date and means very very little in the scheme of things as a rider will sign for who he wants not necessarily who owns him. 4. How long is a piece of string ? That’s upto the club. 5. Depends on the rider….things such as average, age , etc can all come into it. 6. Rules say the ‘owning club’ should be approached officially first, in reality , this rarely happens and ‘tapping up’ goes on all the time . 7. See above. it works both ways. 8. Visa’s can cost many hundreds , then it depends on what your offering the import, living wage, accommodation, bikes, van, mechanics etc, but you don’t have to offer any of those things . 9. Scouts ? Word of mouth usually, other riders and ex riders recommendations more often than not. 10. Expenses ? Not a standard thing but some clubs , the richer ones, do . Most have fans how will let a rider ‘ lodge ‘ when required. Air fares don’t need to be paid , it’s all included in what ever deal the club comes up with for the rider. All of these things are different between clubs and riders, there isn’t an official pay scale , it’s all done by ‘that’s what others get ‘…. If you stand in the pits long enough and listen to the chat , especially between mechanics, very little is kept secret for long. It’s not a very professional approach but it’s the way it’s always been done . They have tried to have pay scales etc but it never worked and never will. Things differ from division to division and country to country but my comments are based on the UK. Poland is a different scenario all together.

It was in perfectly good taste, I didn’t mean anything by it, I was just interested in people’s thoughts.

It's strange that Porton Down is based in Salisbury where the person you are probably alluding to was 'poisoned' and that Porton Down is the site of the Ministry of Defence's Science & Technology Laboratory which according to Wikipedia is "one of the UK's most secretive and controversial military research facilities". It's also strange that the two people who supposedly poisoned him with nerve agent were immune to the nerve agent themselves. Call me a conspiracy theorist but that story never sat right with me. The likelihood is that he poisoned himself after trying to steal it to sell it on and that would have been a wee bit embarrassing for the UK government to admit to so they concocted the story about Russia to divert attention away from the research facility and a possible breach in its security by a former Russian DOUBLE AGENT who could definitely be fully trusted... Anyway, whatever the circumstances and however it went down i'm convinced that Vadim Tarasenko was not involved.

As I said, most sport today is controlled by TV and sponsors. It is a rule, an UNDERSTANDABLE rule, and all the riders know of the rule.