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Possibly, but they were right to be incensed. Totally Ivacic's fault. Bomber shouldn't have been allowed back in heat one either.

Do you ever think before you post?

You've changed your tune.

His throttle cable snapped, hardly his fault.

Great result for the Lions just about keeps us in the hunt for the play offs. Thought the crowd was not too bad either. I wouldn't worry too much Witches fans it was just an off night and Emil seems to be hitting top form again from what I saw last night. Once again I was very impressed Keynan Rew, still trying to figure out why his average is so low because everytime he comes to Leicester he seems to ride the track really well. Much better from Luke Becker as well, he looked on the pace and hopefully this is the turning point for him. What about heat 13 aye? That was some race and I haven't seen a race like that at Leicester this season, just shows if you attack the track at Leicested it can produce some really good racing. Just simply sensational stuff.

I saw it differently as Mountain went for a gap that didn’t exist, Bomber in heat 1 was first bend bunching and was always going to be all 4 back. only my view off things.

I drove from Newcastle to Luton airport last Friday, it took 7 hours with all the constant roadworks on the M1 and the traffic wasn’t even that bad, but going north was worse. Edinburgh is a further 3 hours away. She would have not got there for 7pm, more like 9 or 10 in reality.

Of course Tobias' engine failure' could have been a good tactical instruction!!?

hasn't he just let one go to Birmingham?

Sam McGurk is so far out of his depth, every away meeting I’ve been to he either falls off or can’t turn the bike

The Edinburgh management should make an official complaint about Cook. Inciting fans to not turn up. Totally out of order.

Considering that British speedway is hugely reliant on the weather having three empty Fridays during July is not good.

Are you joking? Do you know how long that takes lol. You have to go back down to London to make your way back north, stadium would be empty by the time she arrived

Edinburgh struggling for a crowd this year and then put this on. Desperately seeking points. Home club should have said no go as visiting team are uncompetitive. Everyone should ignore monarchs bleating about poor crowds.

U wouldnt have saturdays looto numbers have u as u can predict the future,thousands of people have had there day ruined 2 missing riders is the least of the problems.

First and foremost, Oxford Stadium is a greyhound stadium. The owner is quite happy to allow speedway on site. Often, as on Thursday there is greyhound racing during the day and I suspect the track curator was unable to to water and grade consistently throughout the day. Yes the delays at the start of the meeting were frustrating but it still finished at 21.25 hours precisely. Will Oxford speedway lose custom as a result of Thursday's meeting? Absolutely not. We had 2 track records and some fantastic racing with multiple passing and re-passing. Just look at the Speedway Updates proboards to check that out - gate and go it was not. Despite many people stating that Oxford were set up to fail with 3 teams, that was never going to happen because we are delighted to have regular speeday each week. One final point, the promotion have been brilliant since the re-opening. So, onwards and upwards.

Can also look at it as poor preparation from Vissing and Liebmann who I’m sure neither were riding anywhere yesterday who could’ve flown in then ahead of tonight’s match then.

If this is his attitude going into the match I would doubt there`ll be and good racing between Cook and anyone else. It will be interesting to see his score and performance, especially as Workington captain, surely he should lead by example.

If that's really him, he needs a fine for that "bringing the sport into disrepute". Not right to tell fans not to spend their money. Why not encourage fans to go along & enjoy a good match, could still be some good racing between Cook & the top Monarchs, also when the Academy lads meet each other.

Regardless how many’s there tonight, he’ll still be getting paid.

Well does he realise if no one goes, he ain't getting paid!

Cookie playing a true captains role again!

Why should Edinburgh have to call the match off? Ipswich didn't get a match cancelled when Doyle was missing, neither did Oxford without Tungate. What about fans who may have swapped around work shifts, or possibly booked hotels of travelling from Workington? Then there the Monarchs riders who flew over yesterday, who cover the cost of that flight if the meeting is cancelled & they have to race again?

All valid comments, and what goes on behind the scenes is something we will never appreciate, however.. The continental tracks alluded to, are often wide and much less tighter than some UK tracks built within the confines of a greyhound track, hence when "grippy" these tracks are not seen by many riders as something they want to take on... Bomber is Bomber, and Bewley is an ex MX rider so both ride conditions that are "deep" with supreme confidence... You kind of get why riders who get extremely well paid in Poland may decide to "play it safe" when conditions over here are not quite to their liking... An injury over here will cost them a lot of Polish money...

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Love the celebration from tobi.

When I got home I looked at proboards thinking what a great meeting it was. I was left thinking whoever sent in the race reports may have been watching a different meeting to me.

Must admit, it doesn’t sit right with me when people make hay due to the misfortune of others. That’s across the board and not just speedway. That undercurrent of glee when a team is hit by injury as opposing fans see their chances of success increase is abhorrent to me, old fashioned I know and very much in the minority on here. The “Tai” rule (apparently) needs to be in place to do what it was set out to do - stop unscrupulous clubs signing ringers for the play offs - but it should NOT impact clubs with genuine long term injury woes. I’d much rather come up against the Witches or Tigers with Bartoz as a full team member than the current preferred system of guests, guests, guests, especially at the time of year when the media takes a greater interest in the sport.

Unfortunately im back down to manchester early or id have stuck around. Really great to see jack smith doing well round ashfield!

Having been in the stadium since 5:30 Jamie Courtney (Promoter and track man) had been working on the track the whole time. If he watered to much it would be wrong no water at all and it would be a dust bowl that would have been wrong. I notice it hasn’t been mentioned that before heat 15 Jamie got on the mic to apologise for the issues with the track - how many do that? It was obvious that there were two Belle Vue riders who didn’t want to race the track, to have two new track records set in the same (one Oxford and one Belle Vue) meeting on such a dangerous and unridable track. Also if it was so bad why was it signed off as fit by the SCB ref in the first place? Most riders should be able to attack a track should it be grippy or smooth, but this generation seem to expect a nice smooth car park to ride on. Do you think this happens in other countries the complainants would have been told to take a walk.

All I saw was some excellent racing from both sets of riders. Heat 13 was a right belter.

Amazing how many people confuse a bad track with a badly-prepared track. There’s a world of difference, and this was very much the latter.

He had Complins covers on his own bike

I did think that heat would be a 3-3 somehow lol

He is class, but a push to say he's better than Zmarzlik. His gating makes him a great watch as he often misses. The SGP would undoubtedly be better with him and Artem riding.

Absolutely but it takes people with balls to call it and the current speedway authorities are not capable and prefer to err on the side of political caution. Shame on them.

Are there not enough mitigating circumstances though to save them from a ban. Its not as if they could just jump on another flight.

Comets should realise that Plymouth rocked up at Armadale this year, had to get Mason Watson to ride at #1 - - and won!

Your a part time supporter these days Geoff ont supporters but with 25 other daft comets fans. Just hope we score 29 points to get bonus point UTC

Great ride Leon Madsen. Passing Zmarzlik on his own track is very notable. Nasty crash that for the Kupiec.

To be honest can't blame Edinburgh Also there no8 is listed tonight aswell Jim McGregor Other teams would have went to bspa and got it called off Very interesting to see how young Leyland handles it Still long way for the lad to go but the improvement from last year is a big surprise

Mind you Rohan wasn’t very keen at the Ipswich abandonment at Oxford.

I think I'd use Celina in heat 1, get practice ahead of heat 2.

Went Last Night...Leicester were just better, it's that simple, no excuses from me, Emil apart and Keynan(9 Points from 7 rides)we were way off it and the best team deservedly won. I have said all season this Leicester side was under achieving as on paper I think they are very strong, and last night riders like Becker, Lawson(I'd still have him in the Witches septet) were very consistent, and if they can put a run together thos Leicester side could have a huge say in the Play Offs. So No excuses from me, Well done the Lions. And my moan sadly as a Witch is the same moan....Doyley has now been out for ages, and we continue with this guest situation, which I've said will comeback and bite us, and it does feel like the tide is turning. Musielak as of last night is 100% Not an option, although he has declared he wants to ride for Ipswich. But clearly something is stopping that from happening. We do need to bring in this Number 1, and we just have to keep the faith that Chris and Ritchie are working hard to get 1 in......But????

And many of them use the same riders... Not even enough riders to run one division...

I can assure you Swaffham is as much an interest of Peterborough fans as Kings Lynn is, which isn’t a lot. The only time I have visited Kings Lynn speedway is when the Panthers were the visitors, that goes for Leicester as well, both dire tracks for speedway racing.

Peterborough need to be in Peterborough. History has proved that going out of the area and hoping the crowd follows doesn’t work. Glasgow at Workington cradley at stoke Scottish monarchs at Glasgow and Birmingham thinking the wolves fans would go in large numbers to Perry Barr

I get that the fans don’t like the fact that Ace has left the club BUT that is not Jason’s fault, let him at least turn a wheel at Glasgow before putting him down. At the end of the day Jason is like any rider he just wants to get on the track and race his bike. He has really progressed at Oxford in the NDL, he has gone from being a reserve to being a heat leader, team rider etc. it’s been nice to see how he has progressed give him a couple of meetings to get used to the track and then have your say.

Think he is getting married the weekend we are at Edinburgh. So I’ve heard.

Nope, he's been signed, in the new team deceleration.