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Tarasenko, musielak and Basso. That’s dreadful luck or maybe a common denominator of somebody or something that’s upsetting those riders. Hmmmm

Why does someone always ask this on every thread where a meeting is shown on eurosport? Gets a bit boring after a while. We know it affects attendance....

That was his brother

I can't believe all these people slagging Cardiff off and not attending. It's the biggest showpiece event in our sport (or at least it used to be) and all many can do on here is moan about everything to do with it... well I hope you're all happy it seems you've got what you all wanted! You'll be moaning about ticket prices at Belle Vue next year, complaining you've got soaked to the skin in the rain and complaining that there's nothing to do around the stadium. £23 for a world class event in a state of the art stadium... with a roof! And all you can do is moan because you've lost your sense of adventure for 1 day of your life and need a comfy bed for a night instead of driving there and back in one go or staying somewhere away from Cardiff... you ought to be ashamed of yourselves! Remember where it was before Cardiff? Hackney, Bradford, Coventry... you don't know what you've had until it's gone. Well done everybody that stopped going!

Very funny...although you might find Millik and Pawlicki hold that title!! 😃

They have. The influx of GP riders has increased Premiership clubs' costs alarmingly.

Look what Kerr and Wright scored for Musilak and Klindt .......

In the end a much better match than expected - KL had a good go ultimately not strong enough and last 3 heats saw the Aces run away with it a bit which belies the effort the Stars made - Hope you enjoyed it!

Running away from Buster?

Is it me but I think the riders who are getting banned aren’t that bothered

....and in a larger pond than the Premiership!

Wimbledon is part houses, part football ground. Hackney became the media centre for the Olympics, which I believe has now been converted to residential use. London White City is now BBC offices. Harringay is a supermarket, New Cross housing and a park and Walthamstow is housing. Wembley is still Wembley, just a very different Wembley.

I'm starting to think that way as well.

Make tv matches cheaper, surely it's the only way to attract the fans?

I have to say that for such a great track where great racing is almost guaranteed, it was a shame to see such an empty stadium on Eurosport. It is not good for the sport to attract a new audience (or even keep the old audience) when the best stadium in the country looks near empty. I felt the same during SON when the temporary stand was up and empty each night until the final and then only a smattering of people. Sadly the sport in the UK continues on the decline in terms of attracting people's disposable income and possibly because they are trying to use a formula that has been used for 50+ years that has brought about its decline. They need to look for ways of making speedway great again or at least stopping its decline.

I particularly enjoyed his debut at Peterborough. The former world champion managed quite easily to get a Audi 0-0-0-0

@stevebrum Please provide an explanation for Lindgren. Birmingham's decision to sign Lindgren ahead of Laguta looks like the biggest mistake in the history of British Speedway.

Each to their own but are these people cutting off their nose to spite their face? Averages are an abstract concept that don't actually make that much difference on track. There has been some good racing and obviously excellent results so what's not to like? Guys going round fractions of a second faster don't necessarily mean it's a better product!

They did just that when Joe Screen signed for Glasgow in June 2010 and he wasn’t permitted to ride in the Pairs the following month. My recollection, possibly flawed, was it was a stitch up to stop Glasgow winning the Pairs. Which they did the following year. With James Grieves. And, of course, Joe Screen

Lindgren has been a big disappointment it has to be said.

Well it should be. Clubs will never have a better chance than this. “The team that finishes top deserve it”. Nope, not this year if as expected Ipswich now miss out.

that's a classic

Second I seen Etheridge and retain I stopped taking this post seriously.

We always tend to park at Newport train station. Cuts out the hassle of having to drive in and out of Cardiff and finding a space. Regular trains for the short hop into Cardiff and the station is right in the centre so only a short walk to the stadium.

Bring back the track rakers

We were finishing top don’t think there’s any doubt about that. All we needed to do was remain unbeaten at Foxhall and I think we’d have done that reasonably comfortably. Not likely now so I guess it doesn’t matter a great deal although would have been handy to avoid Belle Vue in the semi cos we can’t ride the place but it is what it is. All we can hope for now is that Emil is properly fit for the play offs, and by that I mean fit enough to be at his best and not just fit enough to take part and not do himself justice, and we get a strong guest for Doyle. Then we can give it our best crack.

I believe it is a shoulder injury.

Poole will be a big fish in a small pond and stay in the championship FACT

Rospiggarna use RR for Huckenbeck- Laguta cannot take a ride. D Johnasson rides at 7 instead of Pludra.

Low enough to guest for the Witches in the play offs?

Sorry, but that is absolute tosh... yes there was dust, but it was not anywhere near bad enough that you couldn't see the racing. As you stated, you weren't there 🙄

I felt the score didnt reflect the effort Kings Lynn put in, the last three heats flattered us a bit.

Proper order too... You spend all season using guests to cover absences so only right you go through to the end with them.. No point in trying to bring any credibility to the competitions now..😁

Not sure there will be a next season given that its contingent on the greyhound racing continuing for another year (thought they were clearing off at the end of 2024 ?) Tolley said it would cost then 4-5 times current level of expense to take on the stadium lease 🤯

Didn't Tatum say last night that Emil's footrest snapped prior to the crash ? It would have been a big factor.

Kurtz rode in GP qualifer on the Saturday after Tuesday being injured in Sweden then missed b/vue on the Monday he aggravated the injury he was pictured in a protective boot as for musielak we all know what's gone on and Basso doing exactly the same suits Chapman not to pay them &flights you reap what you sow as the phrase says

Sorry for being a bit of a pedant here, Crayford Stadium was replaced by a much smaller Greyhound Only stadium, with about 75% of the land being sold to Sainsbury's. Absolutely no way of shoe-horning a track in there, in fact many of the dog owners complain the track is too small

Track has been very poor for the last couple of seasons now

Just think what the score could,not would have been as you put it,had Klindt been riding or Musielak decided to return.All if's,but's and maybe's but the score is what it is and that's a fact.

I went there in 1967…Glasgow v West Ham.

This is so depressing to read-such speedway history lost forever!

Yeah Starke a good signing if at reserve and reliable for at 6/7 points a meeting from 5 rides, as opposed to the 1/2 points we were often getting combined. To put into context of how poor our reserves have been prior to signing Starke.. 53+10 from 110 rides (McGurk + Liebmann combined) Starke - 23+4 from 22 rides so far on his own...

We will never be like Poland. And we shouldn’t even try being. Of course we want to be like them but when old Doris next to you complains to the stewards because you cursed a few bad words and shouted loudly you don’t stand a chance

Unfortunately the Polish scene knocks spots off the UK presentation and any rider worth his salt would rather ride in front of a packed crowd with an atmosphere that is second to none compared to the sparse speedway support that turns up at a UK stadia. Those that ride in Poland and frequent UK teams/tracks are simply topping up the pension. If you are a regular who watches on Kergel then you will understand the phrase chalk and cheese when watch weekend racing from Poland versus what is served up from the UK Clubs. The UK broadcaster cannot ever offer a comparable form of entertainment no matter who are the commentators and if they had any sense they would quietly part the sport in some dark corner and leave it to BSN to show the best bits from the lower leagues.

If Premiership fixtures were on Wednesdays and 2025 were to be Poole's final season and Matt sold the chateau then it might be an option? But it won't. Imo the issues that Premiership teams are experiencing this season, with foreign riders not turning up or feigning injury despite riding abroad the day before a UK fixture will only get worse.

To be honest I can’t believe the side Glasgow assembled at the beginning of the season. That would not be a side to equal last seasons success and can’t believe the management couldn’t see it.

I have attended 32 meetings in the UK so far this season. The racing has been mixed as you would expect. One thing I have noticed is the amount of meetings that start later than advertised. Often it appears for no reason. As someone who attends meeting on public transport this is an important factor to me. However whenever I attend a Leicester meeting, 3 times so far, 2 x Lions and a Cubs meeting they start on time. That is the first race at the publicised start time, the parade, minutes applause etc. happens before this. I don't know who is responsible for the timing, but they should be congratulated for their professionalism & doing a good job.

Roynon comes out with some rubbish during a race.Really needs replaced IMO.

Maybe he got a 28 day ban from disclosing the contract info?.. Must admit, I did read the SS interview on, I think, the Sunday, where he couldnt wait to return... And by the Tuesday he wasn't coming back...!! A strange situation.. But, it is UK Speedway where you can get banned for not getting paid and, therefore, "witholding your services" when you (quite understandably), decide, "sod this lark".... It is ran "uniquely" as a team sport (in the UK)...

Probably the best service out there, I subscribe and at the minute there's virtually a match every night. Highly recommended and I've not seen it on any other services since 2023.