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They said at Oxford nobody wants to watch follow the leader speedway... and then proceed to show 15 heats of follow the leader speedway from Poole

Interesting week for us. wroclaw looks like it will be a washout this weekend and they plan to run Thursday meaning no Dan Bewley for play offs. interestingly Emil should have been in next weeks semis and probably able to race. Dan should have been in this week semis and could have races. well done Phil Morris

I think most if not all fans are not unhappy with the Emil situation. It’s more a reaction to the riders who were banned for said same situation previously.

A day in the life of SCB/BSPL. Phil : Are we banning Emil like the others? Neil : No, ‘cause we like him. Phil : Yeh but you can’t put that in the press release. Neil : Why not? Phil : It wouldn’t look professional. Neil : ???? It's already done anyway and no I didn’t mention we like him, I’m not an idiot you know. Phil : What reason did you give. Neil : Tired. Phil : FFS! Why that, surely there’s something better, where is our rule book? Neil: It’s under the table leg to stop it wobbling. Phil: Go get it. Neil : Here you go. Phil : Why’s it covered in hot chocolate? Neil : I just spilt a full mug ‘cause the table wobbled, sorry. Phil : Why didn’t you put, suffering from severe laceration? Neil : Couldn’t spell laceration. Phil : Just put cut! Neil : Couldn’t spell severe, i before e and all that. I can’t spell a lot of rider names as you know. Phil : Yes, that’s why you make everyone use Chris Harris as a guest so it makes your paperwork easier. Neil : And he’s my friend. Phil : What’s all this mayo ffs? Neil : I spilt mayo on the wobbly table and used the rule book to clean it up. Ha! and some fans say the rule book is useless. Phil : It’s f%#}^ everywhere. Neil : I didn’t JUST put tired. Phil : Thank god, what else did you write? Who’s calling you. Neil : Matt Bates, he’s asking if we can move another piano for him? Phil : If it involves a massive flight of stairs again, it’s a no. Anyway what else did you say? Neil : I said he was thirsty. Phil : F*%% my life, you do know they’re calling for my head on social media. Who’s ringing you now? Neil : It’s Chris, he’s asked if he can guest for two teams in the same meeting. Phil : No! Neil : I asked how quick he can change kevlars. Phil : What did he say. Neil : If he goes too fast his inflatable vest goes off and he looks like a small Cornish hulk. Phil : Small Cornish hulk, I like that, we could use that. Where’s the ideas book. Neil : Under the table. Phil : Right, covered in mayo and hot chocolate. Neil : Yes. I didn’t think we’d need it, we haven’t before. Phil : Who’s ringing NOW? Neil : It’s the transponder rep. Phil : Tell him no, we’ve still got loads. Neil : He’s got more cheese & onion crisps. Phil : No, not falling for that again. Neil : He’s come back with popping candy. Phil : Hmmm, tell him Monday, early evening. I don’t think there’s anything happening. Where’s the diary? Neil : Errrrrr, don’t know - it’s definitely, absolutely not under the table.

Think you said similar things in the BSN cup semi final, and you stayed away on the Saturday with many others, BUT it was one of the best meetings of the season, Saturday could be the same. All comets fans should make it down to northside to cheer on the comets, and show the promotion that the fans will support speedway going forward into 2025 UTC

Nail on head. Nope, folk just want consistency.

I’m not a big fan of Morris but he must at least be given a chance. However, I’m not convinced he has the power or ability to do the job and his tinkering about with stuff doesn’t really inspire me. There’s no quick fix silver bullet to reverse speedway demise that’s been going on for years. The damage done in recent times by the clowns Chapman and Godfrey has been disastrous and put the sport into terminal decline.

The SCB site is the correct place for such announcements as they are the governing body of the sport in the UK & responsible for the implementation of associated rules & regulations.

Great attitude to have is that. If people stay away because of that, then they’re not true fans. Support the team through the good and the bad, just be thankful we’ve got speedway back at Workington.

Maybe try a different grapevine!

Not negative but realistic , Poole have a power house of heat leaders and Workington did well to a draw on Pooles last visit to Workington. I have heard on the grapevine that the three guests for Workington are Bewley , Harris and Wright.

They have every right to be happy with 14 considering the two clatterings they've already had at Poole this year!

Do Do Do Do... Do Do, Do Do, You cant touch this.. Stop! Bomber Time..

BSN. But they are doing one race from Poole and then one from Oxford etc. so it is £15 for both. Great value imo.

Douglas isn't riding elsewhere to be fair. Clearly Emil has been told not to travel by his Polish team, I suspect having a meeting Sunday and Monday then Thursday and Friday would be difficult in his current position. Footballers do it all the time, When KDB came back from Injury for city last year Pep Initially said he wasn't fit to play two games in a week, so i guess its the same for Emil, he's just about fit enough to ride Sunday and Friday but his body wont take another two meetings in-between. Not everything in life is black and white.

"As the club builds up the atmosphere on Thursday, there will be 120 whistles and 30 trumpets given away by Lenny The Lion at the main gate prior to the meeting. BBC East Midlands Today will also be in attendance and will be speaking to Stewart Dickson and one of the riders at around 6.45pm." That'll give anybody that happens to see it 45 minutes to get there, probably an hour as it's on Eurosport to claim their ear trumpet, the place will be heaving!

Compared to the previous results there this season that would be a good result... but we shall see what happens. Not being negative, just being realistic

Ipswich, Birmingham, King's Lynn and Oxford guys

Douglas hasn't ridden since his last Leicester match.

Fricke Masters Lawson and Becker for r/r definitely not weaker

Both teams will win their home legs just feel Oxford will win by more as I can't see a Scunthorpe rider getting anywhere near Masters, Nicholls and the form he's on Boughen round Cowley

Vinnie is back!!😀

Surely If he qualifies, he has as much right as any other rider. There has been plenty of riders over the years who haven’t been good enough, but have qualified. Or should it be a closed shop? with the likes of Woffinden just keep getting wildcards?

You can aim for a closer match, but still be satisfied with a 14 points deficit. Poole still favourites, but gives Workington a little more belief & could help the second leg crowd.

Marvin told me.

Take it you didn't detect the sarcasm? 🫣🤣

Think you need to read all of my post

Yeah, as soon as the tractor starting blading, it was clear there was no chance.

Trying to get it off so injured riders are available

Play offs becoming more of a waste of time year after year

If Bewley and Jack Holder are both missing, that's a lot better than if one was missing. The contest should still be fair.

Not responding to treatment as quickly as first hoped - apparently.

Leave Jack out of this. He rode for Sunderland 'Stars' and, therefore, could not be dirty. 😉 Hard, yes, but not dirty. 🙂

I won’t be, but I do hope Poole lose because of the gobby pensioners.

I don't know much as it is all tittle tattle, but what i do know Kvech is no way a starter at Lynn next season, can't comment on the rest though. the Rowe rumour to Sheffield is also very wide of the mark, but things with Anders can change very quickly.

Nothing wrong with repetition that's why we Pirates ☠️ keep on winning. And you spelt parrot incorrectly....... Uneducated. The Gift

It would be outrageous if he did. He didn't do enough last season and never looked threatening and got lucky in getting a wild card for this season. His form in the GPs before injury was not good. He may be a former world champion, but he's looked anything but that for some time now.

Love that people are trying to get Emil a ban. A few weeks ago, nobody gave a crap. Now Ipswich aren't looking like push overs and are a threat, people are trying to weaken them. Some people are getting worried lol Hope the Ipswich guys can use this to spur them on even more.

Being driven as a passenger to a stadium is somewhat less than drive to airport, sit around, sit on flight, drive to stadium, race & return. All this having raced (whilst not totally fit) the day previous. Bottom (scuzzy pun) line is, Emil returned to work earlier than expected or advised, following which he needed to carry on his recuperation from what was a bad crash and serious injury requiring surgery & convalescence.

Douglas has a cut on his arm and Emil a hole in his arse from one of the worst British crashes this season, lives in another country but everyone chooses to moan about Emil missing the meetings. When it suits I guess!

You could also say he needs to "travel" from his home to the track in Poland in a van which requires him to also sit for a period of time in a seat , unless of course he's living in a porta cabin in the car park at the stadium

Don't understand your logic, if clubs can't find replacements surely you'd want to lower the limit? If they increase the limit, where will the new heat leaders come from? If commitments in other leagues is an issue, make all teams use 2 x NL riders at reserve, at least they won't miss matches to ride in Poland!

Anybody seriously questioning the legitimacy of Emil missing the meeting needs to give their head a wobble

With his Dad, Kelsey Dugard and some bloke called Floppy..

Not many of us on this forum can get anything to rise, never mind about the star lol.

To me it would be very stupid to restrict how many leagues a club could ride in. If clubs can make it pay, why shouldn't they enter them all? Now if we had 12+ teams in both leagues & there was too many fixtures, I could understand restricting them, but until then - let them ride in all leagues.

Annual cost of license is about £140 now, that is ACU/SCB, but it is travelling and machinery costs are very expensive, the deeper your pockets the better your rider will be, because you are looking at parents who either have available time and financial resources to take the rider wherever possible and not have to worry about working arrangements, it’s not easy for parents to say travel to tracks Mondays and Thursday or other days to have a skid after a meeting, also providing the rider gets on (depending upon curfew etc), additionally the amount of tracks having practice sessions is limited compared to years ago and one might not be local so extra travelling at weekends is necessary. So people say if you are committed you do it, but if you don’t have necessary funds it’s difficult

I'll browse what i want, without being rude to other forum members. If you think you're being slagged off i'd suggest that you need to grow a pair.

I might of posted this before but my first and only encounter with Roman was at Sheffield, I was at no7 I think for Oxford ? in as a guest and it was at the start of my career,I remember him staring at me over the pits, I was a nobody but I guess at that point he doesn’t know that,he just sees me a new threat,he just kept looking which was intimidating as I knew exactly who he was and his reputation,think it was in my second ride I was off gate one and him off gate 2, as soon as the tapes went up he just turned left putting me on the grass, I guess looking back he was just stamping his mark on me so as not to go near him not that I was at that level, when I heard of his mysterious death I imagined in my head that he was in some sort of fight on his own against 300 men in some foreign war and giving a good account of himself too, certainly a character and not too bad on a bike either

The lift from holder wasn’t intentional therefor no card should be considered,as much as it startled lampart causing him to shut off I don’t think it would of resulted in a crash even if lampart hadn’t of shut off, if it did cause a crash then holder would be excluded but you cant run a sport on what ifs. speedway is a hard game rid by strong minded individuals,sometimes it’s your day other times it isn’t, they all know that