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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.

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

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

Always an embarrassment at the business end of the season. If it’s not decimated by injuries its Poland taking preference over the uk

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.

Kelvin Mullarkey could be dirty

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.

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

No, he's just got back from shopping. Dumb or what.

Brilliant work!

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.

Wozniak Elkstraliga average 1.81 2 points in the last 2 GP's Brennan 4 points in the last 2 GP's There is more to Speedway life than Poland

The sport is still as Mickey Mouse as it ever was.. Maybe even more with the bans/not bans/bans/not bans... Riders riding in semi finals for one team, and the final for another, still exists, just like last year.. Even Czech league meetings now take priority due to giving up Thursdays as a priority night.. What a great idea that has turned out to be!? "You can use our riders if you let us have priority on Thursdays".. And then the riders don't turn up!!! With the whole shebang being built around the agenda of the riders not the agenda of the paying spectator. "We open very infrequently due to having to wait for our employees to tell us when they can work" (Not a great business plan is it?).. The honest news no one seems to want to hear is that UK Speedway, in its current team format, and using it's ludicrous operating model, simply cannot work. As it single handedly fails to engage enough people to believe that the product is a genuine sporting competition, that provides any real kudos in winning... There is fundamentally zero point investing emotionally into a team sport when it is nothing more than a random, ad-hoc collection of riders, who will invariably be a different set of riders "representing you" the next time you set foot in the stadium.. What the sport needs is a root and branch review, overhaul and reset. With a well planned and marketed major relaunch .. Just like they should have done during the COVID break.. Phil Morris alone cannot sort out the amount of nonsense that pervades..

no different to Zmarzlik

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