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Sounds a bit on an arrogant comment, no rider should risk injury for any team, but why should Cairns play it safe for Belle Vue when he's not even riding for Poole yet?

I'd like us all to just try and remember what age he is and not be too hard on him. If you've played sport at any level you'll know that what's going on in your head can massively effect your performance. Usually talented teens just rise through the ranks maybe with a few bumps but i can't remember seeing someone with so much promise suddenly fall off like Ashton has. I genuinely wish him all the best and hope he gets back to his best.

A couple of thoughts from Cami Brown's match report on Tigers FB page “I knew it would be tough tonight. Victor Palovaara at reserve is ridiculous, let’s be honest. He’s not a reserve, he’s miles better than that." Firstly why is Palovaara at reserve rediculous? Edinburgh were clever enough to build a team where he started at reserve. Remember when Glasgow signed Tarasenko on a 5.00 Champ ave, despite him also being on a 5.00 Prem ave which was about to go up to 6.45 (meaning a converted 9.5+ Champ ave) did Cami say that was ridiculous at the time? Glasgow just used the rules, which were available to all the clubs, just like Edinburgh have done this year. Secondly, no mention of Boughen not competing 3 rides. If he was ill, you'd think Glasgow would announce they are putting in a complaint that he wasn't signed off, not allowing a reserve to come in. If he just didn't fancy it, should Glasgow not say they are dissapointed with what happened & are dealing with it behind closed doors? Do Glasgow not owe it to their fans who paid to watch / for the stream for some honesty about the situation?

I just feel comments about being the greatest world champion of all time are ott, you cant compare eras, in the days of the one of world final there was a long difficult route to qualify for the final, every rider had to qualify on merit including the reigning champion. The night itself you could cut the atmoshphere with a knife, every race counted with no second chances due to a scoring system we see today, there were several riders who could actually take the title. If the current system had been in operation ive ofen wondered how many titles the likes of Mauger would have won, it would have been tailor made for him with his incredible consistency. The GP doesnt have the best 16 riders in the world, there are get out of jail cards thanks to the scoring system and speaking personally the series just doesnt do it for me. Its all about opinion but i dont think you can compare different eras. One other thing some posters have mentioned Tatum saying what a great night of racing as he does during boring league meetings, any non fans watching for the first time must be thinking if this is a great meeting wouldnt like to see a poor one and certainly wouldnt be motivated to go along to their local track if they actually have one.

Been to the track today for a practice which was called off cause of rain, love the place, such a model of a place for speedway to follow, and Andrew is such a nice bloke who has some very valid points about a way forward for the sport

Tatum was truly embarrassing tonight. At least Chris Louis sounded bored - like the rest of us. Sadly the TV coverage reflects the state of the sport at present ... Abi treats the gate selection like something off Blue Peter and the pit interviews just get worse by the year. No wonder the interest is waning.

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Additional links for Grudziądz v Gorzów: note that due to the weather, 1st heat will be at 3.45pm UK time in Grudziądz: This VK link for both Ekstraliga meetings: https://vk.com/video-81427162_456239710 Grudziądz v Gorzów: https://vk.com/video-220089063_456246594

I think he would of learnt to sit still ,he was an extremely disciplined individual .

Is he though? How can you really tell when there is nobody else who seems capable of properly challenging him and genuinely putting him under pressure? Nobody else has the consistency. World number 2 Robert Lambert, for example, ended up with 3 points last night. If you look through history, the great champions always had someone pushing them. Funding, Briggs, Olsen and Mauger all had each other. Nielsen and Gundersen had each other. Rickardsson had Pedersen, Crump, Hancock, Adams etc. Since Zmarzlik started winning World Championships, the one rider to properly challenge him was Artem Laguta - and Laguta won and was promptly removed from the series. Zmarzlik's most consistent challenger is probably Lindgren, who is not really a genuine rival. Someone needs to step up to the plate to make this interesting. Can Kurtz do that? I'm not convinced. Holder maybe? It's a shame Bartosz can't be transported into another era so we could really see how good he is. To be honest, if you could do that and transport someone like Egon Muller into the modern series, my guess is you'd see Muller winning multiple World Championships and being hailed as a contender for the greatest of all time.

Maybe Zmarzlik is just so far ahead of the rest? If you removed him then I'm sure Lindgren/Holder/Bewley/Lambert/etc. would share world titles between them, just like previous generations had multiple riders pushing each other. I'd enjoy watching Zmarzlik against the top 5/8 from 20 years ago, too, in fairness. I think he'd be very competitive. Laguta had 4 seasons to beat Zmarzlik btw, and managed it once. I don't think he was a genuine long-term challenger, he just had the season of his life. Like Chris Holder did in 2012. You can't take it away from him, but he won't go down as a true great, I also don't think he'd have won another.

They couldn’t afford me this time

Brief story : The former president of last year for Stal was taking money from the club for his private business ventures. The fans were protesting last year for him to walk but he never did, he damaged the club with simple thing with the fans like changing the 5-1 celebration music and the traditional Kevlar colour (they looked more like Lublin last season). The fans and the president didn’t get on, after these protests and the end of last season he decided to fire Wozniak who was still contracted another year which annoyed the fans. He finally got kicked out the club after an internal audit was ordered by the league and 12 million was found taken and this is where the club were almost ended. Another president came in and the set up a ‘go fund me’ page (which I contributed to) and also ex and current riders auctioned off equipment and belonging etc to make sure the club could find the money to continue this season. Lebiediew was bought as a last gasp from the former president to try and show he was spending the club money and investing. At the time of uncertainty whether Gorzów would continue Miśkowiak fast made a decision to abandon the club and run to GKM, this is why Gorzów fans do not like him. Stal Gorzów raised enough money to continue from various sponsors and ventures and now have good money, the only problem they face is the league put a ban on them spending money due to the audit and issues that arose last year.

Our averages have gone up mainly as you say due to Rowe so I doubt we could do anything as a whole team wise, it would have to be like for like, I think for now we just have to hope for the riders underperforming to improve.

A complete enigma. I’ve saw him almost lap Harris at Ashfield, then less then twelve months later, look terrified amongst under-21s on the same circuit. I’ve saw him win the opening heats at Armadale and Scunthorpe, but look like it’s the first time he’s ever sat on a speedway bike a few days later. Who knows what’s going on? It’s a complete guessing game, but I hope the club clarifies ASAP. Cami Brown insists on commenting on every rider in every single post-meeting interview, but last night, I saw no mention of Boughen.

I thought the same when Kubera scored 6 pts in the previous GP and walked away with 14pts to his name. Yes it's the system, but its a stupid system. Like tonight Kurtz had 4 from 4 rides yet nearly made the final. As for the wildcards, the last two GPs have showed that Morris, Castagna and co are just woke and have no idea. It's suppose to be a world championship, so why leave out riders of the calibre of Madsen and Dudek for Kai Huckenbeck and Kvěch!. Both Madsen and Dudek have scored more in one meeting a piece than the other pair in three GPs!!

Ashton is not a reserve he is a 5.27 rider averaging less than 3 and he was not sacked durning the meeting his dad wanted him pulled out the meeting as his head was not in the right place and the medics would not sign him off so now has a 28 day ban for withholding his services

Yes, but he also likes winning. Not showing up for your 3rd ride and gifting a point to Edinburgh no.7 is final straw for me. If someone can explain to me why that happened happy to be wrong. But that point could be difference between qualify and not

If Glasgow wants to win the championship they can’t carry a 5.27 point rider which is only dew to his rolling average , he averaging less than 3 at the moment and pretty sure any other team would be looking for a change before his ave drops to just over 3

He's not daft, he will be well aware that Boughen is throttling off and completely in the wrong head state to compete properly at the moment. Like others have said Ashton needs to somehow get back into the third division, get a psychologist on board and sort out his issues because the current status quo is doing absolutely nobody any good whatsoever.

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I posted about Boughen last season, no question the guy has natural talent and is really quick but he has some sort of mental block,at the time people were saying lack of experience and it will come in time but it isn’t, it’s something he needs to work out possibly with a sport psychologist because until he gets over it his career will suffer, it’s not just a issue for him though as we saw last year against Poole when he gated and then shut off causing Zack cook to hit him from behind

The track was only unsafe for the engines used today, this is the consequence of years of letting riders and tuners run the sport for the riders and the tuners

I can't think of anyone in the recent past who has been as articulate and sensible off the track and he is a steady improver on it. If he lacks anything it's just the kind of horse-power that some with less ability and dedication seem to attract. He does a lot of work to promote the Sport too and it's a shame that his spell at Birmingham will now ony be for a season. Credit to the Sport

The sport in the uk is in real trouble and we have reached a point where something has to give financially , there are no more plasters, no more patch ups, either something gives or the sport in the uk as we know it is no more, it’s that dire

Not the point I'm making I'm saying a formal ban seems very harsh. Some proper thought for wellbeing is perhaps more in order

Problem is it's tough to recognise sarcasm etc when written down. Banter is confusing if there's not a smiley face 🤭

Probably just as concerned at being able to do his GCSE exam on Wednesday morning, before lining up at Wimborne Road Wednesday evening.

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We now have the worst team in the league so we need every decision possible

Unbelievable Jeff not when we have idiot s picking the wild cards 😂

Why on earth would Poole keep Ritchings over Starke? Starke has out scored him in every match apart from one … the home match v Plymouth where the only riders Ritchings beat was Plymouth’s reserves … in his other meetings he has only managed 1 or 2 points Surely the Poole management aren’t that silly to let Starke go

Yes this season, but some tracks have multi year contracts and it’s no guarantee that they will have riders in it in 2026.

If you aren't able to get to this meeting you could always do the next home fixture in two weeks time as it's......... Belle Vue [again!].

You've obviously not been following the two teams on Facebook then. Lots of posts on there.

I think it's time Laguta and Sayfutdinov were allowed back into the GP's.

I think you overthink things. Once the Club are ready to make an announcement they will.what difference does it make when they announce it. Regards to Victor he also said we all know Victor will get seven and a half rides whilst laughing. if you are going to have your usual pop at least don’t be selective in what you put down.

Did we really want Milik again. ? At least they were trying someone new with Bubba.

... and you've not even mentioned Klima, there's no way that rider should be anywhere near a GP! The Czechs already have Kvech in the series so what's the logic of giving the wild card spot to Klima?!?!

His talent on a speedway bike is not in doubt and he's right up there with the best riders ever, he can gate, he can pass, he's brave, he's clever on track, mechanically he's spot on and anything else you want to add and everything he's wonhe has deserved... I just think as a "World Champion" he doesn't do enough as an ambassador for our sport

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Another Craig Cook unfortunately

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Sitting home making suggestions is easy. Getting said rider to agree to ride for your club at a price your club can afford is a little more difficult.

Alex was a weird one, personally don't think he should have been in the rerun. Marc at least got his bike back to the pits under his own power

How lucky were Marquez brothers to get back in re run race. Bit of an anomaly in the rules. IMO.

Pirates could well have three 16 year olds riding in the team next season.