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The Ben Cook injury and covering for him when he was #5 in the averages was the main issue but it was Kvech getting cleaned up in Gorzow which was the dagger to the heart of Lynn's season. Away wins at BV and Brum went begging as a result and he struggled with his shoulder for a while after. No surprise that we are finishing strongly with the top six all present and fit! As you say what might have been (an all too familiar tale).

nope theyve won with a heat to spare if cook was already down to be in 13 i dont think he was ever doing four on the trot (potentially five) hence luke getting his fourth ride

A big Rob Lyon cock up that will cost them dearly

Emil it’s for you, says they are calling from Torun.

muddlo properly embarrassed himself on facebook really unprofessional and way below the standard youd expect from someone like him and a club like poole

Cami Brown in the 'official' Glasgow summary! He should be reported/fined/disciplined for 'bringing the sport into disrepute' and encouraging a hostile atmosphere in the return leg, at which I hope they have a strong, fully neutral ref as they won't have the benefit of any TV/stream replays.

You mean Glasgow spend money on dirt,equipment, facilities for the riders instead of trips to Vegas, big win bonuses for only the 1st match of the season against Glasgow. Are the financial reasons that bad you cant afford some dirt, diesel to run more than one tractor and get your track man an extra pair of hands ?! As for affording Nagel ,what exactly you talking about? The no sign on fee, uses club bike/and club mechanic (who only charges fuel and food), the fact he showed interest in coming to Glasgow after the SGP2 before Glasgow even approached him And your knowledge of the Workington situation isnt even worth commenting on, other than if you think you know half a story take it as you know hee haw. As for the ref's decisions, is what it is, after 15 heats Poole won, no complaints here, thats sports. But there is absolutely no excuse to scrape the track bare on every grade. Tracks come alive after heat 7, Wimborne becames a soulless dirt track after heat 7. If you have a win at all costs attitude then fair play thats your call, but lets stop the BS denial of what you do to achieve that win, and the impact that has for fan entertainment and the core fundamental of bikes riding on dirt. Ironically your team building would still be as strong as they are now with a home track prepared and graded to actually race on,only difference is fans would see what speedway should look like on a regualr basis and not just a handful of heats here and there.

Yes but the club nurse called that one off in the end if I remember correctly 😂

I'm afraid if you're charging fans £25 to get into the stadium (not to mention £3 parking & £4 for a prog) and there's no further rain there is no excuse for not running the meeting!

I hear Glasgow have a new sponsor - Kleenex !!! Lol (sob sob) 3 first turn bunching calls - though maybe we should put a big sign up for Dayle Wood next time he comes to Wimborne Rd - TURN LEFT!!! Leon Flint lost control coming out of turn 2 and never regained it - so fell off on turn 3 - right call. Lewi and Anders both off form - but great stuff from the other 5 and heat 15 alone was worth the gate money.

Can’t see Ipswich getting close especially without Ellis Sheffield have good home track advantage and the way the track is with only one line a millimetre from the fence I don’t care what the result is as long as we get away unscathed

Nothing better than a Cami meltdown, one of the worlds finer sights.

If it was Testimonial they would have pottered round and took the fans money though.Dont leave the house if there is a cloud in the sky these days.

I remember going down to Wimbledon in horrible weather and seeing a good meeting, modern day machinery wouldnt be able to handle the conditions, though according to reports there were riders willing to give it a go at Sheffield.

Our riders aren't rich. Just ask our reserves. Most of the money they've invested is on the stadium infrastructure. Also, not sure how helping another team out can be seen as winning at all costs, especially as that team isn't winning anything this year!

Those were the days and it separates the men from the boys. Sawdust, overalls, racing and the track comes good. Today no chance. Wimps the lot and it shows the contempt they have for the punter. Not even willing to give it a try and how many times in years gone by have riders put in some effort to race and then justify calling it off. Today not even a wheel is turned. It sums up why the sport has no credibility.

Not for the first time you can't help wondering what might have been for KL!

Richard Lawson paid 14 at Kings Lynn tonight ,wow what a season he is having.

I'm not questioning the efforts of the track staff, 100% kudos for their effort. Fans should not be admitted entry to the stadium until the match is declared as going ahead... this kind of thing does the sport no favours at all... just another cut to die by. Called off by the SCB, who have zero financial investment in the sport, just choosing who and when to apply their tin pot rules to.

Moron. If you'd seen the effort of the track staff you'd have seen we wanted that meeting on. And what advantage does Sheffield have from not running it? Because I can tell you now having to hire out owlerton another night isn't cheap. According to picko over intercom the ref listened to both sets of riders, some were good to give it a go and others weren't. Because they couldn't come to an agreement they've called it off.

So what happens with it now? Run it Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday or don't run it before play offs? This is why shouldn't have had meeting in for next Thursday just have been blank just in case.

And that's why Speedway is finished in the UK, Got no chance of attracting new fans unfortunately. No intention of getting the meeting on but they wanted to squeeze as much money out of the punters as possible so they left them standing around for an hour.

We are not in the Premiership for financial reasons and I do not think Glasgow can accuse anyone of win at all costs considering how much money they seem throw at it and can afford to get someone like Nagel and at the same time help Workington out.

This one?

UK speedway was never ran professionally & the great chance of creating a future was blown when the Sky money was wasted. The fact that the poles have a product that attracts huge crowds, investment form business & more than one tv company broadcasting the league live is down to their hard work & running the sport professionally.

Sounds like a good old fashioned meeting... Plenty of needle, plenty of moaning, and plenty of atmosphere... Should sell the 2nd leg very well... More of the same there to keep the crowd involved...

Mr Middleditch had a moan on social media, probably deleted by now

Nonsense.

Usual absolute nonsense from Cami & likes the smoke & mirrors. it was always a big ask to win at Poole or even keep the score reasonable. I think the Tigers might just have enough to win over the aggregate score & Cami gets the team winning pic he so desperately wants.

Tbf wood never even tried turning the bike on the 2nd attempt of that re run,no way thomsen should have gone there is this cami brown for real you never see Neil come out in the press like this,he needs to stop whining like a little child.

Don't tar us all with the same brush

I watched the Poole live stream and at one stage it was clear fans were having a go at Dan Thompson and his father on the way back into the pits. In addition to that, after Leon’s crash, Freddy Hodder was out on track to help him back in, on the way they both had a verbal altercation with Poole fans, I’ve no idea what was said but the Poole commentators both commented on it at the time.

52 with 2 heat leaders getting 3 each is a good knock

Villads Nagel rides for Pila in Poland Courtesy of Tim Sugar With last Sunday’s 1st leg semi Pila v Gniezno postponed because of an unfit track, the authorities have re-scheduled the meetings to 1st leg Sunday 31st August Pila v Gniezno 2nd leg Sunday 7th September Gniezno v Pila

I think back then though it was used more to help young riders gain experience and develop rather than make up the numbers because there was a rider shortage.

What's nonsense? Both parts of the post make total sense to everyone but you .

The same Nagel who couldn’t fit UK into his schedule in the winter and the same one when asked a few weeks before signing for Glasgow who gave the same answer, then all of a sudden can do. So him showing an interest is utter crap, worked out ££££ well for him. I’m sure all other clubs would love to do half the stuff Glasgow have done to their stadium and track as well, however they don’t have a spare few million lying around like they do.

Number one away from being contenders imo

Well I enjoyed that Birmingham gave it a good go and 2 late 5-1s give the scoreline a more flatterting look than the efforts of the top 4 for Birmingham deserved!

Belle Vue 2 man team away from home as usual Good result for the stars

You are consistent I’ll give you that 😂

Middlo didn't moan - he just stated the facts!

Glasgow was going well till they decided to scrape all the fresh shale that was put down off the bends onto the inside of the straights

Think everyone seems to have missed this if Morris guests for me that like for like atleast Morris at no2 in the championship is going to get plenty of points. think Poole will go through overall. Lawson is unbelievable at this level this year hardly dropping points at all,we definitely needed that from Zach Cook last night and about time he knocked in a double figure score I feel like atm he is our 2nd heatleader with the way Rowe is and as for Kerr we all knew this would happen you just know in these big meetings something like this would happen cost us a top place in the BSN group with issues at Plymouth and Oxford,you could see in the pits Neil was fuming just before Kerr’s 2nd ride still not having his bike ready,there’s no way he’s at Poole next year. Thomsen,Cairns and Starke were all brilliant and that covered for the heatleaders a big team performance last night.

Well done getting the score LBW! You and Shovvy should meet up before every meeting for a flat white as it is working wonders for the Pirates! Shovvy and LBW the best Poole double act since Holder and Ward!

popping along to this, always a track i enjoy going to,

Score line a bit harsh on Glasgow really. But happily have a 14 point lead. Second leg looks feisty already! Poole vs Glasgow is like last years Poole vs Oxford.

That's a good question. No supply but plenty of rider demand if new tracks did appear (and doubling up would probably prosper). There are training tracks ongoing I believe. So maybe a couple of years as now until expansions? I just think that 6 and 7 team leagues are not exciting the evermore dwindling support. And while I confess to not helping any positive outcome I like to post here to see if anyone can help the dying sport. So in my early years of becoming a speedway fan, 1970 and the rest of that decade, how was it that new tracks were sprouting like mushrooms and doubling up was not a feature. Yes guests and rider replacement for injury cover. So how did all the 'mushrooms' manage 7 riders - granted some were as wooffy would say "wobblers" but certainly in Division 2 they were mostly acceptable. Ian Thomas used to advertise someone in a Comets squad as 'the king of crash' - I'll not name him but the crowd eventually got fed up of his poor returns. Yet all of this kept us talking speedway, it was thrills, spills, and excitement.

A pity most of the riders didn't follow suit!

youre surely not willy waving about totals raised for srbf well done to supporters at all tracks for every penny donated