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I don't care. I want to read about and comment on Speedway, that is the raison d'etre of this Forum. What I don't want to read is the pathetic ramblings of our scammer and all his other aliases on here. Sorry, that is just how I feel. I'm sure I'm not alone. If I want such childish remarks, I will watch children's TV.

I'm partial to a jokey post myself now and again and I could quite happily scroll on by and not interact with any posts from any individual user I didn't want to interact with... but, when you have a single user quite clearly using different accounts @Whitelinehugger @rearingtogo @TapesRup @Youhave2minutes and they're replying to their own posts and literally flooding every damn topic on the forum! That is something quite different. There are clear forum guidelines and this fellow is in breach of them: "Trolls A troll is a contributor whose sole intent in posting is to be a disturbance to the community. Trolls may post excessively inflammatory or offensive messages with the intention of upsetting people, "flame" or insult, crash an appreciation thread to attack the subject being appreciated, or post the same message repeatedly on multiple boards to take up space and disrupt the forums. Posters engaging in this type of behaviour lose their rights of membership and will be removed." Sadly there is no moderator to enforce these forum rules. I've "ignored" all of those accounts now, which is a shame as occasionally they did post something worthy of discussion.

Cooper has posted on his facebook he wasn’t available on Monday as he didn’t get signed off medically from his Oxford crash. 7 day automatic suspension. but obviously nothing at all to do with the needless and early rain off whatsoever

Couldn't have that at Kings Lynn If its Sonny its a compulsory 20 minute break and Buster does 30 laps on his tractor

Not many meetings to fit in, and no TV schedule to work to... We go into October? No problem... 1300 - 1500 or so will still turn up.. They could even complete their season AFTER the PO Finals have been completed... Another season of the same old, same old, ticked off.... Job done... Roll on 2027, for more of the same...

Should be awarding points for rain -off. Riders will tow the line if the meeting is not re-run and they are losing income.

Given its a bulky foam fence, it must be quite a task to move it from Lynn to Northampton. Does the fence get a 7 day ban if it doesn't make it back to Lynn for the next home fixture.

Sad news for Dan, gutted for him. Bad news for speedway fans everywhere who love seeing him race as much as I do.

Been on this forum since 2003 so you can probably imagine the list of posters I have blocked is quite extensive lol

Youhave2minutes has gone.

Clearly they didn't want to get bashed and smashed by us! On a serious note the sport has feck all credibility left. Surely and yes I know it's not always accurate but presumably the Met Office will provide a much more accurate forecast for certain organisations. I'll wager a penny that fixtures will still be going on after the play off dates!

I am old enough to remember a promoter in the late 80s or maybe very eary 90s who threatened to pull the plug cos his proopsed team was 'just' over the points limit!

He got paid 10 at Scunthorpe last week with Berwick and would likely score more than Mario even if he scores less

With "Hose-Pipe-atawny Phil" deciding if the track is fit to ride on. 🤔

Perhaps they can call it the groundhog cup in future.

The Bomber Harris air fence. Available for all occasions. Age not an issue

I understand that, for a one-off, you could argue that makes sense. But what if the forecast is poor for half a dozen (or more) meetings, will they keep calling them off? Eventually they'd have to race them, could end up racing in poorer conditions / on a off race night / twice in a week / running double headers because there's a rush for the cut off date for the play-offs. Sounds like they are trying to avoid costs now, while hoping they'll be no more issues later on, but can't guarantee the weather will indeed be better on the re-staging date.

Very sadly you'll be back. Unfortunately this Forum will have to put up with you in some shape or form. you are just making a nuisance of yourself. Trouble is, you can't see it.

I know he's no saint. But putting back a Lynn NDL match, or the new Prem team can't ride. He did it to help Northampton, or in the interest of the sport, take ya pick. He will never please some.

The fence is guesting for Northampton and needs to rest up in a hotel (car park) the night before... it's all quite normal, just ask the Northamptoningham skipper 👍

Back to normal jibberish on the Poole thread 🤣

Also has a compressed vertebrae in his back.

Could well be Huckenbeck in for Bewley. Mikkel Michelsen (current world number 9) must spitting feathers at seeing these lesser riders getting gp places before him.

Similar reason why Ritchings is missing!!

Odd take, dont think there's any blame attached to anybody, just a statement explaining the facts of the situation.

Couldn't care less about forum guidelines? That's the spirit 👍🏻

Best wishes to Dan...,

None of the postings have been rude or hit out at anyone in particular. It’s just a forum of sad individuals who have no sense of humour and are as miserable as the sport is now

Was the same, but I've unblocked everyone. Miss out on so much funny stuff, especially the angry responses. It's funny seeing people have a breakdown over nothing.

Couldn't care less. When being a fully grown adult, moderation shouldn't be necessary. Just take responsibility for your own actions. Those who respond & keep doing so are far greater of a problem than the initial poster.

Just scroll past, you don't have to read it. It's not difficult to ignore. Let's not forget that British Speedway is a joke & a laughing stock, so why think a forum would be any different?? If the custodians of our sport can't be serious, why should fans?? Just be excited that Sunderland, Newcastle & Middlesbrough could be all in footballs top flight in 2026/2027

Totally agree

I just can't believe how so many get wound up by a single poster. It says far more about those people than a wind up merchant.

Think Ippo missed a trick there with not changing Bangs with Jepersen

I can't think resting Ben Cook is the answer, Zach is riding better lately but we all know Ben has more ability he just hasn't shown it yet this season but I am sure he will.

Get up earlier in future. Fancy lying in till 11.00 am

I’ve got you babe

Today we unfortunately lose a 2.7 member. We wish you well for the future.😢☹️😭

Jack Smith has been named by the Tigers on their Facebook page.

Everyone would lie to race for Poole. The history shows it’s run towers above the rest.

Like the size I posted above

Well if the owner was Mark Lemon and Belle Vue needed to win their final fixture at Northampton ...

I understand the logic of wanting the best riders picked, but "modern" speedway isn't about being the best over a season (play-offs) or the best over a meeting (LCQs / semi finals & finals) so picking riders based on one meeting falls in line with being able to be your best on a particular day / or particular race. I wouldn't say he wasn't good enough to get an attempt at qualifying for the GPs, he had that chance at the British final, just wasn't good enough on the day. Actually he had a second chance of qualifying for the GPs by winning the SEC, a competition he didn't qualify for either. I'd agree it would be odd Brennan not getting picked if they just chose 4 wild cards, but nothing odd when you know how the riders were selected. You can probably guess, I dislike all wild cards / seeded riders, would rather everything was decided on track.

They are quite right to decline after the last 2 Saturday debacles, thought there would have been a Monday debrief on the website about changing the weather apps they use 😂😂😂

Regulate the engines to max 10,000 revs is the answer but don’t do it by just putting the rev limiter set at 10,000, it needs to be so the engines won’t get up to 10,000 revs, limit cam lift to 10mm,maybe smaller inlet ports or a 2 valve head which isn’t actually that costly, sealed engines could work with cooperation on all sides but only to ensure only homolgated parts can be used, no 2 riders have same engine characteristics so a standard one size fits all wouldn’t work, gearing also wouldn’t work because although they may use a similar ratio they all use different configurations to achieve it, if you look at someone like MJJ he uses really small back sprockets probably in high 40s but will be using 13 on countershaft to achieve it but it will still be same ratio as others or alternatively chuck a load of dirt on every track and tell the riders to man the f up and get on with it, they will soon plum for softer engines

I’ve watched all of these and his is one of the only speedway ones I can watch, it was interesting to watch the latest one to compare how bike things/prices have changed since I retired which was 15 years ago, somethings never change and some of the BS that went on back then still goes on today 😂 but in the grand scheme of things apart from clutches and their maintenance nothing has really changed since the 80s but it does cost a hell of a lot more today

Excellent insight, and also, a regularly excellent production....

There are many reasons but for me, it's the constant search for speed, more speed, even greater speed than the last. Speedway globally should go for an engine reset & go down the standardised 'sealed units' route. Get rid of expensive 3rd party parts tuners.

I like eating rats

Don’t you pick on him🤣