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think he held 10 at one point!

happy days for sure, yes i recall Screen signing for the Aces on his 16th b'day straight into the reserve slot! I remember in his final season for Glasgow watchind him wind it on at Owlerton one last time - he certainly was spectacular!

The only risk for you now is if like Ipswich last year someone else in the top 1-3 of the side gets injured, Fricke in particular.

typo?😜 or not?

Indeed brave effort - I disagree with the heat 6 - but it’s not for that reason the Lions have won - just the better side

You and me both - I seem to see a lot of the Leicester streams and I largely enjoy them - it’s also a much bigger crowd than you normally see too so for the Lions it’s all good! Let them enjoy the moment

Kinda disagree been a few races that have been competitive until the flag and there has been passing in a few heats - but no doubt the race of the night was that one!

Absolutely 👍 no issues from me

It’s definitely over well done the Lions 🦁

Vintage Bomber that! Great race

He came under Harrison and took his wheel

Well I’ve seen it on BSN several times - Fricke one lucky mucker there!

Three of my favourites right there. To be fair to Andrew he transitioned from Arena to Swindon fairly well but never hit the heights i felt he could, on his day he was pretty much unbeatable, but he had a frustrating inconsistency about him.

What we need is the stars to open with a 5-1 to put the Lions under pressure right from the start - Fricke E/F in heat 1 should do it 😉 I can see anything past a home win and the Lions getting the cup but good luck to the Stars!

Annoyingly Todd was just very good! You raised a point about Arena - seeing as it was my old home track and I saw NL and top tier speedway there. There were lots of top riders who used to slag the place off (plenty of fans too) - often they didn't do that well there - mainly cos they were mentally defeated by the place before they even rode a lap. But it was always worth noting that top riders would turn up and often do very well. Leigh Adams was classic example - i was at his first ever visit to Arena in 1989 for Poole - first race he came a cropper - track probably too tight given it was his first UK season and he was used to Poole and Aussie tracks - a few years later he was our no 1 and almost unbeatable there! Riders like Loram were a pleasure to watch wherever they rode, but also at Arena, cos they attacked the track and never knew when they were beaten. PK was another great rider who rode pretty much any track in front of him, seem to recall they even named part of track after him at Monmore, he would do the same at Arena inside pass master as was Leigh Lanham. A good race is a good race no matter what track you are at. That said that british final heat at the NSS is the type of race we all crave seeing! No argument from me there!

Sheffield Ipswich and Belle Vue are very easy to intrepet, on paper Ipswich are the best of those 3 - BIrmingham, Leicester are a little tricker and Kings Lynn are mixed along with the stocks so its impossible to see as they didn't seperate out. Peterboroughs were fairly easy to see, no idea about Oxford.

I think this is all but over - I hope KL turn up and make a decent go of it, the league match earlier in July was fairly entertaining thanks to Harris and Lawson both of them need to turn up and score well!

Well publish and be damned is a famous phrase, don't allude to unpaid wages state or shut up - thats not aimed at you but the usual suspects who state 'i spoke to a bloke down the pub who knows something types' - however I can state that if anyone cares too tootle along to companies house it provides an illuminating reading into the profitability or not of the companies that operate speedway teams!! I discussed changes with my Tigers mate last friday and we both agreed something was very likely to happen this week, If I was either Kerr and Sedgeman I'd be reluactant to ride for Sheffield again as this is the 2nd time they have been jettisoned. Etheridge is probably a decent switch - Morris is a risk - he's been out for 2 years! Kinda a final roll of the dice for the Tigers!

ignore! misread the post!

😆 but but haven't Brum duffed up the Aces a couple of times against expectation previously - perhaps this will be another one! 😉

So Discovery+ have emailed me this AM to advise of another price rise WEF 28th August 25 new price £33.99. I am currently on a special deal of £15.49 until mid / end of October so unless a new discounted offer is made I won't be renewing at that price!

No skin in this game so wanting to enjoy as a neutral - good luck to both sides - reckon Leicester will probably shade this - will be watching the Thursday stream with interest.

Pleased for him - he rode well for the Tigers the other year didn’t really do anything wrong and found himself out etc - he’s just got on with it!

Leicester really seem to have Sheffield in their pockets right now, saw them win there the other season and tonight's is another impressive result! They are certainly gathering momentum whilst Sheffield appear to be losing it!