TheScotsman

Living but not riding.

£££££££££££££££££££££££££££ rattling in his pocket.

How much do you want back?

Midlands maybe?

But Sam has been with Edinburgh since about 2014 and has just got better each season. I think some supporters may even have paid his transfer fee. So why should he have to give that up. Did Carl Stonehewer not ride in the GPs while he was with Workington? And Jack Young won the World Championship while an Edinburgh rider in Division 2. And Ivan Mauger was way too good for the Provincial League in the early sixties. But they all put bums on seats and opposition supporters were desperate to see their guys come out on top against them. Edinburgh own the contracts for Sam and Josh Pickering so they shouldn't be deprived of watching them. (Though if they can't get a venue sorted out soon that's what will happen.) If the likes of Edinburgh are prepared to build a team within the points limit that still fits in the likes of Sam and Josh why should it matter to anyone else?

You should change where you get your grapes from.

Someone has started on the alcopops early.

That's pretty brutal. Why is gate 3 bad?

But but but - all our team has already been allocated elsewhere for 2023 - well according to BSF team lineups for next season!!

Well my app forecasts heavy rain from 6pm today till mid-morning tomorrow. And this mornings rain till 1pm.

I assume discussions have probably started re the use of Armadale for a bit longer as part of the statement on Edinburgh's website "Further talks are currently taking place to establish all possible options forward." I may have misconstrued your question but you mentioned a million for 2023 at Armadale.

Who said it is? Is it not more likely to be the cost of buying the site?

Is the track lighting at the Showground that much worse than at the NSS? Looked pretty dim espec bend 4.

Leicester won 39-50 earlier this season at Armadiddle!! Nick Morris just managed a couple - well 14 really!!

Sometimes riders need to be protected from themselves. There's discretion and valour and all that. Sam should have been overruled - he may not even have known just how well Paco had been going.

In which round?

And the Speedway GB site claims Smiler Sam is riding for Edinburgh. But it's only a week since he had 9 screws put into his shattered collar bone - so surely not? It's a Mickey Mouse event that presumably pays peanuts. Rest up Sam!!

It can if they're all still working from home.

The tractors at Ippo always seemed to me like a potential danger being so close to the back straight.

Almost looks like the old time cinders!!

Agreed - just finished watching it. Gordon was very professional and handled the questions calmly and well. It's all been thought through in a lot of detail. Have to be very concerned about the cost though. And the timescales are very tight. Don't really see how a site purchase option could be a goer vs a lease option but maybe there are some very generous benefactors around who don't need a return on investment. Certainly could be very exciting times ahead.

Roasting hot?? Puzzling!! The BSN team were wrapped up in anoraks with the hoods up. But Dave & Graham in the after match Friday Focus were in their short sleeve shirts - no jackets/coats. BSN must just be the southern softies. (Is this a racist comment nowadays?!!)

Nah - Lambert, Wright, Pijper can all fly round Armadiddle. It'll be another last heat decider!!

We can't afford to pay out that much - new stadium to pay for!! (Hopefully.)

That's fair enough - didn't know that. But maybe regular light spraying from the beginning might have helped? A couple of of light sprays in the second half of the meeting didn't seem to have any impact.