TheScotsman

Me neither.

Wells should prefer the silky smooth shale at Armadiddle compared to the bumps of Foxholes!

I've been saying the same regularly about the bumps and darkness! Have to say last night was probably great for the local fans but pretty tedious for the neutrals. Precious little spirit shown by Worky - I knew they were poor on the road but not this bad. Wells & Jensen made the effort and Williamson for a lap before he frightened himself by being in the lead in heat 2 and then binned it. But ippo were very professional and they all rode well (though maybe it wasn't Risager's finest hour being taken from behind by Jensen!!). Young Sir Alec looked much better. Very fast and a couple of good overtakes. Not sure he is always in complete control but certainly better without the very big bumps on the track that were there last week. (lucky Mr. Wells wasn't at Foxholes then!)

I take it all back. Guilty yet again of underestimating the lads. No stroll in the park for sheffo or a 25 point humping for us. Instead what seems to have been a great fighting battle to lose by a whisker. But in my defence I didn't expect Dan the 12 Year Old Man to be paid for a dozen and the whole team bar Kevin to pick up a race win each.

The intent is what matters. Ask Allan mcgregor.

HIV?

Mibbees aye an mibbees naw.

Why?

Does it make a difference?

Hmmm - I thought I was being realistic too. Sheffo are very strong at home and have a fired up Garrity back. Yes they dropped points at home the other couple of weeks but were unlucky with Stead being withdrawn. And they put 50 past Somerset last week. Obviously I hope for a much better result and would cheer them on in every race if I were there, so I think I do "support" the lads. But I don't blindly think we are going to win every meeting. And I don't slag off riders who aren't doing so well. I would have expected us to do better at Somerset than Sheffield given our previous form there but we got well tanned last night. And now the Fish has an injury. If he is out R/R will do us no favours. If he is riding, how fit will he be? So yes a win would be wonderful but do I think it's going to happen?

Well done to the Rebs. Well humped.

Celtic alert.

Nah. Stroll in the park for sheffo. Should win by 25 points.

Monty Python's Flying Circus right enough.

Can't believe the weather forecast for Friday is showing rain in the afternoon/evening AGAIN. They've had SEVEN wash-outs already this season.

Can't imagine Phillips ever did.

But surely he only needed to do 4H & 4A to get a real average? He would have done 7H & 9A at 1st August.

Oh well - it hadn't been amended when I saw it and the rules change each day!! Definitely odd since the site says he has ridden 18 matches as at last weekend - 8H / 10A!!

Stroll in the park for Ippo. Only Wells likely to score many points.

Looking at the latest averages on the speedwaygb site, it seems Mark has dropped down to a 3 straight away so presumably he'll be at reserve on Wednesday instead of Cleggy. And we are now officially the second weakest team in the league (after Berwick)!! So please all get lulled into a false sense of security!!

Hoping that Mark has a blinder like his kid brother had down there last year!

I expect a comfortable win for the Rebs.

That's pretty good. Hopefully these tyres will still be in place on the track on Thursday.

Be wary of talking up Sir Alec Junior too much macca. At the moment it seems to be a battle for him to stay on for 4 laps. Mind you fox holes does seem a bit bumpy at the moment. Now our wee Dan the 12 Year Old Man. He IS a very promising talent!!

Watched every home match at Wembley in 1970 & 1971 after the licence was transferred from Coatbridge. Having watched every home match at Coatbridge. Changed jobs at the end of 1969 to move down south to still be able to follow the remaining monarchs who transferred. So hardly a glory hunter.