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Looking forward to this one - Scunny matches are always competitive affairs and doubt this will be any different. Proctor's scores have been getting back to normal in the Elite league so I have high hopes that he will hit the ground running for us, if Taylor has a decent night as well there should be no stopping us. Will be interesting to see how Nielsen goes at reserve as opposed to the main body of the team.

It ain't going to be sexy speedway tonight, but not forecast to rain again so should be on

I've seen a few mentions along the lines of `this wouldn't have happened if Hoggy was involved` - Neil Machin is still a promoter at the club. He might not own it, but he is still there in the background, surely he would have been `in the know` and able to advise.

I read somewhere that Sheffield weren't told that they couldn't use r/r for Proctor until 20 minutes prior to the meeting - would have been harsh for us not to have some form of facility given permission had apparently been given for Proctor and then not being informed that the decision was reversed. Only in speedway could a decision like that be taken one day and reversed at a point in time when the effected team could do bugger all about it

Still raining. Definitely the correct decision.

Gob smacked.

Good meeting with some good racing. Lanham was a deserved man if the match. Stead found his gating gloves after 2 rides fortunately. Nielson was unlucky - I spoke to him afterwards and he felt he hadn't touched Graveson. Not sure what is happening with Poole, a match winner against Newcastle and now just doesn't seem to be able to get things to click. Roynan just doesn't seem like he has the speed at the moment, he's still got the moves but seems to be down on power. Andre scored 3 0 3 0 3 and that about summed his night up, awesome move on Lawson to get his second win and them came last in a much easier next ride. What a week Bates is having! Looked so much better tonight, fast out the start and no last places - confidence or set up? Whichever it was, it's working. For Redcar, difficult to pick a stand out rider as they all performed well, but for me I'm not sure if I have ever seen Wilkinson ride that well before, he was very fast and perhaps a touch unfortunate to not score more. I could see that another trip or 2 to Owlerton would see the Polish guy being a different proposition to the one that only got 2 tonight.

Lawson was effectively our number 1 for most of last year - on his current form I would not expect him to drop many points. We have to be confident of being able to get 3 points tonight and something out of tomorrow night - as Junior has said with Lawson missing and Konopka finding his feet, we are not going to race them at a better time.

If Skidmore follows his pattern from Sheffield he will look like a world beating number 1 for the first 2 months whilst his equipment is newly tuned/serviced etc and then he will steadily decline for the remainder of the season

I seem go recall on one of the Scunny threads somebody saying that Belle Vue have their full quota of doubling up / down riders and so he can't ride on the PL - unless of course he leaves BV

Who's he??

Bit harsh blaming the promotion for the track preparation - Graham has been preparing it for donkey's years and can normally be relied upon to provide a smotth and fast surface. Compton said that on the track walk they all thought that it was fine. Think we just got beaten by a team that nearly all hit form on the right night - when was the last time David Howe was unbeaten in his first 3 rides anywhere? when was the last time Auty had a decent meeting at Sheffield? when was the last time somebody turned up with a reserve like Douglas?

Well, that was embarrassing. Douglas was awesome, end of story.

As i said can't see anything but a comfortable away win and Vissing was an inspired choice of guest

If you could wait for 30 days, i think Richard Hall would fit

Lovely day for it! Can't see anything but a decent size hom win, but hopefully there should be some good racing to get there. Interesting choice of guest in Vissing, he can be very good around Owlerton, but he has had more than his fair share of 'racing incidents' that I hope can be avoided in this occasion.

Birks that scored double figures against Sheffield in his first meeting back from an extremely serious injury? I wasn't at the meeting today, but it sounds like Auty knocked Hall off and this is on the back of him knocking Hall off at Redcar on Thursday night. Hall was most probably, and quite rightly so, more than a bit peeved at the risk to himself and the no doubt hefty repair bill he has been left with. Not condoning kicking an injured rider laid on the track, but imagine it was a case of him lashing out in the heat of the moment rather than anything else. Very much doubt that he knew he was injured at the time. I've been watching Hall at Sheffield for years and not sure if I can ever remember him getting into a scrap before (feel free to correct me as my memory is a bit crap), I definitely wouldn't describe him as a thug or anything close to it.

I got there after the parade and they had just found a few additional ones that were being handed out... Guess I got lucky! Dont like to criticise other peoples work, but the bit that matters, where you actually write, was far too small. I fail to see in what way it was any better than the racecard. There was no extra content. At least it makes my choice easy as to whether I am going to pay for one or not moving forward.

We won!!!!!! That makes a refreshing change!! Good meeting considering the conditions, if that is a sign of things to come we should be in for a treat this season. Steady was Steady. Save for his gate 4 outing he was untouchable. Nielsen was good value, got filled in in his first ride, but then had 2 good rides including taking Henry from behind. Lanham was solid Poole got rider of the night for a reason. Was concerned after the first 2 meetings that he had lost his edge, tonight showed that he could well be a shrewd signing. Roynan didn't look as quick as on Monday night, but am sure it was set up and that it will soon be sorted. Compton looked brilliant for his first couple of rides and then came last in his final ride which I has him nailed on to win. Josh was just unlucky, far far better than his score suggested. Think he is going to hold his own.

Gutted I can't make this, I do like a trip to Scunny. Should be an entertaining meeting as always and hopefully should be close - the tigers have recently practised there and so given the time of the year, home advantage should be minimal

It's rained, but not a massive amount. As things stand probalby wouldn't have been the best racing tonight, but as the forecast is for heavy rain all afternoon and evening, probably a wise decision

Management decides, but I think you have to declare your team specifying who is a reserve and who is in the main body ie you can't change from match to match. We've had it at Sheffield for the past 2 years - Albin and Koppe last year and Compton and Nielson this year

Isn't that what Lewis Bridger did? He's not done too badly for himself

Hmmm not quite sure what happened there to be honest! I posted the first sentence and second sentence about an hour apart and have no idea where the third sentence came from!!!