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Ah well, at least Sophie was back on the telly. What a honey. Good to see both of them again.

A lot of what you say is true, but I would prefer to see quality racing when you have the world's top riders in a meeting. A wasted opportunity.

C'mon Paul. Tell that to Tai or Nicki.

Don't think the crashes have finished yet.

What a farce of a GP! Great crowd, great stadium, great atmosphere - Mickey Mouse track!.

Always good news!

Best decision for everyone.

I'd suggest that city tracks have a lower potential fan base due to the number of other local attractions. Not much else to do in Berwick on a Saturday night, speedway and/or sheep. When was the last time you saw a sheep in the pub there after 10pm?

Some panic merchants need to remember the phrase "it'll be all right on the night"!

FFS. Hope they get it fixed, a lot of punters have spent a lot of money to attend.

A new communication from the Glasgow promotion about the team situation and one that demonstrates their resolve. "Assessing Options" http://www.glasgowtigers.co/?p=2371

You make some great points and I don't disagree with anything you say. The promotion are new to their role, as is Sean. So they are all on a learning curve. This may have been a knee jerk reaction as the fans were making their views known vociferously during the meeting, so perhaps they made this announcement in fear of what might happen attendance wise at the next meeting. Perhaps Sean just wanted to make his voice heard. Who knows? They may have got this wrong from a rider perspective, but no one gets it right all of the time and who ever said management was easy? They are new and will learn something from this, good or bad. To their credit, they at least did something. They've not hid. They've stood up and been counted and they deserve credit for that. It's easy for keyboard promoters (including myself) to come here and know what's best. If they've got it wrong, they've got it wrong. Learn and move on. We'll know by the reaction of the riders next meeting. Hopefully it'll be positive. If not, the promotion will learn something about individuals and will know who's with them and who isn't. That could be a good thing. The promotion put their money and time (quite considerable over the winter months and since) into running Glasgow speedway. Ultimately they are the ones accountable if things go right or wrong. The riders are employees. If they're unhappy at their place of work, then they have the same choice as the rest of us. When all is said and done, let's hope the aftermath of this is positive and Glasgow speedway moves on to better things for all those putting their money into it, and this of course includes the fans.

Speedway riders are no different from footballers or other professional sportsmen. If they ain't delivering they get dropped. I'd turn this around and ask the riders involved ... "Do you expect people to pay to come and see you if you're not delivering the goods?"

We're in a recession and the paying public want value for money in everything they pay for. Speedway isn't cheap to attend and people will decide for themselves, quite rightly.

I've thought the same about Magnus for sometime.

Not sure what average he'd come in on but if it's high I'm not convinced that's what we need. We've had top heavy teams in the past and I'd rather see the middle order sorted and have a solid team.

Advise a check up if you did it in Edinburgh.

Joe's underestimating himself. Sponsors know how good he is. The scorecard speaks for itself.

Watching the watering today, bends 1 and 2 were continually watered on the outside line, yet the riders enter bend 1 on the inside. Therefore there was still dust. Perhaps I'm missing something.

Good to see you again too Scotland 1314 and to meet Gordon. Hopefully next derby meeting we can have some rival banter!

Full credit for the promotion in communicating this.

Humped Thumped Battered Slaughtered The promotion call it the Red Revolution". I'd call it "Red Revolting" When one of the loudest cheers was in response to Sean Courtney's announcement that there will be team changes in the next two weeks, that sums up the day for Tiger's fans. Take nothing away from the Monarchs, they were superb. Even giving the poor home performance, they look superb. Barring injuries they will be in the running at the business end of the season. No doubt. Before I forget, let's hope Mitchell Davey is OK after his unfortunate and blameless tumble. The new promotion have impressed with their way of listening to the fans. There's been a lot of hard work gone into the marketing of the Tigers, sorting the track and the stadium; and today the presentation was a big improvement on previous seasons. In a similar vein, Sean's post-meetings address to the fans was needed, welcomed and clearly in touch with the fans' feelings. I get the strong feeling this promotion won't come up short. So here's hoping. So who goes? The writing was on the wall as early as heat 3. Lap 1, bend 3 and James Wright in second place looks over his shoulder before entering the bend when he should be thinking about challenging for the lead. The heat finishes 1-5, with James last. Heat 8 and Henning gets the TR ahead of James in heat 9. When your third heat leader isn't getting the TR, something is wrong. Heat 12 and Joe Tabaka is reeling him in. Under pressure on the final bend, an unforced error lets Tabaka through. Sorry James, whatever your issues are we cannot afford to wait and see if you manage to sort them out. The same can be said of Henning Bager. Don't know what your issues are. But how long do you expect the paying public to wait to see if they're sorted? With the exception of Screey and Grievsey, we were out-gated in every heat today. As Steve Lawson said, "the technique is there, the individual just needs to put it all together and really want to get to the first bend, in first place". What of our newbies? Well Steve could have been speaking about Harley Horwood. Not until heat 14 did he look like he wanted to be in first place. Maybe it's about confidence. I don't know. He looks on the pace, and comfortable on a bike. But he doesn't look like overtaking anyone. Joey has got something, but he can be a lose cannon. His finishing line clash with Davey being an example. A bit more polish and he could come good, as he has the speed. Joe J looked out of it today. I like him. Is it too many meetings of late taking their toll? In fairness to all the newbies, they need to be in a team where older more experienced heads are taking the weight off their shoulders. We shouldn't be expecting too much of them. Interestingly, in his programme notes, Gordon Pairman holds no punches. Good man. He is disappointed with the Leicester result and says those being paid by the promotion should give "honest effort". He also rightly says riders are professional sportsmen and even if they don't know what's wrong, they need to find a solution. Interestingly, he also says "do expect me to do everything possible to get a team sorted that can entertain everyone, including the management, .....". So not just the riders under pressure to give a decent return. Just the kind of leadership we need at this time. So over to you, the new promotion and Sean Courtney. You've started well in your new roles thus far. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Good luck. Let the team change speculation begin .....

The promotion tell me "it's my club" and today I can "bring a friend". After last night's performance (and a few recent home ones) I've made a team decision about my club and am bringing two friends: Emil Sayfutdinov and Tomasz Gollob to replace Wright and Bager.

Looks like the gating practice pre-metting with Steve Lawson made hee haw difference.

Agree we can't afford to have Wright and Bager being passengers when we have 3 newbies. We'll soon find out what the new promotion are made of.