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Wow, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? Plenty of people on here I would not want on a jury. Let the Scunny management tell us what happened and any repercussions.

Thirty miles in weather terms is quite a way,30 miles north of Newcastle and you would be speaking with a Scottish accent instead of Geordie.

Well that's strange because I was in Scunthorpe all day and it stopped very light drizzling at 12.40 ,from then on no rain whatsoever, then light spots at 20.35pm. Forecast was spot on.

Tyre wear on Jason's front wheel looks freaky

A meeting with not much to ride for as no cup progression at stake, however it was entertaining. Thought track was underwatered with too much dust and far too much tractor racing making it disjointed. A strong performance from the home side, the difference being their Reserves scores against the Scorpion reserve scores. Ryan not seen the track before but Josh Bailey is starting to worry me. Thankfully no injuries and just another warm up to the League starting proper. We underperformed but at least I got my Friday night speedway fix.

Don't recall Messer's Machin, Boocock or Wilson being on the Scunny management team ?

After my first ever speedway meeting I quickly realised where the shale was likely to be thrown up, and to avoid standing there.

Just go up the M18 and M180 in 40 minutes from Sheffield to see a real racers track. Ex Sheffield Promotors, Team Managers and ex riders seem to be at the EWR in Scunthorpe every meeting.

Smell of methanol exhaust and shale replaced by burned out clutches. Even with the new set up refs are still slow to let tapes up.

Guide dog put his paw on red button.

Well we seemed to make hard work of it last night, mainly due to Josh's and Jake's mechanicals when in leading positions. Nice to see MPT has lost none of his petulance in destroying the tapes . With the poor weather forecast it made sense to push on with the meeting as quick as possible. It seems a feature so far in all the meetings this season, all refs are holding the tapes too long just goading the riders to jump. Heat leaders are doing so well, it was unusually difficult to pick who to put in heat 15- Josh Jake or Jason.

Scorpians won't win anything ,however Scorpions might.

Rob needs to start watering the track now to get it soaked in for Friday's afternoon derby match. No real rain in the area for weeks, just a numbingly cold dry wind. The riders in the after match meet up said no point grading it as it just takes even more moisture out.

The sound in the stand just after the start is dire, yet the sound in the car park is very good. Agreed ,when Rob is on the mic it is usually clear ,although a sports mic would stop the wind effect. Roger Westby interview before the match is poor as he always does it when the engines are warming up and is completely inaudible. Good job the scoreboard is pretty good and quickly updated.

Think we might need a bigger clubhouse!

Phillips as team coach???

Are Scorpion fans really bothered about the NSS? No, we are more concerned about winning at the EWR and that's what Josh, Jake ,Jason and Stefan will do. The remainder of the team can just improve their averages for me.

Even if he's fully fit he still needs to sort his head out and commit to first bend attack ,which was sadly lacking after his return.

Granted Steve put forward the after meeting talks, which he pinched from Bellvue and it has gone down well with the fans. Jason very rarely misses the interaction between fans and riders. Steve says he's attending then often no show- usually after a heat 15 failure. Like I have said before Steve is the PR man , Jason is down with the fans and is the Motivator and Entertainer. If we polled the Scorpion fans I am certain Mr Garrity would be the fans choice of signing.

Coming back after a bad injury it was clear to see Steve was not 100% committed going into the first bend . The number of times he backed out was not the No1 we expected to dominate, you could never say that about Jason. We can now get back to a race track to suit our riders ,with more shale and an outside line early doors.

Well I for one is happy with our retained top end. I think most teams will have a weak tail end given the 38 point limit. It just means our young Aussie will have a steep learning curve and needs to get into the points quickly- a big ask but he comes well recommended by current and ex Scorpions.

Jason Garrity has been the heart and soul of the Scorpions all 2018 . Steve may have been captain and a good PR man but Jason is without doubt the team motivator. Would welcome Jason back anytime.

Light is good, less mass equals faster bike. As long as he has the strength to turn the bike, lack of weight is not an issue.

Good start, one on my wish list and one unknown, who's next?

Anybody got a local forecast for tonight please.