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The official Scorpion word is deafening! Think the supporters will be split 50/50 on letting Jason go and keeping Ben. Cannot knock Ben, he has not had a bad meeting home or away, so Rob and co must have suspected Jason's full recovery for their decision?

Lets wait and see how long the injuries are going to take for Jason and Stefan to resume. We could be forced into making team changes and Ben could be with us to the end of our season.

Agree, strengthens the Lions, Doolan was impressive around the EWR last time out. Think it will be all down to which reserves are on form-hopefully ours. At this moment in time weather forecast looks dubious.

Actually Redcar 0 Scunthorpe 3, but you Wucky fans can just keep boring the pants off us

Yay £2 off admission, that gets me as far as the M18

Never seen a track eat rear wheels! Kyle Howarth wore out his tyre, but remaining 13 riders didn't whinge . According to the Scorpions they had much more severe tyre wear at Somerset last week. Personally I would rather see a racers track than a "technical track" to be better entertained.

Cannot see Stefan being fit after being knocked off whilst guesting in the Premier League again?

Sheffield has nearly 8 times the population of Scunthorpe and plenty of satellite towns nearby. Scunthorpe is much more rural ,with a population much reliant on the major steel employer- whose perilous state many families worry about. Agree about the fixture list and the weather gaps are also making it a very disjointed season for us all.

Well done Spiderman1 you got the message eventually

Spuderman1, its SCORPIONS

1 out of 10 for English.

I understood it to be more a hand problem as well as collarbone and arm injury. Heard 5 to 6 weeks, but Jason says 3- tough men these speedway racers!

Congrats Tigers we gave you that win. Just a few observations. So many heats from the gate, to watch that every week would be a right bore fest-and before you ask ,yes I have attended quite a few Sheffield matches over the seasons. The track may be the fastest in speedway but it is not the best for pure attractive racing to keep the punter's interest. Personally I hate any Tacticals and if a home side needs one they are certainly not deserving of it. Once again, for us the match was lost at reserve, something we need to address- Bailey gone and Kinsley not scoring now is a worry. As for the enigma of our Number 1, the curse of that position haunts us year after year. Whoever is at number 1 their form dips straight away. To be fair to Josh Auty it is clear his bikes were not up to par and was on his second bike for his last ride. We can lament Jake not being in heat 15 ,but in his previous ride he was well beaten and probably Danny deserved his chance. I think both clubs are in for a short season, both promising on paper but not doing it when it matters on track.

Will Ben Barker fit to cover Jason's injury period???

This season is going same way as last season with injuries blighting us. Hope Jason heals quickly. On a positive note Danny Ayres has been a great signing and becoming a fans favourite-well done on his fine showing at Redcar.

Looking at some of his other posts he is defo a glass half empty guy. Back to Scorpions v Rebels, think we shot ourselves in the foot with the track conditions. The track was under watered ( Rob needs to junk his weather forecaster and use local BBC one! ) well dusty after a couple of heats and had no outside dirt. Our riders were searching for the dirt against the fence ,when it was clear riders were actually going backwards on that line. Well done Somerset used their heads and got points when it mattered. It is another poor feature of this season that the new crop of referees are blind, incompetent or just don't understand speedway racing!!!

Bailey quits who is out there to replace him?

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.