Bagpuss

Can honestly say it didn't bother me in the slightest, I know and accept that Buster and Dale are involved with both clubs. Our team didn't work out this year, theirs did. Hopefully ours will be better next season.

You write some squit on here from time to time but that takes the biscuit, some of the racing last night was top drawer, the track was excellent if perhaps a tiny bit dry. Both meetings served up action worthy of a final.

Well done Panthers, commiserations Belle Vue. Went along tonight and really enjoyed it, makes such a difference when a stadium is full of people. Some of the racing was fantastic after a slowish start.

One burger van and one bar (unless I'm mistaken) for a final when the place is packed, of course the queues are enormous. Not great.

I assumed it was to keep the Morris/Douglas partnership together.

One appeared as I opened this thread

Is there a car park charge at the EoES nowadays?

Didn't expect Leicester to get that many.....all to play for in the second leg.

This thread is full of trolls and wind up merchants unfortunately. Do yourselves a favour and ignore rather than bite.

Can't see Harris making much difference, Poole will win this comfortably over two legs and really ought to win the final too injuries permitting.

He's just a wind up merchant, you should know better than to bite!

2 years, August Bank Holiday Monday in 2019 was his last meeting there.

Trouble with Kemp is that you just don't know what you are going to get.

Well he has guested for Lynn since then and did try hard so I'd suggest you're incorrect. There is obviously a reason though, wonder which party is reluctant and why.

You are obviously one of those people who doesn't read the thread properly, I've already said I didn't agree when my own team benefitted fromm special dispensation in 2018, fair play and integrity us more important to me. I also said P'boro can still win whoever guests, they only scored 6 from Ulrich and Hans' rides last night so no reason why they couldn't cover again at home on Thursday if their scores were that low once more.

It amazing how little research people do, Lewis had a bad night but on another day Coul easily have scored half a dozen which would have made a huge difference. He's had plenty of solid meetings at the NSS before.

In the interest of balance guested for Poole against Berwick earlier in the season and got a hatful. I wouldn't disagree but you cant go moving the goalposts after the Play Offs have started.

I understand your frustration but I think even with a poor guest you can win on aggregate, you did well enough last night with Kerr failing to beat an opponent. The rule is a sensible one and shouldn't be changed in between the two legs of the final. And yes it was wrong that Ellis and Morris rode for Lynn and Poole in the final of 2018 under 'special dislensation'.

Let's not ruin it with special dispensation please.

Can't see Kerr riding as MPT will grit his teeth a d ride through the pain I reckon. Not fussed about Buster but will be please for Rob and the riders, and if course to see the team who finished top winning it.

What a track, what a meeting, what fantastic racing. Was umming and ahhing about going Thursday but definitely am, think it's very much in the balance as BV have hit 50 on both their visits to P'boro although they look a little vulnerable at reserve. Can't wait.

Is it too late to change the U21 rider

What about scoring double figures in GP's and getting to semi finals? He has had a strong finish to the GP season and had an excellent year in the Extraliga as well as having ridden in numerous SoN and SWC meetings. I wouldn't have disagreed if Bewley had got the nod but folk saying it was clear cut and obvious to pick him are wide of the mark. It must have been a very difficult decision and could have gone either way.

He rode there three times in 2019, twice for Lynn and once for GB U21 when he scored 20 points in the WTC. People are saying it was a 'no brainer' but I don't think it was at all, it was a fag paper choice and they've gone with the extra big meeting experience of Robert over the NSS experience of Dan. I think most people would recognise that both have had good years and either could have been selected with a good case for their inclusion and wouldn't complain about either being picked.

I'm glad they've been scrapped for two legged ko ties, would be grossly unfair for a top heavy team to win a tie by using tac subs in both legs (remember P'boro winning the EL in 2006?). I'd get rid of them altogether.