Bagpuss

So it’s gone from Somerset’s to lose to no clear favourite on no time at all. Make your mind up

If Lynn are forced to go there with riders missing then so be it, that would be preferable to the match not being ridden. Less than ideal but more credible at least.

Why can Doyle not ride 48 hours before a GP?

We drew there earlier in the season and won there last year, it’s our kind of track and somewhere we shouldn’t be scared of going. We also have the top end power to challenge Doyle so no reason why we couldn’t go there and win - best away record in the league don’t forget. One would assume Somerset are offering dates when our Danes are in Denmark.

But do we know the full facts? Maybe Lynn have offered to come on dates that don’t suit Somerset meaning both clubs are preventing the fixture happening.

His is by far Lynn’a best chance....finish top and let Somerset sort out Poole in the other semi. We can beat the Rebels and Aces over two legs if everybody rides to their potential but can’t see us getting near Poole over two legs unfortunately. So we need to avoid going to Wimborne Road. The two clubs need to be sat down by the SCB and a date thrashed out. The meeting has to go ahead, too important not to.

Decent crowd and some good races by the sound of it and six points, a positive evening all round. Hope MPT is ok.

And we’re up and running

Proper speedway Nige.

With all due respect who was going to beat Morley or Bowtell?

I’m sure I didn’t imagine Holder going round somebody in heat 15.

Comfortable away win.

Absolutely, should be the same for bumps and holes which the home team could know how to avoid to their advantage. Bumps and holes should be mandatorily eradicated for the next meeting or points docked /awarded.

I’ve never liked tracks with a dominant inside line, you need a good one round the boards for good racing IMO. Not the worst telly match ever but didn’t live up to expectations unfortunately.

Probably true if they end up facing you lot in the final but they have failed to beat both Belle Vue and Lynn at home this year and would probably have to get past one of those so certainly no foregone conclusion. Still very open.

Surprised Poole aren’t more at home on it The Pirates look crud tonight.

Josh Bailey is number 8.

Mungo you freaking leg end

Massive risk going with R/R across thirty heats. Can’t afford any bad fortune!

Awful news. Having recently become a father myself for the first time this kind of tragic event really resonates, my sympathy and best wishes go to Niklas and his fiancé.

That could work. Better to have people who only want to see the first meeting paying a net £18 than staying at home because they don’t want to spend £27.

You can pay to get into the second meeting only but not the first. How would they police it ie make sure people leave after fifteen heats? Not practically possible.

I’ve said all along that the club were caught with their pants down when it was voted Wednesdays and not Thursdays, the team was sorted with MPT on standby and no realistic alternative for Iversen. IMO we would be bottom of the league with no Danish riders whereas we are in with a shout of top four with them. That’s not to say that the season hasn’t been a complete mess because it has. Riders obviously not keen to do too many Mondays with all the travelling that involved and agreements reached with Danish clubs seem not to have been honoured. All a bit shambolic but I wonder how appeased people would be if Lynn won the play Offs?

It’s one in the eye for people who said he hasn’t anything about him.....while one swallow doesn’t make a summer scoring double figures away at arguably the hardest away track is an excellent performance.

Plus with the uncertainty over fixtures, when they’ll be run, if at all, which riders will be missing etc etc. Just far too risky.