Bagpuss

Ipswich can and will prepare it as they like but not too grippy please, as a neutral I don't want to see riders struggling to get round. Will be interesting to see if Lambert can lower the colours of the Witches top two on a consistent basis tomorrow, I fear Ippo will run away with the first leg and then possibly the tie if not.

At least he has the balls and ambition to give it a go though.

To be fair it's getting harder to find photos that might stump people.

Emiliano Sanchez

Derwent Park

Good for him for showing ambition and not just picking up easy Championship money. Would love him back at Lynn if the opportunity arose.

Is Lambert actually assessed or was that BSF tittle tattle? Agree on Harris though.

With Ellis thete was apparently commitment issues, but I'd argue that his form probably warranted him being dropped anyway. Kerr as has been said was a victim of averages. Your original point was about Woffinden and Lambert and they both replaced injured or uncommitted riders.

Who are these 'riders loyal to British speedway who get ditched just before the Play Offs each year'? Certainly not those who Lambert and Woffinden have replaced either this year or last.

Have to say I've no problem with teams celebrating victories, especially away from home with fans travelling to watch. It's like the old football cliche 'team A celebrated like they'd won the World Cup!' Defeats are horrible so make the most of the wins, that what I say. Sport is there to be enjoyed.

That top four realistically all need to hit double figures at Poole to keep it close enough....not happening IMO.

The idea that Tarasenko is a magic wand who cures all of Glasgow's weaknesses is fanciful. Even with him in the Glasgow side Poole would still wallop them at home and keep it close enough at Ashfield to win comfortably over two legs. I like Glasgow a lot and they would be my preference to win the thing but I think Oxford going through would mean a much more competitive final.

Which means absolutely nothing, apart from a loan fee which is probably illegal anyway if it was ever challenged.

Somebody on here ITK said a few weeks ago that every time Laguta didn't ride here it was because Wroclaw told him not to.

Which all makes a kind of sense. I guess the million dollar question is will enough Wolves fans travel to Perry Barr to make it a goer.

So a six team Prem with Brum in for Wolves and no P'boro? Meh.

That reminds me of the Benson & Hedges scene in Mike Bassett

Shambolic fixtures once again. Get the league and play offs done first, then worry about the cup and trophy. We can't keep having this scrapping about in Sept and Oct to get the most important meetings of the season ridden.

I think the racing was so good because it was quite slick and easier to ride ie wasn't wet or grippy. Even Pickering managed to finally suss it out.

Depends what you like really, the Wolves meeting looked very good with passing in most races but personally I prefer much faster racing even though it can be a bit processional at times. That heat 15 at BV was something else though.

What a race that was. Well done Ipswich. The final will be a poorer place without the NSS in it but that first leg has cost them.

Ipswich aren't really going to louse this up are they

Brilliant from Bewley.

Nice. Blodorn wants shooting for giving that point away to Rew, had several opportunities to shut the door.

Quite obvious what he meant though as the context was Tatum's commentary.