Bagpuss

Great news!

A lot of fuss over Thompson & Ablitt riding at Scunthorpe but I don't understand why that means there are nine changes

A lot of fuss over Thompson & Ablitt riding at Scunthorpe but I don't understand why that means there are nine changes

I think it all boils down to their ambition and desire to see the biggest names possible at Ashfield. I expect they know that it wouldn't mean more punters, that Thursdays wouldn't work quite as well as Fridays and that they wouldn't have local derbies any more. But all that taken into account I'm sure they could make it work if the desire was there to do so. If its not, then fair enough.

I don't think they are British speedway's saviours at all, the problems run far deeper than that but I'd be astonished if riders like Emil, Doyle, Bewley, Lambert, Tai etc don't get extra bums on seats when they are in town. As a general point though Id agree that telly money has been utterly squandered since 1999.

Charles Wright or Steve Worrall if they were available / would come.

You're missing Big Grant

You've been shafted, nothing wrong with the McTominay goal.

I think they are probably just fed up ith you going on about it. Anyway watch out Glasgow, we've seen before how teams who beat Poole in Play Off finals get shafted by rules and regs for the next season

I would love to see Bomber at Lynn. You would imagine one or two P'boro riders will end up at Lynn should they not run too. And I'd welcome back any of Pickering, Klindt, Lawson, Lambert (either) and Rowe.

Everyone has riders they do and don't like but if a promotion has ambition and the financial means to stage top flight speedway then the opportunity to see world class riders every home meeting is a no brainer. Especially round a track like that.

I'm sure it was said by Alex Brady last year that paying for Laguta came from the TV money.

I keep reading this and I always have the same thought.....a club like Glasgow with a good racetrack moving up would enhance the Prem, so even if one considered the top league to be 'inferior' it would be less so with Glasgow in it. You'd have seven in each division and a more even spread of the better circuits. Plus why would you not want to see the likes of Emil, Doyle, Bewley, Holder, Tai, Laguta, Lambert etc on a regular basis?

I'm sure those running Brum aren't daft and know the score, and if they can only run on Mondays then they have no choice anyway.

Let's hope so

What a speedway rider Chris Harris has been and is, will be a sad day when he packs in.

Well done Glasgow, delighted to be proved wrong. Particularly pleased for @Paulco

Here comes the inevitable Poole fightback. Has Basso had a good meeting at Poole since he joined Glasgow?

Fair point, but 'Arena Essex Hammers' is nearly 40 years old. The point is that if you're starting up a speedway team again you'd surely want to use the name that the club has always had would you not.

You'd suspect they'll be keeping Masters & Nicholls so perhaps no room for Kerr too.

Yep, it not like those club names have forty or fifty plus years of history attached to them is it?

Do we have a line up yet?

WTF

This is the problem with British speedway IMO. Teams of course want home advantage but where possible tracks should be prepared for the best racing that can be provided and with the crowd in mind, not how the home riders want it.

As I said on the other thread unfortunately I think Glasgow had a chance to take the tie by the scruff of the neck but failed to take it, six lasts in the final seven heats last night killed their hopes. They needed a lead of 20+. Poole to win comfortably on aggregate.