Bagpuss

No disrespect to Danyon Hume but he shouldn't be sitting sitting there on a paid max after three rides, absolutely criminal. I think what the club NEEDS is to be racing in the Championship, we have been way out of our depth in the top division since Covid for whatever reason.

Homer ref, just what we need!

Presumably for not having signed anyone five weeks after Pedersen's half a lap?

A novelty indeed.

If they'd had a whole month to sign somebody and had failed to do so then yes. Guests and facilities are being used far too often and for too long, it's further damaging speedway's credibility.

I can remember a couple in the late nineties/early noughties where Foxhole in the afternoon and Lynn on the evening. 1999 & 2000 certainly.

Bowtell and Complin will go unbeaten I suspect.

Yes, if their rider isn't fit or they haven't signed a replacement.

Fantastic action.

No fishing rod here, as you say just different opinions

So Glasgow is tight into the bends but Berwick isn't? Hmmmmm.

That's great and we all hope it lasts but let's see what the trend is over the whole season. Early season optimism will evaporate for many teams and as @mikebv says once guests really kick in it will make it difficult for many to take it seriously and keep going. Guests certainly put me off going, my team are likely to have two this Thursday and that takes the shine off for me personally. I wish I could switch off the part of me that cares about the integrity of British speedway and just go and watch my team and the racing regardless but I can't. I want my clubs seven riders to race for my team and not somewhere else, or be worrying about them getting injured racing in the Championship. Doubling up and guests have got ridiculously out of hand and the sport is in a mess, it needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom and fresh governance who can run it properly and rebuild it into something that patrons and sponsors can take seriously. We need lots of clubs to be well supported and financially sound, not just a few.

We signed up to it unfortunately.

That's a good point.

I would beg to differ. The corners of a pitch on the inside will always dictate narrow exits and entrances unless those corners get taken up. Workington and Hull were the same. That's why riders have to shut off and almost queue up to enter the corners. If the second part of your post was true then we wouldn't get any passing at Belle Vue.

Many early season predictions had Edinburgh, Berwick and Brum as the bottom three and early indications are that they are probably correct. As for the track, it seems the club have done all they can to the corners to make racing better but while the straights and entrances/exits to the bends are so narrow and there is no leeway to change it due to the football pitch then it little will change unfortunately. Berwick need at least two changes to be competitive IMO, no idea who but Etheridge and Stoneman out and two solid middle order men in would do the trick.

He's a likeable chap and not his fault he is so much better than the others but when it's clear who is going to win a series then unfortunately it diminishes the appeal a fair bit. Well done Robert.

Probably in 2010? https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/7329/witches-coventry-12th-august-2010

This is a difficult mreting to predict really, when you consider how bad Lynn have been so far and that Doyle & Emil should go through the card without breaking sweat then Ipswich should win comfortably. However the fact that Riss is still absent, the track will be different and that Lynn are likely to have at least three track specialists in their side means you could argue that it'll be quite close. I'm probably more fearful of Thursday night than Monday! Kerr being out is a blow but Cook would be a good alternative. Both better than Pickering at the Foxhole.

Tac subs shouldn't be allowed at home!!!!!

I think the idea that Phil Morris is going to breeze in with a magic wand is fanciful. I was actually encouraged by what I heard from him on the @RoundTheBoardsPodcast and he was choosing his words carefully at times as he couldnt say too much about certain things. He (or anybody) is going to need several years to sort the mess that is Premiership speedway out to be fair to him.

This.

Rearranged for 11th May

I dread to think what the s mcore might be.