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Credit where credit is due. I was highly critical of Laurence Rogers but he made the right call on heat 14. Well done Laurence . I wasn’t expecting this result but the boys rode brilliantly. A great all around team effort and so nice to see the riders coming down to our small bunch of fans snd celebrating with us after doing well in races snd, after the last heat. The riders looked as happy as we were. stunning debut from Sedgemen.

Yes. Very good

Let’s be clear, no one is criticising young James. He rode superbly last night, his gating was superb snd on several occasions, held off their top heat leaders for over two laps. James is a great prospect snd yes, the points will come. Personally, I don’t care if he doesn’t score many points all season. I hope the club honour their pre season statements that he is under no pressure snd will be given time. I hope that means he is with us all season, regardless of his scores. We will reap the benefits next season. what is being missed, is that many of the “floating” punters snd the newbies, only want to support a winning team unfortunately!!! Birmingham have had an unfortunate start to the season at home, not having completed a match before last night snd this has already had an affect on crowd levels. EVERY home rider last night, rode their socks off and they ALL want snd, DESERVE the right to win matches if they are good enough to do so. What none of us want, is for that chance to be taken from them by an inept team manager!!! As has been pointed out already, we missed out on the playoffs last year by one point. No team can afford to “gift” points to the opposition if they are serious about getting to the playoffs snd competing for honours. The new consortium have already invested a more than six figure sum into the club snd are doing so many things right but, their hard work means nothing if the crowd levels are affected by disgruntled fans or sadly, by fans stopping away because the team isn’t winning. Laurence is to be commended for the work he does for the club snd his key role in getting the consortium together but, that doesn’t alter the fact that over time, he has repeatedly proven to be an inept team manager. Apparently, in a radio WM interview he said he left James in his last race because : “ he deserved it”. I can see the logic but, I snd I believe, most other Brummies fans want is for team manager to do his UTMOST to get the team over the winning line., not to be mister nice guy to the riders. By his actions last night , he could snd nearly did cost the other six riders the win that all seven of them, including James Pearson , had worked so hard for. Laurence has a history of such poor decision making snd it’s not good enough. We will never win anything with this team manager. He continued the Shanes / Morris pairing all of last season despite the fact that they are not compatible as a pairing, always wanting the same line snd constantly getting in each others way, constantly being on the wrong end of a 5-1 . Despite this being glaringly obvious and talked about by many fans, Laurence just didn’t see it or, change it. . We have been running rider rep at the moment snd guess what… in several of these meetings, what does he do? He pairs Shane’s snd Morris in the first rider rep ride, snd guess what, we got stuffed in those heats. Yes, they got a 4-2 in heat 14 last night because Shanes has actually started gating lately .That’s the same Shane’s that should have replaced young James in James’ in his last ride and then we may well not have been going into the last heats with Scunthorpe having the chance to either win the meeting or, the last heat with a chance of taking s point. That would have killed the “upsurge” the fans went home with after a great all around team effort snd our first home win. The criticism is of Laurence Rogers , not young James .

Sorry JJ but I have to strongly disagree. You must have been the only Brummies fan not expecting to see Shanes replace Pearson in his last ride. Pearson had done nothing wrong but, lambert had already beaten him three times. Shane’s had easily won the reserves race against lambert snd was riding really well. Rogers has to be the most inept team manager we have ever had. Not only did he nearly cost us the points. ( not for the first time either), but he almost handed Scunthorpe a league point. I travelled to Plymouth last season snd Rogers cost us the league win there. Another case of not making the right changes at the right times !!! Yet again all the fans, including the Plymouth ones, were gobsmacked when hd didn’t take Morris out of heat 14, costing us a 5-1 and, the meeting He is totally inept as a team manager. Can’t fault the work Rogers does off the track but he has no idea about team tactics, pairings or rider changes during meetings .

Thank you

Please excuse my lack of knowledge but, are premier sports no longer showing the matches? I have looked on their listings snd can’t find any scheduled matches. if it’s not longer on premier sports, how or where do I find the two channels you name? Are they internet based and are they free to view or, a subscription service? Thanks in advance for any replies.

Snd you have it spot on

Come on…. be totally honest John

Brilliant news. So pleased for the fans. Kudos to Rob Grant

We need you back at the helm Barry the Cat

This is taken from the official Birmingham site. read the third paragraph . Clearly states both riders are riding in their national championships. http://www.birmingham-speedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.3076

Their respective national championships. Not sure then why grobauer is out yet Riss is riding !!!

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Can anyone tell me what is the age, applicable to concessions tickets. is it 60 or, 65 please?

Try for birmingham: harris mcDonald rider rep for shanes Morris riss Sarjant Flint As announced at Brum tonight Grobsuer snd Paco in the SON and Thomas injured

You obviously haven’t seen Stephen whitehouse. Been around ages and getting markedly worse every season. Will never make a speedway rider. embarrassing to watch him struggle so badly.

Graham Drury has just done an interview and congratulated the Brummies on producing , quote : “ a superbly prepared track tonight “.

Absolutely nothing wrong with the track Brummies had gated. Nielsen tried to go around Grobauer going into bend four, lap one, but clipped his back wheel with both rocketing into the fence. Purely a racing accident.

Nielsen us at six tonight as cook has been given his new average this afternoon surprisingly!!!

Come out if one stop car park, on to the main road. Turn left. Walk about 300 yards to the traffic light /crossing. Cross the road then walk back towards one stop. Follow the pavement around to the left at the roadworks, directly opposite the one stop entrance. stadium car park/ entrance is 100 yards on your left. itwill take you no more than 10 minutes. the stadium car park was rammed very early last week and the gates closed . Best to park in one stop. It is safe, secure parking with cctv

It was starke

I think you will find it’s more about him reportedly using the Gerhaart engine which doesn’t seem competitive

Can’t believe Batchellor got away with thst one, it was blatant!!!

Thank you for making the effort to support the club tonight and travelling such a distance to do so. the same sentiment goes out to all fans from other clubs who did the same it is genuinely much appreciated

Becsuse his German team rides in the Polish lower leagues snd their home matches are on a Friday. Ridiculous him being in our team when he’s not available for meetings