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Another decent meeting at Ashfield though ht15 wasn't in the script. Jeppesen is an incredible signing for Berwick and if Morris can quickly find his feet gives them a much stronger top four. Tomorrow night at Berwick is a lottery, could go any way!

Eight years ago was a long time and with having the last two out perhaps this is a signing for next season, with this one getting used to racing again and lowering that 8.82 average just a little. Time will tell.

Tate was superb, Jye not so.

A very good meeting watched by a smaller crowd than normal. Could have gone either way after the ht11 break. I thought this would be the meeting our reserves would really fire. It wasn't but we need then to start shortly with the business end coming soon. Anyway, it was nice to have a July meeting.

They had no problem before Covid when the European fixtures were broadly similar and running meetings outwith standard race nights was common place. A choice has been made and for a third year in a row fans are f**ked off with it. They can only make this choice for so long.

Glasgow need to be careful not to come over with the track superiority complex thats become prevalent when we get pumped, usually at Poole. Cami's early meeting interview reeked of it. All it does is breed resentment, something we hated Edinburgh for 20 years ago. The reality of last night is we have learned nothing from the last 4/5 years of going to Poole mid season and taking a trouncing. Yes, it seems Poole prepare that track just for Glasgow visiting but our inability to gate consistently is Glasgow's failing not Poole's. They are a very good team who were never going to lose last night.

Edinburgh? Really.

Doubling up IMO was largely driven by then Elite League teams blasting the Sky Sports TV money in the 2000's on very decent overseas riders they could never otherwise have afforded. British riders were largely never given opportunities to ride at that level like they had been before. By the time the tv cash had dried up for good at the end of that decade, doubling up had started to take hold, by neccesity. No money was invested in the future of speedway, it was all blasted on trying to achieve instant success with most EL clubs having nothing to show for it.

In Britain perhaps but the decent riders will ride abroad and avoid here leaving the UK based riders who dont/wont/not good enough to ride overseas to make up the league.

Always the way!

He struggled at No2 in the main body but was a decent reserve last year. I think if he got more than one season at the same club he would improve.

He got better as the meeting went on. Some really good racing tonight and not a spec of dust despite the heat.

What a novelty that is!

Not much of a partner to be paired with, shhit like that breeds resentment. I'd shut off behind him when he did it to prove a point.

Not for the team mate behind him who ends up with an overinflated average as a result. Ironic that engineering his average to stay in employment could be at the expense of someone else being out of employment.