MD

Moving up would be the nuclear option! Roughly this time last year the 38 point limit was being widely banded about and I don't think many believed it until some of the higher averaged riders started saying they werent doing the Championship next season. This year its been very quiet, so far anyway. Another year of 38 points bullsh1t will kill our league.

The meeting warmed up nicely in the second half however looking down the racecard beforehand its nigh on impossible to see where we can get heat advantages with Ivacic, Spencer and Smith. Even a couple more points from Ivacic would make the difference. I'm not sure if he's not got it or not interested but gives in far too easily. Flint hit his high water mark for the Tigers but its not enough to keep him onboard for 2025 unless the points limit remains ridiculously low.

Bit of a pasting with 12 no scoring rides from last places, falls etc. With the rain thats fallen, and whats predicted to fall, Friday will be a lottery if its actually on.

Showed he's not and despite his advancing years, maturity hasn't cured the petulant character that has always bubbled under the surface. Never someone I liked because of it.

You've reminded me to ask if Godfrey ever got a fine for publicly criticising the ref. I suspect the answer is no and if the case Cami can likewise expect no comeback, can't he?

If nothing's worked isn't that down to the manager?

Leon surely? Hopefully.

Why?

We threw away too many points and were woeful at reserve. The ref was poor. We needed everything to go right tonight to have a chance of winning. With our normal 1 - 7 we wouldn't have done any better, Ivacic would've been lucky to make it back out of the second bend. Cami looked a man under pressure, perhaps he suspects what we are all beginning to think.

Don't you mean the sport will be finished at Championship level? The powers that be genuinely don't care about anything other than the Premiership and preserving its TV deal. We can't complain ourselves out of this, we need club owners in our league to collectively stand up to change it, so that won't be happening!

That was a very poor watch before the rain and now presents a problem to re-stage relatively soon.

How many heatleaders departed the league over the rumoured 38 point limit this time last year, and found other avenues rather than be left out? Did they jump or were they pushed?

You couldn't! If you had an employee who year after year made the same mistakes and never learned from them, eventually you would sack them. You get what I'm saying, when is the point where enough is enough?

Those 10 blank Friday's we never ran on could have come in handy. Never mind, looking more like October playoffs all the time

He was brought in to help us at one particular track we toil on. Perhaps another flawed decision that he would thrive on a racers track. Unfortunately his season is kaput.

The decision makers certainly were but like I mentioned previously the wrong rider in the wrong season. In 2023 we could have carried him along and let him find his feet at his own pace with Bomber and Basso doing the heavy lifting. That may have set him up better to ride for us in 2024. Glasgow now have a dilemma, do they keep him having given him a season to bed in and bank on him improving next season or thank him for his efforts. The points limit will be a crucial factor however Claus is currently 0.3 below Leon in the newest averages.

We visit Edinburgh, Plymouth and Oxford this month so I suspect Leon's end of season average will largely mirror his starting one.

Shooting ourselves in the foot for the occasional Wednesday meeting.

Nor two in each of Apr, May and Jun, three if you include not running the Friday of the U21 Final (Sunday). August isnt any better with a further two blanks, one for Edinburgh away, the other for the Cardiff GP. The net result is another three week gap between home meetings just like in July.

That was your first mistake!

I reckon we should pay out the win bonus at 32.

I'll give you that as I couldn't remember it but would you see a race like that now?

Costa going to be busy this afternoon.

Back in the day yes, but in the modern era?

Definitely but dont hold your breath for more of the same in 2025.