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I do like Charles...

It also hasn't been too long in real terms since he "burst on to the scene", so taking on three leagues now, and the GP's, GB team etc will ve being done whikst still in the "learning curve" part of his career... Maybe the UK was seen as the easier of the three leagues and the focus he gives Poland and the GP's/GB, isn't quite the same? Not many riders deliver consistent performance across all leagues and formats, and those that have, have generally done iit when well established at the highest level for a good few years, eg Doyle, Adams, Hancock.. Let's be honest, Dan won't be under anything like the pressure to perform like he would be in Poland, so I can understand him being a little off the level we would expect over here...

Fair comment I would say... Been quite poor to be honest overall when you put his head to head record up against the other GP riders.. Heat One performances are particularly poor, both home and away, running far too many 3rds and lasts.. Always seems to put a "special" in at the NSS at least once a meeting though so always worth watching... And with the Aces a shoe in for the play offs a few bad nights won't do his average any harm for next year....

The Aces should close the back straight for a TV meeting and let everyone in the Grandstand for the standing price.. Then fill the back straight with advertising "banners" for their main spnosors.. Wolves, Sheffield and Peterborough should do the same.. And, if not enough sponsors to make it look impactful enough, then Eurosport and Discovery+ should have large advertising banners there.. Two major brands for Speedway to be seen to be attached to.. Given the camera shows the crowd level on the home straight so clearly, particularly at the Aces, then you would want the stand to look as full as possible.. Fill up from the front and leave rows empty at the back for the TV matches.. Unless of course you can fill it!!! A big ask that though for a "play off qualifier"...

I always thought that the Tamil Tigers were a Sri Lankan Speedway team...

I went to a Poole v Swindon match whilst on holiday down there about 12 or so years ago It was a top of the table match and over 5,000 were there that night... Amazing how much the crowd levels have reduced in Speedway over the last decade or so.. Without too much being learned as to why it would appear... The Fords made the right decision when they realised the glidepath of travel became downwards not upwards..

You have seen the plan then? Rinse and Repeat... Kerching.....

The Poole fans measure all the other clubs crowds against their 5,000 they get each week....

Tom needs to have a few match races with him... I love watching Charles..

I don't think anyone would get upset riding against Tom.. Which probably isn't a good thing if he wants to reach GP level..

A two hour advert for your business, and your plan is to make it look to any potential customers out there that you have hardly anyone interested in buying what you sell... An amazing idea... Get it on Dragon's Den or give Lord Sugar a bell... They could tell his Lordship where he has been going wrong all these years...

Doh!

Could this be the first meeting ever in the history of the sport where both teams lose?

Have any of you moaning about the ref ever risked your lives reffereeing for our entertainment...?

You need to watch Brady more often at the NSS.... Many a "gap" has been found when none appeared to be there...

Great to watch riders like him and Kurtz giving it everything... "Old school" riders...

To be fair to the ref, it did look like contact.. So you can see how he decided Doyle was at fault.. An ex rider in the box probably wouldn't have and instead excluded Bewley... Block passes like this in Poland are ten a penny and, over there, Dan would likely have gone... Niot a glaring mistake by the ref by any means, but personally I would say he was wrong..

That first bend showed exactly why Wright should be in the WTC...

Fair move from Doyle... A big hole left and he took it...

It just shows what a knifedge the sport in the UK is on.. Sponsors have become for many a sizeable chunk of the "cake", rather than the cherry on top of the icing on it... A true real supporter of the sport for many years, so you have to send best wishes to him and to Wolves..

Emil always box office... Rides great around the NSS so should be worth tuning in for...

Artem has just gone out for lunch and ordered a prawn vindaloo... MOTWYW.....

Wright must have said that he didnt want to do it... ? Given the shape of the track, and his commitment, tenacity and hard riding style, surely he would have been a shoe in to take position four?

Dan has missed out on several finals.. It is a good job for the rest given he never loses them...

To be fair, 2nd bike possibly spun up a bit.?