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Bringing Seb back ( if he hasn't retired ) would be a mistake , he's yesterdays news and was a bit hit and miss at times. Berwick should look for some new blood , Andres Thomsen would be a good option if he's still keen to race over here . As for the rest of the current septet of riders I'd definitely keep Kus & Jensen , Vissing and Doolan are possibles depending on the make up of the team Claus isn't a No1 IMHO and Doolan would be decent 2nd string but he's no more than that , I think that Matty might call it day at the end of the season now that he's married he's got others to consider and his lates crash make help him make his mind up as he's not our rider it's not our decision anyway but I don't see Edinburgh using him . The jury is still out for me on Alex looks good at times but at others times he's awful .

Have Stormy & Deek been to the same kebab shop ? Should've stuck to Andersons quality butchers products

It was the just the Glasgow turnout I was referring too (75% I think ) , Salmond couldn't even convince His own people up north to vote yes, so I suppose he had to go

What about the 25% that couldn't be arsed to go and vote , can they form their own little enclave ?

Nothing there to see IMHO . Looks like it's sour grapes to me , unless he's got some proof he should shut up .

Aren't there are some non Polish( Germany or Chezc I think ) teams in the lower leagues in Poland ?So what's the difference ? Wales is not an independant country though

Posted in irony I hope

Scottish mother I think and Dick Barrie's play on words , " Jock " Steen Jensen , after the football manager

The still outstanding match in the Northern section is Glasgow v Berwick , which will have no affect on the final standings as Edinburgh have already won the group , I think it's unlikely to take place now . The final is between Edinburgh & Peterborough no dates yet as far as I know

Little or no chance of an away win in the play offs IMHO ,as we'll most likely have the Monarchs to deal with and whoever else they pick , but qualification for the play offs and a 4 th place finish is in itself progress on previous seasons

Didn't expect Vissing to do much at Sheffield tonight TBH ,his away form hasn't been that great lately , added to that we had no Jensen and R/R for him was never goinrg to do us any favours now the two Mattys have switched places , Stormy is still working his way back to fitness so it's a big ask for him to take 7 rides

Probably the track to blame

A point away from home is better than nothing I suppose , certainly an improvement on recent away performances

Bigger crowd on a Saturday night , makes sense

It's not just the Star riders that ride on the continent , there are plenty riders who wouldn't be classed as top riders riding in the P/L who are already racing in Poland and other countries teams like Glasgow are already struggling to get a decent team on track

One possible problem I can see is rider availability , Edinburgh , Berwick , Glasgow & Newcastle are all weekend tracks (and in Berwick's case no chance of moving race nights ) that would men less chance of signing any top riders who would no doubt be committed to racing abroad at the weekend it would also mean no GP riders not only for the home but also for visiting teams , would fans be willing to turn up and watch depleted teams racing most weeks ?

Not a meeting for the purists last night Rye House where as awful as most people had predicted , with a makeshift team I don't suppose you can expect much else , Still a win is a win and all that & hopefully we can make it a double tonight in the return

Darcy is not the Messiah , he's a very naughty boy

Which Jason Bunyan will we see at Berwick tomorrow night ?

The people choosing to bury their head in the sand and pretend that there isn't a problem ! Why doesn't that surprise me ?

Lets hope so

Having witnessed some of Berwicks previous performances at "The San Siro" of Scottish Speedway , Bert Harkins would probably still be able to out perform some of the current team

If as it has been suggested its fairly commonplace for some riders to go out for "a couple of beers" the night before a GP , then the fact that this event was moved to a Sunday afternoon and not held on a Saturday night wouldn't have helped any "re-hydration" process would it ?, normally they would have had all day to recover from a night out but this time there was only a few hours , I'm not putting this forward this by way of an excuse I have already said on here and elsewhere IMHO its completely unprofessional for a rider to consume any alcohol for up to 24 hrs before any event , one would of thought that after being tested once this season already you would of though that that would 've been enough of a warning unfortunately for Darcy it seem not

Just asking that's all , didn't expect him back this weekend but a long term absence may cause problems

Anyone know if there's a timescale on Mattys return to fitness ?