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No Kelvin on duty for this one , Chris Louis on duty as the co-commentator with Charlie Webster on interviews

I'm sure it was in rules at one time that a team had to nominate a No8 when operating R/R

Seem to remember that a few Edinburgh meetings failed to beat the curfew back in their Powderhall days

Unless you can predict the future how can you possibly predict who Denmark were going to be drawn against and how the tournament finals would pan out ?

What a difference a week makes , from the lows of last weekend to tonight, all the riders looked keen and they were all chipping in with wins. Paul Starke's win in ht 11 was fantastic especially with the added pressure of Kozza going off a 15 metre handicap ,.Robin seems to have found his mojo again and looked like the rider we know he is had genuine speed tonight and looked up for the fight, maybe dropping Alex and bringing in Eddie has given them the proverbial kick up the backside whatever it was its worked , also IMHO that's the best the tracks been all year

I'm feeling a lot more positive about this fixture now after todays news , with R/R operating for Bellago it will still be a tough night but I think Berwick will have enough in the tank to get a home win and put some much needed confidence into the team.

Once again the promotion at Berwick have pulled another rabbit out the hat with these changes , if Eddie Kennett puts a few more bums on seats then whatever he's costing will worth it .Hopefully this will kick start our season , one that was in danger of slipping away even at this early stage of the season . Onwards and upwards

According to Denis last night its R/R for Bellago

not unless he joined the grand prix circus without us knowing

has the same basic shape as Berwick and has been used for world finals / GPs for years

Maybe they should tell him to look at last nights GP from his homeland , long straights with tight bends and plenty decent racing

What about his two last places , was that doing his job ?,his last place in heat14 , a heat he shouldn't have been in in my opinion went a long was to costing us the match

The racing was a lot better last night , unfortunately for us Nick could not repeat his form from Friday night but I wouldn't use that as an excuse plenty of teams have come to Berwick in the past with guests who haven't performed . The form or lack of it from Edberg and Aspergren is far more worrying though .

The lack of passing , entertainment and the poor quality of track isn't a problem that Berwick are alone in its all over the country , just look at some of the meetings featured on Sky . The meeting on Tuesday at Lakeside was a complete bore and that's not the first one , no matter how loud Nigel & Kelvin roar most of the racing is poor with guy with the fastest bike not the best rider winning. Speedway in general needs to take a long hard look at itself before its to late

personally I think that the new exhausts and the way engines are prepared have a lot to do with it , bikes or the riders don't seem to like to much dirt

A win is a win , and that's about all you can say about tonights match still a long was to go yet with both the team and the racing surface . Comics up next and they will have some proper reserves

On a night when we needed all the guys to be on their mark unfortunately there where week links in chain tonight , Alex and Robin had particularly bad nights and questions will need to be asked about the performances of certain riders tonight , particularly our reserves although Nicki did improve in the later stages of the meeting , Edinburgh had 3 riders who only scored 6 points between them with a half decent score from our reserves we could have won this , anyways that's the league cup & the KO gone now , onwards and upwards bring on the premier league .

An already tough task just got a lot harder

The damage was done in the first leg of this tie , Ricky is not where we should be pointing the finger of blame for losing the tie its the guys who underperformed at Shielfield who need to shoulder the blame in this one

A very poor performance in the home leg came back to haunt us tonight , but after been so far ahead we should have been able to put this one to bed , this is an absolute shocker :mad:

The Bandits will need to be a lot sharper at the gate for this one and we cant afford to give up any soft points . I'm sure Cook & co will need to second invitation to take the initiative if we give them the chance , I'd also expect to se a lot of Tabaka . A decent result here will give us a good chance of progressing through to the later stages of the league cup . Lets hope for a good meeting , some decent racing and a healthy win for the men in black and gold .

It was obvious watching Seb in HT 15 that he was trying his damnest to find a way past , but there was nothing there for him

Well done to Redcar fully deserved their win . Berwicks' middle order is looking a bit toothless ATM and is giving up too many soft points .

Not the strongest of opponents tonight. I think we should have just about enogh ponts for tomorrows return leg .I'm sure there will be a lot stiffer tests to come in the following weeks & we can't afford to have Kozza giving away easy points,hopefully his fitness will improve in the weeks to come .

Decent night when you consider there was nothing at stake . Cook was a class apart for the visitors and there won't be many better at Shielfield this season , all in all it was good to get the cobwebs blown off and get the season underway . Tigers next up for The Bandits and premier trophy action hopefully we'll be firing on all cylinders with the guys having sorted out their set ups and ready to go .