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I'm fairly sure both the 2nd legs are being shown, so alternate heats would be the format, a veritable feast of races for tv viewers.

Adams has displayed that attitude for as long as he's been interviewed on tv, fair enough I suppose but to be that way he relies on being right all the time, for once he cocked up and made himself look a d!ck. Fair play to Tatum for putting him back in his box.

You do post a lot of carp though.

Inspirational, Leon Madsen grew at least a foot taller during that speech.

In for a penny in for a pound, why not bring back readers wives, there were some crackers in those 70's editions. As for Smolinski, I like it when he's included in a meeting, you never know what you will get with him and it's clear he doesn't mind mixing it with anyone on the track, as per Kildemand.

Me too, some decent passing in a good few heats. Never seen the track before but am quite impressed, must be great to have both Nicholls & Harris to watch every week, both are spectacular when on song, throw Ben Barker & Stuart Robson into the mix and it makes for an exciting line up. Great crowd too, how much bigger is it than the usual home gate? No reason why plenty of them won't come back again @ full price (apart from the price) as they've been entertained tonight.

Thanks Virgil, F.A.B.

Didn't sing God save the Queen though did he, not a proper Brit like Tai.

Yep, can't believe Nigel didn't offer an apology to the viewers and explain what a high pressure job it is.

Great night for Woffinden, perfect way to send out the message that he's still a force, well done Tai, brilliant win for Great Britain.

Couple of rides later and normal service is resumed.

Horrible crash in the second race, Pawlicki unlucky as I thought it looked like Emil's shoulder might have clipped his bars and caused Piotr to turn towards the fence. Either a shame to start the meeting like that, hope he recovers soon.

Lambert proving to be the let down for KL tonight, surprised at that..

She's not there tonight, she round at Jeremy Corbyns having a moan, bet his mum doesn't know he's got a girl in his room.

Think 2points might mean a run off, Ht 18 has both Pawlickis and Kildemand, something will have to give there.. Going to be tight I think..

That link is almost working but then freezes, unsure if anyone else has it working? Looks like a good crowd there, what a shame they couldn't show it live, even if only outside Russia. Anyway, tough start for Cookie but recovered to win his 2nd ride, keep it going Craig..

Really? You need to get out more Keith.

I suspect that's down to the way they ride the bikes these days, on the edge of everything all the time, can't afford to be purposely close to anyone for fear of the bike taking off. That said I was very impressed with Woffinden's ride in the final, there's no doubt that he created the opening for Holder to get 3rd place and seal the win, he rode every bit of the track to try and mess up the Poles and eventually the opportunity came, really enjoyed that race.

Much appreciated, I had to miss the last 4 races last night so it was good to see the end, great ride from Woffinden in the final to keep both Poles busy and create an opening for Holder, team riding of the highest order. Not a bad meeting in the end, the more I see of Kai Huckenbeck the more I like, he's only 24 so has plenty of time to break into the GP series, I could see him cutting it if he got in, Smolinski's chance seems to have passed him by, shame because he's a great character. .

Was a great ride, didn't think he'd be able to keep Bart at bay but he rode a great race. Also enjoyed that aerial shot of Woffinden with his back wheel less than a foot away from the fence, impressive skill. Good ride by Madsen in 14 but Kai seemed preoccupied with his loose fork cover.

Ok, enjoy emmerdale. The way I see it we are blessed to get as much live speedway as we do and there are bound to be poor meetings amongst them, trouble is you never know when they'll happen. The racing isn't great but for me it's always worth looking in.

Evening Pawel. We're being told on Eurosport that Smolinski has some of Nicki Pedersen's machinery but it looks as though Nicki kept the best bits for himself.

Exactly, time-wise that was one of the slickest run British league tv meetings I've ever seen. Obviously weather was a factor beforehand but the track was well prepared and it provided some good racing in the latter stages, all in all Somerset comes across as a well run club, there's nothing to dislike about them.

Surely his main role is to have a handle on the tactics, I mean he doesn't ride, so what else is there to do? He has made these sort of mistakes before yet still keeps popping up in management roles. I'm assuming he must be one who is prepared to do the job for nothing as any prospective employer would have to look at his record and would surely look elsewhere, must be monetary imo. Can't argue with that, they should have been able to run all 15 heats. On the whole it wasn't a bad meeting considering the general weather around today, much better than watching reruns of previous meetings.

Was wondering that myself, been around for years and generally all we ever see is him making bad calls, surely there are other candidates for these jobs, or maybe the pay is so bad that it's more a volunteer role than a job, either way he getting appointed.