WembleyLion

Yes indeed a 4 point deficit might have been the perfect scenario but a nice warm and sunny day usually helps and at the moment we are having one of them.

I actually agree as Oxford’s it’s on until it’s off policy unfortunately does damage goodwill to some extent on the occasions when it backfires. One only has to read the comments on social media to appreciate that. However, with the second leg now taking place on next Wednesday and the Cheetahs putting in a very good performance at Scunthorpe last night I expect a bumper crowd on Wednesday to turn up to see them advance to the final! The weather also looks pretty good next week which always helps!

A very enjoyable meeting with lots of close racing - well worth the journey up through all the Friday afternoon traffic! No doubt Oxford will be pleased with a lead to take to the second leg.

Yes she was.

No more of a cost than they had planned unless they are going to give a second free drink next week as well! The catering profits will be greater over the two weeks though! 😄

It makes even less sense doing absolutely nothing to the track until just before the start time. Looking at the track at 06:15pm I didn’t think it would be on and that’s how it played out! Also unfortunately Oxford tend to leave it as long as possible when it comes to calling off a meeting! In fairness to them they usually like give the meeting every chance of running and when it doesn’t work out you end up with a very late call off of course!

Maybe because it rather suited them for the meeting to be postponed so they can have a full team next week?

I am glad you can see some improvements. I certainly agree Speedway has multiple problems but as I said previously I see little evidence that PM is making things better not that I would envy him that task!

The whole situation is clearly ridiculous but I think Phil Morris is pretty untouchable so I would expect we'll simply just carry on with more of the same to come in future. Disappointing though as I like many others thought Phil might make a bit of a difference and avoid the sort of nonsense that we have recently witnessed. Talking of Phil, did anyone ever hear anything further about the mystery new Speedway track that he referred to during the Brandon Stadium planning enquiry? Was there anything in it or was it just a load of guff?

Looks like Pi000tr has called it a day!

1 Sheffield 2 Leicester 3 Belle Vue 4 Ipswich

P0WL0CK0?

We’ll have to wait for the answer on that one Tim.

R/R for Rohan Tungate who is recovering from a crash at the weekend.

I agree - if head to head was to conclude the entire matter it had to be Vaculik out. However, as we all know it was decided that it didn’t provide a proper precedence so it moved to the final rankings step.

I agree that if the Witches were to lose those three home matches it is likely that they will end up in 4th. Also if that did happen and depending on how other results go Leicester could be top although I think Sheffield will keep ahead of them. Maybe somewhat academic though as the play off places seem pretty well sorted apart from the final order so it will be the make up of the Witches during September that will be more important.

Yes indeed the Witches have an excellent top two but I think many would have also expected Freddie to be up around the 9 point mark which would bring him very close JD. At the moment Freddie is averaging nearer to 8 but that might move up a bit in Birmingham’s remaining four matches, two of which are against the Witches! As you say he would be very welcome at Ipswich.

Low enough to guest for the Witches in the play offs?

Sounds like Pawlicki might have something like Laguta’s food poisioning! 😮

Great to hear Emil’s news this morning given the horrific crash.

The clock doesn’t work according to a conversation I heard taking place between the referee and the Leicester team manager! At least they managed to fix the pit gate in time for last night’s meeting!

Difficult to keep up with change after change.

Good news and this has been best and most obvious solution for a while now. The Witches management may need to ensure Emil doesn’t go back to #1 and possibly cause an issue with the eight day rule.

The Lions rode well and I am pretty certain they will make the playoffs ahead of Oxford. Nasty crash for Dan Bewley and hopefully he’ll be back on track soon. Racing wise it was a night to forget though!

Seems to be by far the most obvious solution now assuming Freddie is willing.