Roger Jacobs

The other week Tatum didn't know the protected rides rule, and this week he said Blödorn was the Rising Star. Also, he completely missed Jorgensen's fall - not sure what he's watching, but he is often behind what's actually happening on track. Also, the dirt-o-meter is a tired and poor gimmick. BSN making Eurosport look very ordinary.

Same number of meetings that BT Sport showed, which means there's 11 league meetings over a 20ish week period from May to early September.

Considering that a lot of riders are here, there and everywhere during the season, King might well have said to Plymouth that he would let them know as soon as he had worked out the logistics, particularly machinery - and even if Poole are happy, maybe he wanted to check with Ipswich. I still don't understand how you can whinge about King accepting a booking for a team that are challenging for the play-offs, and then cheerfully turn round and say that Poole don't mind. It can't have bothered King, because if it did he would have rejected the booking. Or maybe it was "agent" King - after all, his five rides produced 8 points, and the heats he featured in resulted in an aggregate of 19-11 to Oxford

Announced yesterday afternoon: https://twitter.com/WolvesSpeedway/status/1544667914699251712?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

Clearly then, as suggested, King wasn't bothered - he just saw it as an earning opportunity.

Maybe you can find out if King checked with the Poole management before accepting the booking?

Given that the number of people who comment on these threads represent a very small percentage of an already small number of fans, even one Brummies fan commenting would be par for their attendance ...

It'll be interesting to know how many people buy the BSN+ stream - definitely cheaper for away fans than travelling to Compost Corner.

https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-preview-premiership-pairs-round-3/?fbclid=IwAR3QLDiLqYYfb5n-KwYsl9lXUfPXge1e6ywJG58_9IvF7fj3FmvCznlsHLw

Vissing has gone missing, so R/R in operation: https://britishspeedway.co.uk/championship/preview-birmingham-v-glasgow-champ-2/

Apparently so. I wonder who pays for him to come back? Maybe he never went ...

Announced at Plymouth last night that James Wright is guesting for Andersen.

Announced at Plymouth last night that James Wright guesting for Andersen.

Apparently there's a Premiership Pairs at King's Lynn on Thursday, 7 July ... any interest from anyone? Including riders?

I didn't bother to put a smiley on my comment, because I assumed it would be taken with the intended irony ...

A solid six points from Nielsen would have all the difference last night.

I'm glad that your medical expert knowledge meant that 48 hours could do the trick. Note: it was stated earlier (by Wolves) that Masters' foot was still so badly swollen that it couldn't be X-Rayed. Masters clearly took a risk (at least to himself) to decide to race - whether out of loyalty, or being pressured (because of the lack of guest option), or sheer stupidity is up to anyone who is interested to make up their mind. To be perfectly honest - how many people actually care?! A very small percentage of the very small number who follow the sport.

Birmingham said they had 350 for their match against Edinburgh, including season ticket holders. Not sure how many season ticket holders BV have got, but a 1500 attendance will not be £30K cashflow, especially if some of those are concessions (of varying types). When you read how much money is being thrown into the Birmingham pit, you wonder if £30k would be enough to cover costs at Belle Vue, but tonight's income could be a fair bit lower than that. I wonder how much they get from the TV deal to sweeten the likely reduced attendance next week.

Did it affect the racing? Or do you need beer goggles

Beggar Me! Another win at Wolverhampton! Even with Doyle and Riss scoring a large number of points, the others all chipped-in - even Batchelor with a vital heat win. Can't complain about that result.

BBC WM Sport providing the usual commentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/motorsport/61883190

What contracts do the riders sign/agree to? British contracts don't really seem to be worth much, given that riders swap teams without any problems. Nobody has ever challenged the concept of "assets", and, as far as I know, the value of a British speedway club does not include any value for their riding "assets" - essentially, riders aren't worth anything ...

That should bankroll next week's match ... or will customers feel so thoroughly entertained that they'll come flooding back ...

Yet again, the regulation about the top average rider having to rise at #1 forces a team line-up change for no reason other than a new set of Green Sheets (also impacted by the continuing reduction in the number of matches counted). Ironically, with Harris in good form, Peterborough might have wanted him at #1 before this, but of course they couldn't. This is one unnecessary regulation that needs to be dropped (I've been saying it for too long).

Blimey, forgot about that! Maybe if Jorgensen guests again, LOL!