SteveLyric2

They may not but doesn;t stop him being at most of the Swindon home meetings does it? (Robinson not Rosco!)

So back home after an exhilarating if somewhat avoidably elongated meeting and I can't help smiling at some of the expected anti-Poole comments from the usual suspects on here. Yes the track developed a rut/hole on the 3rd/4th bend apex but its usually the 1st/2nd bend that most complain about?! Considering the track on Good Friday when Swindon won easily was supposedly 'the worst its ever been', then I do believe Swindon today were just looking for excuses. Early race times were some of the fastest this season - The Robins didn't get a heat advantage til heat 12!! Re Musielak - There was talk in the pits before the meeting started that he was unfit to ride with the after-effects of the similar shoulder injury to Brady's. With Lampart also missing, Musielak was going to take one ride, probably tail off and then withdraw from the meeting. The fact that he crashed was a little too much. As he walked back to the pits, Rosco came out and gesticulated 'enough'!! Finally for those that stayed to see the Rider of the Day award presentation and interview (with Richie Worrall) they will have heard him applaud the track staff for doing ' an awesome job' in challenging circumstances ie Warm sunny and breezy with the threat of rain from the west. An unexpected win for the Pirates despite some very strange decisions from the Reading-based, Swindon-supporting ref - Dave Robinson!! If he's officiating again this evening at Blunsdon then Swindon are in for a big win!!

Did he thump the ambo in frustration?

Ah so not right all the time then?! With your knowledge of Polish speedway I'd have thought you would know that riders have to turn up if they are in the declared 1-7 unless they are injured and in hospital.

Polish rules and contracts state that riders must turn up if they are declared in the original line-up - unless they are seriously hurt and in hospital!! After Friday's x-rays in the UK Brady flew out to Poland to get further treatment from the Leszno doctors - probably more scans and some intensive physio - on his badly bruised arm and shoulder, in the hope that he might be fit to race. That has proved unlikely if not impossible in Poland and UK this weekend. Whether an extra day's rest and further treatment allows him to turn out in Sweden on Tuesday we shall have to wait and see, although the latest speedwaygp.com news release suggests this also to be unlikely!!

Rumoured to have gone to Poland for more examinations on his shoulder?!!

He's still ginger. :-)

X-Ray for Brady this morning to ascertain the extent of the shoulder damage!!

Usually a better crowd wherever and whenever Poole visit!!

It was announced at the last two Poole home meetings and has been on the Poole website, matchday programme, social media and local press since. Its also (now) on the BSPA website!! Incidentally during the announcements at Poole it was also mentioned there MAY be a change to the Swindon start time in the evening?! NB. Brady to have x-ray on his shoulder this morning before decision made on Monday line-ups.

Gates open 10.30 for the rescheduled start time of 12 noon.

Poole not weakened but Peterborough stronger with or without Hans. 48-42

So a rearranged Danish fixture on an off night for them still takes precedence over our SGBP fixture which has been on the approved FIM International fixture list since the start of the season!? That's really putting the bspa in its place!!!

No Hans either then?

Danish fixtures are on Wednesdays. Nothing on the FIM International fixture list apart from piraterna v rospigarna in Sweden on Thursday!!

You'll be claiming Poole have a proper, well prepared race track next!!?

Is either team missing riders to Sweden this week? Oops I forgot its a league meeting so we take precedence.

yes by 2 points with Josh G riding with broken fingers!!

Clearly getting scared of the Poole visit on Thursday!!! Pirates will have no chance now imo!

Strange one that with Harris. Maybe why the Poole management didn't keep him, despite his heroics last season?

I was going to mention to Brady and Middlo last night your opinion that Kurtz 'goes missing' in the 'big' heats - but I didn't bother!!

Except that Nicholls and Bates have signed for the Panthers, ousting Barker and Bjerre - neither of the latter two being a better bet than Richie Worrall imo.

So how are all the experts doing this evening? 41-49 lol.

People would still need to know about it (where, when etc) before they became interested in going!!

The article in the Speedway Star talks about the 'new owners' stating that they are wanting to concentrate on longtrack racing - by which the magazine assumes they mean 'flat-track'?!