Steve Shovlar

We are nowhere near the pace from the gate and had a little misfortune. Heat 2 prime example. Complin nowhere first run and passed, then gate and gone.

This could be over already. Off the pace, missing the gate, missing the one min, knocking a rider off (allegedly)

Tragic start for Pirates. 14-4 after 3 is not good enough.

As said. Never the same result in a rerun. What should have been a Pirates 5-1 ended up Glasgow 4-2. Luck going hard against us at the moment.

Thomson gave the ref an excuse. Never the same in a rerun.

Brennan a heat leader at Glasgow. 5050 fall in heat two.

Glasgow going with no number 8. I withdraw my David Icke suggestion. Lol

Vissing won’t be missed at all. If he had been declared fit to ride it would have worried a lot of Glasgow fans.

But it’s not and hasn’t been for a long time. We might have finished top but no title for that.

He could well do.

I said from the moment Tarasenko was signed Glasgow were clear favourites for the title. Haven’t seen a reason not to change my mind. Pirates will be up for it though and will give it their best shot even though we are an important man down. Hope the track is raceable and we get two great meetings.

What’s the betting if pijper has a poor opening ride, he will suddenly become injured and Smith replaces him? Just asking.

Isn’t Middlo there?

Realistically Pirates need to keep it to 10-12. Anything more and it could well be all over at 10pm tonight. Losing Anders is a big blow but the boys will dig deep like they did at Scunthorpe, though the opposition is much stronger tonight.

Dear oh dear.

Went two years ago. Glasgow is worth a look around but the museums were closed when we went up due to copp26. Go Pirates!

Feel sorry for the Poole fans who have already left for the long travel up. Hope they find out quickly. With all the wet weather over the last few days I was surprised to read yesterday that the track was holding up well. At least the call off stops the riders from travelling too far. A dry day today and tomorrow should give riders the chance to race rather than ride.

Anders ability and form has improved dramatically as the season has gone on. He probably didn’t want the season to end and the strives he has made is clear to see. Certainly one of the first names on 2024 team sheet. His loss will be noticeable and it’s likely he will miss the second leg as well.

Thats not good news for us. However, if Anders isn’t 100% then it’s best he sits it out. Will put extra pressure on our reserves and Zack. Certainly reduces our scoring ability as Anders is very good around Ashfield.

Nice to see the Glasgow fans getting right behind their riders and supporting them all the way.

No rain forecast for Poole for the foreseeable future. Dry and with sunny periods all the way.

That will upset the Glasgow fans who were trying to get him dropped.

There’s no squad system. He is not injured so can’t be replaced. Vissing is also fit now so should ride. To stop them from riding it taking away their livelihood and basically cheating to get an advantage. Both riders have been in the team this whole season so should be included. If Pijper isn’t scoring he will only get 3 rides and Complin is in electric form to cover both if needed. With the track likely to be a quagmire again, Complin is set for another big score.

Tomorrow forecast is rain all day. The track is going to be extremely flooded come Sunday morning with expected temperature of around 13 C during the day. Track is going to be very, very wet and hard work.

Glasgow fans would surely hope so. They must want to win the title with their 1-7 rather than r/r and a guest.