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[quote name="MD" post="3014864" timestamp="1503076832 A bigger issue will be when all the play offs come at the same time with Bewley and Smith involved in three leagues and Lawson possibly as well with Somerset. Thankfully after last night's result don't think Somerset will be in the play offs

I can't work out how to multi quote but to sum up the last few posts Lawson and summers are unpredictable away from home probably due to doubling up and another poster agrees. Summers does not double up! Now feel free to have a go but base it on facts. Can't believe I am the only one that is questioning Stuarts tactics last night it's not as if it's the first time. Also when we lose he's always quick to put pressure on and blame the riders on the clubs website. Not sure if that is the best tactic especially when the team is actually doing better than most people at the start of the season thought. But it is frustrating that they seem to have hit some sort of barrier when earlier they were all nice and relaxed and scoring freely, apart from Jack who ironically is a bit better when everyone else is of the boil.

Unbelievable well thought out albeit inaccurate post. Particularly like the bit where you say you are sleeping well tonight posted at 5.10am 😴😵

Still can't believe Stuart gave Jack our weakest reserve 3 rides against Mitchel Davey (no offence Mitch) and Tom had only one. When your reserves are 'off-form' give the best of the 2 the easiest rides at least away from home. Not saying Tom would have definitely beaten Mitch but he did do so in the one race they met lets look on the bright side there won't be a problem sorting out the play-off semis. for a while it looked like Sheffield and Ipswich would have to play each other. no danger of that now. Sheffield v Monarchs and Ipswich v Glasgow with Sheffield Ipswich final. can we play Edinburgh for third place

Crash for Lunna whilst out in front 3-3 becomes 5-0 for the bears. Lunna withdrawn from his last race hope he's ok. Stuart brings in Perry for Lunna up against Busch and Garrity when smith was the obvious rider to give him his 3 rides. Perry not surprisingly last then in next race takes out Perry when hes against Davey and brings in Smith. Davey has beaten smith twice before and now for a 3rd time! When we hear stuart talk about the riders needing to take a look at themselves maybe he should have wee look in the mirror. Beelin

The thread on Neil Macfarlane Facebook page suggested October with first meeting in April 2018.

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Not sure about this one. If the Tigers were all fully fit I reckon we could win. Just hope for an incident free meeting the last thing we need is a clash and a rider getting hurt or aggravating an injury

Lawson had 5 meetings in 6 days. Not surprising if he was down on power

He was brilliant in the meeting that mattered v the monarchs

I've never understood why Nigel always mentions the guests and other teams the riders ride for when commentating. It doesn't add to the entertainment but does make the sport look silly and most fans already know this, no need to tell the general public

This is still being discussed on Facebook. Keep checking the date thinking it must be 1st April. Apparently there will be a big announcement later this year

Thanks for replying to my original question. A good job the scorpions weren't racing Glasgow otherwise some on here would be talking about brown envelopes and millionaires

Looking at updates a bit surprised with the result. Can scunthorpe fans answer did there team throw this away. Losing a 5-1 in heat 12 in the slowest time of the night seems to have been the turning point. Makes you think

From where I was watching I thought pickering accidentally took out jack and so there was nothing he could do

Perhaps phil rising could respond. But don't think Neil macfarlane does hoaxes What I'm concerned about is does speedway need another individual competition

Copied from a Facebook post: Following is a press release sent to the Speedway Star 3 weeks ago. They have decided not to publish the release, which of course is their prerogative, so I am reproducing the article in full here and now. Please everybody feel free to post on as many Speedway Sites worldwide. ( John Houston) as possible to spread the word. A worldwide TV audience will see the official launch of World Elite Speedway in October 2017, In an attempt to clarify the situation and stop malicious rumours and ill informed guess work by certain sections of the Speedway media. World Elite Speedway have issued the following statement. "World Elite Speedway is being set up to take Speedway to new audiences worldwide. The concept is the brainchild of Ducati Moto GP supremo Toni Franchitti. Broadly speaking the series will be staged at locations close to the Moto GP circuits worldwide. Toni who is a very successful Italian businessman has appointed his daughter BIANCA and former Scottish Speedway legend NEIL MACFARLANE as joint Chief Executive Officers. Neil said that Toni has always had a passion for two wheeled motor sports and when he approached me to help run the project I had no hesitation in accepting the challenge. The riders will come from the top echelon of world speedway whom are available to sign lucrative contracts before the end of this year. Planning is at an advanced stage with top Speedway personnel from Hungary, Poland, America as well as the United Kingdom already on board. All officials already committed to the project have a wealth of experience from riding at the top level, through team management and promoting, including FIM events. WES executives have already had meetings with the FIM to discuss the project and more meetings are planned in the near future" There you have it guys and gals, that should help to clarify the situation and stop ill informed guesswork.

Bit harsh. Could easily have said the bottom end of the team has exceeded expectations on a number of occasions. Can't understand fans that seem to think that there riders should be able to perform at there best every time and no matter where they ride. One defeat at home and still in the play offs yea what a terrible position to be in

The reason for Richards poor score last night for Glasgow is that he was involved in a bad incident in heat 1. He was battered and bruised and his bike was mangled. May be you could dig into your bike fund and help him out?

Another example of a crazy rule hampering a promoter putting out a competive team

If dan is missing then jack will be missing as well

don't know why some posters are saying saturdays aren't working. i've enjoyed them a lot more than the sundays- racings been better, track easier to prepare? crowd up for it, having a few beers better atmosphere, The fixtures could have been compiled better but the real problem is riders riding for more than one team both here and abroad. As has been said in lots of threads on here, we need to get back to weekly speedway and teams that had the original fixture rained off should be obliged to come to us on a blank Saturday otherwise what the point of having blank dates in the fixtures to accommodate rain offs!

The 4s are on a Sunday we are meant to ride on a Saturday night so there is no clash and no need to miss a weekend

Not rude, honest. This is a Glasgow Tigers thread

I want to watch my team race on there designated night not some 'filler meeting' and certainly not at Berwick!.