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There was no contact - Josh said that himself. He was mightily pumped up for the heat and I think it was just the adrenaline. He felt he wasn't left enough room, I think it was OK and he just got a bit too much grip. The exclusion of Lasse in heat 11 was completely wrong though. Edinburgh have been pretty good. Sam and Josh both riding as well as you'd expect, great contributions from Lasse and Kye as well.

Absolutely phenomenal heat 4 there. I knew Pickering was either going to win or put it in the fence…

You said your Sky box is incorrect. Eurosport don’t control that. It is correct on the Eurosport app, and in other services that provide listings. It’s up to Sky to refresh the programme listings for your Sky box.

Yes, great if you’re a club reasonably close to Sheffield, less so if you’re not. Hence why as a Leicester fan, you don’t see a problem with it, but the Glasgow/Poole fans aren’t so keen.

Not in my experience. One reason the new stadium was so promising.

Newman’s bike problem sounded expensive.

According to Eurosport, it’s 3pm - 6pm, Eurosport 2.

I did have a laugh when Hayley said Armadale is in the north of Scotland!

Me too. Put bikes on the track and I'll happily turn up to watch them. As others have said, the real problem is clubs having control over fixtures. If you give them control, they will manipulate it - why wouldn't you, if it helps you? Take control away from the clubs. Tell them who they're racing, and when. Let them deal with the consequences. They'll find riders if they have to.

It's on the Eurosport app/Discovery+, if you subscribe.

I fancy that too, but I suspect it'll be in the final. I think Leicester will send them up north and I we'll find it too tough. Too many injured riders, and Connor Bailey's not got anyone else to race for. That said, I'd like a semi-final against Edinburgh, so we have two matches to go to.

Out of interest - working on the assumption Poole won't blow a 30-point lead in the second leg, who would Poole fans rather face in the semi-finals, and why?

Looking forward to expecting Poole at Ashfield sometime around Christmas. Should be a good match. Definitely the team to beat in my eyes, given the heat leaders, but always interesting given how strong the Glasgow reserves are, especially at home. Although in all honesty, not a lot between the top three in the league. Redcar and Edinburgh both capable of spring a surprise as well.

A few decent passes tonight. Mostly from Aaron Summers. He’s been good value.

Depends. Edinburgh potentially not being around next year doesn’t help, but there’s still Berwick not too far away. Northside would make is better as well. For the Premiership to be worthwhile for Glasgow, we’d need more teams further north, IMO, but definitely more teams. Five opponents and a league of six is embarrassing. Especially when two of those teams have been hopeless all year. We see quality racing in the Championship, and a variety of teams, and to me that’s the most important consideration. We don’t need to replicate the SFL with half a dozen games between Montrose and Raith Rovers every year. It gets old.

So what happens if the QF isn't done by this cutoff that's been mentioned earlier?

That’s a horse race!

Probably because he chose gate 2 in the semi, and Madsen thought it better to get to the inside of him. I would have done the same. Then I would have crashed into the pit gate, because I can’t ride a speedway bike.

I disagree. We've seen more passing here than at Cardiff. Not a lot more, but more.

Rasser’s been fabulous tonight.

Just call it the summer trophy again if that's a problem.

It turns out, it doesn’t have to. The right call. I expect all football fixtures will be cancelled this weekend. I see the cricket has been cancelled already.

I agree, I'm just comparing the options. I think a break is inevitable.

To be fair, we've discovered Glasgow and Edinburgh could rotate Friday nights and aside from the odd rain-off, still fit their fixtures in before others are ready for the playoffs! You could guarantee Friday night speedway every week and I reckon you'd only need a couple of extra Sunday fixtures. Especially if away fixtures were coordinated well - I know that's asking a lot for the league, but it can be done.

Looking purely at financials, wouldn’t Ashfield make more sense? The track is already there, it’s equipped, and therefore there’s a certain amount of sunk costs already invested in the Tigers. Of course it relies on agreement - maybe Tigers’/Monarchs’ management have reasons not to make an arrangement (concern over Edinburgh supporters coming to the Glasgow track, maybe concern over the Glasgow track getting too much racing!) , but if both were options, surely Shawfield would cost more.