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Great news. I’m guessing the realistic date is going to be 2024, but this announcement came remarkably quickly in truth. Probably a good thing the new track will clearly be closer to Edinburgh than Glasgow too!

As mentioned before, the crowd at Glasgow is close to the track - more like two metres on the straights.

Sorry if this should be obvious, but with multiple leagues and riders riding in multiple countries (and guests!), what's the point of assets? How does it benefit the sport? Obviously it makes sense in many sports, like football, but speedway isn't set up the same way I always used to think riders were essentially self-employed and could ride for whoever they liked, within normal limits, like not signing for two teams in the same league. Can anyone briefly explain?

I can't make it, so rain dance works for me.

Isn't Harris's average too high anyway?

Never more than 6 feet at Ashfield, certainly!

Ah, OK. Figured it would be something like that, just hadn't ever seen anything spoken about it.

So does Connor Bailey race under a British licence then? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick somewhere? And if he does, how does he qualify? I'm a bit confused.

I'm inclined to agree. Heat 15 decider is a lot of pressure. We have put reserves in heat 15 before and it's not worked out.

I've never had trouble parking on the road. I do sometimes use the Allied Vehicles staff car park, but Maryhill Tesco is far riskier than Ashfield Street.

Given the age of speedway fans, I’d agree. But equally ridiculous other places don’t take contactless. Speedway is the only place I ever need to use cash. A shame the Tigers missed out on a few extra points last night, but I always think any points on your travels are good points. Good to see Danton scoring well last night - shows a lot of different riders contributing at different times. Shows good potential. But anyone expecting Ulle to match his average from last year is in cloud cuckoo land for me. He’s a great leader for the team, he’s a good racer, the fans love him… but his average was very high. We all knew it. It was mentioned in the thread before he was re-signed. No regrets, he’s still an important part of the team, glad we’ve got him, but I don’t think the Tigers’ management expected him to match his average.

Also, just not enough teams. It's not attractive as a fan. I hope someone can bring Newcastle back. We needs teams opening, not closing, and having seen the Rockets close twice, I don't like seeing any team lost.

I’m not sure I ever heard Tigers fans wanting shot of him. There’s been frustration at his results, but I’ve not heard anyone say any of the riders should be dropped. Craig started the season really well, but hasn’t been himself recently (although engine issues in one meeting didn’t help). Connor was great at reserve but is understandably finding it tougher at 2 Ulle is fitting in well at 3. Not as strong as last year, but last year he was exceptional. He’s a bit short on speed but he shows his experience. Basso has been pretty reliable and last night he was unbelievably good. Tom’s hit double figures in 6 of his 11 full meetings. Danyon’s similar to Connor - does well at reserve, found it harder at 2. Broc really struggled early, has improved since he moved to reserve (with a blip at Scunthorpe). The biggest impact has been Craig and Ulle - their averages are going down. Everyone else is at around their season starting average, or above it. If Craig can get closer to his start of season performances, the weakest link is at 2. But that’s offset by being strong at reserve. Playoffs aren’t for another two months. Let’s be honest, the biggest factor is often making sure your riders are fit when you get there.

Seems a tiny bit insensitive to play The Chain after Josh MacDonald's fall in heat 14!

You wouldn't put money on it though!

Realistically, he didn't look like scoring more than a point.

True enough. Shame the ref fell for it. He even jumped the restart and still finished last!

Bachelor cynically chucked his bike on the floor there. He even looked back at the referee's box whilst he did it.

Track looks great. Should stay dry. Blustery as usual. Got a decent portion of chips on the tracks straight. Looking forward to some good action.

I don’t think the track staff at Glasgow tend to find the covers are incredibly helpful, and putting them on and removing them is very consuming. It’s not like cricket covers. I remember one of the track staff responding to someone who asked in relation to the Poland Test Match last year, but I can’t find it.

You're thinking of Edinburgh.

If the weather allowed, in theory, yes. But does become problematic for attendees.

1) you need to guarantee 100 people will buy the stream 2) yes, you can do it cheaper if it’s all in-house, but that also requires some up front cost. If it’s an external production company, it gets expensive quickly. It’s always easier to tell other people to risk their money. Anyone fancy offering to self fund it for the promotion and split any profits?

Unlike some, I don’t expect the promotion to lose money for my entitled convenience. They already do a great job and put in a lot of money. I’ll be back on Friday when the Cheetahs visit.

There's been rain in Partick this morning. Windy and definitely not warm. Suspect it will go ahead but I'm going to give it a miss today. Partly the weather and partly because 3pm on a Sunday makes getting other things done a bit awkward.