Nickinho

Meeting off MEETING OFF - Glasgow Tigers Speedway

Sadly i think you're right. The weather forecast looks dreadful for tomorrow.

Federal Emergency Management Agency. It's an American military agency dedicated to disaster response and recovery. Sauchiehall Street is already beyond help though.

If i lived in Poole i wouldn't travel to Glasgow when there's a 95% chance it will be called off due to rain as it often is. It's not even as if they would be able to do any shopping in Glasgow if it is called off as Sauchiehall Street looks like a Fema camp these days.

Why are you using a tier system? Are you Nicola Sturgeon in disguise?

Here's my original comment: "He's a good young rider but a bit overrated in my opinion. Still one of the better 2 point riders in the league though and he's got a whole lot of time on his side." So no, i do actually rate him, you've just chosen to interpret my words your own way. I just believe that too much is being made of this kid and i'm sure he will go on to have a good career but i can't ever see him being a top rider. The way everyone reacted to my opinion told me that they do rate him much more highly than i do.

Weather looking bad from 8pm.

By everyone in this thread it seems.

He isn't?

Aye but Cookie or Josh would have.

He is overrated. What part of my statement did you not understand? There have been many 16-year-olds who have been destined for bigger things who never made it big. What makes you think he will become a leading rider?

If Sedgy had held on to that last bend lead in Heat 13 the score going into the final heat would have been 42-42. Tigers should have done much, much better.

He's a good young rider but a bit overrated in my opinion. Still one of the better 2 point riders in the league though and he's got a whole lot of time on his side.

Good decision by the Brummies imo. Wrighty was struggling with injury and Pearson wasn't doing great. The Sam Hagon switch is almost like-for-like and Batch is the third heat leader that Birmingham needed to stop the rot. Just my opinion though.

I agree. Of all the 2 point riders in this league young Sam is one of the better ones.

Believe it or not there's monsoon conditions in Glasgow atm. If the track has already been watered then there's a real danger of this meeting being called off depending on which direction this large black cloud is heading next.

From the bspa site. The figure is from his first two championship meetings. I wasn't saying that's what he's normally but so far that's his official total. Normally it's around 7 but he's not started well (at championship level)

Obviously they aren't the official ones until a requisite number of meetings have been raced but they are how they (unofficially) stand as of today. You're right though, it doesn't look very good.

GSA for the Monarchs tonight (number of qualifying meetings in brackets): 1 Sedgman (2) 4.73 2 Paco (3) 5.54 3 Borke (1) 3.00 4 Kye (4) 6.44 5 R/R 6 Wood (1) 2.67 7 Lasse (4) 5.56

I see. I didn't know that. I was led to believe that he had touched down a couple of days before and the management were trying to find someone to offer him a room because his bikes were stored on the east side of Edinburgh. He still looked okay on his debut though and he didn't appear overawed by the occasion. Definitely one for the future.

I thought Bastian did well considering he made his debut after arriving in Scotland for the fist time a couple of days before he took to the track.

Nicholls and Sedgman in for Pickering and Cook?

Alex Harkess being interviewed at the end of the meeting last night: "We just gave away too many points tonight" 51 to be precise.

I have a history of having a bad back and sometimes have problems with it and i'm not a speedway rider who has sustained several accidents over the years so i can fully understand why he wouldn't want to risk riding with it. I don't believe as some others seem to do in that Cookie has lost his enthusiasm because his average is over well over 9 points atm and he really seemed like he was 'dialled in' this season. I'm sure he will be back soon but i wouldn't advise coming back too early from a bad back because those problems, left unchecked or aggravated, can really manifest themselves in later life.

Leon's career went downhill after that.