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Cookie spinning today at northside

Looking at the wrong thing mate. Wrongly excluded tate and then excluded tom because he was down before the light came on. Ben barker illegally warming tyre and Grmek was also not under power when that was called so he should have went too. Ref made some awful decisions all in favour of plymouth. Ben Barker still a bell end though and still cant ride Northside. What a shame.

That's because Plymouth have history of having a rubbish track. We don't, and yes today wasn't good enough but it's a one off. Also, lengthy delays cant be helped when you have someone unwell in the stands and multiple crashes

Forecast changed for the better yesterday. I looked the other day and it was expected to rain from early morning to late morning. Thankfully, it looks great today. On another note, im excited to see young Mickie on his debut championship meeting.

I seen Craig at the Physios the other day. He is obviously getting some treatment for something

I seen Craig at the Physios the other day. He is obviously getting some treatment for something

As a comets fan, I would 100% go for Vuolas. His average is a bit high but you get a dedicated rider who will perform well at home and a couple of away tracks. He did go missing in a few away meetings last season but you could see he was starting to get the hang of some of tracks. For example, Glasgow he took a couple to get going but I think the track surprised him setup wise. He also started performing well at Berwick until Kildemand booted his bike and put him off.

Guest filled weekend next weekend. Gilkes and Cluff on Saturday. Mickie Simpson comes in for Max Perry at reserve for both Friday and Saturday

I dont see how we'll struggle? Good team and Ingram is a good guest for us. He flew around our spot other week

Fair play to him? What a clown you are mate. No wonder the sports dying when its ran like this

Well, that was an expected signing. This is the season he really needs to push on. Hes had two seasons at championship level and has only increased his average slightly. I liked him in the NDL in 2023 and thought he had a promising career, but seems to have stagnated a bit. He did seem to take a liking northside and performed well last season in the U21 final. One things for sure, he'll keep on pace with the other reserves and hopefully he can progress as the season goes on.

Beef would suggest I have had an issue with him for a while. I havent. I have had an issue with how he acted on Saturday. Crash happened, ref made a decision, Greg cries over mic saying its worst decision he's ever seen. He runs up to ref box, stays in there for a while (just asking what's happening though), and then returns to centre green stating "yous wont be happy folks, looks like the ref is sticking with his decision". A minute later, decision is changed. Awfully Unprofessional and needs to hide his bias when doing what hes doing. Also, no consideration for the injured riders when, straight after the incident, he asks the referee what's the scores. Prat.

Also just seen the Workington promotion have put a complaint in to SCB. Correct thing to do to hopefully stop it happening again.

This just makes him sound like a bigger prat tbh. "Comfortable having a dig at me without hiding behind a username" is somewhat threatening. Big man Greg never fails to surprise me. Also, he most certainly did affect the decision with him shouting over the mic that its the worst decision hes ever seen in speedway, riling the fans up.

Its rather poor by the promotion to get Etherington in from the start. You've thrown a young lad, who hasnt been riding for that long, in to the deep end when its clear he's no where near the level required yet. As a result, you've probably affected his confidence and embarrassed the poor lad. I hope he bounces back and gets back in the champ in the coming years. If jakobsens injury is as bad as feared, it'll be a double change for comets. Do they go with a 4 and a 3? Or stick with a 5 and get Max Perry in? I'd like to see Sonny Springer/Senna summers get a shot in champ at some point in the future.

Track was well prepared but as always, the sun won with regards the dust. Does dust make it a bad track? Absolutely not. Some superb racing today and we seen more passing in the first heat than we did in the whole of the meeting yesterday. Cluff surprised me. The guy can ride a bike but clearly doesn't like the more technical tracks like plymouth and Edinburgh.

Shocking choices? Please explain? I, by my card, have 3,0,3,3 for the replacement riders for cookie. Looks good to me.

Dislocated shoulder

Cookie stuck to his racing line, enters the bend first, and battye tries to round him, laying his bike down in the process. Whole spot is a rubbish show. Greg is as unprofessional as they come and shouldn't be any where near a microphone the clown. But hey, s**t happens, on to the next one.

Im travelling across to Berwick again for this one. Hoping for a safer meeting than last time! Expecting it to be a close contest across both legs. Cookie and Jeppesen should do well, but Berwick have Morris and Kildemand who should keep it close. Dayle Wood as a guest is interesting, but Berwicks young Aussie is looking to be a great find so I cant call which way that will go. Its a first visit to Berwick for Jakobsen who looks to be a decent signing despite what his scores may suggest so far. Berwick is a difficult track for some so im expecting him to take a couple of heats to get going.

Looks like Oxford are now considerably weaker. Who do they go for to replace Erik?

What would connor coles come in on? Can gate somewhat well which would get him a couple of pts at northside early on

Transponders arent always reliable. Ive seen it many times where a the video footage contradicts the transponder. In fact, I believe it happened at Berwick last season between Troy and Hagon.

I dont see who's average will drop to allow the shuffle though. Jamie will remain at 2 pts, but everyone else looks likely to increase theirs.

Ill never slate a young lad, but hes been thrown in the deep end and is struggling. Sam Mcgurk was a gamble, but I understood why they gambled. He was a good rider at NDL level, especially around workington. He was also, alot of the time, on the pace with others at home, he just couldn't gate. Jamie is, unfortunately, a couple of years off this level. He can't gate, and he gets further and further behind as the race progresses. He could maybe fix it but he'd have to be up at northside practicing at every opportunity, which I dont think he can due to where he lives.