TheWellBehavedWorrall

I don’t know, but I don’t mind a slick track that produces good racing which this has. Unfortunately for us, it’s largely been at our expense. Harris & Flint should be ashamed. A disgraceful input tonight. Nothing short of embarrassing.

Biggest meeting of the season and Harris & Flint put in a shift like this. What chance do you have? The guests - Zischke and Grmek - have been our strongest riders.

Any idea when the play-off semi-final fixtures be announced?

Thanks. Seasons over before it’s actually over in that case.

Am I correct in believing we replace Howarth or Hausl? Or Sam Hagon, for that matter? So we’re reliant on guests?

Welfare check on @Mr Blobby😂

Well done Redcar. The better side by some distance. It was always going to be an uphill task with three guests, but when one of them contributes like Drew Kemp (again, I should add), then it’s game over. Add Sam Hagon’s input to the mix and you might as well hand Redcar the points before a wheel has even been turned. Between tonight and the Plymouth meeting, we’ve limped over the play-off line and will do well to make the final. If we do and face Poole, it’ll be a cricket score. No idea what the solution is.

That’s great to hear. A Wimborne Road that produces good racing does British Speedway an absolute world of good. Long may it continue.

No chance.😂 It was wrong, but perfectly executed. He’s been practicing that on Cruz in the back garden. Does anyone remember Joe Screen knocking Jimmy Nilsen off at Hull many years ago by hitting his left handlebar as he passed him after the race?

Very true and I hope you’re right, but Lightcap takes the Pirates up a notch. I think this might be the closest we’ve seen to the 2000 Exeter Falcons. The 2025 Pirates are definitely stronger away from home than the Falcons were back then. With the addition of Lightcap, there are now no weak heats for Poole. Good on them. I just wish they’d prepare a track that affords those excellent riders an opportunity to entertain.

This can’t be real.

Not a good look for Harris. In no way am I condoning it - he deserves the rule book thrown at him - but I’d love to know what Barker said to him. It was so out of character. I like them both; naturally as a Glasgow fan with Harris, but Barker gives his all when guesting and I find his interviews honest and refreshing. Hopefully they kissed and made up.

I was referring to the content, not the volume. What a fool.😂

Might as well hand Poole the league title now. No-one is doing them over two legs.

Great contribution.

Didn’t realise this. Gross mismanagement in that case.

Didn’t realise this. Gross mismanagement in that case.

I’ve no idea, but I have faith the same people responsible for bringing in Tarasenko and Nagel are capable of repeating similar deals. It’s either that, or it’s game over. Also, forgot to add that Jason Edwards was a disgrace. 5 points from 8 rides between tonight for us and Friday for Berwick is so far off it, it’s an insult.

Well done Gladiators. Thoroughly deserved. We won’t win the league; not unless changes are made. Hagon has now scored 1 point in 5 meetings in Glasgow colours. I don’t recall such underperformance, ever. If the Facenna’s and Brown have any title ambitions - as slim as they may be - then this cannot be tolerated. Juhl Pedersen has flattered to deceive too. His Ben Fund performance promised so much, but he’s bang average, IMO. I thought he was garbage against Poole and he was garbage tonight. You need more from your #4 if, once again, you have any title ambitions. Harris and Flint for the Pairs. You heard it here first.

In the best meeting I saw last season, we lost the league title in a race-off. That puts things into perspective. The Ford’s build incredibly strong sides filled with very capable riders. What frustrates me is they prepare their track in a way that suppresses those capabilities at the expense of guaranteeing victory. You have a great team. They will win regardless. Give them a platform to entertain.

Feel like Berwick get absolutely pumped with injuries every single season. Good win tonight, Bandits.

I said I didn’t rate Rowe, based on seeing him race several times. What’s wrong with that? I was delighted with his contribution last night. Thats the beauty of sport; it’s a game of opinions.

Don’t buy this whatsoever and I’m a Glasgow fan; arguably the biggest victim of the play-offs. Finishing top of the league demonstrates consistency; winning the play-offs demonstrates you can perform when everything is on the line. Additionally, if there were no play-offs, the league as a competition faces the risk of being concluded with weeks remaining. The league table tells you who has been good. The play-offs tell you who has the bottle, composure, mentality, character, etc. I thought heat fifteen last night one of the best pieces of speedway strategies I’ve ever seen (Harris unusually off one with Flint off three, subsequently blocking the Pirates with a switch off the second bend for a 5-1), but if that’s late September/early October and there’s a trophy sat in the middle of the centre green, are Lawson and Cook going down without a fight? I don’t think so. I’m not suggesting they didn’t give it a go last night, but top riders thrive under play-off conditions and we, as the fans, are rewarded with a spectacle. The 2025 final which Poole won at Ashfield was one of the greatest speedway meetings I’ve ever witnessed.

Painful to see sides ravaged by injuries and absences, especially at this end of the season. Jason Edwards isn’t a number one and Dayle Wood isn’t a number four; he’s a reserve. If Morris is out too, then it’s verging on ‘what’s the point’ territory. I’ve no idea what the solution is. We have a key fixture against Poole tonight and we’ve got Anders Rowe who is highly probable to give us a Drew Kemp level of guest performance. Meanwhile, Poole are missing Rushen and no-one seems to know why. The losers are the fans and when that keeps happening, the sport is edges closer to somewhere we don’t want it to be.

Looking forward to this, but gutted Rushen won’t be riding. Can’t see past a Pirates win. They’re so strong from top to bottom and even without Rushen, don’t have any weak spots. I think our best hope is that Lightcap and Newman struggle. Don’t rate Rowe who is a serious downgrade on Howarth IMO, but I hope I’m wrong and that he can carries his British final form into tonight. We need a massive improvement from Hagon and Hodder if we’re to take anything from the meeting.