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Congratulations to the Lions a well deserved victory. Last season they just went off the boil at the wrong time, if they take this form into the play offs the double is definately on they have been easily the form team. R/R has covered for Becker really well, what are Lions fans thoughts on him making a comeback for the business end of the season? Would you take the chance on him coming back strongly or prefer continuing with r/r as its working so well? I personally think he would only come back if he could pick up where he left off.

And people complain about BV being boring 😲

I was brought up on speedway at Hyde Road, then we had Kirky Lane, now the NSS, ive seen good meetings and bad at all three, i remember Kings Lynn and Cradley producing great racing along with smaller tracks like Wimbledon, Newport (Somerton Park), Monmore Green and even Crayford, there was no bickering about racing on different tracks then, obviously pre internet, i think a contributing factor today are the modern machines are more geared for the bigger faster tracks, no doubt if Mondays meeting doesnt produce good racing people will be critical of that sometimes you cant win too much racing or not enough, either way i dont think the skill of the riders can be questioned.

Strange how some complain theres a lot of passing then complain if the meeting isnt up to normal standards. I think fans of the technical (sorry trick) tracks in a lot of cases are just trying to justify their own tracks shortcomings for good racing. A racetrack isnt a racetrack if the only passing you get is when the rider in front makes a mistake otherwise its sit on the white line and job done. Some must have thought Birmingham last night was a great meeting, Hyde Road, NSS, or Kirky Lane no brainer isnt it?

Thanks.

Cheers mate, good luck tonight.

Hi any recomendations of best place to park for this one please, not been to Birmingham for a while i remember parking could be an issue, thanks.

This is an interesting match up with Lions the form team at the moment, i cant really see past them over the two legs but KL are capable of getting a first leg lead that is defendable but how will they go at Leicester? Good luck to both teams.

I suppose you could the same for all promoters as speedway today is a failing business model, i wonder how much Tolley lost investing in Birmingham? Whatever they come up with next season will be interesting as i can still see self interest prevailing.

Comfortable home win.

With Douglas and Howarth both on it we would have been in more trouble, im sure you would be happy with this score in a play off semi.

Leicester are a good side and kept it close with Douglas and Howarth having below par nights, could even throw Masters in there as hes had good meetings round here, Lions are a problem for any side.

I find his Poole form baffling tbh thought he would have stepped up and continued his improvement this season, best ive seen him ride tonight so maybe he will now replicate that form for you?

Well Shanoxtra cant beat that for honesty, would be interesting if Sheffield had,nt lost Woffinden or been able to find a suitable replacement, no need for Doyley or Emil to bust a gut tonight or the others really its about doing it in the play offs.

Possibly "Trick Track Jockeys" 😂

And we continually get called out for our away performances being "throttle jockeys" whats your excuse?

Tonight we saw some good close racing with passing and repassing inside and out, Brady team riding, and we also saw so called throttle jockeys not being able to just sit out wide and blast easily round the boards, it was an enjoyable meeting. Over the years of watching speedway ive seen many "technical" tracks and have seen good racing on some and on others the only time you would see a pass is if the rider in front made a mistake. Each track can have it own merits so agree with your final analysis, why slag any track as Ivan Mauger once said there are no favoutite types of track they are all there to be ridden. Not sure i agree we can beat Sheffield over two legs tbh, i dont think we will get past the semi stage, Sheffield were done for when they lost Woffy who would have made them hard to beat over two legs given their home form, i think an Ipswich v Leicester final would be two good meetings.

Maybe all tracks should be like Ippo and Plymouth, I beg to differ theres no skill on bigger tracks, against KL there was some very good team riding not easy on a track with so many lines to negotiate and protect, faster speeds more split second decisions have to be made quicker, fact is there is room to race. People complain about no passing then we get complaints when a track actually does provide passing We had Hyde Road widely regarded as the best track in the world, then Kirky lane where we saw riders who raced on the big open spaces were able to adapt to the smaller track. When the NSS was first announced many fans poured cold water on it saying it would never happen and those people have been nothing but negative about it since, you are not included in that by the way. I agree with you its each to his own i would prefer what we have to what Monmore was or Plymouth is with respect to Plymouth. As for tonight i always feel Leicester should be giving us a run for our money as they have riders that can certainly ride the track but they have never really shown that, they are due a good meeting here, as always i just hope to see good racing but no track can ever provide spectacular racing every meeting whether that be BV, Ippo, KL, etc.

At least we cheer everyone up when we both get spanked 😁

Great ride by Max, track looked really good too

Yes he did but the field had long started to decline since the 70,s and 80,s

Getting into the play offs and taking advantage of our team that was there for the taking for the final play off spot.

No surprise really i said at the start of the season we are not good enough, the engine room of Blodorn and Cook isnt the strongest and we have the weakest reserves, really think Kings Lynn missed a trick this season but it does show the weakness of the league we were always going to qualify for the play offs with ease, and it wasnt even a comprehensive aggregate victory 8 points. I cant see us getting past the play off semis, talk of bringing in Cairns is a big jump for the lad and it wont transform the team that much at all.

So why was there no take up on the offer to host it? The sport could do with more local councils backing their speedway club instead of seeing clubs close at a rapid pace.

Or go to Sheffield with 18 points and leave with nothing 😉