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So where is this video evidence of this alleged stamp? Bomber's actions look to be those of a very angry man trying to stop a bike with no brakes Barker cut over the centre green to chase after Bomber and clearly said something offensive. Ben Barker commented on Bomber's post to dispute some of it but chose not to dispute or clarify what he said. I'd take from that that Barker doesn't object to what Bomber claims he said. Plenty of comments on what Bomber did, but tumbleweed on a rider threatening to deliberately take another rider out at high speed potentially injuring, paralysing or killing him.

Have you got any evidence of this clear stamp? Cause I've not seen any angle that shows it unclearly let alone clearly. Do you have any thoughts on what Ben Barker said? Deliberately putting another rider into the fence could paralyse, seriously injure or kill them. Should a rider have to put up with that? What happens in future if Ben outgates Bomber, should a rider be allowed to make a threat that could affect the outcome of a future race/match?

Show us this evidence you have then. There is nothing that I've seen on the live stream or online that shows anyone kicking or stamping on anyone else

The Glasgow track was prepared almost exactly the same as last Friday, which also resulted in a big track grade after heat 4, scraping shale off on to the mini track. Glasgow have been preparing deeper tracks at the request of the Tigers riders, but the last 2 weeks have seen riders from both teams struggle to turn their bikes in the early heats, hence the remedial work after heat 4 (I'm not an expert on track prep so I'm not even going to suggest what went wrong). What I can say though is the track prep had nothing to do with Redcar being in town.

Typical speedway: I know your rider has quit the sport, but we won't allow you to sign a rider because you have ridden too many matches. Since you haven't signed a rider, because we won't allow it, we will punish you by not allowing a proper guest up to his actual average. In a sport where riders do sometimes quit mid season, and serious injuries happen at any point, how could they not have predicted a situation like this might occur? The AGM really is just a chimps tea party for half baked ideas! Given our record with guests, I would have liked to see a signing, but they seemingly couldn't get anyone suitable in the time scale (mainly due to fixture clashes as I understand it). If Tigers were out of playoff contention then they might have lowered their sights, but it wouldn't go down well to tank the season whilst in a playoff spot

Hell no! You can keep him! He's a nae user. This being the same Eddie Kennett who has rarely managed to visit Glasgow throughout his entire career? He always came up with some crap excuse or another. I reckon he's missed more meetings at Glasgow than he has raced over his career. Plus he was crap when he was here the other week with Oxford. Tigers would be better off sticking with guests from the Comets than signing him!

So which superstar, champing at the bit to ride in Britain, did the Tigers miss out on? Remember that Glasgow are still in the playoff positions, so need someone to come in and average around 7-8 points a meeting, and beat opposition heat leaders home and away. There isn't time for a new signing to settle in, they would need to hit the ground running. There is no guarantee that a new foreigner will be successful, look at Janowski's struggles in the Premiership last year. For every Nagel there are more than as many Ivacics that don't adapt quickly. I believe they tried the likes of Nagel and Basso but too many fixture clashes in their calenders already. Not ideal going with guests, especially with Glasgow's record of terrible guest performances over the last two years, but I don't see how it can be avoided

I know this doesn't fit in with Blobby's usual 'Everyone is so mean to my beloved Edinburgh. They're all cheats' ranting. But to those interested in the truth. Mario Hausl posted this on Facebook " 🏁 A tough time – now it's time to be patient Unfortunately, I have a 6-week forced break starting from yesterday. After an injury and a heart muscle strain, I now need to give my body the necessary time to recover. Additionally, I am currently dealing with a kidney stone. The examinations also revealed that my lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5 are misaligned or not optimally aligned, which in turn causes discomfort in the lower back. For me as a speedway driver, it is of course extremely bitter, not being able to stand on the bike right now. Nevertheless, my health comes first. Now it's time to consistently push through the next 6 weeks, rebuild my body, and do everything to come back stronger. 💪🏼 Now it's time to: stay patient, get healthy, and then go full throttle again. Thanks to everyone who supports me and stands behind me during this time. ❤️🏁 The comeback will start. 🔥 "

At the time Howarth quit he was above Cook, but dropped below him with effect from 1st August. I assume the promotion is struggling with lack of available riders, and fixture clashes for the likes of Nagel, and Basso

Was there independent bike/engine testing at Ipswich on Thursday night?

Clearly Nick Morris misunderstood how to guest for Glasgow!

You missed that the medical staff had to wait on the centre green whilst Cluff rode past the injured Pedersen, who hadn't moved from where he landed. At least one of the medics shouted at Cluff for getting in their way

Nope, he's just an absolute idiot of a human being

He missed a Tuesday night match at Glasgow last year (the one that the bike police were at), and was well enough to get on the podium at an individual meeting at Poole the night after, so clearly he recovers quickly from injury

As Janowski is wearing the wrong race jacket tonight, is that not a DQ per the Zmarzlik ruling in the GP? (Aparrently a Polish official forgot to bring the race jackets for him and Pawlicki)

Tigers were always bringing Bomber back for entertainment value around Ashfield. Once the one rider over 8 came in Dan was a certainty to miss out. Also his average came from riding at 3, not 1 or 5, so there was a little bit of a risk in that, however Dan seems to have stepped up this year. Bomber's issues this year seem to be bike/engine related (not heard anything publicly re his lower than normal scoring). He has just not looked as quick as last year

It wasn't as entertaining as usual today. Track was too dry and too dusty, but there was no sign of a water tanker coming out. Given that the Tigers couldn't gate properly at all today, not giving them a decent track to race on means Tigers have only themselves to blame. Poor performance all round from the team today. On that performance Tigers deserved to get put out.

Smith has been around a while but has often been the victim of the numbers game, so maybe not as experienced as done think. Partly as he has tracks he rides well and others he really doesn't. In this line up he could be at reserve all year. If he carries on his end of '25 season form he should be fine.

My point is that you can't accept the reality that Cami Brown was the manager when Tigers won the Playoffs in 2023. You have this weird obsession for blaming him for everything that goes wrong, and crediting anyone else for things that go right for the Tigers. Then you claim everyone else is obsessed by him.

Won't be Perry, his Facebook update tonight states that he had not signed for anyone in the Championship for next season

Max Perry stated on his Facebook tonight that he is not signed up for any Championship club for 2026

I also think on a personal level he would have been disappointed with his final average and not being able to hold onto the number 5 race jacket last year.

There was some talk at the start of last season that Craig Cook had convinced Wood to change his bike frames and that had helped his riding but it didn't seem to translate into points. From what I seen he seemed to fall off a bit too often last year. Good gater, which always helps at reserve level and he does have a years experience, so could improve slightly. Personally I'm not a fan of his (especially after seeing him attack Stene Pijper after losing to him in a send half race at Ashfield). I would have went for the more experienced Jack Smith. With 2 solid second strings he would have stayed at reserve all year and could have ended the year on a 4-5 point average.

"Oxford Cheetahs team for 2026 is complete with the double signing of 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 and 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗲 Wood" Think this team will be in contention for trophies, albeit a little bit weak at reserve, yet so were Glasgow last year and they finished top of the table. Both reserves have Championship experience from 2025, but it needs one of them at least to kick on and up their scoring.