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YeOldPitGate not sure how I ended up involving you in that last post, one day I might actually learn how to work my phone 🤣

Thanks, but what I was eluding to is most riders start young, smaller and lighter. There are tall riders who I suspect work especially hard to keep their weight down. Ballast isn’t going to see a sudden influx of speedway riders. Because it’s so expensive and so specialised, a 20 something year old mx rider isn’t being held back from switching to speedway by weight.

Max was the star of the show on Glasgows last visit. He won that meeting for the tigers.

Where will these bigger riders suddenly appear from?

Ben Trigger went well round Shielfield when he guested. I also wouldn’t mind wood back he was hired to score 2 points and on most occasions did.

Rumours earlier this year were drew maybe heading for Glasgow, could be more likely now with his polish ride.

Bit of a side note. But what is it end of season night like. I’ve been bringing my old man along to the home matches over the last two seasons. He has regularly expressed an interest in a pint on the way home but we are just over the border and I like my license. Is the end of season do worth the taxi fare?

Again I don’t think singling out one business for being successful and exposing financial risk upon them would be legal. If one club is going to be forced into anything. Every club would have to be given the same “ultimatum” British speedway is in a very difficult position but it isn’t for one or two clubs to fix it

You can’t force a business into spending money they don’t want to or operating in a way that’s not profitable just because it would benefit others. If Glasgow were given the ultimatum you suggest it would end up in court very quickly. The club is run by very successful business owners who I can’t imagine will be easy to push around. If the premiership want more clubs they need to make it an attractive prospect not try and force more clubs in.

I missed that interview, do you know if it’s available online? I’d really like to see it.

I’d like to think that there is at least a gentleman’s agreement in place that Morris will be returning next year. It can’t have been an in expensive exercise for Berwick bring Nick on board and back to the uk.

I’m ten minutes inland from Berwick and the rain has been mild! We brought the washing in because it is a bit damp. If the track was on my doorstep could a meeting have gone ahead? Yes!! But I’m self employed and work outside I’m at the same mercy as the promoters are. The forecast has been useless this and last year. I’ve lost many days of income because the forecasters have got it wrong. The prediction for tonight was awful and the correct decision was made, hopefully saving Workington quite a lot of money and I’d hope any team would do the same for us. It’s one thing to miss out on income because of the weather and another for it to cost you.

Fingers crossed the forecast is wrong again. Looking forward to Saturday.

Wishing all Brummie fans a brilliant and memorable night.

Anyone know if this will be on proboards?

Glass just on half full for this one. I read and enjoy the programs but they often criticise social media and forums. We could all rewrite our contributions on here with the foresight the few are privy too. with little to no info given to fans speculation is inevitable. Maybe positive interactions with the people who really care about the sport would be more beneficial than Saturday night’s gripes. It’s becoming repetitive.

Now that it’s a bit doom and gloom around here, being ever the optimist, I’m really enjoying watching PK around Shielfield. He has a style that’s almost unique. Sometimes he doesn’t look like he is even on the bike. Any wider and he would be riding the air fence. I really hope he continues in uk speedway. I’ve not seen much of him in the premiership but I have been following his results and he really does seem like a solid asset to any team.

Well done Edinburgh, from a bandits perspective well done PK and Kemp. Beyond that I’ve not got much positive to say so I won’t.

And smith, wood has fairly consistently achieved and often surpassed what he was hired to do (if someone could help him deal with the pressure of being in front he would be way higher up the averages. Smith has had some good performances but, and I’m really not someone to criticise riders because I couldn’t do it. But he just isn’t consistent I think at the risk of being torn a new on. We should have stuck with borke. At least even with the injury was on the up. Smith is a journeyman reserve. The promotion have done an incredible job fixing the main team but we have lost a lot of meetings at the bottom end.

8.82 according to Berwick website.

In fairness the racing at Berwick has been pretty good this year and it hasn’t always been just the home riders that have made excellent overtakes.

It will also be a big help if Trigger can pick up some points where Hagon couldn’t. I’d also love to see Smith scoring as well as yesterday. And if wood can get his 2 points we should be in a good position. But I agree a lot hinges on how quickly JJ can adapt to the track.

Neither Hagon or Flint are riding tomorrow Trigger is guesting for Hagon

Going to be fallowing this on proboards. Big ask for Berwick tonight but hopefully they can stay in touch for tomorrow’s return match. I’m very much looking forward to being trackside. Where hopefully the bandits can keep the home record going and possibly even a bonus point. If nothing else it’s always a pleasure to watch Harris and very interesting to see Cairns at Shielfield. Kemp is always fantastic to watch and it’s going to be really interesting to see how Jeppeson goes. All in all lots to look forward too.

Saturday may be “poor planning” and a “guest fest” but I’m still going to pay my money and sit in the same seat I always do and watch live speedway. It’s not ideal it’s not even close to perfect. It’s what we’ve got. I’d rather be there and watch it than not. I could be way worse, we could all be Birmingham fans or one of the other many now gone clubs. But that’s a different discussion for a different thread. I’m looking forward to two exciting meetings.