False dawn

I'm not sure what to think. I know Ivan has not been in the best of health of late. I hope this sale is not because his family need the funds to support him. Ivan's collection of memorabilia is, I suspect, one of the best ever assembled. I note that the gold bike is not amongst the sale items. Heaven knows what that might be worth and is certainly unique Worldwide. The hope is that items up for sale go to speedway fans with a love for the sport. Better still, people that might make these items accessible to speedway fans everywhere.

Andreas Jonsson £100 more Andzejs Lebedevs £100 more Leon Madsen £100 less Don't let me down AJ

And the answer is?

Can we have a straw poll please? Who was there that night? I was and therefore feel entitled to my opinion as to the track conditions. There are many facts available as to the track condition that night. If you fall into the "Don't bother me with the facts, my mind is made up" category, own up so we can consider your comments accordingly

The ultimate insult

Don't be shy

Oh my goodness Air fence is right. I still like the aggregate point. Certainly means teams keep going to the end of a meeting

Gate 3 - 6 points from 9 heats! Only criticism of a superb race track.

Don't you speak Swedish? You could look up the rules! Gate 3 is a graveyard

The racing is unbelievable You know the 4 Russian league sides but not this. You let me down

Two PK's in one race And team riding!

I thought he was on holiday

You know, I've faithfully followed "my team" for going on half a century (by gum, where did those years go?). Mine, like yours, is an honourable estate for whom many great riders have ridden. Oh there has been the odd maverick; who can forget Gary Middleton? But there has always been pride on the side of the club, the fans and the riders. You put on our race jacket and you join an historic group. Wear it well and never forget that it's a privilege. Many greats have worn it before you and many unsung heroes too. World Champion or struggling reserve, they've share a common purpose. To make our team the best, honourably. But maybe I'm just old fashioned.

Crikey. Where did you come from? You sound sensible with some reasonable ideas. I think you're on the wrong forum. Seriously, this is one of the best posts that I've read in a long time,

I'm a bit old fashioned. There is a saying that goes something like, "Be true to your own self". Buster may well have assembled a team that hasn't much hope of making the play-offs, but at least he is his own man. There may be problems with the track, but the way to fix them is not to abandon the cause and forget all about the paying faithful. No one, or two riders are bigger than the sport.

Not claiming any kind of exclusivity on the prediction business (on here, you've got to joking). But I did post (on the Wolves vs Somerset thread) that this meeting had been rained off and achieved a personal best in the process. You and 9 others liked my post and I got one of these as a result : POPULAR Never seen that before, or have I just not been very observant?

You pinching my material?

No, that one's been rained off.

My goodness. Those of us who remember, surely didn't realise Split was still in there kicking. Good on yer. Now I think about it, Poole have persuaded Tony Rickardsson and Mark Loram to come out if retirement for their 70th. What about Split doing a couple of laps? Nothing ambitious, no leg trailing or anything. Oh well, maybe not. But he could be a guest of honour eh?

Nerd alert.... For the record. Wins by gate: (1-4) 4 3 4 4 Points scored by gate (1-4) 21 23 23 23 No excuses then eh Poole? (sorry but I am a Bees fan)

Then they shouldn't be their riders.

Love the the facilities, hate the track, but I'll be there

But you're forgetting the Master Mathematician, Matt Ford. He was working on Fermat's Last Theorem, but someone beat him to it. So he decided to tackle the SCB Average Conundrum instead. He thought he had a solution until Nicolai got injured.

I was there on "Meltdown Thursday". I saw riders racing hard and posting times not seen in many a year (within half a second of Nicki Pedersen's 15 year old track record) before the redial work between heats 8 and 9. The fans I spoke to all had the same opinion. We had seen much, much worse conditions before and the riders should get on with it. There wasn't a scant regard for safety, the track was safe and there to be ridden.

This is "Like it is"? “After the events of a fortnight ago and what happened with the riders I’m petrified about it happening again,” he said. “We had our biggest ever meeting sponsor lined up tonight with corporate entertaining and there’s no way I was going to risk riders arriving and not fancying the conditions again". Who is in charge? Well this quote seems to settle that argument. When did "Riders not fancying the conditions" determine if a meeting should be called off? If the KL promotion are that much under the will of certain riders, they had better pack it in. I despair.