Grachan

Yeah, you're right. We should wait and see. :-)

Null and void. People have posted that AJ is already down to ride.

Don't forget Belle Vue.

Come off it. If the guy is riding overseas then Belle Vue shouldn't have a facility unless he has withdrawn his services. It seems that they can get a guest merely on the basis of him possibly not being able to ride as well as he normally does. That can't be right. I remember a few years back Renat Gafurov being unable to ride for Swindon in the semi final at Reading and we had to sack him to get a facility.

Swindon shouldn't have replaced Darcy. We could then have signed up Jonsson early to guest in the play offs. We'd have got in the final then.

It's an individual. He did better than Iversen, Harris and Kildemand. But not as well as Jonsson.

He's riding. There should be no facility. I don't think Poole should have one either for North, but Zagar just rode in one of the biggest meetings of the year and made the final. How can a guest be available in that situation? It looks like the two teams using dodgy facilities (I blame the sport more than the clubs btw) will make the final.

Same as Dakota North then.

I think there's becoming too much of an obsession about whether or not people are moving at the starts. Races get pulled back so often. Even when they aren't there is often discussion about whether or not they should have been. Blatant moving then, sure, bring it back. Exclude riders who touch the tapes. But these are guys on motor bikes with clutches poised. They might creep a bit. Good meeting last night. You could see the passion in the sides and I'm sure the eventual winners will come from this tie. Disappointing to see Coventry get 2 5-1s at the end as I was looking forward to the humiliation of the fans from said club who mocked Swindon's rubbish semi. Oh well, there's always next week.

It's ridiculous for people to think Grag Hancock should retire due to the fact they think he is "boring". The guy is the reigning Worod Champion and looking likely to finish runner-up this year. I see no reason why he should retire (although his farewell lap at Cardiff did hint that he might). Until the younger riders can force Greg out of the top 8, there's no reason for him not to be there. And, at the moment, they aren't showing much sign of doing so.

Yeah. Old tricks. Ask Reading fans.

It's a bit pointless going down the "your teams a bigger cheat than my team" route really. Any team manager worth his salt is going to use a situation to his team's advantage if such a situation arises. They'd be stupid not to. People love to throw the word "cheat" about over the most stupid of matters. You even get it being bandied about if people suspect someone has dropped points in one place in order to gain in another. With regards to Zagar, I don't think people are criticising Belle Vue. It's more to do with the rider himself possibly being up to his old tricks again, just as Miedzinski did earlier in the year. It was. I don't think he was injured. His temporary time as cover with the club had come to an end. EDIT - This is from the Swindon website before the Belle Vue match: "North, who played a starring role in the win over Coventry in the last home meeting, will deputise for the unavailable Peter Kildemand." Swindon then brought Miedzinski back in for the next match, and then he promptly disappeared again. Swindon would not have had a facility for Miedzinski unless he turned up, and it was a token appearance by him.

Is that the same Sheffield who, in their last home match had 2 guests plus one rider who doubles up with Coventry? They were riding against a side who were using 2 guests and R/R. Must be a different Sheffield.

Zagar riding in the Golden Helmet on Sunday so presumably he'll be back on Monday.

Poole for me. My second closest club and a very well run and professional outfit. Also very impressed with the way they have openly supported Darcy Ward. If Swindon aren't around next season I may make a couple of trips down next year. I used to like Coventry when Sandhu was running it. There was a yellow glow about the place and it had a bit of an aura. Went this year and it was like another World.

Or don't get a programme. Instant profit.

I think he was from Bristol and used to travel the country selling pens. Kojak. Normally his verbals were good natured, but he was the cause of a mass punch up between the Oxford and Swindon teams one. Swindon won and were just coming out for a victory parade and he ran over and shut the pit gate on them. Next thing you know, mass brawl!

Who cares? It's only the pokc.

She's an anti Swindon obsessive, CR.

Oh well. Come on The Pirates.

Swindon at full strength with no injuries? That's one way of looking at it I suppose. We are a bit hopeless though.

Shouldn't have done. It was fun to get a bit of needle going for important matches.

Probably old pictures, from when he had his original accident. One thing Zagar and Belle Vue have done, though, with their cheating is motivate the Robins and turn all the neutrals into Swindon fans.

So? It's just a piece of local newspaper fluff, that's all.

He supports Belle Vue.