Paulco

On the perhaps optimistic assumption that the weekend is going to be dry , we should be racing our KO Cup tie with Rye House on Sunday . As they seem to be the only side with a worse record for sun-offs than us , this might well be the first leg . Of course we did face the Rockets at this stage last season , but the tie was effectively over after a pumping at Hoddesdon . Two different looking sides this season , though both seem to be struggling slightly . Though successive home wins should breathe a bit of confidence into our side . They are led by the bloke with the dodgy silencers and the only two point averaged GP rider . I am confident we might just get the better of them this season and progress to meet Newcastle in the next round . Sundays teams should be ( assuming the Outer Mongolian silver helmet doesn't interfere with the line ups ) Glasgow 1 Kevin Wolbert 2 r/r for Dimitri Berge 3 Mark Lemon 4 Theo Pijper 5 Rusty Harrison 6 The amazing Anders Thomsen 7 Kasper Lykke Rye House 1 Eddie Kennett 2 Luke Bowen 3 Jason Bunyan 4 Steve Boxall 5 Matt Tresarrieu 6 Jason Garrity 7 Ben Hopwood Certainly Jason Garrity could be very troublesome at reserve , but if we can hold it to ten points or better down there , i'd be happy with that .

What you have to remember is that riders do it purely for our entertainment , so when one is sat at the pits gate asking for " any change mate " , have we , as fans , the moral fibre to say " no " ?

I'd swap Schramm for a toaster and a cutlery set

God almighty not again

This is nonsense

" God " my good man

We get this " oh i dont really think we're good enough " guff every year , when everybody else fears they are .

Unless he's riding in Denmark

Suppose situations like this can arise when a sport strangles itself by an ever increasing , and confusing , set of rules and regulations

r/r for Jim Airey

Speedway is just fighting a losing battle against changing times . In the sixties and seventies , there wasnt nearly as much competition for our time and money . Shops didnt open till dark o clock , there wasn't endless football matches and other sporting attractions available to watch on TV . A wet Sunday afternoon in Glasgow , are you going to chance the speedway is on or are you going to sit at home with the feet up and enjoy a beer watching Arsenal v West Brom and Chelsea v Norwich . The die hards will always choose the speedway , but the die hards is an increasingly dwindling number

Agreed , strength in depth gets you success . Any team which has ended up winning anything in the last ten years or so has had a trump card at reserve . Keeping Jensen there as long as possible would go a long way in making Berwick's season a good one

Two words to describe yesterday's meeting , Anders Thomsen . The young lad was absolutely brilliant . Without him the meeting would have been a total rain affected borefest , young master Thomsen rescued things for the paying public . That saying , he had solid back up from Theo Pijper , Rusty Harrison and even Kevin Wolbert looked a lot faster in heat 15 than he has all season . For the Bears , Son of God got over his bout of " crap guest syndrome " from last week and raced to an imperious maximum . Yes he was outstanding , but it was all gate and gone from him , unlike Thomsen who had us all covering our eyes with his round the airfence bursts ( canny say round the boards anymore ) . Summers started brightly , but faded . Graversen had his moments , Konopka looks a complete nutcase , Crang did all that could be expected from him , while Skidmore and Wilkinson disappointed . That pairing looks a problem for the Bears away from home . A happy home support in the bar afterwards , all in all a good day .

Must have got a sub

Reported in this morning's Sun that Kevin Wolbert had splashed out 4 grand on two new engines . Let's hope that does the trick and he can now become the number 1 we know he can be . Very murky in Glasgow this morning , fingers crossed the rain stays away .

Really ???? You think me so predictable . Anyway , credit where credit is due . The guy has been magnificent for the Monarchs , on occasion winning meetings for his team on his own . In the Armadale era he'll be mentioned in the same breath as Frede Schott , Rory Schlein and Peter Carr as Monarchs greats .............................................Craig Cook aint bad either .

Agreed . An entertaining and exciting spectacle ruined by self serving administrators with a rule book that must be as thick as War and Peace with more loopholes than a bent barrister can ejaculate over .

No doubt it will come out that Sheffield have worked within the rules somehow , but the whole sorry episode stinks

So why then did everybody assume Proctor would have ridden on Thursday ( the 1st ) had the meeting went ahead ?

06 was the last one on the eve of Cardiff . That was the night Cockle had a swing at Joel Parsons after heat 14 . And in heat 15 the stewards were called to the referee's box after Jim McGregor excluded Carl Wilkinson . Then Shane Parker had a brick thrown at him by a member of the crowd as he celebrated victory . Those nights are sadly missed

Surprised at Berwick just rolling over , Peter Waite wouldn't have . Back in the day Glasgow dropped Trent Leverington to bring in Leon Madsen . Madsen subsequently changed his mind . Glasgow tried to re-introduce Leverington for their next meeting ( at Berwick ) and Peter Waite objected and Leverington couldn't ride .

Maybe Sheffield are using r/r for a back dated injury

So Sheffield are using r/r for Adam Roynon tonight . Hope the young man recovers from this latest injury

How can they ? He's not injured , he's been dropped . How can that be possibly justified ?

The BSPA chaiman will sort it all out