Paulco

Time we binned the laydowns

I don't have a lot of faith in that last bit happening . Just a shame Fisher boooooooooo , isnt there . OK we hate the bugger , but he's entertainment . Son of God , for all his holy ancestry , is pretty much a gating tart . Fisher and Berge and Thomsen in the same meeting would be quality entertainment

Make up your mind , you either bit or you didn't or are you just not sure ?

Good point . EL third heat leaders seem to have the worst of the deal in the new EL race format , while second strings have their averages falsely inflated . It's a shambles , but could open that door to the likes of Scott Nicholls

We only have those when we have a lengthy injury list Blobs , you must have heard that before through in Smugville

He's related to me , nuff said

Forecast for tomorrow is better than todays , if you believe the BBC that is . Berge has been our shining light in a difficult start to the season , not quite got to grips with Armadale yet but he joins a long list in that club . Yes the performance at Redcar seemed to be much improved but its still played 6 lost 6 and i fear we wont improve on that tomorrow

We had to pay a couple of quid to get a day membership , but it was well worth doing

Following on from the " best and worst " thread , what about us guys who dont bother with food at the speedway . Glasgow - the Ashfield Bar is pretty much like the bar in Star Wars , avoid at all costs . Horseshoe Bar in the city centre then taxi to the track is much better . Edinburgh - not really a pub near the track . There is one on the road on the walk from Armadale cross , but you walk in there and all the locals turn round and stare at you . Some not bad pubs in Bathgate though Berwick - loved the Brewers Arms and the Queens Head , but the Black and Gold club is the perfect speedway bar Workington - the bar at the track suffices , i do go into a Wotherspoons in the town centre which is ok . We do our drinking in Cockermouth beforehand Newcastle - the Fossway is fine , unless you are my mate Alan who went in there with a Glasgow Tigers top which unfortunately had red and white vertical stripes Redcar - no pub nearby , but the track bar is good Sheffield - just love the New Barrack Tavern across the road and along a wee bit from the track Peterborough - good Harvester pub at the entrance to the Showground , but a bit of a hike to the track from there Somerset - excellent CAMRA pub in West Huntspill called the Cross Keys , Bristol Bridge near the track is good too Plymouth - stopped at the Premier Inn near the track so just used their bar Rye House - The Rye pub is the daddy of the PL pubs Ipswich - stopped in a Premier Inn next to a marina and the pub next door was good . At the track though it doesnt open till 45 mins before the start and shuts bang on heat 15 Scunthorpe - we were in a pub in the town centre which had signs about having the right to search for weapons was a bit of a dive . No pub near the track , but the bar there is ok Swindon - Cold Harbour across the road is superb Leicester - good pub in the wee shopping place along from the track , wee bar in the car park too is ok Poole - couldnt see a pub near the track , but the bar under the stand is ok Birmingham - Wotherspoons a short walk from the track is a decent boozer Coventry - no pub near the track , but the Cocked Hat pub next to the Premier Inn i stopped at was good Belle Vue - Snooker Club across the road was three pints for a fiver last time we were there

Seems we did better than i thought we would . Berge really is a find , better get 12 meetings under his belt quickly before someone comes sniffing round . Again , although we contributed to a decent meeting , our gating was again below par . But certainly more encouraging . Seems to me one change could make us a decent outfit . Whether that is to bring in a number 1 who will score a number 1's points or replace a rider who is clearly done , remains to be seen , the next two or three weeks will be interesting .

Cant see us troubling the Bears too much . Our number 1 is badly underperforming and our gating in general hasn't been up to scratch . I hope we can produce a competative meeting , but our performances so far dont suggest that

Another Berwick bitchfest i see

Anyway that's the Mickey Mouse pre season tournament shelved for a while ( till we run our meaningless rain off restagings ) and we start our league campaign ....................oh dear While we have been pretty abject , the Panthers have been ticking along quite nicely . Spearheading the Panthers is our old friend Ryan Fisher booooooooo . But he is missing this weekend , probably away sharpening his horns somewhere , and they have drafted in the best possible guest to take his place ................the Son of God . It's pretty shocking really that the annointed one hasn't as yet took up his birthright and followed in his father's hallowed footsteps , but here he is again to torment us . Ably backed up by Ulrich Oystercard ( who has never really impressed round Ashfield in the past ) and Alice Dribble ( who i never recall seeing round Ashy ) . They also have the lesser Bjerre ( who has had good meetings round our place ) and Lewis Blackbird ( who did ok when riding for Scunthorpe last season ) At reserve they have our wee pal , Wee Joe Jacobs , if he's fit and Oliver Greenwood . Our chances rest with our number 1 actually scoring something and our gating improving a notch above lamentable . I'm not too confident about our chances of toppling the Panthers , but i'm willing to be surprised Anyway Sunday's teams , weather permitting , should be Glasgow 1 Kevin W0000lbert 2 Dimitri Berge 3 Rusty Harrison 4 Mark Lemon 5 Theo Pijper 6 Kasper Lykke Neilsen 7 Anders Thomsen Peterborough 1 Son of God ( guest ) 2 Lewis Blackbird 3 Alice Dribble 4 Ulrich Oystercard 5 The lesser Bjerre 6 Wee Joe Jacobs 7 Oliver Greenwood Hope it's on as it's a long day in the Horseshoe Bar if it's off

Son of God replacing Satan's spawn . Much of a muchness , both are capable of going through the card at Ashfield on Sunday

makes Peterborough stronger

Did not

The biggest problem we have up here is the lack of training facilities or even a NL outfit run jointly by Glasgow and Edinburgh . There's enough coaching talent , James Grieves and Kenny McKinna to name but 2 , for it to be a success . For James McBain and Ryan MacDonald to have to travel to Stoke and Scunthorpe is a nonsense , but credit to them for doing it .

ok the former team manager then my point was that it's not a unique situation , if a little undesirable

What exactly do Edinburgh get so right ? Their team manager does the track too . How is the 50/50 draw a total scam ? there was £160 to the winner on Sunday , plus it's run by the supporters club and a percentage of the money raised goes to the club - nothing wrong with that in my book . The bar is only poor at the moment because of the vandalism that destroyed the last bar . The bottles are large bottles of beer , so 3 pound is on a par with anywhere else . There is a lot wrong at the moment and yes it's not ideal that the team manager is driving the tractor , but we cant give up on it .

Ineffective maybe , but that was through no lack of effort . Thomsen especially involved in a couple of terrific races . Their problem is that they cant gate for toffee , but both give their all in every race . Theo did very well in lowering Cook's colours , though he did have some help from Fox who held Cook up for over a lap .

Yeah , Danny emigrated to Australia last November . I'm like you though , i didnt see anything wrong with the track yesterday . Seen a lot wrong with our gating though

That's the thing , all we have is well meaning friends and supporters offering reasons and excuses why our number 1 isn't riding like a number 1 . That wont wash among the support as they suffer one inept display after another . There was a pretty decent crowd there yesterday , ok the weather was decent for a change and it was a derby against the smugs . But 35 points ( and a t/r inflated 35 points at that ) is unacceptable regardless the opposition .

I agree , we've reached saturation level with asking for supporters help . I dont know , do we ask our new sponsors for help ? We have to do something . As it stands we're just as uncompetative as we were last season and can we afford to have another season like last year ?

That was the general consensus at the time . Nobody is suggesting Wolbert is indulging in anything like that , we're all just puzzled and disappointed at how such a good rider at PL level should be churning out such poor displays . There's always one . I dont know , the club i presume . But what happens if we dont do something ? defeat after defeat again and the support voting with their feet . Then what ? Answer me that

We might need to gamble though . As Dorothy says , another season like last year and the doors might shut anyway cause there will be hardly anyone there to watch .