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Divided opinion then , some blame the rider , me and others blame the team manager . Surely the manager is in charge of what's happening in his side of the pits . Lets just be thankful it happened once the meeting was won , and that it is never repeated

Should a team manager not at least make sure his riders leave the pits with the correct helmet colours on ? Surely that's basic stuff . Do you think that would have happened during Stewart's tenure ? Thankfully the meeting was won at that point , but the lack of experience in the managerial capacity is a worry . The meeting was very entertaining , good to see Richie and Bomber back to form . Pleased for Chris after the crap aimed in his direction by fans of his other club this week .

Seems to be that facilities are granted for just about anything nowadays . Workington got one for Proctor when his paperwork wasn't in order yet , Edinburgh got one for Andersson when he was riding in Poland instead of at Glasgow , so no surprise at this one .

I was mis-informed , it's the Saturday night fixture at Derwent Park which is the possible fixture for next weekend

Is our governing body now that spineless they just roll over and let Poland tickle their tummy everytime . Anyway back to yesterday's meeting , thought it was going to be a battering at one point , but the Riss siblings saved face for the Monarchs . Erik was the only Monarch consistently competing out of the gate , though Mark joined him once he got his set up sorted out . Wells was average , but Pickering battled hard for every point . the other two were rubbish . For us , i don't think we're quite there yet . Vissing was brilliant , heat 14 was an awesome race . Kerr also had a superb meeting . Harris has yet to find his feet at Ashfield , Starke is still a bit up and down , while i don't know what issues Worrall is having , but he looks slow . Four third places is not what you want from your number 1 . The two reserves were steady and did what was expected of them , especially the heat two 5-1 against a supposed stronger pair . A seven point weekend puts us firmly in control of the group though .

That's shocking , not like its a rearranged fixture , he should be at Ashfield . I remember Peter Waite sacking a rider for doing the same thing a few years back , and he was actually Polish . Makes it a better meeting cause r/r will score about half a dozen points more than Andersson would have , but its still a nonsense .

i hear youre up here next Sunday for the restaging of the Shield meeting

Been raining in Paisley for a couple of hours now , but i'm not worried as its a nice bit of natural watering , as long as it stops soon . A few of us meeting in the Horseshoe at half 12 to raise a glass or two in memory of Falkirkbandit ( wee Marty ) . Rest in peace wee man , we had some great times on speedway trips

Though possibly not reaching the tropical highs of today's temperatures , it will still be pleasant enough to enjoy watching the Tigers' cement their superiority over our neighbours and put us in pole position in the group .

Gutted i had to miss last night's Armadale annihilation , but hopefully the domination of the Monarchs can continue tomorrow . The weather is lovely and a beautiful Sunday afternoon drinking beer in the Charlie Monk stand beckons

Don't know why as it isn't full . I'm still in total shock

Wonder what Belle Vue fans think of Troy Batchelor's performance

Has anybody heard anything about wee Falkirkbandit ? I've just received a disturbing text about him

Likewise when him and Scott Autrey held a series of match races at Paisley in the mid seventies , and he brought his gold bike along too . Arguably the greatest rider ever to take to the shale , its always a sad day whenever a true legend passes away . Remember him too riding with a plaster cast on his right ankle during the 1971 Nordic-British Final at Hampden . Rest in peace Ivan and thanks for the memories .

A welcome return to Sunday afternoon action this weekend . A nice civilised lie in followed by a big cooked breakfast , read of the Sunday papers setting me up for a trip to Ashfield via the Horseshoe Bar ( which isn't anywhere near as packed as the Friday or Saturday teatime madness ). And with Spring gradually getting its act together , hopefully we get a pleasant , warm afternoon to enjoy the racing instead of the Arctic conditions we've struggled through during our two completed home fixtures to date . And as it's our nearest and dearest visiting , a hard fought competitive fixture is a given . Hopefully both sides are still at full strength after Friday night , and a repeat of the 10 point victory margin gained in the Scottish Cup fixture should be well within our capabilities .

I said the same on the Glasgow v Berwick thread , looks like the bride of Chucky . Not exactly very Bandit inclined

Just not tonight lol

Entertaining enough meeting on a cold , damp evening . We took a while to get going , but were pretty dominant when we did . Seemed to be a bit of a problem with the first bend , with a few riders having problems there , notably Harris and Etheridge . We were solid throughout apart from young Jack who had major mechanical issues . For Berwick , Doolan and Howe were good before fading towards the end of the meeting , Gappmaier looked lively and got amongst the points . Who knows what kind of evening Lindman would have had , had he not taken a pearler while leading heat 3 . Jakobsen got better as the evening went on , while Summers disappointed badly on his return to Ashfield . No wonder the kids race got cancelled , would you let a kid near that Berwick mascot ? . That's the creepiest mascot I've ever seen , it looks like a Chucky doll

Train your zoom lens onto my post and see if you can find where i said he was a three year veteran

Our latest attempt to get the season up and running is this Friday as we welcome the Berwick Bandits and their enthusiastic band of followers . At least we got to batter the Monarchs before Noah and his boat started sailing down Sauchiehall Street , Berwick's all singing , all dancing world famous anti rain off covers haven't been any match for the April deluge . So they're having , maybe , their first competitive fixture . Three ex Tigers return to the French motorcar arena , a two year veteran in the stripes - Aaron Summers , one from a dim and distant past before Edinburgh started winning anything - Kevin Doolan , and one who barely got his tyres worn , David Howe . Their strength is a potent looking reserve pairing , but i cant see that being enough to trouble Bomber , Richie , Claus and the rest of our 2018 Tigers in their quest to get 6 home and 6 away meeting completed this side of October .

Possibly a reason why Mick McKeon ended up there

Danny Bird used to fly up , so maybe he will . In the aftermath of the disappointment of a much anticipated weekend of speedway being washed out we have learned three things . 1 The weather is thankfully meant to start warming up this week 2 In a league of only 11 teams , there's no reason to start the season before the middle of April 3 From certain posters on here apparently only Edinburgh have proper rain offs . Everybody else , especially Glasgow , have an ulterior motive for calling a meeting off lol .

While Winter's evil , icy grip is still hanging on , we hope to get our Premier Trophy / League Cup or whatever it's called these days , under way . Track must be like porridge after the amount of rain and sleet that has come down in the last 48 hours , but the hope is that we get a couple of dry days now . A big welcome back to former Tigers , Rene Bach and Dan Bewley , and another former Tiger , Mason Campton , could be troublesome at reserve . The engine room of the Comets septet , Proctor - Jensen and Klindt are all much of a muchness round Ashfield and it will be interesting to see young Kyle Bickley's formative laps at this level . For us , Harris should have had enough of smelly nappies and disturbed nights , and be ready to start accumulating points in the stripes while the hope is that the early season mechanical issues that dogged Richie against the Monarchs has been remedied . We hope Starke , Vissing and Kerr continue their impressive start to their Tigers' careers and young Jack kicks on after his amazing debut 2 weeks ago . And there's James . He will want to show the Comets that for whatever reason , they never saw the best of him last season and he proves our trump card in both meetings this weekend . So fingers crossed the weather finally allows the 2018 speedway season to properly get into gear and both meetings this weekend , at Ashfield and Derwent Park , show us why we love this sport despite the negativity surrounding it .

That has come out of the blue , i hope it's not health issues resurfacing .

Apparently Stewart Dickson is going to be a guest on Radio Scotland's Off the Ball programme around 12-30