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They won’t be helped, it might be 22 years ago but I still have the words that Ronnie Russell/Arena Essex will be helped if they opted to race back in the top flight in 2004, it never came.

I think as far as other promoters are concerned I suspect their opinion towards the Foxes will be, Do good, but don’t do too good.

Always been against outside interference of track prep, we saw it under sky for years a representative called the shots, not the track curator, certainly it shouldn’t be someone like Phil Morris calling the shots, if they must have someone at least have a proper experienced track man assisting but no one knows a track more than the person who does it week in week out.

Seen a couple of races on YouTube, my initial impression is with a bit of dirt down and well watered this could be an absolutely awesome track, there is a ton of room on the corners which is good only if from a safety point of view.

I recall only too well from Lakeside that any afternoon practice would kill the meeting later on, and no amount of work would be able to get it back from being slick and haggard.

Didn’t know Fraser was that age, assumed he was around 19/20, what age was his father Shane when he first came to these shores?

Pretty decent meeting, Oxford a bit unlucky not to be closer but that’s Carrington for you, been around for years and years and never gets any better.

Who is the ref? How on earth can you exclude Bowes for taking avoiding action, Kerr wasn’t even under power.

yeah that was bad too but not so much down to a lack of prep, just the way the track has been built, im sure you must get passing at Plymouth i just cant recall any from the few meetings i have seen, its just so narrow, i would sooner ride Exeter with its solid steel fence, at least that place had some room to lay the bike down.

Really hope the track tonight’s provides more entertainment than the Oxfords home match vs the Pirates. I don’t care if there is a blue line so long as it’s not dusty and you actually pass by sticking the back wheel in the dirt out wide. Give me a track where when a certain rider misses the gate, you instantly think, this is going to be fun.

Needs someone overseeing the sport, a lot of the tracks thus far have been prepared very poorly with dust flying after just the first race, dust flying around is not healthy for anyone even if the racing is still good. I will say though as much as I dislike the track (2 metres on the straights width and 3/4 on the bends would soon change that) Plymouth at least made an effort to get water into the track and keep it there.

It was three and a half hours because they started late and punished those who got their on time in order to reward those that did not, and didn’t even seem like that big a crowd, it look busy because its such a small stadium, I don’t think they would have filled the grandstand at Peterborough. Im sure the locals enjoyed it but for the neutrals, I hope I speak for a few when I say I would rather watch speedway at a proper track where you can race two or more side by side and not a glorified training track.

Three and a half hours to run 15 heats, and only one pass.

Never been a fan of this toy track, far too narrow, zero passing and tonight probably going to take over 3 hours to run 15 races. As Gordon Ramsey would say “Sh*t at its best”

Sounds shocking, I saw last weeks match and accepted it was down to the forecast but no excuse this week, I’m no track curator but next year will be my 40th of watching speedway and know on dry windy days you have to be on the track at the crack of dawn getting water into it and carrying that throughout the day, it’s not acceptable to have conditions like that every week, will the ref be mentioning it in his report? Will Phil Morris act on it?

Bit harsh complaining about the size of the crowd imo, its a big stadium so always going to look less than other tracks, also i dont buy the "but its Manchester" the place like Birmingham is full of demographics (thats me being politically correct) that dont even know what speedway is yet alone have any interest in it and never will have even if every bus in the city carried huge advertisements for it. Anyways, the match itself was classic Belle Vue with some great racing, much as i expected Lawson and Nicholls were hardly at the races, Brannan, King, Tobi and to a lesser extent Jason all played a part in keep the score a lot closer than many including myself predicted.

Agree with others in a comfortable home win, Brennan and King might put up some resistance and maybe Edward’s and Bangs to an extent, 57-33

I know we have people on here with experience of track preparation so my question is, when you have a situation like last night where the rain doesnt come and clearly from looking at the sky it isnt going to come anytime soon, how long would it take to get the track back to a state where you could get water into it and also not have a blue line?

Weather or threat if it screwed track prep up I think, can’t water it now it’s that slick, be too dangerous.

Is the Oxford streaming service any good? considering buying tonight’s stream to help support the club after its recent troubles.

Bad crash, hope Sitek isn’t badly hurt.

Brady and Dan look exceptional, I think they are going to be pushing high again in the GPs

Wroclaw are imperious

Of course there are a lot of variables but thats why i said at its core, its the same core that existed in the 50s in the UK exempt times are very different now. Poland as a whole is very different to the UK

Its like some alternative universe in Poland, where speedway is absolutely massive. But at its core, its the same product we have, four riders, four laps..........