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Did they go too safe with the track prep? would the home leg been completely forfeited if last night had been rained off or was there a restaging date already planned for that scenario? Trouble is its not the first time Ron has done this, do you recall a play off semi between Arena Essex and Swindon when the track was super super slick, and Leigh Adams said he has never seen Arena as slick as that, Can't recall if Hammers won although i think we did and i recall Tomasz Jedrezek playing quite pivitol part but boy did we (The Hammers) get slated for it.

Go Bees, this is Coventry isnt it? Can't believe how this is panning out, Robins fans must be in shock thinking this was probably going to be a walk in the park.

Big up for Jason Edwards, done more in his debut meeting at just 15 years old, than Nick Laurence who has ten years plus experience has done all season.

with all the rain i have seen this afternoon whilst driving around London and Essex i am a little surprised this is still on

It can’t be the last meeting Waco, the club promised 14 meetings to season ticket holders, this will be number 13.

So what happens if Belle Vue can’t stage the meeting on Friday because of the weather? They have to forfeit a potential place in the final? That is stupid in the extreme.

Would love it if Belle Vue vs Wolves was rained off on Friday too, what would BT sport do then as it would impact upon their precious finale. However from a Hammers point of view this gives us a very good chance to build up a lead which may make the return very interesting indeed, but yeah I know it’s not ideal nor in the interests of the sport credibility.

Best of luck to young Jason, this is exactly the reason why we have the Hagon shocks academy and other opportunities at the Arena.

When its all said and done of course the Aces should win over two legs, I expect Hammers to win at home by around six (on the proviso the guest for Zach scores very well) but lose the 2nd leg by around 16-20 maybe more. That's not being cynical, just realistic based on the known facts. Just so long as they don't do a repeat of last seasons play off semi and go for rider replacement instead of a guest and promptly lose the home leg as well, another little lie by the club that was spun in the build up.

A regional league would make more sense, matches against Ipswich and Rye House have always been good for crowds, they could even bring back the three team tournament.

Wolves very unlucky not to have won by a whole lot more, hope Jacob isnt too badly hurt.

Hans allowed to get away with another blatent roller, the officiating here is so poor.

Have a word with the start marshal, he is supposed to make sure the riders are lined up as per the regulations but after that the buck stops with the ref.

Starting officials fault, Hans clearly wasnt right up to the tapes, it was obvisous he was going to roll forward, he gave himself the room to do it. Liam Carr is shocking, riding the completely wrong line.

You know the fact BT Sport are going to show the promotion/relegation play off makes me wonder if they are taking it that seriously then its not going to look good on them if next year they have to explain how other teams have leapfrogged there way into the top division without earning it. I want the Hammers racing at a higher level but it must not be at the expence of destroying the sports credability anymore than it already has. I would be happy with the second division and loose derbies with Ipswich and continue the progression of riders like Ben, Zach and Alfie.

Agree with Waco.I think in the past its been run that teams in play offs can't use riders from fellow play off teams. Other contenders could be Max Clegg, Liam Carr or Tom Perry.

Hence why BSPA now stands for British Speedway Pretty Abysmal

You mean the few hundred left? they have to be more positive, they wouldn’t go otherwise. However most don’t comment on forums, they just vote with their feet.

I don't support the Conservative party either but that does'nt mean i can't have an opinion on how they run the country And as for voice of reason, he used to work for the club so his opinion is just as valid as the next man, if not more so.

That would be our idiot promoter who thinks if anyone doesn’t agree with what he thinks means they are either stupid, biased or both.

Leicester won’t be relegated, all they need do is throw some toys out of the pram like Swindon did in 1991 and they will be allowed to stay.

I meant that more from the new stadium point of view, if the club wants to race in the top flight I would be reasonably confident it will happen. But as I said with his track record of saying one thing and doing another there will be more than a few doubters. The happy clappy bridgade isn’t big enough to keep the sport going at this venue, they are the facts whether people like it or not. Swindon got relegated back in 1991, remember what happened then Grachan

How about a little bit of arithmetic this Thursday? Jon Cook + Informormation = Lies How can anyone trust a thing this man says anymore?

Hunter and Mason made way for Hurry and Locke/Spooner, would the former been any stronger or weaker? Imo it would be about the same except of course Hunter would have no chance of dropping to reserve. I was though in favour of the move so not going to say dropping Hunter was wrong, they simply had no other choice. Lakesides biggest mistake was sticking with three poor riders (one of which should stick to unpaid amateur racing) and not giving anyone else a chance

Does not matter whether its sky or bt, they build the season all about this so called magical event called the play offs, only to then fail to show it if it should happen to rain, which in September/October is quite a possibility. As False Dawn rightly says, what happens if it rains next Monday? incidentally the long range forecast for the north is for more unsettled weather over this coming weekend and into next week.