marko

Would never have ANY rider like Batchelor in my team, I have no time for riders who only race when they feel like it, in individuals where your only representing yourself that’s fine, but when your part of a team you shouldn’t do that, you might as well empty your bladder into a team mates fuel tank, because that’s what your effectively doing. Anyone can have a poor night but when it’s so obvious your not even making an effort, your conning the public and the promoter who no doubt has already agreed to pay you X amount regardless of what you actually score.

BSN is great, just have to hope that the powers that be give them a product worth showing next year.

I might have missed any announcements but are they (BSN) including the second meeting tonight as part of the package?

Best of luck to both teams. Lets just get this over and done with and put this farce of a season to bed.

Totally disagree with going past the 31st, it just means next season will be the same, no rush, no hurry, because they can always use November if needed. Personally I don’t care who wins it now, and I hope those outstanding fixtures are not given a chance to take place by our friend, the weather. (Shock horror, I’ve turned into a Plymouth fan, hoping for rain offs JOKE)

If today is called off the play offs should be listed as Uncontested, no winner, every club is complicit (some more than others) of failing to run meetings or refusing to run/continue meetings during the season where they could have, that has led to this stage of events. I once heard someone say “f**k around, f**k around, soon you won’t be around”

I don’t believe that Leicester are playing around here, they are the victims of certain other club dragging their heals all season which has led to this final having to take place at a time which should be reserved for end of season bashes.

I would say keep the play offs but have a cut off date of 31st August, the top four (regardless of how many teams in the league) then play off over two semis and a final. Caveat to that, any team that fails to complete 100% of their HOME fixtures by said date are excluded from the competition.

Should the weather intervene again and the final cannot be contested, the title should default to the team who finished top of the regular season table. Just an opinion

That’s a shame to hear, I know he rode for Arena Essex, I think it must have been 1996? doesn’t seem that long ago at all though.

As a Lakeside fan, I would like to comment on Ben Morley, no, he will never be a solid 2nd division second string, he’s a good reserve and on his day can score quite well, the Hammers did have success with him as a number two at home, but that was with a big home advantage, away from home it was always a struggle, but you know what you will get. Alfie Bowtell on the other hand, who knows how far he can go, he’s a swashbuckling rider that never gives up, I imagine he is just as popular at Plymouth if not more so as he was at Lakeside.

If Leicester have already announced that, then fair enough.

Doesn’t matter how long a meeting goes for, BSN always fills the time, there is dead air at all, always something going on, and is very informative. In all the years SKY/BTsport etc have been around, they never once in my memory have interviewed a ref, BSN ticked that box first season. The track walks are so much better than Kelvin sticking a screw driver into the track (nothing against Kelvin I should add)

It being Plymouth is irreverent, I would same the same if it was any other club that is announcing a rider or riders that had still meetings left with their current clubs. As good a signing as it is, there is a time and a place.

Doesn’t seem very classy naming a rider for next year before he has finished his commitments with his current club.

I recall a similar instance way back in the early 90s at Peterborough in the fours final, Arena Essex wanted to use Moggo in a nominated heat but as the number 5 reserve he wasn’t allowed so they declared Jan Pedersen instead and then when the two minutes came on they were all sat there having a laugh until the clock ran down, I was right next to the pits, it was funny to see it play out.

Well done to Poole, Glasgow got what they deserved, same as Plymouth, beaten up over both legs

Run three more heats then call it, no point in risking rider injuries

Didn’t see this meeting but it’s fairly clear over the last few weeks, team and riders who “don’t want it” are getting hit pretty hard by those that do. Batchelor would be a great fit at Plymouth, he don’t it, they don’t want it, match made in heaven.

Track could be dry as a bone, your owners have no intention of trying to run, and I can’t blame them, you lot seem to be anti speedway, never known a fan base so delighted every time they are denied the chance to watch their team, must be that sea air.

This fixture will never get played out as Plymouth have worked out it costs less to keep calling matches off 24 hours in advance than actually running them.

A division of 9 or 10 teams should not have six in the play offs, it should have been top four. And in the higher division with six clubs, it should have been 2nd and 3rd play off to meet the team who came 1st

What a farce, they made a dogs diner of that, should forfeit the leg, when will promoters learn?

In the time they have wasted they could have got to heat ten, didn’t even start on time because they wanted to run the parade.

Clearly no hurry to get this meeting through, hope it doesn’t come back to bite them