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OK, I'm checking out now. I've quite enjoyed the, on the whole good natured, banter with you Pesky Pirates... I'll miss all the weather chat but I'm gonna leave the next 100 pages to the Pesky Pirates telling us how they was robbed if they lose it or how it was a mighty victory if they win it. I was going to sign off with let's hope that Speedway is the winner... but it's been a massive loser in this whole sorry shambles!

There used to be a rule back in the day about a minimum team strength, I take it there is no such rule anymore?

AFAIK it still hasn't been mentioned by the BSPL that it has been cancelled, they're just pretending that it never existed. It's so disrespectful to everybody that supported these meetings!

... And the Ed Kennett situation, the team Birmingham sent to Poole and the closure of Newcastle

Don't forget the British Final, Jubilee Trophy & Prem Pairs rules debacles

You have put your clocks back haven't you?

I haven't been to Lynn in years... in fact I think the last time was when Leicester were there in 2018 and the meeting was abandoned because Buster didn't have enough medical cover and there was curfew and it finished so late that all the late night road maintenance had started and I had to make a 50 mile detour to get home! I vowed I would never return and have never been since. It used to be a fantastic race track before Buster changed the surface

It doesn't matter how much you try and kid yourself that this is Leicester's "home" track... it is not! It is King's Lynn's home track. There is absolutely no home track advantage at all. The Thompson's were potential match winners at BP as they have mastered the peculiarities of their actual HOME track. King's Lynn is widely regarded as one of the fairest tracks in the world and I've never really heard any riders have a bad word to say about it, despite the racing often being quite dull these days, but they are two different subjects.

And it was handicap racing, last, from the line first, from the handicap last, from the line first, from the handicap last

Who's mentioned it being a neutral track... other than you?

Mr prefect?

No, not throw the meeting, but do the right thing

Haha! So it would... my real point is Poole need to engineer it to be level going into heat 3. It's the only morally right thing to do to make the best of a bad situation. It'd be great sportsmanship. I think Leicester would do the same if the roles were reversed

To not field riders in the first 2 races... it's absolutely up to Poole. I can almost see a Hollywood film being made about it!

But Poole have it in their power to make things right. A gesture like that would go a long way to repairing the damage done to the sport

No, not pity, just fairness. If/when you win this it'll be as meaningful as Max Verstappen's F1 title in 2021

And that's exactly the reason why nobody likes Poole! It's the only way to have anything positive come out of this whole sorry situation

Perhaps Poole will do the right thing and not send any riders out for the first 2 heats... excuse me I've got to go a pig has just landed on my roof!

He is fit to ride isn't he? He rode last night for Sheffield

I suspect you're right, not for the reasons you've given though. They have no problem in putting teams out full of guests and R/R you only have to look at the comedy team put out by Mildenhall in the 2nd match of this double header and the team Birmingham sent down to Poole to serve you up 3 points on a plate. The rider availability for this match must be the best it's been all season! Like I've said before we'll probably never know the real reasons, it certainly wasn't for the fans, the media ain't interested, BSN don't have the clout, so your guess is as good as mine

That's their big scoop is it? Nice of the BSPL to release that news behind a pay wall! Unbelievable!

As "The circuit has been brought back into shape after extensive damage caused by extreme weather in recent weeks, and our thanks go out to all involved." was posted on the Leicester website on Monday you can only assume that it was right on Monday but the weather since has made Friday at Leicester not do-able, somebody seems to have imposed a Friday deadline for finishing the tie... I wonder who?

Why not just wait until it's able to be held at Leicester? There was still credibility in it being held at Leicester, no matter how long it took. It's probably against the rules to hold the 2nd leg at KL. The rules state "Play off meeting will be determined by aggregate heat points scored in the home and away meetings", home for Leicester certainly isn't KL! This will be a good get out for Poole if you lose... see you in court

Which makes it all the more of a baffling decision to switch to KL imo

This is normal weather for October, you've proved that by looking back through history to see that it's nothing new. Leicester can stage their home leg of the pay off final, they have elected not to or been instructed not to, which it is we will probably never know