IainB

The keyboard warriors?

Not me! He was by far the most entertaining rider on the night

Thanks, very interesting

Really? Paint, i wonder? I've never seen that

I'm happy to give any club that doesn't have 2 ambulances and paramedics in attendance at the track a hard time... and have done on the Leicester threads in the past.

I've noticed over the last few years that a number of the top riders in the GP have parts of their engine cases coloured black, Jason Doyle (I think) was riding a snazzy looking humbug at the weekend with a black middle part. My question is are there performance parts or just decorative? It just used to be GM badge that was coloured, red, blue, green etc. again was that just decoration or performance related? TIA

I think the ref just had a strop on during the Redcar match, he pulled a few back

Is that a new rule? I'm sure I've seen movement from the back wheel in the past (on TV matches) and no action was taken

just bad luck

to be fair I think the topic has been started so that we as fans know what medical cover is in place at tracks around the country so we can make the decision before travelling I think the very small list of replies shows that the fans are pretty much in the dark as to what the medical cover is at tracks and are often reliant on "people in the know" that work/volunteer at tracks to come on here with the top secret information. Most of us probably just (naively) think adequate medical cover is in place to have meetings run to completion , which obviously hasn't been the case all the time at certain tracks

Maybe they'll go back to how Sky used to do it. Much as I enjoyed the Nige & Kelv double act, I quite liked the variety Sky used to give in the early days with Floppy & Johnno being the stand outs for me. It will also help to bring some commentary talent on as it's never good to have all your eggs in one basket

Pretty sure Brady said Puk was feeling under the weather

Puk feeling unwell according to their manager

I paid £30 for the Discovery+ subscription and so far it's been worth every penny for the Sam Ermolenko analysis... pure comedy gold

Actual footage from trackside of Sam Ermolenko and Peter Karlsson at the touchscreen

I'm guessing Buster wasn't there then... he may have blown a gasket

I remember the days when a team manager would come onto the PA system to apologise to the fans after a display like that, especially to the travelling fans after making what would have been an expensive journey, but no, I've checked the website out and it's just the usual one arm bandit of excuses... bad luck etc. no such thing, generally you make your own luck, funny how most of the time it's the same old riders having problems with their machinery. When the Panthers could get going they were slow out of the starts and then slower still when up to speed. Aces look the complete package now with the inclusion of Zagar, I wonder if Bewley had still been in the team if the performance today would have been so total (just asking). As usual the day's racing was fast and furious and I enjoyed it all, despite such lack lustre opposition

Don't mention the weather (war)... I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it!

Thanks @GiveusaB, and that's all it is, my opinion, counts for nothing at the end of the day, the thing that does count (for Speedway) though is the pound in my pocket and as far as Birmingham is concerned that is where it will stay until the promotion gets its act together. What on earth Laurence Rogers is doing commenting on what Speedway fans are saying is totally beyond me, I'm afraid in his position he should just be sucking it up and keeping shtum. I hope you have Speedway to watch at PB for many years to come

I think bile is a bit harsh, you may disagree with what I think, that's your prerogative, it's generally only @IronScorpion and yourself that bites... but then you're The Dog, so you would! And since I got the restraining order against @IronScorpion he's left me alone I'm not quite sure what you hope makes me happy? The fact that Birmingham have been teetering on the brink for the last few years? The fact that there have been numerous things go wrong, mostly of the promotions own making, over the last couple of seasons to further drive fans away? Maybe you think that I'm happy about the promotor having a go at so called "Keyboard warriors" when he should be concentrating on getting fans through the turnstiles and not driving them away? And I really don't know what you mean by randomly writing Pot and kettle... I'm sure you probably do but are unable to articulate it. I don't wait until a club folds and then say 'I told you so', I comment on the issues as and when they happen. And why would any potential fan be reading these forums? That would be pretty strange behaviour, they're far more likely to be reading the local rag, where all they'll ever read is that there's been another calamitous night at Perry Bar where the punters have been sent home short changed again. If I had enough money to be a, so called, promoter, Speedway is the last thing I'd sink my money into

A double certainty as it turned out.

All of a sudden the Peterborough side look their age... They do not like it up em!

because it's my right, as you said... honestly though I'll tell you why I'm complaining, it's because since I started supporting Speedway, I have seen the number of clubs in this country half and at this rate your club (assuming your a Brummies fan) will just be another ex-club, it's been on the brink for the last few years, why do you think that is? If you think about it, it's a pretty poor show that you can't attract a crowd to keep the club afloat in a city of 4.5 million people. Now you may think that the best way to attract people is to have a pop at some of them on the internet, the easiest ones to attract, those that know about Speedway and have probably been before. I, myself was blocked on Birmingham's Twitter earlier this season because I had the temerity to comment on the team they sent to Leicester on their opening night... the result, simple, I won't be going to Birmingham again while the current promotion is in charge, they have alienated me, it's a natural human response. I used to work in retail and their mantra was "Customer is King". Your Mr Rogers could do well to work by that mantra as at the moment all he seems to be doing is having a pop at his potential customers because they disagree with his highly successful operating model. Seems like Mr Rogers reads the forums, so I congratulate the promotion on providing the medical cover that really should have been there in the first place but why he felt the need to have a pop of (potential) punters I really can't fathom. As for Wednesday... I'll catch it on BSN All the best Iain

Sadly i can't go on Wednesday, there's some paint on the wall I need to watch dry

Most of what I've seen on here has been about the 2 heats for £10... which of course Rogers didn't mention, he was just sucking up to his bosses in a lot of what he said