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No surprise Glasgow get good crowds, they promote properly.

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The Facenna regime have done as much as can to make a Speedway night out a success and have improved the crowds.They deserve a lot of credit given the state the sport is in.

Very decent meeting tonight Both teams played a part even though the score flattered Birmingham a bit. Redcar were always in control. The Bears will be a real threat at play off time. With an excellent heat leader trio, two firing second strings and a points scoring reserve they will be a handful for anyone. Having been both furious and appalled at the actions of no less than three promotions over the last week or so (and those three won't get any money off me for a while) I was most impressed tonight. For a start, in the programme Jitendra Duffil directly addressed fans concerns (are you watching Plymouth) over entry fees last week, and agreed to fund reductions where necessary. He then went to express his gratitude for the support that he had been given after the previous weeks meeting. The programme also had an interesting article about set ups, which we here a lot about but which to some are a complete mystery. Then we had the brilliant sight of youngsters on the centre green dancing with Smoggy the mascot, some of whom were from the radiation affected arears of the Ukraine and Belarus, who had all been equipped with the requisite Redcar flags. Finally, there was Roy Clarke speaking to a young lady who had just got engaged and the playing of Cliff Richard's 'Congratulations'. All in all, 10 out of 10 for the promotion and to pay them a huge compliment, in terms of family atmosphere you were right up there with Isle of Wight. PS Pleasure to meet Sidewinder tonight but slightly perturbed that he knew who I was. One promotion will definitely have me in their gunsights

Its sad that some are trying to be snidey at and belittle what should be seen as a greatly positive achievement to raise attendances to this level It shows the way that others should try to emulate

It might handicap them, but it won't bankrupt them. Expensive foreign imports nearly put the club out of business in its EL days. If it wasn't for Bob Dugard the club wouldn't be alive today.

Quite enjoyed that meeting. Track was a bit slick due to the expected rain that never came but still a fairly decent night. Felt the Bears were fairly comfortable throughout the night, but Birmingham still put up a decent fight. Good solid effort for the Bears, and Stewart and Andersen thoroughly deserved heat 15. Sgood to see Woolley in the mix, brought the house down with his point! Birmingham battled hard, and thought Castagna in particular was excellent value. From what I had read on here, expected a white line hugger but he was anything but tonight - very entertaining!

I enjoyed the meeting too - some excellent races and the patched up Brummies team gave a good show (helps having a couple of ex Bears riding as guests). Paco was very entertaining to watch. Bears look a very solid team now and we have yet to have Riss ride at home. Biggest cheer of the night reserved for Woolley getting his point. Loved seeing the kids having a great time with Smoggy (who always does an excellent job)

Weakened this stronger that,,, who cares, out of the two teams on display last night Poole won fair and square, poole also won last week fair and square,,,, currently Poole are the better team.

Can't wait for the debate of who is 'weakened the most..'

There's irony for you, someone coming in, as a replacement, for the person, who replaced them initially.

It's not being fickle, it's being sensible. The cost of fuel and the journey time is bad enough, without gambling with a dodgy weather forecast. It's down to the individual to weigh up the risks.

Home many aliases per team ? Is it one or two for every team in the UK or have you broadened out into Europe .

Perhaps because we didnt lose at Wolves.....

No. Sam Masters guests and we have Ben Barker at 5 with Ulrich switching back to 2

I think the “track issues” at Poole should drop off the agenda now that Poole has: 1/ Taken remedial action. 2/ Are using a Bar Grader instead of the cow plop blade. 3/ Had the the track standard “audited” by an independent “expert”.

Every weather forecaster has its positives and negatives, probably none better than looking out the window and forecasting yourself.

And they all like each others comments......

Another thing going in Ben's favour Scunny are at Edinburgh in a couple of weeks

Well 2 wins over the mighty witches in the space of a week, and still not a peep from the King of stats

Feels a bit like Poole are running scared of the witches. They think they should beat us but know on our day we could easily take them over 2 legs...

Just goes to show if one is going to be a poo stirrer it pays to check your facts first

Criminal is the word i would use esp when u think it was left alone when not used between 1987 -1999, town board have alot to answer for, but as have said before hit them where it hurts in the pocket dont go to town games go to haven instead.

Maths not your strong point? Max points Poole could have scored was 7pts. We only got 3 at Ipswich! So the score is Poole 6pts from 7, Ipswich 1pts from 7.

Nothing is ever won in July as you often bang on about

neil basically done the track as normal ray, however following the referees report from the last home meeting complaints from two riders were followed up,the head honcho was going to be at poole but he sent his deputy who arrived wed,thought the track was good, he was there all day thurs observing and monitoring track prep,apparently he was more than pleased and gave track staff and track a big thumbs up,so well done to neil and the team

There seemed to be an increase in the numbers watching the meeting, I expect it to rise again against Belle Vue next week.

How? not so long ago Wells was one of the top riders in the PL. he should be beating kennett and allen espiecially.

I would keep Ben Barker, might not be as good as Jason at the EWR but I think he is probably better on the away tracks. If Scunny are going to reach the play offs they are going to need to win away at least once more, Berwick and Birmingham are the best chances both tracks Barker would be handy at.

To be fair, Smoggy is the star of the show. She is so talented and the kids love her. The BSPA should recruit her, to entertain, during the intervals at the big events.

I recorded and started watching the recent Peterborough v Aces match and because of the crashes and hold ups new it wouldn't finish in the allocated time slot.So I recorded the following boxing show and watched the end of the speedway at the beginning of this!

Current forecast for tomorrow https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2655819

Don’t panic min

There promoting of the sport is up there with the best speculate to accumulate. It looks as if it is beginning to pay dividends with the increase in crowd levels. It is easy to be negative all the time rather than looking at the positive side.

PROBABLY the latter but thanks anyway

How is that running scared? Sounds like we know Ipswich are a good team and not getting too overconfident. Ipswich could have done with that approach the other week!

It is always expected that Poole win!

wow whats with the compliments....blow up dolls have a use!

Like the way emphasis on "weakened" team , as if none of the other teams may be carrying injured riders....

But didn’t win either.

Would rather have barker at least he's not a gating tart like pickering lol

Have better things to do than sift through nineteen pages of garbage but I think both teams will be happy with the outcome, Ipswich’s form has dropped off a bit but plenty of time to regain momentum over the next couple of months before the Play Offs. Poole have coped admirably without Kurtz and I don’t think either team needs to fear anybody in the Play Offs, both capable of winning it if they have luck on their side. Will be interesting to see if another contender can gain momentum over the next 6-8 weeks and come through to win it.

Finals a different ball game baldman

The guest question has been mulled over by people more knowledgeable than us ever since league speedway came into being . How do you replace an unavailable rider who has lost only one heat on home shale all season . You cant , it would be like Belle Vue trying to replace Ivan Mauger in 1969 . The mere nature of our sport means the guest facility in this sort of instance is better than any other answer .

Track is not up to standard tonight. Too dry.

TJ doubtful for this week-end I would think.

In them shorts!!!

ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA,ALLELUIA Round 2 from Torun is live on Eurosport 2 at 5pm on Saturday July 27th.

Sneaky feeling the Aussies won’t be far away