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If you put on an event where people pay to get in, then you should have organised it well enough to allow the people to see what they have paid for. Not get caught out and have to abandon said event, because you haven't. That is the deal Simples Saw Peter Schroeck on FB saying 'people don't understand what goes on to organise a meeting'.......well i don't care what goes on, neither do i care what goes on to organise a football match or a music gig....i pay my money and expect what is advertised

The problem is when the weaker reserve thinks he's the better reserve or the people around him are telling him that.

"Phil Jeffrey doing a Martin Dixon on Martin Dixon" Love that comment. Great to be reminded of Mark Thorpe. We shouldn't forget in the context of George Congreve, that it took Mark a long time to discover the quickest way round Brough and we all know how good he was after that "light bulb" moment.

Translated it earlier.. They asked him "Who are going to finish bottom of the league in the UK?"...

I would call it off if 3 were absent.

Sources close to the Prime Minister tell me Newcastle have signed Charles Wright, Lewis Kerr and Erik Riss, so it all looks good for the Teesside Diamonds.

Wot a fantastic liddle race track Plymouth have. Despite the disappointing result for us Pirates the Gladiators won fair and square with some breathtaking racing. I was on the back straight near the exit of bend 2, wow being that close to the action on a small track really makes u feel the sport between yer do da's! Great to meet lewy as well, enjoyed our chat. Ere's to the return on June 22nd, at Poole, Gladiators ready?.........

What a ridiculous comment

just means another track lost grow up and talk sense

It wasn't Mr McGregor was it?

To be fair... He does ride more than anyone as well....

Someone as to make a change first. It happened to be belle Vue. if Ipswich had made this change first no one would have batted an eyelid but because it’s a rider like Zagar for Allen everyone is up in arms for absolutely no reason whatsoever

Care to expand? As i see it currently 3 sides (Berwick, Glasgow and Redcar) "generally" don't mess around with swapping reserves about too much / have a more even balance at the bottom end. The rest give one of the reserves 3 rides because they are required too. If thats the case then why no just do away with the additional rider and go 6 man teams? saves a whole lot of expense laying out for riders who are brought in to make up the numbers.

Im not suggesting anything as radical as team managers developing a conscience or feelings what im suggesting is changing the rules so managers can't swap the riders / reserves around quite so freely. So many results swing on reserves taking 7 rides and cleaning up whilst others get cut down to 3 rides. Its supposed to be a team sport, if riders are struggling on a night then the manager / team should all be rallying around to get a team performance rather than cutting riders adrift and in some cases publicly shaming them.

Apparently NKI was ill, as was Josh. Before the Wolves meeting Niels had averaged 7.55 from 2 home and 2 away cup meetings. That's ok, isn't it ?? Bjarne finished last season on 6.33

I don't think any of it is top secret information, clubs only have to follow the minimum requirement from the bspl. If this is not adequate then the bspl should change their rules?

May as well scrub that regulation from the book.... Speedway being speedway

Wolverhampton is the type of track that time has left behind. Just look at the those highlights from Belle Vue to see the difference between a proper speedway track and Wolverhampton. Given the apparently and reasonably strong fan base at Wolves, they should be looking for an alternative venue in the area because that track just doesn't fit in with modern European speedway.

Broc has put so much time money effort into everything this year his fitness, diet ,equipment even moved closer north to cut down the travelling and has been up practicing midweek to try keep him sharp dew to only riding one league here i think ,sometimes when your trying too hard to get things right you go backwards he just needs to go back to basics and try to get a few good race meetings and pretty sure he will come good . It was pretty crap that a couple of fans gave his some stick after the monarchs match because that won’t help him

Could just be hes not actually very good!! Cant see him ever moving out of the reserve berth to be honest

It is quite straight forward , and obviously you have either not read or not understood the regulation. See earlier postings on this thread.

Wow didn't see that coming. Great effort from the gladiators with only 4 of their own riders

6 points down again this season

I just don’t like seeing riders lock up so much on bend two that they’ve almost come to a complete stop before they get their wheels back in line and get going again up the back straight. Will never look particularly appealing to me. You also had riders taking the wide line on bend 2 who for a split second looked like they were about to pass, who then lost so much ground to the rider nailing the white line that by the time the rider on the inside got to the 3rd bend the bloke behind him was nearly half a straight behind! That can’t be right can it?

Dave Watters according to the programme.

Can't believe Ipswich have been allowed to do this... Nowhere near 25% of matches completed... No point having rules... (Or indeed, regulations)... Is there? Might as well as give them the title now.... I blame Poole...

Not as Baffling as putting Batchelor at 5, should've put him at 2 and Riss at 5 if he wanted Danny at 3. Can only see an away win.

Peterborough v Belle Vue and Ipswich v Sheffield are the next 2 on TV on Monday 9th and 16th May respectively.

No it doesn't.You can make a change after the 25% of league matches and not before.The season started officially for many clubs at the start of the league cup.You have to declare your 1-7 before the season starts and then no changes until the the 25% has been concluded.I don't think it is hard to understand.In the past i have enjoyed many posts from Belle Vue fans thought them to be down to earth and honest.Some of them though just seem to have the blinkers on for this rule.

You have to go and read the regs Phil.Clearly states you have to declare your 1-7 before the start of the official season,from this point no transfers can be made until 25% league matches are complete. Pretty sure they will now make an amendment to the rules as 2 clubs have now broken them.Expect a supplementary reg to put in at some point this season,or maybe they will just let it wash over as usual.

The problem with Wolverhampton and other small tracks is that you don't get any real sense of speed - it looks slow and therefore frankly, not very thrilling. At places such as Belle Vue even when races are strung out there is a sense of exhilaration because the action is so fast. Re the presentation, I hope Kelvin will follow the example of his late and beloved partner and display some honesty about the quality of the meeting because Nigel Pearson would almost certainly have made some reference to the fact that last night's meeting wasn't the best one we've seen.

I don't see how you can argue that if you've actually read the regulation. [12.2] It states "A team's initial declaration .... FACT Cameron Heeps is in Ipswich's initial declaration. The section concludes with "...a transfer window opens after 25% of league matches ..." FACT 25% of league matches have not yet been ridden - therefore transfer window has yet to open. nb The 28 day nature of Allen's signing makes Zagar's position somewhat indeterminate from the regs as written. (Always a bad sign if you read the regs and still can't determine the correct outcome) Personally I think it is a daft regulation and the BSPL should put their hands up and admit they made a mistake, remove the regulation and allow team changes subject to the usual points limit/average restrictions.

Bluster from Louis,but in the light of Belle Vue with Zagar they have to allow this change. I had a good read of the regs yesterday and from your initial 1-7 which you have to name before the start of the season(back in March)you cannot make a change until after 25% of PL matches are complete.

I had a scalextric 400 ooh maybe in the late seventies reminds so much of plymouths toy track..they are so bitter about us Dan especially the 2 obvious loud mouths

Wow Steve. Why you obsessing about what people are eating? Fat shaming kids, real classy!

Kelv says home fans on their feet,,,, that's cos there isn't any seating Kelv

Monmore Green really is a terrible race track.

Not really seeing as both had to do the changes before the league starts, you know as per the rules.

Timing covers can be swapped from the standard cast items to bling CNC aluminium ones, maybe better heat dispersion. Some are also vented. The main part the riders have different between engines is either is on the head covering the cam end. These "badges" are available from GM in 3 or 4 colours and there are also bling aftermarket ones with fins etc. Bjerre engines have their own CNC milled ones with Bjerre Motorsport engraved on them (or they did when we had some of their Jawas). This is easiest to spot from the stands. Some riders also have names for engines usually engraved on the timing cases or they refer to them by the tuner serial numbers.

There was a few inappropriate comments last night on the Wolves Lynn thread that should really of been reported as well

kyle has all his own equipment over there

Recall that Ken McKinlay used to have a white engine cover!

Could just say the forecast was heavy rain all day

Perfectly summed up really and I agree with your last point. Any changes still have to fall within the points limit anyway as always so not sure why they’ve brought this rule in in the first place.

My goodness, the voice of reason. Wolves biggest loss has been Doc Bridgett. When he was doing the preparation Wolves consistently won track of the year awards, you could ride anywhere on the track and the racing was superb. It was praised by virtually all riders.So the logical conclusion is that there nothing particularly wrong with the shape, but the preparation needs to be spot on, and maybe that is what we haven't got at the moment.

Awful track!!! Always makes for terrible tv

Fair enough...I thought we looked really good in our first meeting but now I'm thinking...are Ipswich just really really bad!?...can't remember getting beaten that badly since the annual Lakeside away hammerings.

A double certainty as it turned out.

Alex Brady says all 4 lynn cup matches went to last heat deciders If only Ipswich had known that was the case at the AFA Monday when being 53-31 behind at ht15

We are still trying!