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Poole have a team of gaters barring Cook and Newman They set the track up to give them the best opportunity and most of the time whoever gates at Poole wins Glasgow have a team full of racers and riders like Basso and Harris will be a joy to watch on a racetrack that gives them the opportunity to race not like at Poole where if they try and pass they go backwards You can’t moan at Poole for making the track that way and signing the riders to help them utilise the home advantage What other fans moan about is the blinkered vision of the Poole fans who say the track is great when clearly it is set up for their team of gaters At Ipswich I think 90% of our fans know we don’t have the best track but we admit that unlike the Poole fans I often hope Doyle and Emil miss the gate because the racing is awesome watching these two try and come through and sometimes they don’t but often I don’t mind them getting beat if the race has been good like the home meeting against Wolves was a 1-5 in heat 15 but the race was fantastic So come on blue tints …. You are the best team in the league and you built on your track being a gaters paradise and building a team of gaters ….nothing wrong in that sobwhuvyoubacnt admit it is beyond me

You have friends.

I would rather you stayed asleep.

So, really you have no business credentials, yet are happy to criticise him for for his "very limited business acumen". And what exactly is the financial mess at KL? Have you thought that Buster may need to liquidate some of his assets and/or move actual cash into the club, to dig the club out of the mess it has clearly been left in? This is not the work of a moment. The "incompetent fool Chapman" has kept Lynn in business for over 30 years, and saved Peterborough. This is not speculation or hear-say it is a fact. Yet many on here want to see him out of the sport... and for who? Nobody is queuing up to buy these clubs, there's some show ponies who are talking the talk, but when push comes to shove are not walking the walk

Marcins only had 3 away meetings in 2021, when he turned up at Armadale he thought it was the training track, and Berwick he couldn't turn the bike I think he scored one at Edinburgh and 0 at Berwick and then fairly decently at Poole. Look at his scoring at both tracks this year, not from reserve, which is why I don't understand the "let's get rid of Marcin" brigade.

Sometimes it is best to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open ones gub and have it confirmed.

Which is why one shouldn't go overboard when criticising those that do! I haven't got a high opinion of Keith "Buster" Chapman (slimy second hand car salesman who tells a lot of lies springs to mind! ) as a person with good reason but he's put a lot of his money and time into speedway since he first bailed out King's Lynn 31 years ago in 1992 and he is a genuine speedway enthusiast. Most people on this forum wouldn't be able to do what he has done in speedway so while its looks like his time in the sport has run its course and hes made mistakes like anyone does he should be given credit for the positive things he's done in speedway, a sport which only an absolute diehard would invest money into!

Amazing article on the Speedway GP website regarding preparations for the 2023 Cardiff GP. The shale is being analysed in a Newport Laboratory to ensure A 1 conditions on the day. I wonder if that is a spin on someone feeling under the tarp to ensure no water ingress !!

Your loss....once again this Ashes has been the greatest of sporting theatre.

The best comment from the Blue Rinse Brigade was: "That was Men Vs Boys" Must take a real set of balls to have "trick up your sleeve starts" and play follow the leader for four laps. I'll take the "throw it round the boards girlies" anytime

Sadly this topic is becoming a reflection of British speedway and it's crazy average driven team building system. In Luke's case comes back after injury scores fairly well and ends up in the main body of the team after 4 meetings which in our opinion for a new rider is a ridiculous state of affairs. Yesterday showed for us even though we were happy with his scores it's a big leap forward due to the way the heats are.

Chris Louis hasn't said that, the forum Chris has. Louis was defending Buster on Twitter.

He was going nothing at Lynn, his words. Alex Brady was running the show. Alex pulling out created the situation at Lynn. Buster is trying to save the club.

The track is a disgrace, the racing is crap, there's no passing, where's the crowd, rider x is a gating tart, why did the camera's miss that pass, Tatum's said this, er um er, Tatum's not said that, how can Louis say that about Chapman... blah, blah, blah, next match please

Everyone is busy watching the Cricket...

was under the impression there would be a collection for the Ben fund ? saw a post on Facebook that due to weather issues Ben fund collection will happen later in the season

I'm guessing, due to the incoming wet stuff, there was no time to have an interval/collection and by the sounds of it they got that right.

And how many of those are financially killing themselves by doing so? Also some (mentioning no names) still see the "need" to run Double Headers and (in my opinion) overcharge for the "privilege" of attending them and then have no fixtures in the next few weeks.

The Berwick NL crowds have got to be 1/3 of the Championship crowds. We’d all of preferred to see 2H2A with no NL rather than having 6 weeks without Championship meetings throughout the summer.

My business credentials are irrelevant and please don’t try to shoot the messenger. The fact is the financial mess at KL and PB (plus the farcical mismanagement during his time at BSPA) is all down to Chapman. He is the owner and he has the full responsibility and no one else.

Obviously I was being facetious but I don't want that particular fact to be forgotten. With regard to modern 4-valvers, I don't think the number of valves per se is the issue. Weslakes and first generation Jawa 4-valves really didn't seem markedly different to the 2-valves (they sounded similar and track records were not being obliterated for instance) and still suited the tracks of the time. It's the evolution of them into the high revving laydowns that aren't suited to current tracks that sees us where we are now.

Also a skewed fixture list which has seen Worky run 5 home vs 1 away fixture. Luke is equally prolific on the road so his average would have still risen but perhaps not as steeply. In contrast it shows the alarming lack of form of Harry as away his scores were often not great in previous years. No team will drop a 3 pointer who has been a 7 in the past but there is a limit to how many chances people get.

No serious business person would buy a speedway promotion just to generate tax losses. They would have to lose £40k to save £10k in corporation tax, costing £30k net. A serious speedway fan who is in business might though because it would only cost them £30k to pour £40k in to the money pit that is promoting British speedway.

FWIW I agree with you. There's no need for such expensive equipment if it was standardised. It would save costs and possibly even improve the show. But four-valve engines aren't the cause. Progress is. If rules stated 'two valves only' then we'd still be riding just as highly-tuned and expensive engines - the only difference is that they would have two-valves rather than four. People want a competitive edge and will spend to do so, and will push the rules as far as they can. A standard engine, two-valves or four, is in theory the solution but the sport couldn't afford it as a rule change. Someone would need to buy them. Current journeymen would probably quit because of the investment. Current equipment would become obsolete and worthless and the cost to police it would likely be prohibitive. Although, in theory, it would save money the investment needed would be beyond most stakeholders currently involved in the sport.

Not much picking and choosing this year. Barely enough meetings to remember what the sport’s like some months.

I'm Cook's defence after his first ride (after which he may have sussed out the track) he only lost to Douglas!

I can't understand why anyone would want bickley in? He's retired for a reason. He is never going to make it as a speedway rider.

Total Maniac is a bit harsh.

Agree. He is far from perfect, but he is a genuine enthusiast as you say. Stepping in several times to keep the Prem going, when no one else was willing to do. He can't take the blame for what's happened at Lynn this season either. He didn't pick the team or pay their wages. That was down to Alex. He has just stepped in again to try and sort a mess out. And as for the Panthers lack of funds, the word is that promised sponsor money, never came after a fall out with Tomalin. Leaving them on a "shoestring budget" . Whether you blame Buster for that or Tomalin, depends on whether you think Buster agreed that Tomalin could sign Holder, and then went back on his word, in which case you could blame Buster. Or did Tomalin know that Holder would never ride for a Buster club again after Holdergate, but went behind KC's back, and did the deal anyway. If that was the case Buster did nothing wrong, and the problem was created by Tomalin. That seems to be where things broke down between the two. Most PB fans think it was the first version, but right or wrong i firmly believe it was the latter.

Think it was the best possible move for Connor, his scoring round Ashfield at 6 was ridiculous, making double figures on multiple multiple occasions. Up at 2 he was holding his own too just doing the reserve shuffle between him an Danyon. Away from home he was the weakest tiger by a large margin, seeing him racing this year at 4 for Redcar at Redcar he's already a much improved rider and is only going to get better and better. His polish experience as well is going to only make him a more rounded and improved rider.

I thought you watched it illegally... being a Pirate and all that

By no means a classic but the boys got the job done! Special mentions to Bastian Borke and Lasse Fredriksen, you guys were worth the admission! For anyone that bought the stream, we can only apologise as right at the start we lost our internet signal, we hope that you still managed to catch the racing! Team spirit in the camp seems to be a high going into the cup semi next week, hopefully be a good one! Final massive shout out to the Monarchs fans in the crowd, hope you enjoyed the evening

I agree with your sentiment 100% but you’d not go in a restaurant every week if the food wasn’t good just cus you don’t want the restaurant to close - winning team isn’t the be all and end all for many all we want is good close racing feeling like you been entertained value for money ( certainly not worth £22 ) and for me not being taken for granted that you’ll turn up each week with 0% effort from the promotion to make fans feel valued. I certainly don’t want any club to close least of all Kings Lynn .

No need to apologise - Any image of anything related to Kings Lynn is dreadful

Don't be inviting more Poole fans to Ashfield, the poor first aiders will be rushed off their feet reviving them from the sheer shock of seeing passing.

I would see no reason why a motor couldn't do 120 races between rebuilds. A system where a tuner/prep company tenders for a contract to supply all riders in official races would be the way forward. All engines identical, to the tendered spec, tested, sealed and allocated at random. Motors leased by the riders and swapped when the service level is met. Rider can adjust gearing, fuelling and ignition, but nothing internal. It's a formula used by other sports and reduces costs and increases fairness. It would be my strategy if I was starting a speedway league today, but it's the least of the problems faced by British speedway at this time. As part of a five year plan though, it would be integral.

Nowt, but it's the taking part that counts

I think THJ is still banned!? Do you mean TJ?

Just doubled checked it (which I should have done in the first place - but I was 99% sure it was him!) So assuming he didn't have a guest in for him (Lynn have used a lot of guests at Poole over the years!) Then yes I must have got him confused with someone else. Sorry TJ! I might look into see who I am thinking of if I have a boring afternoon at some point. I will interested to know who it is now!

Thank you - I wish Posters would make it more clear what they’re commenting about! That’s a relief! Things are bad enough as they are !

Worrying comments by Chris Louis on Twitter. The sport needs to remove people like Buster Chapman from it if it has a chance of a future. A comment like that backing up one of the cartel shows why the sport is in the s*it. The BSPA have been very kind to him as Chapman was more than happy to close down Rye House after a couple of difficult months. Zero sympathy for the bloke & nice to see a bit of karma.

Who would buy a speedway club? It's going to haemorrhage money and you can't even run it like a business, as outside forces tell you how to run your business - what days you can operate, what contractors you can employ, and so on.

To be fair full team or not Belle Vue just don't win away. They are so dialled in at thier home track (with the setup known and kept closely within camp) but largely hopeless away. Plenty of teams like it, as a visiting team to have any chance you want to be going to Belle Vue in the early fixtures not once fully dialled in.

I completely agree with you Steve and hopefully we will get to gloat too one day when Glasgow gets their hands on some silverware. The sore point from the opposition fans, is that we know that the starts are deliberately doctored to disadvantage visiting riders. After the third bend, lap one you might as well get the chequered flag out cause the riding order doesn't change. Unless I've misinterpreted what Danny King and Richie Lawson were refering to on BSN? Last night at Glasgow there were two teams battling it out on a fair race track and there was more genuine passing there, then there will be at Wimborne Road all season. Last point. . . The way to a fair final, is to hold it at a randomly selected nuetural venue with a one off meeting. Where the riders will be left to determine who the best team is and not the track set-up.

Don’t understand the negativity around signing Boxall and yes I know the irony of me being positive for a change but it’s clear Boxall is trying to make a comeback and his scores on the IOW prove he’s still very capable. Perfectly sensible move bringing him in for a long term injured rider with a few meetings to go to see how he gets on with a view to next season for possible both the Bullets and Bandits? It certainly makes the Bullets meeting next week a lot more interesting for me and makes me much more likely to spend the money and hang around for it.

The overall sport is in the current situation due to many of those involved over the past two decades in particular.. Many of whom, I am 100% sure, have their "hearts entrenched in Speedway".. Capability, however, isn't an emotion..

I think it might have. Cookie in 13 and Picko in 15 both closed on Ryan and made attempts to pass him. Anyway it was Allen who got the roller in heat 13 and even then may have been caught on the line by Picko for third, but the ref didn't see that either. Great meeting from heat 8 onwards with Lasse in heat 8 and the very impressive Zach Cook in heat 14 passing both opposition riders for the win.

And there you have it - the exact approach that many promoters and the sport generally takes with regard to its customers! Those no longer attending/attending less regularly but still with an underlying love of the sport are dismissed with disdain when really these need to be listened too constructively Instead only happy clapper ar$elickers sycophantically tugging their forlocks submissivally are desired for conversation

Today Kowalski's carburettors were checked by the manufacturer, and were found to be legal. I wonder how many riders will put apologies on their twitter pages