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The thing that has really made my visits to Oxford a pure pleasure is the atmosphere - packed crowd, huge waves of emotion as the drama unfolds. Like you I'm a fan of local rivals through and through (Racers rather than Robins) but it is impossible not to get wrapped up in the excitement.

You need a trip to specsavers. Harris booed for the rest of the meeting - while Jenkins was the hero of the night, clearly not 100% after Harris wiped him out but continued in the meeting and took vital points in 12 and 14. Vissing also sent Jordan flying in Heat 14, as finally the ref took his red and white specs off and excluded a Glasgow rider. Brilliant backs-to-the-wall stuff from Oxford, while Glasgow chucked away a golden opportunity.

I have absolutely nothing against you having an opinion……it’s the incessant repeated posting of that same opinion that gets on peoples proverbials ……. Oh….and you say there are plenty riders out there to sort out the Tigers team. Just tell me who they are, what average they will come in on and what rider/riders you would drop to accommodate them?

For me there are a few main reasons BSN is a more entertaining watch The main one is the pace of the meeting, Eurosport/Phil Morris control that for there meetings and it drags it out something chronic there is no need for a speedway meeting to be a 2.5hr affair from start to finish unless there is an incident. Whereas BSN have no control over this and just cover the meeting as it goes so it flows so much better and keeps you involved. 2nd is the BSN has more characters in their coverage, while I think Scott does a fantastic job on Eurosport he is perhaps a bit more polished than a Greg Blair or Adam Roynon type but those guys can be themselves a bit more on bsn than the presenters on Eurosport can I’d say lastly while bsn do cover premiership the majority is still Championship and for my money that is a far more entertaining league.

His performances in the premiership this season mirror that including whooping Emil and Doyle around Foxhall earlier in the year, so not just that league.

The Poole fans measure all the other clubs crowds against their 5,000 they get each week....

This might be an unpopular opinion but would it be fair to say that Bewley has been a little disappointing in an Aces racesuit this year bearing in mind his accomplishments in the GP's and Extraliga/Elitserien?

We have an entertaining team who won't win the league with the current line up. Getting new riders in seems very difficult these days. So we will just have to make do with thrilling speedway for another year, there's worse places to be.

Good to see so many Pirates fans making the journey to Perry Barr last night, haven't seen Steve Shov for about 15 years so good to have a chat. The Pirates on the min-bus certainly were good voice on arrival and all seemed to make it safe and sound back from their visit to the Wetherspoon's over the road from the Stadium. On track, clinical stuff from Poole from the off meant it was game, set and match after 3 heats. Mini-bus of Brum fans heading down to Wimborne Road for the return next week.

If it goes to one division I doubt there will be few teams able to afford the luxury of a GP rider both financially and average wise. As.much as its nice to watch the great riders it gets a bit boring watching them win by the length of a straight. Well balanced teams is one of the things required to get British Speedway back on track.

Yeah, Scott's really got it sorted this year, something's clicking that had been missing for a bit. It's great to see him doing well.

Sometimes you talk sense and then other times not so much. If you knew how a team was going to perform pre season then you'd be the richest TM in the league. Oxford Gambled big time with two, two pointers, had Atkins and Kinsley struggled and not increased they're averages they would be in the big poo, with fans screaming "why did you gamble" there would be absolutely nothing they could do. Henry Atkins putting 3+ points on his average in 2 1/2 months is more than Basso could do on his all last season, what that means is that a struggling Heeps is know the experience at 6. If they had Lewi fit at 3 I genuinely think they'd have a chance to push Poole for the trophy. Glasgows Gamble was on Lee complin, Nobody else and if you look at the GSA he is the ONLY rider not performing. Had he managed to do a fraction of what Henry has done (put two points on his average, bearing in mind he was racing against a lot of 2 pointers.) then if Nowak or Claus struggled, regardless we would've had a strong #6. The reality is he didn't and there's noone to replace him with. 2 seasons ago the club dropped Justin when he was struggling, do you think for one minute they are holding onto Lee because they think he can improve?

O….M….G We heard you the first time…..umpteen posts ago. You seem to think you are going to make things change by keeping saying the same thing OVER and OVER and OVER again. If your obsession is to win everything that’s going, it’s maybe time to support another team. The team Glasgow put together was impressive in most peoples eyes and was relying on a few riders improving on their starting average. Unfortunately, Lee has not reached the level expected but where do we go from here? Please tell us exactly what you would do right now…….who would you drop and who would you sign to resolve the situation.

My lad and his mates went and stood with the Poole fans for a short time on bend one. They said it was a wild atmosphere. What other sport could you do that!

He just likes to stick the knife in.

Think you're being a bit too harsh on their team selection. All of Glasgow's top 5 have upped their averages, so who would you replace to start with a stronger reserve? Pre-season I thought Complin was worth a go, obviously he's not hit the form anyone is wanting. Ace is also doing his job, so don't agree with suggestions I've read that it was a year too soon to step up. While Heeps did well at reserve, don't forget he's in that position because Akins has gone from a 2.0 to a 5.5 rider this season, who would have anticipated that? If that was Pijper, Vissing could have dropped to reserve, ditto any team with a 2.00 rider!

The trouble is too many promoters have a take it or leave it policy what should be happening is a meet and greet autograph session with all the riders. Opportunity to have your photo with your favourite riders and sit on a bike maybe. Anyone who shares it on social media is entered into a draw to win a pair of free tickets etc the accesability of the riders is unique to our sport yet we don’t use it to promote. The promotion needs to promote !!!!

Good luck to the riders deciphering the contracts before they sign them.

Must be a figment of my imagination that Workington and Oxford have reopened in last 18 months......

And that’s the problem riders get penalised by losing there team place by being consistent and increasing there average. This should never happen. Building to a 40 point limit is not only laughable but is a ridiculous scenario for teams who want to progress rather than the teams who vote this through every year.

Not sure but I am leading a group of around 60 to Wrocław next week. As part of that, especially for those who haven't been there before, I've created a document with a list of things to see and do around the city. If you haven't been before, or are interested in a copy of the document, PM me your email address and I'll happily forward it to you.

Nathan ABLITT Kyle BICKLEY Ashton BOUGHEN Alfie BOWTELL Steve BOXALL Max CLEGG Luke CRANG Sam HAGON Elliot KELLY Harry McGURK Sam McGURK James PEARSON Max PERRY Ben RATHBONE Adam ROYNON Jack SMITH Ben TRIGGER Last rider TBC… On Workington's website

The person who said he had been dropped did so a couple of days before he rode at Leicester. He then got injured two days later practicing in Denmark and was advised to rest for seven days, he supplied a medical certificate to the club. He is scheduled to return to racing next week as long as his injury has cleared up, which I think it will have. There’s no hmmm about it.

Poole will win the trophy but hopefully Tigers can at least win the meeting, even if only by 2 points and superb racing to entertain the fans

Why is it when we lose , poor old Lee or Marcin or anybody else suddenly isn't good enough . We scored 38 points at the track of the team currently top of the league . If Oxford can keep Heeps at reserve , they must be in with a decent chance come the play offs . Certainly we do look a bit vulnerable at reserve , but things can quickly turn around . We've in all likelihood done enough already to make the play offs , then its a clean slate and on the night anything can happen . I wouldn't write us off just yet .

Seems the German motorsport association have had a study done and found up to 80% of CO2 is caused by the fans. So speedway having very few fans are emmiting far less CO2 than other motorsports. Which is nice https://www.dmsb.de/de/ueber-uns/leitbild-und-werte/nachhaltigkeit/file/288080

Precisely this. If they have stopped using the product already then they have either stopped caring or began to care less and less. They have to start getting fans to care again with a good product first and foremost.

Perhaps Birmingham needs to ask the BSPL to allow turbans instead of helmets to bring in a few locals to the sport ..

Scott Nichols is still Top Class in this League,everything is effortless and controlled having a great season.

You joke but we did used to get that in the early 2000s! I remember Poole and Oxford were fighting it out to be league champions in 2001 (in those days you had to finish top for that!) and I had to get out of work before my normal 5pm finish, otherwise by the time I get there I wouldn't be able to see anything. In those days fans as started queuing at 3pm! I miss that! When Mark Loram was world champion and first home meeting back the crowd was 7000!

Good to see the Ox doing well still unbeaten, and decent crowds still in their second season back, one of the few shining lights in British league speedway. Masters signing was a masterstroke, best rider in league with Scotty. Was at this fixture last year, a 5-1 heat advantage in last heat gave Ox victory, won by guest Bomber, some great racing and fantastic atmosphere. Quite a few Swindon fans travel up the a420 for their speedway fix, great to see speedway still running successfully in the Thames Valley, after their 15 year wait. Good set-up at Sandy Lane, hope to visit again soon. Good luck for rest of season.

Obviously there is little anyone can do about the weather, though there is more fixtures being called off due to a poor forecast than ever before, not necessarily a bad thing. But what is clear is that the Berwick fixture list for this season has been a complete shambles, with so many blank Saturday`s it very easy to lose track of what is actually happening and easier still to find something else to do with your Saturday nights.

Watched this on BSN. Why is speedway always more entertaining on BSN than it is on Eurosport? I enjoyed the coverage despite the delays. On Eurosport I've often lost the will to live after about 5 heats. Oxford also looked nice on the telly. The pits on the back straight works well in that context. Nice to see Oxford have a scoreboard up on the back straight too. It's a major bugbear of mine that so many stadiums don't have that. I might even be tempted to pay Cowley a visit this year now. One moment Lee Complin is the brightest prospect in British speedway - the next, he's a veteran struggling at reserve. Where did my life go?

Cami and his sound bites are embarrassing, if we can see we’re the problems are why can’t he. I just wish he would call it like it is instead off talking sh*te we know it’s sh*te and so does he.

What about that heat15 Scotty Nichols truly amazing in that race another gem served up at sandy lane

While I hope Kings Lynn remain open the attitude of use it or lose it has to be eradicated from Speedway. In any other walk of life it would be seen as emotional blackmail. If you have a business you have to work to ensure customers return, not threaten them with closure if they don’t buy your product.

I thought you went too top heavy too tbh. Way more than we ever did in last 2 seasons! But JJ and Atkins have done really well. I'll start worrying if and when you beat us on aggregate though. Last time at Poole we won by 14 and last time at Oxford we lost by 14, so getting really close! The meeting at Poole in August will be interesting for the BP. Big crowd I reckon! Anyway Gaz will start moaning in a min as not talking about Glasgow ..

Ragdoll u are saying the same thing again and again so pot kettle black...gI've named riders & said there are many riders if u look which there are ...don't come out with the crap there's no riders about anywhere utter nonsense ...like I said if u pay attention edinburgh got a dane borke who wasn't in the UK .. it's called looking

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Poole won't

Just for clarification, its the Fords that do the Poole team building/contracts etc - not Middlo! Middlo does all the rider motivation and 'on the day' tactical stuff for Home meetings, whilst Havvy does the same at most of the weekend away meetings! ps. have you heard of 'punctuation'? pps, as for Cami's post meeting comments with Hayley on BSN, I thought they were replaying his comments from the Poole meeting!

Agree about the score..... Disagree about the small crowd? I thought it was well attended.....well, it was compared to all our previous meetings!? The track was very slick and the racing was 'dour'! I can see why Plymouth released Starke!?

from all the two pointers, definitely not who I'd pick at the start of the season, but what an improvement. With Marcin only needing 4 meetings for his CMA this year and based on his 2021 scoring it was always going to put a big gap between our reserves and #2. Oxford gambled with 2x2 pointers and it's definitely paying off.

Thought he done well a couple of weeks ago at Glasgow for Redcar.

Be a pleasure

Oh dear the forum police are back.

I don't know... the obvious thing to do would be to have a large screen showing the broadcast with the audio piped through the PA system at the track

Luke Harrison

There was the Scottish Skier who bought If I remember correctly Vicks Nasal Spray over the counter in America/Canada and failed a test as the one over there contains something on the banned list whereas the UK one is OK. I always find it amazing how many professional cyclists suffer from asthma

Most of them could phone in their changes... I think the value of a team manager these days lies more in the role of rider coach/mentor/motivator