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Without meaning to sound mean to Cami or Complin, that's literally his job. A reserve for a team using r/r has to be prepared for 7 rides. The most important meeting if the year, gotta make sure he can do 7 heats if needed, ask the club for help with a mechanic, make sure 2 bikes are set up, club could plan when to grade the track to give him extra time. It could end up being the difference between winning the league & finishing second.

Did you write for the Daily Sport in a previous life? It's about as believable

So Glasgow come down to Wimborne Road with a huge 14 point lead. Pirates fans can almost give out a sigh of relief that it’s not 22-24 points, as it was looking to be heading that way after heat 8. But like the champions they are, Poole rallied well and actually won the second half of the meeting by a couple of points. But make no mistake, 14 points is a huge lead and defendable. If Pirates don’t start on the front foot it could all be over by heat 11. But there is a chance. Glasgow are clear favourites and who can stop Bomber in the form he showed tonight? He rides Poole well and if he is backed up by Tarasenko and Basso it will be enough. We need all the boys to be on their best form straight from heat 1, like Glasgow were tonight. Can Pirates pull off Mission Impossible: Back From The Dead?

may the best team win, preferably the Scottish one

Vlad had problems with his first bike some sort of vibration after ht 11 and jumped on his spare bike which was set up the same but was a bit too strong for his last ride in ht 13 i think his mechanic fixed his first bike and was out having a lap to see if it was sorted i think it was a snapped bottom frame bolt

Like normal then.

Now if Lee had come out and said this I would accept it. But he has made the exact same mistake in the exact same heat the past two meetings, he only got away with it last week as the ref called an all 4 back and Ace was injured. I’m sorry but I’m not buying that one.

012.4.4 Rider Replacement (RR) Facility allows the absent rider’s programmed rides to be shared out between other team members (including any Guest riders), subject to: - a) the rider who by MA is directly above the absent rider and all riders below may take one RR each b) a reserve can have more than one RR c) RR is not permitted in Heat 15 d) only one position per team may be declared as RR e) a nomination once made cannot be changed f) A rider nominated as an AR may, at the Team Managers discretion, take any ride at any time in heats 1-14, apart from the protected riders position in heats 2 and 8. Whilst the minimum ride rule does not apply, the maximum number of rides is 7. Bedtime

Pijper does not have to take an r/r ride. Complin x 2, Brennan, and Tarasenko can take the 4 rides. And Complin can then take one of Pijpers programmed rides to have 7 rides to Pijpers 3.

Yea she was in the bar afterwards

This is the problem with British speedway IMO. Teams of course want home advantage but where possible tracks should be prepared for the best racing that can be provided and with the crowd in mind, not how the home riders want it.

Middlo gets some stick,but conducts himself well when interviewed.He’s been there and done it and is a Top Bloke.

Over 53 years 300 plus riders have ridden for the Panthers, if these riders particularly wanted to go nothing was stopping them from attending. As for those who wanted to go but didn’t get invited, really, is it that important to for ex riders to think they need to get invited for free to consider attending the very last match at the Showground.

It was tongue in cheek woooosh.

Lee Complin has the biggest balls and heart in that side, he rides with a f***ing trailing leg !!! So the shoe bit is beyond me, he just got two points in heat 11. I am convinced Lee would've ridden with his arm in a cast and a pair of flip flops if the side needed him. Either someone's made a mistake, or someone's been told to put Ace out.

When about a dozen people disagree with you on the r/r ruling, is it not time to consider, you may be the one who has the rules wrong?

No Cami, you're wrong.

Was only 4/5 races probably last night. The biblical rain and time of the year obviously had an effect on it. Fact was any kind of passing or racing I thought was huge testament to the track staff. Sorry to be broken record but as with Ipswich at Sheffield and Sheffield at Ipswich we're running the biggest meetings of the season at the least optimal time of the year. Why do we run Bsn trophy at start of season for example and not end? Go straight into league racing could have it wrapped up by end of August and then can move onto a tournament that sure teams would like to win but if run in poor conditions then more acceptable imo. Might even extend some clubs seasons who don't make play offs too (not in terms of more meetings but fans not having any home matches after August can't be easy)

Lisa did not say there wasnt any passing . Glasgow .Ashfield is one of the best racetracks we have especially now Peterborough has gone and racing is usually terrific .

Much worse things have been said at speedway tracks. If Woffy wants to be back, I'm sure Sheffield will more than welcome to having him back.

There wasn't masses of passing last night. Only towards the end of the meeting when Bomber didn't gate. Even Basso couldn't find a way past in H15.

Not me!

A racer on a proper racing circuit. Priceless:

"He's not the Messiah, he's just a very naughty boy.........". Apologies couldn't help myself

Pretty much gate and go earlier, only really Harris that was doing any proper passing although Joe and Vadim had a good race.

@Phil spamming & name calling.

"There have been a total of 152 public responses to the plans with 151 being objections" - if they throw a wobbly at that then AEPG's planning applications are at 1400, most of which are objections, and they think that they'll quickly iron out the issues raised. They'll need an additional planning application to store the steamrollers they'll need to smooth out their cock up!

Sorry people. Sarcasm is perhaps not called for. I've no idea of the difficulties that Birmingham have had re-staging this event. I just want to see the competitors on track racing for, what is to them, an important achievement in their careers. I've become a big fan of the youth arm of our sport. I've learnt a little, just how difficult it is for young riders to break into an expensive career. And putting "U19 / U21 champion" in your CV is a big thing. I really hope this meeting doesn't fall off the end of the fixture list.

Interesting that the last part says (my highlight) 'AEPG has previously said that the DHL car storage operation is a means for the venue to secure an income until two outline planning applications to build 1,500 homes and a leisure village on the Showground, which is owned by the East of England Agricultural Society, are considered by the council. However, officers will tell councillors next week that a decision is not expected to be made on these applications in the near future.' With any luck AEPG will run out of money before the applications are determined I've queried with the Council why it has put a statement from AEPG about the loss of speedway on it's website as though it is fact, without clarifying that this does not represent the Council's view AEPG Statement regarding Peterborough Panthers use of East of England Showground - Peterborough City Council Update: quick response from the Council as follows From: Communications <Communications@peterborough.gov.uk> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 1:18 PM Plng Control Enquiries <planningcontrol@peterborough.gov.uk> Subject: Re: https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/news/aepg-statement-regarding-peterborough-panthers-use-of-east-of-england-showground Hi xxxx, We added the statement to the PCC website on request of the council's Leader Wayne Fitzgerald, who spoke about this issue during a recent ' Ask the Leader' session. We will add a line to emphasise that this statement is APEG's view and not the councils. Kind regards, Ken. Many thanks, The Communications Team

As I said on the other thread unfortunately I think Glasgow had a chance to take the tie by the scruff of the neck but failed to take it, six lasts in the final seven heats last night killed their hopes. They needed a lead of 20+. Poole to win comfortably on aggregate.

Kyle Bickley 2018 won the treble with Workington

But the point of the play-offs isn’t to get big crowds, it’s to decide who wins the title… isn’t it?

Allied Presentations signed a 99 year lease with Reading Council in 1974 for the Smallmead land, as already stated for whatever reason a new shorter lease was agreed at some point between council and Allied (under the stewardship of the Dore family). I assume for a cheaper rent In 2001 Allied sold out to Gaming Intl who spent a few quid on stadium bars to bring them up to H&S standards! In 2008 council didn’t offer an extension to short term Lease and sold Smallmead site, a new piece of land (close to existing site a former MX track) was offered several years before that to GI who gained planning permission to build a racino (speedway, dogs and Casino) of course surprise surprise it never happened and eventually the council sold that piece of land off for industrial use. The original Smallmead site lies barren but for match day football parking a lot of people have a lot to answer for - but prospects for speedway in town are about as close to zero as you can get.

You should clearly be a team manager!?

Joe probably let heat 2 get into his head. Most Glasgow fans probably thought it was a rightful exclusion while Poole fans though it was a harsh decision with Joe in front at the time of Ace's off!

Tarasenko was on his spare bike in his last two rides

Thompson beat Tarasenko from the back.

All these young” throttle jockeys” should watch Bomber entering the bends when chasing opposition,understeering to keep the speed up the swooping round he outside out of bend a true masterclass of throttle control and “balls”.Plus he is loving it.That was some display he gave last night.IMO

Being serious, I don't think playoff matches should be allowed to finish with less than 15 heats.

His steel shoe could only manage 6 tonight. After all it’s a big ask for a steel shoe to do 7 rides in 14 heats.

Total bollocks. He's embarrassing. Complin would have bitten his hand off for 7 rides.

Can somebody grab the pdf for the rulebook and quote it, some of us have work in the morning.

It really is that simple!

That's not the rule. They are eligible to take a ride. It's not a requirement. If they so choose, one reserve can take all four (although you'd then need a reserve switch in one of their own).

And your answer is still total bollocks.

Total ineptitude by our team manager. Even if Glasgow win this tie, which is pretty unlikely, Brown has to go. Anyone who cannot see that Ace was guaranteed to be last and that Complin "might" not be, isn't good enough.

That's because the fans are the "least important thing" in speedway.

A lot hinges on Tarasenko.He is a class act though.If it’s a slick track I fancy him too do well.The reserve races hold the key Tigers look weak.

View from trackside around 12 o clock, looks surprisingly good

You inevitably become too comfortable in your own surroundings.. The Aussies come half way around the globe and head to Britain, Poland or Sweden.. No surprise that a fair proportion of those that do it, go on to a much higher level than their UK counterparts... The Poles usually stay put and develop, but they run the risk of losing a team place if they don't perform, given the potential over there of so many, hence they either develop upwards or disappear quickly from the upper echolons....