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Also the secrecy of speedway crowds coming back to bite. No figures at all.

He's tying himself up in knots, because the questions are rather disingenuous from Goat-face but he's trying to make the answer positive which sounds worse than just saying no.

I really don't like that Mr Goat-face.

There is some very weaselly talk about what counts as participation. It's a bit of a blunt instrument being so literal.

That was my assumption, as supposedly he's fairly wealthy. You have to be to throw money away at speedway after all.

It just becomes conspiracy theory nonsense with some of them. Plus those acting in the know or claiming that things were different with Nick Morris, who led them a merry dance and was lucky not to be given a life ban.

Oh I’m already seeing an argument developing on a Lions FB page between me and a staunch defender. I gather that he could shoot up in front of them and be considered innocent!

I’m assuming that given the amount of injuries sustained in a speedway year there is a list of allowable substances and or ability to declare what might be present. Given that Richie was adamant there was nothing at all I’ve not got much sympathy at present. I can only see two outcomes - lying or stupidity/ignorance.

I didn't realise they were using other club's visas? Surely that's not allowed is it??

We’ve had chances to close it out and never took them. Fricke was missing the kind of second heat leader back up that Ipswich, Sheffield and Belle Vue had.

The wheels came off the wagon; Morris, some iffy signings, club for sale, loss of form and Worrall and we got to a Panthers side on the up. It only worked when everybody chipped in. That stopped a while back and the cracks got wider.

Interestingly I got told off for shouting my disapproval tonight. Apparently we’re not meant to say something is rubbish when it is. No wonder this sport is dying. There’s no passion at all.

Could his contract with Leicester have included a play off bonus? Does speedway do that?

To be fair he hadn’t won a race, which was pretty much how he did at BP.

Dreadful. Should be ashamed of that performance.

I think it’s quite likely if his test on Wednesday was negative but Tuesday wasn’t he’d have been unfit to ride on Monday.

Trouble is it wasn’t difficult to work out. They didn’t name them but we knew before the meeting was even finished.

I hope that the test from his original sample comes back negative. However, and aware I’ll get flak for this, the test he paid for doesn’t alter that from Tuesday night. We don’t know yet what they found or even what amount, it’s perfectly possible a trace would be undetected the following day. Also it is unlikely to be admissible because there’s no proof the sample was even his second time around. Whether there’s a flaw in the testing procedure before a match will come out when the report on the original test comes back. Until then nothing has changed from Tuesday night. Already the Lions FB pages are convinced he’s the innocent and woe betide anyone who isn’t sure!

Surely not?!

Well you certainly have experience with planks, a certain R. Worrall rode for you didn’t he?

Were Darcy Ward’s points expunged in 2014? I seem to remember some team called Poole win the play offs that year. Or did they after all?

Yes. Unless anyone can prove he was in any way unfit to ride.

But given the Barker situation last year and the Morris one this year surely you’d be extra careful. It’s not worth the risk is it? I’m sure many riders take painkillers, but is it possible that lots of them might fail a test? Is it a failing in the SCB process?

Yes I think so. He did come across as a twonk. It wasn’t so much that he had a go as the way he did it. Something about keep spending your benefits on me or something.

You’d think that two dodgy kits would be coincidental as well. One maybe.