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F@#£ing weather!!!!

He doesnt seem to have progressed between now and then. His riding style is too loose and the bike often seems to be controlling him rather than the other way round. He really should have done better against Eastbourne on Friday. JS may also be a victim of Glasgow's weaker middle order thus far. Sedg and Wells will be given time whereas this change to strengthen the team could be made straightaway without any other team changes. Connor Bailey needs to get up to speed quickly. It would help him to find an NDL team.

Glasgow were toiling in the first 10 heats, winning only 4 of them. Their gating was appalling, and made it all the more difficult for themselves. The ht10 break was pivotal, I'm sure words were had in the pits and Glasgow woke up thereafter. Cook was decent, Jensen was immense despite his inexperience and Ully continues to outperform his 6.09 average in contrast to Wells who is becoming a passenger, can't gate, can't chase and has no speed. For Eastbourne Lawson and Kerr were good as always with bits of back up from Brennan and Knight. Eddie Kennett put in a usual Glasgow performance where if he gated he won otherwise he wasnt interested. I had a sneaking suspicion earlier in the week that he might find a reason to be absent, r/r being better than him turning up but fair play. Onward to Berwick tomorrow.

Two away collapses in a week, not good. Can see another nail coming out of Wells already shoogly peg. Good move by the Scorps to bring in Allen for Auty. Berwick away next Saturday, which team will sh1te it first?

Why are sections F, G, I & J greyed out as opposed to yellow but it seems like tickets can still be bought for these areas?

Aarnio was the innocent victim of Wilson Dean over-riding, his crash was a shocker. Best wishes to him.

No team has or needs a permanently listed No8 in their declaration. They can cover within the rules.

Doesnt seem to work for Redcar on this occasion but it will on others. I agree that bracketing riders into groups doesnt make them equal but these issues were forseen having occured in the graded reserve system in the 2000's.

You can't get r/r for a reserve so they have no choice. Remains to be seen what Leon will do but 3 or 4 race wins would be fine.

FFS Berwick, three race wins from the main body. Eastbourne in disguise. Someone needs to have a word, Flint & Bickley cant be expected to carry the team every week but if they could all ride the same in a fortnights time that would be great.

He was pretty good as well, not scared to mix it or run the deep stuff out wide. He was pretty poor on his previous visit with Brum in 2019 so I had minimal expectations before the meeting.

Brilliant first match to come back to, smooth entry into the stadium and facemasks not being required increased the whole experience. Couldnt understand why Redcar didnt use a reserve for the r/r ride in ht1 which would have freed up Rowe for ht8. Wright and Allan were good as usual but them aside, Palm Toft was his usual lazy self and Sarj rode like he still had a Tigers race jacket on. He was pretty hard on Danyon Hume in ht12 who put in a good shift for a guest reserve. Ht13 looks like it will be a bit more tricky this season with Wells not keeping pace as the track changes. Lets stick a track around Glasgow Green next time and let everyone come in who wants to. Its an outrage IMO that this nonsense is still continuing.

I've noticed Sarj's scores, he's been consistently consistent with some very good scores, not the rider we had. He has the potential to come back and bite us, unfortunately.

Updates suggest it was a decent meeting, but another good win on the road to set us up for Redcar tomorrow at home.

Thats a good away win, perhaps helped a little by Heeps r/r but a win nonetheless. The downside is two more riders withdrawn through injury, there have been quite a few injuries so far this year despite there being a relatively small number of meetings.

On the balance of probability what do you think the answer might be?

Its your responsibility to work out what to do, just the same as it would be if the weather forecast suggested rain and you weren't sure about travelling, no one can guarantee you anything so take control of your situation rather than outsourcing it. Is it really so difficult to cancel the hotel then if it is running book another later in the week?

A really enjoyable meeting, still outrageous I can't exercise personal choice and attend Ashfield in person yet I can travel to Kent on Tuesday and Brum on Wednesday, or be amongst 12,000 others at Hampden in 10 days time.

Sedgmen will be at reserve shortly if Sam Jensen keeps scoring like this. An airport burger night be required to postpone it another month.

Can you really be surprised?

It would be interesting to see where the viewing audience geographically came from. The streaming company will have this from their analytics but it would be good to know how many away fans tuned in. I would also be interested in watching some of Glasgow's away matches if live streaming was available.

Adult entry was £17 in 2019. £11.95 is less than I expected to pay. Bring it on, weather permitting of course.

The behind closed doors is temporary, hopefully. By waiting another month or whenever the next batch of restrictions are finally lifted they wont need to spend unnecessary amounts of money on Covid mitigations in the stadium. Setting up the streaming service is a gamble but hopefully it pays off. I'm sure the owners are pretty tired of the restrictions like everyone else.

The excitement had been quashed by having no fans in the stadium for an undetermined time. There is no substitute for visiting the track, and whilst streaming is appreciated as it gets us going again, its a distant second choice.

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