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The letter handed out isnt particularly controversial. Its Edinburghs right to object to Glasgows request which they have exercised. Its a no brainer for Glasgow wanting to move to a Friday as it doesnt compete with other sports like football as it does on a Sunday and there are no foreign speedway leagues running that night either. Glasgows owners clearly feel frustrated by it all and wont attend Armadale any more. Thats no great issue. However we need to dispel the myth Scottish speedway. There is no such thing, there is Glasgow speedway and there is Edinburgh speedway. For the 3 seasons prior to this one Glasgow could have gone to the wall and no one in the east would have batted an eyelid. The other myth is that there is cross over of fans attending each others tracks. Absolute nonsense! Outwith when the teams meet this just doesnt happen. For years there has been a mutual boycott among many of attending each others track which has only changed this year with the relaunch of Glasgow. Im not sure it is capable of lasting in the long term and no doubt this statement will deter a few more.

Still no write down of the Monarchs chances from TheScotsman. Thats confidence for you!

Fisher and trailers go hand in hand surely!

Its not the Grand One or his protege for Friday anyway. Chris Gay according to Tigers site. We have to aim to beat Sedgmen from the gate on Friday, he's not a chaser and will more than likely finish in the same position that he goes down the back straight. If he gates however he's gone.

To the dark side! You sure about that?

Kozza will need a high placed finish in the Aussie state championships to qualify for a work permit. Morris openly doesnt like Ashfield and a mutual parting of the ways is likely.

You will be in the minority in defending the indefensible. Yes, yesterday in ht8 it was as clean a gate from all 4 riders as you are likely to see but got pulled back however no riders were warned so perhaps just maybe it wasnt Sarjeant. The next rerun definitely was Sarjeant as standing from the fourth bend you could see he dropped the clutch momentarily before the tapes rose. He is notorious for it and hasnt learned this season that by his own actions he draws unnecessary attention to himself. Not a witch hunt by referees more an immaturity from the rider.

I think there will be more than a few 0141's that wait and see.

No its not and playing the racist card is the weakest form of argument. We have one of the poorest referees I have ever seen in Willie Dishington. He's not biased but y f**k is he incompetent IMO. Hopefully he nor the Grand Monarch are in the box this weekend.

Edinburgh £15 advance, £20 on the day. No doubt Glasgow will follow.

What happens if Friday night is rained off? #justsaying

Last time Somerset were up they came into their own when the track slickened off. After each regrade they noticeably stopped winning races. Hopefully we get a fair bit of tractor work tomorrow! Also wish for some consistent refereeing, Starke should have walked in ht14 for jumping the start having been previously warned. Bring it on!

Should be no problem that way.

I'll predict a rerun in ht2 with a warning to the rider in yellow to sit still at the tapes. Thereafter i hope we can keep it under 10 points. Well by ht8 anyway!

He has been pretty disappointing this season. Having dropped the best part of a point off his average last year with Somerset, im sure the thinking in the camp was that he could put it back on with us but its not happened, dropping marginally again to 7.91.

For anyone heading up early on Sunday, the remaining Red Road flats are being blown down around mid-day with a few local road closures. This will also include closing the train line from Cumbernauld to Queen St for a bit. All should be done by 3pm though!

There was also an accident on the M8 at Townhead about 2.20 which backed the traffic up a fair distance.

Along the lines of it will be hard,ive had a few good meetings down there in the past etc

A poor meeting for a play off, the atmosphere was pretty flat. Eklof, Newman and Risager were good value for Plymouth. Holder was slow, Simota was likewise and Hansen should hang his head in shame for taking a guest booking and not trying or turning up with sub standard equipment. His presence would have made a match of it. Next week against Somerset every point will count home and away. We dont need what Sarjeant did today, shock horror, jumped the start in his first ride, got a warning for it, did it again in his next and got all 4 back when he shouldve been excluded. On a side note, when Richard Lawson was interviewed after ht10 he was asked how he felt about Somerset next weekend when the tie was still wide open. May have been an unfortunate error but came across as quite arrogant and not something we should be doing. Bring on next Sunday.

Summers and Lawson will be back though Lawson seems to be doing everything not to start at No1 next year! Cant see any of the others returning. I would park Victor for a season and let him develop back in Sverige. Kauko was just a stop gap and i would happily thank Sarjeant for his efforts and see him off the premises. Lots have still to become known ie will the reserves have to be from the NL and what race night Glasgow may change to.

There is hope for everyone!

A once a year event to come to GLA is not a valid reason. Southern teams already have to come north twice anyway as Berwick and Worky both ride a Saturday and currently Glasgow and Newcastle both on a Sunday.

I've got a bit of sympathy for Fisher who would have had to stay here for over 3 weeks to his next fixture when he wasn't earning. If the toothless BSPA had set deadlines for meetings to be completed by and week beginning dates for the semi's and final everyone would be able to plan that much better. I read on Jack Holder's twitter page a fortnight ago him complaining that he had to wait around another few weeks for this semi final rather than head home. The delay has taken the sting out of Plymouth's recent momentum when they made it into the top 6 and possibly cost them further progress.

Is Fisher injured or just gone home? A look at his twitter suggests the latter but could be wrong.

Been riding since joining NL in 2010 and EL since 2013, guested previously at many PL tracks including ours. Many of his points are from anticipating the start, more often than not when he sits still at the gate he runs a last. Have never seen him take an opponent from the back. His Fast Track status in the EL will shortly be at an end removing 2 reserves heats from his scoring. Not for me! Was hoping Nick Morris but not to be. New options need to be explored.