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Fair do's, another superb crowd turning out despite a poor forecast. Roll on next Monday.

No suggestion of cheating from me at all, merely pointing out that PB played it to their advantage and all within the rules. I'm certain Glasgow would have come on stronger in the latter heats having got rid of Roynons third ride and Palovaara coming on some having chased down Ostergaard in ht8 and getting him on the last lap. Wethers was pretty decent as the track was prepared slick to cope with the weather though I don't think he would have done much thereafter. Not much your cheque book can do about the weather!

PB using the rules to their advantage to finish at ht10, clearly not confident of taking it down to the wiren though unlikely it would have got there. Ref pushed heats on quick though should have excluded Kus in ht7, he was on the back straight when the 2 minutes expired.

We only had 5 home matches during May and June due to rain offs and no one wanting to come on a date in May. As a weekend club we also suffer disproportionately with shared events and the Cardiff GP. Time for a change of race day to a week night during the Summer months to avoid it all.

With all the rain that's fallen over the last few days its likely that another serious shower will put the meeting beyond doubt. There isn't enough heat in the air to dry up what's fallen though there is a bit of a wind which helps. If we do manage to get this on the track will be a bit of a lottery and any predictions go out the window. A couple of weeks ago I wouldn't have been bothered if this had been rained off as it would give us a chance to see Lambert R, a great up and coming rider however we are once again looking like running out of dates. We lose next Sunday to the PL Fours though we are now racing Plymouth on the Monday night, have already lost the Cardiff GP weekend and lose Sunday 6 September to the PLRC. We still have to schedule in the LC Final and potentially a KO Cup Semi however the first available Sunday is the 23rd September. October weather is generally poor as we found out last year trying to run the home matches several times against Berwick and Workington that we never did do! Time for some smart thinking!

Ownership in so many hands can be difficult as everyone often thinks they have a say in everything. When things don't go their way they aren't scared to voice it and factions break out leading to major problems behind the scenes. Add in Berwick fans ability for in-fighting as demonstrated on this forum for the last 2 years and you've got a recipe for disaster. Hope Berwick do run next year, they are going through a poor run including last season but this happens to many clubs. Going through the shyt seasons make you appreciate the good ones more.

Hopefully its in the interests of British Speedway

Absolutely not, but neither should we forget either and make it easy for Havelock. If Berge wants to ride elsewhere there is nothing we can really do about it. The same team manager will be in place next season and if he didn't like it this year its not going to better the next. Perhaps selling Berge may be the best long term option for Glasgow.

Berge will be serving a ban for the same number of days that we have been given a facility for, therefore he can potentially sign with another club from Monday. If it is Redcar we should not be playing ball but demanding a transfer fee and being equally as obstructive and obnoxious as we found Havelock during the winter, and not releasing Berge's paperwork. Going to Redcar however is only a piece of hearsay right now and I really don't expect to see him in the PL again this season, he gets homesick you know.

You little beauty! Summers has a blinder yet again on the road. #monthetigers

Time for a re-write to make it more specific. It can be interpreted differently by those applying the rules and that lack of consistency is the major criticism.

Despite the BS posted above we are still no further forward with a replacement for Berge never mind Howe. It seems the facility runs out on Saturday and we have a hard meeting on Sunday against Peterborough. It could be that the BSPA have rejected a legitimate signing, 'not being in the interests of British Speedway' or that there actually isn't anyone available and we have to run with an NL 3 pointer! An interesting few days ahead.

Glasgow will have to rely on the top three of Morris, Lawson & Summers to bring in around 40 points to have any chance of gaining a point. Every one except Morris can take a Howe r/r ride. Morris has had 2 weeks off so may be rusty but needs track time with PB at home this Sunday. Sarjeant has been poor since being injured last month and moving into the 1-7. Amazingly he never jumped the start once last Sunday but that won't last! Our reserves for this one are a write off, a bit like Berwick a few weeks ago where nothing at the bottom end cost us a thumping. Think a point is too far for us to reach in the circumstances!

Had the decision making on each of those occasions been made public, we would know that, would likely accept it and move on. However it wasn't and won't ever be, leaving us again at the point that the decision made regarding Berge has disadvantaged Glasgow.

If we had transparency from the pathetic body that governs UK speedway we would know that. Perhaps Berge made a statement to the BSPA saying he was pushed, perhaps there was another reason from Berge we are not aware of. However in the absence of any public communication from the BSPA we are left to speculate. The paranoid would say its just because its Glasgow, others would say it is to protect other PL clubs, we just don't and will never know. Bearing in mind we are already a man down with Howe injured it does seem like we are being completely shafted in reducing the standard 28 day facility to 14 days. As it is we have 6 days left!

What evidence do you have to back that up?

Another very good crowd again hopefully any newcomers were not put off by a poorish meeting. Was interesting to hear that we have only been granted a 14 day facility for Berge and not 28 days as stipulated in the rule book. Apparently this is in the interests of British speedway! Once again this information should not have had to be made public in this way, it should have been published on the BSPA website the day the decision was reached. I am interested to know the decision making process behind this and if they voted, how each member of the MC did to arrive at this! Secret decisions only lead to more questions and accusations of some clubs being treated less favourably than others! As it is this is day 8 so we need to find someone this week.

Potentially tricky fixture against the enigma that is Berwick, you just don't know what your going to get. Glasgow off the back of 3 away matches and Berwick a home defeat. Hopefully Jorgensen won't be in ht15, he added 45 minutes to the meeting last time taking to the deck entering turn 1 when he didn't gate, injuring himself in the process. Forecast is to be dry all day now, bring it on.

Wouldn't be difficult. Perhaps the new engines ordered in 2014 have finally arrived!

Another 4 PL points bagged and a superb night for Victor again on a small track, pity he couldn't ride like that at home. Its high time Stewart Dickson started being harder on Sarjeant and telling him in no uncertain terms to give up anticipating the start. He could have cost us tonight and never seems to learn. I was dismayed reading in a recent programme that Sarjeant thinks he is being picked on by certain referees. Nothing like deflecting attention from the real issue that he is not as good a rider as he thinks, if he has to continually go before everyone else! A short term strategy that is doing him, his team and its fans no favours. #monthetigers

Seems a friendly crowd on the start line from the Youtube videos, maybe they are scaring others from attending Scunny! If that's evidence to make things clearer, god help us!

He only came in in June, give him a chance, everyone else has had 3 months ahead of him to get going. There is no hiding place in a struggling team but Workingtons issues are with their longer term riders and not having a No1.

Not the greatest forecast for Sunday. The strong wind today should help dry up the torrential overnight rain, its what tonight brings whether the track will be raceable or not. Hopefully we can get it on, we still have rained off matches to run.

Going by number of home defeats this season.

A right royal pumping handed out by the PL's best team. Morris would have helped us over 40 but that's about it.