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Hawkins rattled into the fence at high speed in his second ride when on his own at the back and it clearly knocked the stuffing out of him. As for the incident with the pole at the start line, it was there to stop the tapes blowing into the riders, no one else had an issue with it and it wasn't impeding his view of the tapes in any way, can only put it down to him getting a nose bleed he was so far north. Tungate yesterday is pretty much what he is always like at Ashfield, its surprising how Ipswich fans are not aware of this. One more point from him would have got them a deserved draw against an unconvincing home side.

How could Scunthorpe have delayed the deal with Glasgow? Having released him from his contract and out of their 1-7 he is a free agent regardless of who holds his registration and free to do as he wishes.

I've said before Tungate is unreliable and so it proves again, another point from him or a third place from Hawkins would of given Ipswich a draw they probably deserved. Glasgow were there for the taking today, as the track became slicker the Witches came into their own around ht8, adapted to the changing conditions and gated like demons courtesy of Manzares, Nielsen and the impressive Covatti. For several weeks now Morris has come out for ht1, been unhappy with his bike, returned to make changes and just made the 2 minutes. Its time to change that and be better prepared. One point from your opening two rides isn't good enough for a No1 at home. Last week as this wasn't a surprise, we need to be better at home. Howe had a difficult afternoon on his debut mainly because he didn't gate.

Home win, still lost as to why Ipswich still persevere with Heeps and Tungate after all these years. Hopefully Berge can kick start his season at reserve and that Dishington isn't the ref for this one.

30 point home win

He needs to get up to race fitness pretty rapid. DH has never been that good at the now Stade, and should be concentrating on home form first. With Berge having had a generally poor season so far, I don't see him changing much at reserve, so Howe's points will be valuable.

Michael Max isn't usually slow at making a point from the centre green!

Difference on that occasion was MacGregor applied the rules correctly and the riders got the message if they were in any doubt. Dishington on the other hand never applied any of the new rules, suggesting he never knew them.

Far too radical for today's primadonnas.

The rule already does exist! 2 mins on straight away where there is a false start but no rider disqualified. Where a rider is disqualified there is a 1 minute gap, presumably for the TM to make a decision then the 2 minute time allowance comes on. Riders are not allowed to leave the track during this time unless track/fence repairs are required. There is also a rule that there should be no more than 5 minutes between heats including the 2 minute time allowance. How often does than happen with r/r riders in back to back heats? The previous week against Scunny, Dishington never once applied these rules. During one heat that had to be rerun the riders were sitting on their bikes at the pit gate, arms folded, bikes long since re-prepped and looking bored when he finally twigged about 2 minutes. You can image how us in the crowd felt.

Its a fooking persistent history that.

Confirms that their really is a rider shortage! Scunny have him listed as injured indefinitely on a lot of their press releases due to a non speedway injury.

Speedway Live Updates: Chilly but dry, track looks perfect. Monarchs Chatzone Updates: Track: looks disgusting ... Bordering on a startline bog! Reminds updater of Stoke! Definitely not bitter and made their minds up before they arrived. For a bog they are doing pretty well.

And Twittergate, you know, the tweet that said along the lines of been no rain here, match on, when you would have thought Armadale had become a new reservoir.

#startthedefence #scapegoatrequired Dickie Lawson runs riot as Glasgow achieve their holy grail!

Game over for any chance of GLA sneaking a point.

Sarjeant is the key for Glasgow, you pretty much know what you are going to get from the rest. Despite his big scores in the EL I have my doubts that Armadale is his kind of track. He also gets a big twitchy so a rerun in ht2 is virtually guaranteed. He and Victor are going to be busy covering their own rides plus 3 for Kozza r/r and likely Berge's fourth ride. Lawson is the rider above Kozza in the averages. Likewise Riss the same for Edinburgh, covering Branford's fourth ride and potential reserve changes for Clegg. When Edinburgh were last at Glasgow they picked up too many last places, that will be the main battle ground on Friday IMO. Hopefully Sam behaves himself and Dishington doesn't ruin an excellent meeting.

Hopefully Carl Wilkinson has his machinery issues sorted out. Still to hear if he was fined for failing to complete 3 rides at Glasgow on Sunday.

He'd be grounded if i was! Seriously though he needs supervising, its not like there were any contentious decisions to make, he didn't even get the basics right. Hope he's not been allocated to Glasgow again this Sunday.

You are right, if it doesn't work don't use it. Nothing personal against Bryan.

Bring back Derek Smith anyway.

What an absolute apology of a speedway meeting today. It was never going to be a classic with Scunthorpe arriving with 2 guests plus r/r and Glasgow r/r for Morris, and one of the poorest referees in speedway. The tapes issue was farcical, again, why we waited to reinstall the old ones is anyones guess, could have saved us 30 minutes just running the elastic. Having been kept waiting for 60 mins already any referee with an ounce of interest in the sport would have pushed the 2 minutes on straight after each heat other than those with riders having 2 in a row, not the dishcloth. To add insult he never once put the 2 minutes on straight after a false start and allowed the riders to come and go as they wanted from the pits when they should have been disqualified for leaving the track. Ht14 he awarded second to Palovaara who was last when Lunna was wiped out by Ben Wilson. Totally incompetent. I'm not a huge fan of Jim Sarjeant he's a younger version of James Wright who anticipates the start and gets away with it more than not. He will get found out in long term but today he irked me once again by jumping early and causing the racing to be delayed. Carl Wilkinson is next to get it, having blown his only engine on a TR ride he then did not appear for his third ride. Is he so unpopular with his team mates no one would lend him a bike, even supposing he trundled round at the back to avoid damaging it. Thoroughly unprofessional! A van pulled out of the track as Kozza was being transferred into the ambulance at ht9, I suspect I know who it was. Next up is Brian Copeland doing rider interviews from the pits. A great filler in the many voids however if the portable mic keeps cutting out FFS give up with it and get it fixed, don't do any more until you know it works. Persevering with it today only served to rile the already pissed off punters. Best wishes to Kozza after a nasty crash, a total racing incident where he was injured from the bike flying in behind him. Richard Hall did well to get himself down as quickly as he could. No doubt Kozza's many detracters will be on here shortly spouting forth when they weren't part of another healthy crowd, at the start anyway. Plenty needing sorted before the professional moaners arrive next Sunday, 3 hrs 10 mins for a meeting is not on.

Hope the tapes are double checked just before the start, r/r for both sides will make it long enough.

Let the reverse psychology begin. With the 0131's tendency to big up even the poorest visitors to Armadale each week, heaven knows what we'll get for next Friday.

I'd give shorter odds on Garrity.