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Ashworth hasn't ridden for 2 months and doubt he could get back into the points quickly, its going to be hard enough with Compton and Raun. A new signing though to use our full points would be welcome, however which position is best to use them. We have misfired in each position, even Screen has been inconsistent, JG has taken a point off his starting average, Bager has been truly awful in the main, and they are the experienced riders. If we do sign a heatleader it will likely need to be a doubling down rider who will score from the start and finding one of those to ride on a Sunday is .......................

Well we hit 30 and Ringwood now gets an average, other than that .................................

FFS, Armadale rules apply - hitting 30 is success and we couldn't even do that. Two race winners all night is pathetic.

If Barrett rode other tracks as well as he does Ashfield it would transform Berwick. As it is they seem to have gambled all their chips on Kennett leaving them weak at reserve with another 3 pointer. Last week at the individual event it was the same with Grieves, often first to gate but third into the corner. We really need to smarten up here. Hopefully Ringwood is ok to do the 2 away matches this week that will finally get him an average, his trip to the fence was a hard one.

Phenomenal meeting today, best visitor to Ashfield this season by a mile.

The injustice of Bellego's registration comes back to dig us in the ribs once again, his progress seems quite spectacular, much like his scoring today. The Bandits top 4 scored all but 2 of their points, winning 10/15 heats in the process and consigning Glasgow to another home defeat. Compton looked a little nervous in his first home match but will settle no probs whereas Raun was a bit wild, regularly scraping the fence on the second turn but never lacked effort. Looked like he was going to come out and practice after the meeting. Next week's visits to Ipswich and Scunthorpe may prove 'challenging'!

Jonas Raun?

He doesn't need to be better than before, 5 points a match is fine compared to James Wright's 0 or 1. He might also try if he doesn't make the gate compared to James Wright. He might look interested compared to James Wright. Get the drift?

You obviously never watched James Wright this season. Compton will definitely do as a third heat leader, he looked hungry today after an iffy first ride. Will make us a bit more solid. Hopefully he goes in at No4 as we have been woeful in ht14 recently. We will wait and see tomorrow who the un-named Scandinavian is, now that Horwood is heading home.

Hard to make team changes when Ringwood being injured means he is still 2 away matches from achieving a proper average and still sitting on a 5.00. Depending on how Horwood is, he may now have an injury which will keep him out possibly meaning further changes. We all know there are few riders out there, even fewer who are available on a Sunday. Its all going a bit flat, hopefully some positive news during the week.

Two team changes for this weekend apparently. Find out tomorrow.

Therein lies part of the problem for the new owners of being a Sunday track. They will be acutely aware that the lack of rider availability on a Sunday is a major threat and tried during the close season to change to a Friday night which was refused. The sooner we can do that the better and have a wider choice of riders to choose from. As it stands we are likely to have to pay through the nose to get anyone half decent, and the new owners have said they won't break the bank for riders. We'll just have to wait and see. With r/r for Wright only Grieves above gets an extra ride, the rest are a bit of a lottery.

Do we have a 28 day facility for with holding services? That would give r/r until the 2 away matches are completed for new averages.

A common sense statement that communicates to the fans the difficulty in making changes until the new riders have received averages in a couple of weeks. Until then Wright and Bager we should have motivational chats as to their current unacceptable form. Onward.

Henning has been poor virtually all season. His lack of form has unfairly pushed Ringwood to No4 where he is struggling big time, especially ht14. Ringwood at least deserves a shot at reserve. James Wright only rides the run to the first corner and needs to be replaced asap. To stick with him will drive fans away, just as signing RKR at the start of 2012 did in my opinion. The new green sheets have the new Aussies still on 5, their spare 4 points will be very useful. The press release from the promotion is refreshing and recognises there is a problem. To deny there is would be folly.

All is forgiven with Fisher. He was a pretty popular visitor guesting for and against us over the last 2 seasons, but you would have to have been there to know that. At one point pre-season I thought he may have been a potential signing for us judging by some of the riders twitter feeds. Right now we just need a rider or 2 with a bit of mettle to steady the ship, get some decent points and save us from Wright and Bager riding like juniors.

The best result Glasgow fans could have wished for. The cracks papered over for several weeks have been ruthlessly exposed. Its well recognised Wright and Bager have been weak links but Grieves too has been slow as treacle all season bar a few good heats last week. Its time for changes, the honeymoon period is over for the new owners and the team has fallen flat. The new boys are finding it tough and I would suggest one of them too has to make way. I don't keep up with averages anymore but I'm certain they are out soon and counting up the numbers in last weeks programme we had around 5 points to play with. Unfortunately the marketing exercise to bring a friend will have backfired spectacularly, its difficult enough for the diehards!

Tabaka is the key man for this one and can take an extra ride for Fricke and Davey, especially in ht14 which is troublesome for us. Our misfiring middle order need to get the finger out or in one case need to gate every heat to give us a chance. Cook, Pijper, Vissing and Sneddon are all capable of decent points. I think Pijper and Cook will also excel on the new inside line of turns 3&4. Can only see an away win.

Screen got himself out of jail in ht1 when Nieminen made a mistake. Having a mechanical issue and being timed out in your first heat is unforgivable. The track was different today and faster than I have seen it for a long time. Doolan was still close to the track record in one of his later heats. Whatever the reason the home riders didn't like it. We should have around 5 points to play with when the new averages are issued and I would consider a change for either Bager or Wright. I don't think the new Aussies deserve the can just yet. Next Sunday will be a difficult one with Tabaka running riot from reserve and the potential to replace Fricke in ht14 which has become a troublesome heat for us. Be interesting to see the size of the travelling support with a sniff of an away win on the cards!

With all the rain on Saturday, it must have been hard to get the track sorted. It did look difficult with the riders driving into the turns early on rather than throwing the bike in. Leicester's top 4 were pretty decent, and only Branford really not getting in the points. Glasgow's weaknesses were all too evident, James Wright backed off at every first turn and Bager returned to normal service with 3 points. Looking at the averages today we have roughly 5 points to play with, they could come in useful at the end of the month!

We missed a trick there and in ht14. Replacing Grieves with Horwood or Jacobs would have been a smart move as JG was pointless to that point and was poor at the gate. Its unlikely one of the reserves would have got any points against the top riders though you never know. In ht14 I think we should have replaced Ringwood, on gate 4, with Jacobs who showed last week in the same heat he will wind it on out wide, plus he would still have been raging about his tapes exclusion in ht12. However we still never lost, just hope that next week with a poor weather forecast we don't put anywhere near the amount of dirt on the track, looked like it needed bladed after a few heats, and only the drizzle eventually going off made it better.

Bit concerned about putting Ringwood at No4, particularly in ht14. Surely it would be better to put him to No3 and have James Wright at No4. Having Bager at No2 makes sense though No8 would have been better after last Sunday. The only way is up!

All very generous on here but Monarchs to hit 60 points with ease.

Or some like Barbara Horley today apply the rules inconsistently. Ht1 pulled back the race because Henry moved back from the tapes when the green light went on. Ht9 Worrall R jumps the start and lets it go.

An excellent match with some great racing from Robson and Screen, especially in ht13, one of the best of recent times. As each week passes Joe Jacobs grows in stature, not intimidated by other riders, Henry was particularly brutal coming under him in ht12 but he never shut off and let him know it at the end. His ht14 round the boards to win off gate 4 was the match saver, replacing the woeful Bager. Be interesting to find out if he had bike trouble or was pulled for his final ride. The other constant from the last few weeks was Grieves bike spluttering round, after a good first ride he was dreadfully slow and never got off the line in ht15. Newcastle were excellent opposition, solid right through apart from Lindgren. Tully's r/r rides yielded 9 points, about 7 more than he would have got but that's speedway.