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Which will now be regarded going forward as being roughly the same length of time as 'about a week'...😁

Two trick tracks with riders picked one dimensionally simple on their sole ability to ride their home circuit?.. And.....? Well there is one other link....😀

They do appear 'jinxed' don't they? And always at the same time every year? ie. Around mid to late September through to early October.. Maybe they should get a local priest in or something to exorcize the stadium from evil spirits, or get some dog with one ear or other, in to piss on every entrance to each corner of the track to give good luck...? Sends a shiver down your spine just thinking about how cruel fate is to them...🤓

As the term refers specifically to the play offs. You would expect (to facilitate a replacement) the 'long term' injury must be expected to last (at least) the length of the play offs.. Otherwise (like you do all year) a guest or RR would be the call to cover the 'short term' issue.. Hans' injury has lasted less than one week of the play offs. So can hardly be described as 'long term' therefore no longer fitting the criteria within which Poole applied for his replacement... Not saying Poole have cheated or been deliberately economical with the truth, however now Hans is back riding, surely he must now ride over here too? And Poole face consequences for having a facility that (honestly applied for I am sure) they shouldn't have had? Anyway, more importantly, God Speed for Bjarne.. Your twisted knee is in so many prayers tonight... #prayforbjarnestwistedknee 😀😀 #anyonegotrohansnumber😀😀

It is a season ending injury... But only in Britain...!😀

In a properly ran sport there is always sanction against any team found retrospectively to have mis-led the League by requesting and ultimately receiving 'special dispensation' when they actually were not eligible to get it... A dim view of 'seeking to gain an unlawful advantage' is taken in virtually all properly ran sports... (Whether a 'genuine' mistake or not as 'ignorance is no defence') Thank goodness for Poole that this is Speedway and not a properly ran sport eh? Wouldn't surprise anyone if CVS headed up their defence case!!?😀😂 Edit: Just had a thought... Presuming today hasn't caused any aggravation to Hans' 'season ending (but only in Britain) injury' Could the Wolves promotion team now put a protest in tomorrow night against Lindback's inclusion based on it being 'unlawful'. Even though his inclusion was sanctioned by the Wolves promoter...?😂 And some people actually complain that the wider national press doesn't take the sport seriously...😂

As the rules clearly state in the play offs that you can only replace an injured rider, I presume now that Hans isn't injured he can no longer be replaced and will slot back into Poole's team tomorrow..? Buster? Rob? Chris? Anyone....?

Hypothetically of course.. Which riders could Bomber guest for if needed on Monday at Wolves? Obviously in case anyone possibly (suddenly) aggravates a previously long standing but never made public (as he didnt want anyone to know), injury over this weekend. The sort of injury that a 'day or twos' rest will sort.. Or maybe someone comes down with a 24hr Flu bug, contracted probably whilst flying, and we all know how notoriously those air cons on planes can effect you (and these lads do some flying don't they?) Or maybe even, one of the lads may need some time out from his job to deal with personal or domestic issues etc and simply by missing just that one night at Wolves on Monday he will be at peace with himself, refreshed, get his life sorted, and be ready to face the world and continue his career from Tuesday morning.....,😲 Be good to see all 14 Wolves and Poole riders there on Monday....

I think he was being irinoc, and playing us like a banjoe... Weave all bin woossed....😲

You can easily see a case for Woffinden and Lindgren out scoring their GP counterparts Holder and Lindback by around 7 points given the Wolves home track advantage. Circa 24 off Freddie and Tai...? If so over to the other five to outscore their counterparts by just six points.. Definitely 'do able' I would suggest.. Need to avoid the nonsense that is the TR though.. No place for it anyway if you want the sport to be perceived as professional, but definitely no place for it in a 'head to head/winner takes all' scenario...

Although not being on live should get a bigger crowd to the NSS... Given the score maybe more than a few would have watched it on TV ?

and even better, give Scott plenty of practice last week....!

Or more likely an 'idoit'...😁

TR's either should be scrapped for the play offs or both teams should be able to nominate one at any time regardless of who is winning.. Shouldn't have a final again decided by 'free points' gained by one team when the other doesn't get a chance to counter balance it..

The downside of having a track where you need 'specialists' to ride it is a lack of riders who can when you are missing your best.. The upside is of course it helps to get you to the play offs when your team is full of those specialists.. Still, best of luck to the Hammers.. But obviously hope we win...

Never 'walked away' as such, but had 'sabbaticals'... What I do now is simply pick and choose which meetings to attend and they are the ones that have at least a modicum of integrity to them. eg no select sides, no riders missing through riding elsewhere, no ringers brought in due to teams deliberately planning in meetings so they can etc etc ad nauseam... This year I will have attended the new NSS around half as much as I attended the dog bowl last year (But that is still more than Max Fricke)😁.. (But not as much as Danny King)😂 Considering that the new stadium is great, the racing is often superb, and we are top of the league it doesn't bode well for how much the sport will make out of me in the future. As many say, when done well, the sport has few peers, hence we still attend it.. Sadly British Speedway isn't done well often enough to increase those visits, which is worrying, as given its lack of capability in attracting 'newbies' it needs the 'die hards' to attend every week more than ever I would say.. As I say, you never really 'walk away' as it stays in the blood.. Which is ironic given the sport needs one hell of a 'transfusion'..

Maybe DG and Mort have found a way of getting Starry's 13000 crowd in??😁

On a Wednesday... In September..... When its not raining.... And the temperature at trackside is over 16C 2 hours before the official start time.. And the atmoshpheric conditions prevailing above are within +/- 5% of 100 mb... (And the wind is blowing North Westerly obviously)...😉

If your No.1 is missing, just run RR and let (in this meeting) Harris and King take two each of his rides (or anyone else if Havelock decided someone was riding better).. Let's face it, riders miss EL matches due to riding elsewhere in 'recognised' meetings, 'non-recognised' meetings and having various degrees of 'injuries' so just have one rule for all riders missing.. (And that one rule definitely isn't an NL guest at No.1 in an EL meeting)..

And that sadly is the issue.. ie. No rules have been broken yet the MC have made a decision diametrically opposite to the decision they made for Richard Hall.! You cannot have a credible sport when the governing body continually 'make it up as they go along' even after setting a precedent to a similar situation.. When you read such nonsense whereby a guy who has won a GP this year is now assessed as worse than he was when he didn't, it is simply breathtakingly absurd... No rules broken but wouldn't it be great to publicly read the rationale used by whoever made the Lindback decision...? Buster mentioned 'integrity' as one of his key aims.. Would be a good time now to let us in on the thought processes they used when they facilitated this scenario...

Makes sense... If it happens then surely what Poole have done is replace a rider after the allotted time to do so? Therefore not allowed? Or have the rules changed in the past 48 hours? It is British Speedway after all, so it is possible of course..

You can get them from me mate.. Knocking them out with a range of "#JusticeforRichardHall" wristbands... Hadn't rode NL for years but wasn't allowed to get his average re-assessed... Still thems the rules, just as long as they are administered consistently eh?😁

Running six meetings in 21 days is the main reason for 'lower' crowds than may be expected... A family ticket (the target audience surely?) standing would be £246 for the six meetings, therefore the thick end of £300 with car park, programme, food etc.. A lot to pay out in three weeks for 90 mins of entertainment (now matter how good it is).. I do agree the play off qualifiers do affect the attendances as last nights meeting was no more than a 'filler' for BV which would have persuaded more than me to stay away I would suggest.. However I do think Fred's estimate of 20k missing is a 'tad' optimistic given I would say a crowd of 2000 would have been the ballpark figure you would get even if no PO's existed. (Maybe 3000 at the Poole match given they could still have won the title and BV would have been crowned champions).. 2000 a week would still represent a huge % increase on last year at the 'dog bowl' (as indeed do the 1600 or so attendances being delivered) therefore still room of optimism at the Aces, especially if next year they can add some professional marketing to their business plan..

Far, far too simplistic and sensible for Speedway... And a much, much too obvious thing to do.... Better to have the commentators last night going on about what an achievement it was and have zero in the way of a presentation to Belle Vue... Never misses a way to undersell itself British Speedway...

I can see merit in your theory Philip but surely that says everything about the kudos (or lack of it) in winning the EL title... ie pick the biggest money spinner rather than the one that gives you the best chance of silverware... It could be perceived by fans that its hardly worth racing 118 matches to find a winner (and investing time, emotion and cash to watch them) if the pay day is a higher priority rather than a League Title.. Sadly though I think for many promotions that is now the priority.. But very worrying if clubs want fans to attend week in, week out, investing their emotional attachment to a team in the belief that there may be tangible success at the end of the season..