old bob at herne bay

That wasn’t the question. I know what happens today. That is and has been evident in speedway at all tracks for as long as I supported speedway. Should the sport not move on and introduce independent track prep overview for 2 legged finals ? ?

Anyone on here think that an independent should oversee track prep in these final “showpiece” meetings? Phil Morris for example ?

Well the Poole supporters will be only moderately happy with that ....... winners of Mastermind 15 heats and no passes 🙂 They have the sort of crowd who think anything less than a 30 point win at home is a poor performance and will start slagging off their own riders 🙂 These visiting teams must know by now that to win at these slick tracks you have to learn to GATE GATE GATE. Poor show from Glasgow who should have known what to expect. With a threat of torrential rain in the forecast , the poole promotion would have taken a lot of dirt off and packed it down hard to avoid a costly postponement. A large crowd in paying £2 over the odds for a 15 heat meeting.... a rain off would have been a disaster. Luckily the forecast rain didnt arrive and the meeting was done and dusted by 9.30.

Early signs of a promotion losing it…. Signs of a breakdown in the relationship with stadium owners and the speedway promotion ? When do they have access to the track ? Will Oxford be running next year in any league?

Back to the topic …..Poole Bloaters vs Glasgow Lions. poole have the momentum going into this and are a smashing team. Momentarily Glasgow might land a blow early doors, but it will be speedway out of the top drawer. Kelv’s screwdriver in the track says 10 point win to Poole tonight , rain off ☔️ at Glasgow, the 2 point win for Glasgow in the re run.

Seen many young riders like that……sometimes they flatter to deceive and never move on and learn to pass ….others fall off lot trying then entually stay on and move up the ladder….only time will tell,,,, would suggest Poole not the best track to learn the art of passing ?

“I think its the most 50/50 playoff final yet” what a funny expression🤣🤣 so it’s a 60/60 playoff final then? Nah don’t believe it….. the boy Nigel has never ridden Wimborne…

Based on results this season, comfy aggregate win for Poole. Glasgow just don’t gate well enough to keep it close at Wimborne Avenue. will be good to see a full strength team turn up at Poole for a change 😊

Don’t think Poole have faced a full strength side at Wimborne Road this season !

When we all know its the Leicester HUNTERS

MMMmmm Ipswich rolling the dice with Tim Brennans fitness. Sadly I have seen it all go sour before ....... rider sufers reaction to injury in his first race and scores 0 0 0 0 Hope it doesn't turn out that way and we see a good competitive meeting on surely a Leicester track that has has full sunny October day to dry out ?

back down to earth with a bump ... slipping and sliding in the mud ..... and spartan facilities

back down to earht with a bump ... slipping and sliding in he mud ..... and spartan facilities

Kurtzy may just go down as one in the history of speedway who deserved to be a World Champion but never quite made it ???

Yup Germany .... as Kelv said the speedway world still feeling the reverberations of that win .... it was pretty windy here today 🙂

from the gate .... well after the second bend lap 1 ....

Well well I always said Australia were in with a shout. Lemon is a lmon in his canry suit. Thought Smarslick was pretty poor tonight. incident with Bewdley, then laying it down when Madsen got near him. All in all a "SON" to forget quite honestly. Poor "racing" on a very poor slick track. Too many predictable heats decided after the first bend

If it were not for the bizarre exclusion earlier Poland would surely have been on the rostrum ? Ref missed the opportunity to exclude all 3 riders in a heat where none were even at the tapes with the countdown clock on 0 Thats what I dislike about refs - inconsistency.

Yup …..I heard that too …..will the pair of them still be commentatingremotely for the Final. ? It’s really amateur with audio out of sync , graphics wrong, scores incorrect . I don’t know what feed of info they get from trackside, but it clearly distracts Tatum more than Louis.

Tatum is wetting himself - Germany have won 😀

If the Germans win tonight it will reverberate throughout the World of Speedway ......... steady on Kelv .....

That referee will need a police escort out of he stadium - why was the rider excluded ???????

TV company cock ups galore - Kelvin being tested

Neil Vatcher .

Not sure what the tractors are grading. Polishing a turd comes to mind. Theres nothing to grade apart from a small pile 2 feet from the fence.