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Let's get aboard the Glasgow train to win the league, come on Blobby, even you can do it. It's for the greater good!

This has got to be the worst take on the matter, ever.

Certainly something we're looking at (thanks for the tips btw) - would love to experience for real it but find it difficult to get any enjoyment out of foreign streams,

I didn't mate, not a regular watcher. First time I've seen them tonight.

Are these Torun suits/covers just for away matches or has there been a colour change? They look superb tbf.

I'd hate to see his worst equipment in that case!

Didn't think the initial 1-7 would last but I thought one of the following 28 attempts would! Main Man strikes once more.

Let's be fair here - if Woffinden gives them an ultimatum of him or Rossiter, then any longer than 0.01 seconds thinking about it is wasted time.

This should be a defining night for British Speedway, we're making good progress as a nation at youth level, but the top of the tree is rotten. This should be the wake-up call that's clearly needed to have a proper clearout of the old guard and start instilling some professionalism. I have nothing but respect for the changes the new guys have made so far, but keeping Rossiter as team manager was a bad decision from the get-go. The guy seems to be living in an age where GB weren't expected to win anything, they could all have a good laugh and as long as they entertained and give it a go, it was a good night's work. That doesn't work in modern day speedway. Rossiter just comes across as a bit of a clown, I can't imagine anyone turning up on a raceday and respecting him, least of all a self made 3 time world champion. I've never been a great lover of Tai Woffinden, but dear me, is he needed by Team GB at present. His ideas, determination and courage to actually air his views are what we need if we're ever going to get anywhere. It might put a few noses out of joint but we need to get away from this plucky GB crap to being an actual professional speedway nation ASAP if we want to win anything. A new team manager is a must. I'd say they could also do with looking at all these backroom/hangers on team, a standby rider is far more important than a 'Head of Performance' (what exactly was he doing this weekend?!). I'd love to see someone with a bit of gravitas come in to manage the side, along with a younger understudy to be groomed for the future - something like a Peter Adams & Olly Allen/Simon Stead/Scott Nicholls combo. As for the meeting, without doubt the worst speedway I've seen in a long, long time. I've watched this sport since I was a kid, probably around 20 years and that's the first time I've switched the channel off and watched something else instead of live speedway. Why on earth are there 42 heats to give us 1 semi and 1 final? What is the exact point of Saturday's meeting? Do they even look at tracks before they decide to award them with the pinnacle of world speedway? Presumably the answer to all those questions is that nobody has any idea. The whole event just felt flat as a fart, there was no tension or drama, the GP qualification on a Friday night has more about it than this did. Pearson and Tatum add absolutely nothing to the event either - I'm sure Tatum is a lovely bloke, and very experienced, but he isn't a great commentator and time to get him doing more pits analysis. Pearson, where do you start? The final straw for me was him laughing and joking about the rules being so complicated and "we'll worry about them later"! It's a World Cup final, it happens once a year and you're not clear on the rules? Why is he laughing at the fact the rules are a little bit complex? Imagine Darren Fletcher doing that in a Champions League final? His commentary is going out on the world feed and he makes the sport look a joke. Clearly he has plenty control over the BSPA now along with many sycophants so it's p1ssing in the wind. Let's hope for better next year - Woffinden, Lambert and Bewley, on a better track and with a decent team manager.

May and Schlein as bad as each other, pair of softcocks. The PL being primarily northern is sorting the men from the boys isn't it?

Awful racing track this, can see how Cook qualified for the GP from here - total gaters paradise. Please, please bring back the SWC over a week.

If we had a 3rd rider we might've given them a fright.

Is nobody going to acknowledge Poland are 10 up with 3 left so have won?

Scandalous decision. Giuseppe the ref should stick to making pizzas, makes his heat 1 decision look fair.

Got to have Bewley in as a tac sub over Kemp in 14, it's harsh but we need to give it a go. That's presuming Bickley does nothing here...

We're not a million miles off these Poles tbf, Kemp especially has ridden far better than his points deserve. Lampart isn't anything special but the Poles are just sensational. Excellent to think that Kemp & Bickley are just 16, give them a couple of years and add in Brennan then we might have a decent stab at this competition in 2021/22. We're better than Denmark and Australia.

OK? Nice gesture. Still plenty of evidence to show he's the first to whinge when the opportunity arises.

Who would've guessed Schlein is a moaning pr1ck?

Would love to know what caused Wright's alarming slide. Strangely enough it was at the same time as his brother's rise after years of nothing.

James Birkinshaw to Newcastle. Mind it did always seem the week before Sheffield away.

Cannot believe some on here can say it isn't strictly bullying as it was a private WhatsApp group, sorry but it is bullying and it is unacceptable. I'd tend to agree with the posts above that it's a lot of sad, old men who have had it their own way for too long and now they have a bit of competition. However, and having said all that, if Taylor is getting a leg up because of his dad and Pearson then it's not right. Pearson seems to be slowly taking over all speedway media recently, including these "special" programmes we get for the shared events. I did note in the recent SoN programme that Pearson had something to do with the company that makes them. These jobs for the boys are the kind of crap that speedway could do without, and just carries on from the Terry Russell days. We'll never get fair media now we'll just get whatever Pearson wants. Whatever the truth is, bullying of a 17 year old child is pathetic, but perhaps not unexpected from some of those involved.

Anyone fancy contributing to a thread about ex speedway riders and where they are now? The Danish Jan Andersen just popped into my head and I wonder what he's up to now, same as Jimmy Nielsen.

He'd be stuck at number 1 for Birmingham.

Wasn't a great meeting, racing wasn't much good until a couple of bits later on. The format just doesn't work, never will for me. GB qualified easily and we're stood watching France v America in which nobody cares who goes through. Please bring back the World Cup.

Is this going to be on? I'm an hour away, granted, but it's absolutely lashing down. Rain radar looks like it hits the track around 7, hope I'm wrong!