Speedball

Premier Inn Cardiff City Centre was £255 for Friday & Saturday. Flexible rate so can cancel up to 1pm on the day.

Ordered my tickets last night. Really looking forward to this. Hoping Robert can do the business or at least seal a place on the rostrum. Looks like a fair few Stars fans are making the trip as well.

Will be my first time in Torun this year. Any tips about great bars, restaurants etc gratefully received:-)

Exactly, three of us have rain off tickets to use. Shambles

I'd take that team (Not done any sums to see if it fits though)

What are the options for obtaining a refund if you can't make the re-staging? Not inclined to post them to the Leicester speedway office as I don't fancy a rubber cheque in exchange. Do I take it up with the BSPA instead?

Obviously going to be one of those nights. Right in town centre and no rain at all

BBC forecast now saying no rain until 10:00PM - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2645456?day=0 Has improved from earlier when it was saying rain from 5PM. Certainly no rain since earlier this morning so shouldn't be any issues. Just need the ref to keep things moving and no major delays.

I know what you're saying but personally, would rather lose within the rules than bend them (and probably still lose). We obviously agreed to the fixture knowing that Niels would be missing. The promotion (and fans) have to live with the consequences of that.

I'm going to dig a hole in the first bend. That's what teams do nowadays when they want a meeting off isn't it?

We couldn't when went to Belle Vue. Think it's a 6pt PL rider. Missing Niels, Mads & Robert and we used Kenneth Hansen, Jacob Thorssell & R/R

Realistically I can't see any hope of the playoffs but at least this burst of life keeps the season alive in some shape. Can't see us picking up anymore away wins apart from maybe the re-staging with Leicester. Also we don't know how many meetings Niels will be missing. Any away match without him pretty much means no chance of any points.

Don't think Jake is our asset anymore. Sure we sold him to Sheffield when he signed for them in the PL.

Beautiful evening for it. Hoping Josh, Tom and Ryan can claim some good scalps tonight. Think the Young Stars all round strength should come through but if Cradley do keep it close to the end, it could be painful. Good luck to Lewis on his full debut.

Team change for the Young Stars with Lewis Whitmore coming in to replace Layne Cupitt. Layne is heading to Cradley after Wednesday's meeting. Have to say I'm pleased with the change. Had high hopes for Layne this season after a winter in Australia but he hasn't really progressed as I and I'm sure he would have liked. Maybe the move away from Lynn will do him good as he has more experience at Wolverhampton. Lewis did well in tricky conditions when he guested for Buxton. He was well on the pace with far more experienced riders. Great prospect, just what the NL should be all about.

I actually agree with your whole post but my problem is that I don't think rules should be applied on a team by team basis. They should be applied equally and consistently to all teams. If he could ride for Buxton then he should be able to ride for Birmingham. I don't like the idea of it because you are right, they are just taking the mickey. But if it's within the rules.....

That is great, thank you

Any details for this meeting. Saw MK won 19-17 but haven't seen any heat details. Can anyone help?

Think Halsey is out of the country on a pre-arranged holiday. This fixture was re-arranged at late notice so wasn't in the original fixture list. Really looking forward to it. I'm sure it will be a much tougher test than Stoke provided.

And so has MPT so I've seen.

Toying with making the trip but the weather doesn't look great with rain forecast early morning. Where would be the best place to park? Guess stadium parking is limited?

Looking a lot better when you have a top 4 of Iversen, Batchelor, Lambert and Mads. Not sure how meetings Niels will miss, but at least we have a chance of competing now.

Will wait and see if they make an offer on admission. If it's full price I'll stay at home and watch on TV.

That is (or was) exactly my situation After Thursday's meeting and with another EL meeting on Monday and Young Stars Wednesday. I work full time but nearly £50 on three meetings plus programmes in a week is pushing it. As there was no offer of reduced admission or some other incentive to make it worthwhile attending on Monday I'd decided to watch on TV. But with the coverage cancelled, I would have bitten the bullet and turned up. Don't know the reason why it's cancelled but I'm sure Buster and co. wouldn't have been impressed after already bending over twice to accommodate Sky dates. I wonder if Sky pulling out of covering the meeting meant they wouldn't receive the necessary recompense for reduced crowd etc and with such late notice, felt the meeting would end up running at a big loss. It's not so much the meeting being called off that annoys me, it's the lack of transparency as to why. I think most fair minded people would accept and understand if there is a genuine reason to cancel the meeting. Treating people like mushrooms is never going to end well in the long term, more people will just walk away.

Kai Huckenbeck has been at Lynn practicing with Robert Lambert so maybe him? Great talent but not sure that's what we need right now. Be good to get him as an asset I guess but we'd be so weak, especially away from home. Bjarne is the obvious option now but bet he won't come cheap as he knows we're stuffed. Let's just cancel 2016 and start planning for 2017 now!!!