A trick is missed every year. The first two weekends of the season should be a 4TT with Glasgow, Edinburgh, Berwick and Workington. Get big crowds in and some semi competitive racing before the real business starts.
East Coast one weekend, Edinburgh Friday & Berwick Saturday then Glasgow and Worky the other.
Bored at work, so I'll bite. đ
We (Glasgow fans) always expect you to put a team together. Our blend of experience and youth next year should be a good match again to your rumoured team. Roll on the new season.
Hopefully the Tigers can keep it tight tonight and they donât get distracted by the southern softies gamesmanship. Brownâs moaning after the last meeting is still embarrassing for any Glaswegian. Should have been dealt with in a more traditional manner. Newtonâs third law.
A lot will depend on Harris, Nagel and Dan tonight. Someone mentioned Lawson and Tobi âsorting Nagel outâ in heat one, that could be interesting. Nagel is not scared to mix it, his heat 15 against Charles Wright proved that. He may be tentative on a new track though.
CT being the ref could be an interesting.
Despite some Poole fans saying that Glasgow are favourites for the match (incredibly sh1te patter) we all know itâs Pooleâs to lose. They are on a hot streak and have the mentality that is required. Hopefully Glasgow can find that resilience and fight the good fight.we have done it before.
Any truth in the rumour that there will be drug and fuel testing tonight?
Hope everyone is ok.
Regardless of what decision the clowns at the governing body make, someone will rightly feel injustice.
Both teams had a fair chance to qualify. My red and white tinted glasses would say Glasgow were more likely to go through though.
Speedy recovery to those that are hurt. Hope the H&S people arenât too severe. Did Edinburgh have a hard time with them after Cookâs bike went over and hit the photographer(that shouldnât have been there)?
It was a local derby, scenes like this should be encouraged. If Edinburgh had won they would have reacted in the same way, and rightfully so.
Another point to take into consideration is that it was probably 50% celebration and 50% relief for a lot of people. We were woeful in the first leg, a date we should never of agreed to. If Edinburgh had a half decent team they could have put 60 on the board that night. This coupled with the bizarre decisions made it a night of high emotion. What we seen at the end was that pouring out.
Iâll put money on that not one single Glasgow fan cares whether some people donât like to see people celebrating a last heat decider to qualify for a final. When you donât celebrate beating your nearest and dearest what is the point of sport?
What night of action. Will cover the negatives first.
The bizarre decision on the re-run in heat 1. Any explanation over the tannoy would have been good. Just gave enough time for the rider to get sorted like it was some youth meeting. The human error of putting the red lights on, sure it could happen to anyone but that was amateur stuff. Both incidents benefitted the away team. Track still wasnât at its best. Lots more dirt than Tuesday but probably little clay put in to bind it.
Now the positives. Glasgow winning in the last heat decider over two legs on our home patch was simply phenomenal. The atmosphere was electric. Always great when a big travelling crowd come through and make a lot of noise. The place was buzzing, the tension built and built till the amazing heat 15. Tigers top end was always going to be strong. BSNâs great coverage. A semi final being run in relatively warm and dry conditions, letâs hope the final isnât decided in a swamp.
Well done to all involved.
Just a general thought. The racing at Ashfield has went downhill since Meredith has been involved.
As the saying goes, if it isnât broke, donât fix it. No need for him to be here. Racing has been great for years without him.
Not sure what the cause of this is but the timing is absolutely baffling.
if it is a cash flow issue, surely this flags up the ridiculous scenario that there are 2/3 weeks in between meetings. The league needs to be 2H2A. If we arenât doing it because of 1 team a decision needs to be made regarding that team regarding the greater good of the sport.
If the authorities (government) have flagged up an anomaly then the timing is outwith everyoneâs control. If the BSP have done this on a whim, they have royally screwed Berwick, Oxford and Redcar fans and promoters.
Signing Ashton after his performance in the play offs last year was mental. Bottle had gone then.
Hope he beats his demons. Remember he is still a young guy.