WembleyLion

Agreed. Maybe no club can accommodate Steve’s holiday requirements?

Agreed it was (once again) a total shambles yesterday. One look at the track and it was obvious there would be no Speedway. It was also of great concern that young and inexperienced riders were allowed to prove it! Goodness only knows what would have happened with four of them on the track at the same time. The shambles continues today with nobody knowing whether there is going to be a restaging (obviously not at Leicester) or precisely what significance is to be placed on the meeting at Oxford tomorrow should that go ahead. I just get the feeling that fans apart nobody is in the slightest bit bothered by all of this.

Over the years there is also plenty of precedence for not completing competitions so I guess they’ll make up whatever suits them at the time.

I doubt many of us were too surprised at what happened today even though we possibly still retain a capacity for being disappointed. Unfortunately there are not so many of us fans left now to take advantage of as so many have been driven away over the years. I think the KO Cup should be awarded to Mildenhall as Leicester presumably will have to be sanctioned in some way for failing to complete their fixtures. As for the Grand Final I guess that it will be over one leg at Oxford on Tuesday. If that doesn’t take place then I suspect it will go to Leicester for finishing top of the league. Maybe though they’ll do rock, paper, scissors, best of three!

Vinnie managed to complete his laps without falling as did Max Perry (who looked very stylish) and Dan Thompson (who looked somewhat disinterested). Ashton Boughen had two falls and Tom Spencer and Max James one apiece. Max J’s heavy fall pretty much signified that was the end of any hope of the meeting starting. Jordan Jenkins was the only Oxford rider to put in some laps.

That probably explains why they were not letting anyone in at the advertised gates open time!

It’s off - postponed to 3pm tomorrow!

On that basis hopefully we’ll get an early decision to postpone.

No surprise it’s off at Leicester on Sunday. At least they didn’t wait until start time this week. Over to you now Buster!

That being the case let’s hope they have the decency to call it off well before start time this week.

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Or get food poisoning!

I guess that’s another way of putting it!

With regard to Tai’s comments. He sure is a great rider but one with an extremely limited range of vocabulary which probably explains his difficulty in communicating without expletives.

Based on the weather forecast, if it is on tonight, quite understandably the track may not be up to its best so will be interesting to hear what our play off saviour has to say about that!

1 55.7 2 58.6 3 56.5 4 57.0 5 55.5 6 57.0 7 57.3 8 58.3 9 57.3 10 56.8 11 56.1 12 57.0 13 56.5 14 58.1 15 57.4

Well done to the Witches but it’s not over yet! All Sheffield riders will be on their game for the second leg on a track where speed will be of the essence. Emil and Doyle were excellent with lots of good back up. Pickering and Edwards rode very well for the Tigers and I was surprised Holder was given a fourth ride. Lambert rode to his ‘average’ so there should be no complaints about his contribution. Should be a good night at Owlerton.

That could well be the case. I also wonder if strong representations have been made /are being made to try and get Becker in?

I didn’t expect Janowski to be honest. Some new faces then?

That appears to be exactly the same preview as they issued yesterday. I wonder if they will make any comment about current track conditions/preparation etc.

Yes that’s correct - I remember it well!

The answers to your question are:- 1) Not really unless you appreciate a touch of irony of course! 2) You would have thought so but I have no idea.

Was it by any chance thought up by someone connected to a team who may well not now reach the playoffs because of Leicester benefiting from it at Wolverhampton last night?

Looked very good tonight at Oxford for paid 7 from 4 rides. Maybe needs to work on the post race wheelies though!

The Lions were well up for it tonight as they regularly hit the first turn in front. Wolves had another one of those home meetings where they struggled somewhat. I’m not a big fan of the super heat but if it is to stay I hope we can get rid of the extra point on offer as I feel there should never be more than 3 points earned between the teams for the second leg of a league match.