dirtdodger

The Scorpions could and should have won this meeting,lack of effort in Ht 12 and mechcanical failures lost them the match.Top drawer performance from DannyKing and the Witches team.

good result for the Tigers and well deserved,another hard to swallow result for Scorpion fans,seems visiting team riders know how to use bends three and four to pass from the back better than the home team as demonstrated in excellent fashion by Mr Summers.Not much point in sacking Willco and replacing him with a rider of similar ability ,there needs to be a serious rethink on team building,bit late in the season now though.

No excuses for the Scorpions, riders who should have at least maintanined their average and indeed could have been expected to improve on it ,have not done so,this is the third season the team has struggled at the lower reaches of the league,there needs to be a major rethink on team building,the idea of building a team around strong reserves is just not working!A credibal No1 with good second strings has to be a better alternative,IMHO.,The crowd is dwindling away at the EWR its not hard to see why,ya cant win 'em all but a competeve team would see crowd numbers improve,that said i'll be there next home meeting handing over me money because the last home meeting was a cracker and maybe just maybe...........

Having been critical of Josh Autys performances of late on an other forum I feel its only fair to give credit when its due,Josh's efforts in this meeting were much more like the Josh we all know,along with a much improved Ryan Douglas they provided solid support to Lewis and MPT,a good TEAM performance and a well deserved result.

Sadly Mr Godfrey has allowed sentiment to cloud his judgement in this case,Its clear Josh Auty has not been enjoying his speedway for weeks now , only he knows the real reason why.Not the best gater to sit on a speedway bike his sweeping moves to pass oposition riders have been a delight to watch,however watching him being overtaken like a novice has been painfull to say the least.If Josh Auty has had a change of heart and wants to continue racying speedway thats fine, a change of track would do him a lot of good,Rob Godfrey has passed up a chance to strengthen the Scunthorpe team and try to salvage something from the season .

tired of saying Scopions need a proper No1 noboddys listening.

another great meeting at EWR,covatti was in a class of his own,also nice to see lewis kerr getting backinto it.i thought a draw was a fair result.one or to mistakes by 'our lads' getting in each others way but credit to ipswitch they came looking for revenge and very nearly pulled it off.

as a Scorpions fan I'm delighted with the away win ,but c'mon folks this was just one meeting so I don't think it's panic time in the Witches camp just yet.Should be a cracker of a meeting on Sunday with the Witches out for revenge and the Scorpions keen to prove that Thursdays result was no fluke,i cant wait!

i first saw speedway in1952 at Bristol,give you some idea of my age,i agree 100% with everything that's been said about rising costs of machinery, faster bikes have not IMHO made the spectical of speedway racing better,just made the bikes less re liable and more expensive to repair.There are several reasons for the drop in crowd attendance,change of race day to Friday from Sunday,lots of people in Scunthorpe work a two shift system which means they can only get to speedway on alternate weeks they get out of the habit and don't bother to come at all,my wife was happy to come with me on a sunny Sunday afternoon but has no interest in coming out on Friday night she'd rather be watching Corrie with a bottle of wine! Several people I used to work with don't come any more because they just don't have the money,price of two tickets plus a couple of drinks =£40.In an earlier post someone said that there hasn't been a lot of job losses in Scunthorpe,but there a lot of people on the minimum wage.Two chaps in my village stopped going when Sunthorpe left the conference league 'cos they cound'nt identify with the 'new' team as youngsters they liked to watch the young lads race.Not saying I want to see National league racing back at Scunny but maybe Sunday afternoon was more Family friendly.I do hope to see speedway at EWR next year and I wish Rob and 'the team' at Scunthorpe Speedway all the best.

proper racing surface,proper speedway racing,more please!

i'v waited 60+ years to be a boring old f--t so now I'm gonna enjoy it ,so there!

the old knowle stadium in Bristol,1952,i was 7yrs old, dick Bradley was my hero,been a fan for 60+ years nothing else comperes.

I agree with THE BULLET,not a championship side but they will be entertaining!so long as'our two' get out of the gate at the same time as 'their two' i'll be happy.speedway RACING the clue's in the title folks.

cheers ALBERT,looking forward to this afternoons meeting lets hope both teams finish the season with a win!

best of luck to the stags,come on lads you can win this one!

still foggy in belton,11 miles west of E W R,@1300 hrs,is it sunny in scunny?

I agree,very entertaining rider,impressive p.l. debut.you should have been there hel n back.

great stuff ,well done ricky!

bin expecting this all week,BBC 1 five day forcast looked crap monday morning,just have to go down the pub then,bummer.

josh auty's form is a mystery,3to5 points at home or away(excluding Sheffield of course),maybe he will come good maybe not but we've been here before with other riders hav'nt we?they get dropped get signed by another team and then come back to the E.W.R and score a hatfull of points! beats the hell outta me?

as i'v said before on this forum i always enjoy watching the youngsters,my own favourit at the moment is little Danno,not quite fast enough yet,but a nice style.

great stuff! I've allways enjoyed watching the youngsters racing,they give it their all for four laps,and of course there is allways the possibility of uncovering stars of the future.congrats to all at E.W.R for making thi happen.

British speedway without SHEFFIELD TIGERS,unthinkable!

the coming together of david howe and ricky ashworth was a 'racing incident',something that happens in speedway.the thoughtless clown who shouted abuse can in no sense of the word be considered a speedway fan,shame on you sir whoever you are,we don't need people like you at the E.W.R .get well soon ricky,you are allways a welcome sight at Scunthorpe speedway.

sweet revenge indeed for the rebels,and why not! scorpions were compleatly outclased,riders of howe's experience should not be passed bythe oposition twice, both of whom came from half a lap behind.apart from birkes and both reserves the rest of the team looked tired,to many meeting's in afew day's?