Craftman

Been the last 8 at Cardiff , always loved it , but as most can see a trend of attendances dropping , it's telling us something .. Distain for 8 years , yes bloody obviously hate it , but still I go !!!!! As for the steward , I tend to believe them more than people's estimations , given some have attended the event since its inception ...

It was half empty , 32000 ...

Prodons is spot on .. The whole event seemed flat from the beginning , no pre race entertainment as per previous years .. Agree that the riders should immediately return to the start when a heat has been aborted , just slows the whole event down ... Racing was bland in the main , but can't blame the organisers for that .. Something has been lost from previous years , interesting to see what other people think .. Steward told me it was the lowest crowd in Cardiffs history , with just over 32000 and it seems people are turning their back on the rising costs of the day out .. Just a note that the grid girls stayed in our hotel and despite their obvious good looks , were arrogant and ignorant especially how they obviously feel they are some sort of royalty and treat others accordingly ...

Very one sided tbh , but young Modridge is definitely a fine prospect who will more than cope with NL speedway and potentially beyond. Just to note that Armstrong reverted to number one with Wilson dropping to number five for Stoke.

As predicted a 59-34 home win , with minimal resistance from the Buxton team . Liam Carr not as competitive as expected , but his win for double points passing 2 home riders being the best riding of the evening. For those critical of the organisation of previous meetings , this passed by in less than 90 minutes despite 2 re runs and some think it was due to people's desire to get home to watch some football match ! Best crowd of the season goes to show speedway can attract fans back if the right product is on show.

Well done Stoke ! Great team performance all round . Credit to Joe Jacobs he was class tonight and Shuttleworth who's getting better each meeting . Good luck to Carl Froch

Good luck for the weekend Stoke !

Have to agree with Jayne , it's a case of all abide with the rules or don't bother at all !

Did any home rider win a heat ?

Yep lots ! No reason for Stoke not to want this to be run with a likely home win

Can anyone imagine a football league manager going on a public forum to slag of the fans who have previously paid his salary . There are issues on both sides , but surely to continue to quote an Act of law because you don't agree with a speedway fans comments beggars belief . I'm trying to place Stokes Mark Hughes on the fan forum quoting one law after another , that's not relationship building methinks , Some fans are X fans for a reason ???

Well done Stoke !!!

Seems Stoke won after the meeting was postponed ?

Shame , was looking forward to it !

Looks ominous for Buxton , just Carr giving resistance !