Hamish McRaker

But what was Morris doing? Was he present in his capacity as CEO of the Premiership? If so, he was being a very naughty boy by taking the side of Oxford by making a visible and audible protest. The man needs to calm down on the evidence of his behaviour in Sweden on Saturday and at KL on Monday, for his own good.

Yes I think he did. And the camera went close up onto Schroek and Phil Morris, both protesting most vociferously!

Kind of reassuring to know there are some out there, who know of the American comedian/,musician Alfred "Weird Al" Yankovic!

Will Jan Kvech be nicknamed Weird Al?

As Groucho Marx said "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them.....well I have other ones"

Could the race for 6th place in the league be about to become a race for 5th - or maybe even for 4th??

Nicholls absent from Eurosport in Prague yesterday. Was it temporary or permanent?

Having glanced through the Ag Soc's annual report 2023, it does mention something like "the sale of the Showground to AEPG" as though it is a done deal. It also describes successful negotiations (after the original deal with Bellway went wrong) with a builder/developer. But it's still shocking that an organisation with it's purpose, is facilitating building on land, something you'd think would be contrary to their principles as a charitable organisation. Loud raspberries in their direction

He should work out better, but you never know with the speedway gods. The comparison I was making was in terms of the rider who will make way for him.

For a preview, refer to the Kasprzak for Laguta change last year at KL. But hope that Lindgren turns out to be better business than Laguta was.....

Yes, what the hell does "character of the area" actually mean!?

Surely, the real villains in this are the EoE Agricultural Society? AEPG/Butterfield, for all their overblown credentials and ridiculous front, seem to just be the hired guns, being paid to do the dirty work. For a Charity, the Ag Soc look to be carrying abnormally high amounts of financial reserves, which I think they are trying to justify due to making provisions for the costs involved with the project. And for an organisation whose main purpose is the promotion, protection and advancement of rural and land-based business and traditions, isn't it extraordinarily ironic (and scandalous) that they are attempting to facilitate the building-over of an area traditionally used in association with those aims! It also begs the question as to why a speedway stadium was built there at all? Wouldn't it have been contrary to the "principles" of the EoE Agricultural Society, or has it always been primarily a money-making organisation mainly concerned with piling-up huge financial reserves? With regards to the financing of AEPG, it appears they have an office near to the Showground, and possibly two paid employees in addition to Butterfield. How is this being funded? I notice that Butterfield is also a Director of a company called Orbit4 based in Cheshire, but cannot find any financial, legal or trading link between them and AEPG.

Things can only get Becker

I didn't know there was one! Even so, Oxford would have had limited options

It badly needed a "racing incident" or two, to distract from the tedious processions. A couple of riders binning it with nobody near them, didn't come close. Best bit for me was the bloke leaning up against the pits wall having a not-so crafty smoke, in camera shot just past Abbi Stephens.

If what KL did last year is anything to go by, Pawlicki will have already been given his P60, along with his compatriot at Oxford. I will hope for the Brummies that the admirable move to bring in Lindgren works out well.

Would Kerr fit in at 6 for Leicester replacing Kemp? Must only be a matter of time until Janowski is replaced by someone capable of consistent No.1 scoring.

Leicester currently less than the sum of their parts. Nobody rising above their start of season average, of which at least one is needed to make them into serious challengers, and no sign that it's going to happen, either. But if you look at the other teams, only Tom Brennan seems to be firing above his starting average!

The Brummies should end the disastrous engagements of Pawlicki and Milik asap. Scott Nicholls should be made an offer he can't refuse, with Ermolenko replacing him at Eurosport. As for the other replacement, there must be a few to choose from, potentially. Craig Cook, Richie Worrall, Nick Morris, Timo Lahti, Ilya Bondarenko, Kim Nilsson, Peter Ljung, Greg Walasek, Greg Hancock all come to mind

Fully expecting to see a post by Artem Laguta's "agent" anytime soon! Seeing Dan Thompson's scores must be like being haunted by a ghost. Feel sorry for Drew Kemp, but it's dog eat dog at no.6

Acne closed down ages ago

I'm not sure that Mr Tolley is accruing debt: from what I've gleaned, he is using personal wealth to meet financial outlay which is needed after income streams. If that's the case, the question of how far he is able and prepared to go with that operating model, I suppose only he will know. I think there's a limited lifespan for the stadium being available anyway so this is possibly a one-off season (or two?). But I don't read Speedway Star, so there's probably more to it than this?

When was that? Anyway, I doubt that Vaclav Milik can pull up any trees, always seemed a bit of an imposter to me. 3 or 4 more matches should be enough to establish his normal points contribution. That's when they may have to turn to Riss.

I wonder if Woffobden has learned any Polish swear words, so he can use them during interviews over there? No? Hmm....thought not.

It would not be a surprise to me, if Erik Riss joins Brum this season at some stage. What is the most likely way (other than for an injury) this could happen?