Gresham78

Cheers Wolfie

Planning on going to this tonight - is the weather ok up in Wolverhampton? Showers forecast for early evening...

Well done Aces, the Budgies had no answer to them tonight. Fricke, Bewley, Drozdz excellent, only Batch and Bellego able to offer any resistance for Swindon. Morris was right out of sorts. The Belle Vue lads really seem to be dialled into their track now and really seem to know to make the most of it. Some decent racing in the latter part of the meeting.

Well somebody better reply to this post or is nobody interested in a clash between two of the probable play off teams? Going to this one, hopefully we might be able to nick a point but we'll need our top 3 to be on their game tonight.

The demise of the Rockets is a severe body blow for British speedway. With the top flight now consisting of just 7 teams will it remain viable? Especially as other tracks must be struggling as well. I find it worrying that Belle Vue with the new stadium and facing large overheads have seen their crowds significantly depleted this season, perish the thought but if they went under I think the sport here would collapse. I have no idea what the way forward is for the sport as Speedway's ills are many but I do think it needs to be independently governed as I feel the BSPA really is really no longer up to the job. Right now Speedway needs somebody with a vision to take it into the future, the trouble is who is that person? Commiserations to all Rye House fans the sport is all the worse for the demise of your club.

The longer the 'new stadium' fiasco goes on the less chance I think it will ever happen. The stadium is now surrounded by housing developments - I give it another 5 years or so and Speedway will cease at the Abbey Stadium on noise and environmental grounds.

I don't think Rayleigh's scaremongering with this - sadly it could well be the situation. Rye House have struggled with the introduction of FRN and with such fine margins in speedway between staying in business or going under I fear that there may be a severe financial issue at the club. If this is the case it will surely mean the end of the FRN experiment?

I see there are very few comments about the actual meeting last night so I take it was very average. I opted to watch the World Cup last night, sounds like I didn't miss much. What was the attendance like?

The Robins were off their game last night and it really looked likely at one stage that Rye were going to win it, however they turned it round in the end. If the team can be as below par as they were last night and still win I think it bodes well. In any team sport even the best teams have occasional lapses in form but the top teams can still win even when they're not at their best. I think there may have been a bit of complacency last night but judging by Rosco's demeanor at the post meeting press conference this will get addressed sooner rather than later. One final thought and that is about David Bellego. He seems to becoming the team's whipping boy for sub par performances. Some people seem to forget that David was a a key component in last season's success, a point raised by Rosco himself during the season review. Sure he's not riding as well as he did last year but I'm sure he can pull his form round. We don't want to become like the Pikey's on the south coast and start ditching riders as soon as their form dips.

A fortuitous point handed to the Robins last night courtesy of Mr Andersen who opted to ride his team mate into the fence in Ht 15 whilst on a 5-1. A tough night for Swindon with one or two riders below par notably David Bellego who looked well down on power and wasn't really competitive and also Nick Morris who though beat Andersen in his last ride would be dissapointed with his final tally of 7 on a track where he often hits double figures. On the plus side Batch once again led from the front with a fine 15 pts from 6 rides. Adam Ellis yet again did well in the engine room with 7 including 2 wins. Finally Zac, as ever, never gave up and finished with a creditable 5pts. As others have said the track was poor, very dusty and where I was stood on the back straight appeared to be lacking shale with the base exposed by the fence. Credit to Leicester, they haven't had much luck with injuries and they deserved their victory. Another point for the Budgies on the road, well done lads keep it up!

On my way up to this one. If it's half as good as the 'A' fixture earlier in the season I'll be more than happy - as Orlov says could go either way, think Leicester may nick it this time with the Budgies picking up a point.

So Cook doesn't fancy it now, this is becoming a waste of time. Having the meeting pushed around the fixture list doesn't help. There was a time it was towards the end of the season and everybody looked forward to it. Sadly the prestige seems to have gone and the prize money with it I should imagine. Perhaps it's time to consign this fixture to history.

Is there anybody going to this meeting? Can't believe we've got to this time before anybody's mentioned it.

Terrific effort by the Robins last night and I'm glad I went. I can't remember seeing Troy Bachelor ride that well for a long time. After the first 6 heats it wasn't looking great as we were 10 points down and hadn't provided a heat winner. Nick had taken a fall in the first heat and according to Rosco's after-meeting comments had felt he'd damaged his number 1 bike and his reserve machine lacked pace. However there seemed to be a concerted team effort and they all dug deep to turn it around. Everybody contributed, even Mitchell Davey didn't look too far off the pace although he failed to score. A special mention for Zach who continues to improve and he had a great scrap with Kurtz in Heat 12 picking up a valuable 3rd place to give us a 4-2 heat victory. I know its early days yet but the Robins are shaping up well. I think there's scope in this team for a number of riders to improve their averages this year; Zac Toby and Adam and if Batch can maintain something close to the form he showed last night I think we can compensate for the loss of Doyley. For Leicester, they look a much better side and I know Bjerre's return of 6 paid 8 was a little disappointing (though according to another poster he was on borrowed equipment last night) I think he's a very good choice of cover for Vaculik for that track as he's a gating specialist which is big advantage there. Well done Budgies, onwards and upwards, a very entertaining meeting.

Well done the Robins - showed great resolve to pick themselves up after Monday's under performance at the Abbey. Despite the excellent start it seemed to be drifting away from Swindon with the Monmore men coping admirably without their top two, in particular I thought Masters and Howarth were excellent value and was impressed with the progress that Nathan Greaves has made. To be honest given the way he was riding and the form of Bellego on the night I couldn't see him finishing 4th in heat 14. i thought Nick Morris's ride in Heat 13 to catch and pass Sam Masters was worthy of bringing the trophy back to Blunsdon. Swindon are good value as champions, finishing top of the league and with the 17 match winning run deserved the top award. Commiserations to Wolves who came within a whisker of winning it; on another night it could easily have gone their way. Given they were without their Swedish duo they and their fans should feel proud of their performance over both legs of the final Just one final point; Bomber is taking a lot of flack for last night but I'm sure he was doing everything he could to to get among the points. I don't think there's a more honest rider in British speedway and giving 100% for whoever he is riding for is in his DNA. Once again well done the Budgies - 2017 Premier League Champions!!

I think the first few heats will have a big influence on the result. If the gap has got bigger after heat 4 I think Wolves will be home and dry. Crucial for Swindon to get off to a good start.

Congratulations to Wolves who take a deserved lead back to Monmore Green. They were the better team on the night and seemed to want it more. Don't know what happened to Swindon; complacency and maybe the track caught them out a bit but either way Wolves were worthy winners on the night.

The loss of their two top riders is a massive blow for Wolves and even though I'm a Swindon fan I would rather we were facing a full strength team from Monmore Green.It takes the edge off the final I feel and is rotten luck for Woves and obviously the two riders concerned and I wish them both a speedy recovery. However its sport and injuries are commonplace in speedway and even though Swindon have been lucky at the expense of Wolves I think only the chrurlish and small minded would begrudge the Robins the title if it comes to Wiltshire. The team have proved that by finishing top of the table they are the most consistant team this season and their 17 match winning streak undelines this fact. Having said that, even without Fast Freddie and Thorssel, Monmore Green is probably the track with the biggest home advantage in the PremierLeague and it wouldn't suprise me if Wolves were to win at home and let's face it the Robins at one stage looked as though they were going to gift the home leg of the semi final to Poole so all is not lost totally for Wolves. However if Swindon cock it up now they will only have themselves to blame and undoubtdly are red hot favourites over the two legs.

This was my first GP other than Cardiff and have to say it all felt a bit flat. I don't know maybe it's a reflection of the sport in Sweden which by all accounts is in trouble with falling attendances & clubs in financial trouble. The meeting itself was ok although the track wasn't as good as Cardiff this year. The atmosphere was pretty subdued not even the Poles could raise much of a shout though they're not there in anything like the numbers they are in Wales. Well done to Doyley -just needs to stay out of trouble in the last 2 GPs and he's home and dry. Emil was good value for money and Kildemamd gave it a go. Awful day at the office for Tai. Janowski and Dudek look to have wilted under the pressure. Congratulations to Matej Z, despite his low qualifying score he looked to have good pace in most races.

Phil and Mike; thanks 👍

Thinking of going to this but as I'm travelling a long way I could do with a bit of info about the weather forecast for Manchester. BBC's seems to be changing hourly. Incidentally do people really anticipate 3,000 for tonight? I've been to 4 of the last 5 and there was nowhere near that at Coventry last year..

I don't understand the hysteria from the Poole fans; as a Swindon fan I'd prefer BWD in the team as I think he'd do a better job than Newman. But why the fuss about Newman coming in? Do Poole fans automatically assume he'll score far more than BWD? His average doesn't suggest it and besides Poole sacked him for not being good enough so what's the problem?

Well whichever way you look at it there should be quite an atmosphere at Wimborne Rd tonight. Personally I think Poole will win this by 8-10 points. With Kurtz back in the side it's steadied the ship and probably been a welcome relief for Andersen who may have been hampered by having to be the main point scorer in his absence. Poole have nothing to lose tonight and they an just go out and ride.

It seems to me that things started to go wrong for KL the moment Chapman took over the Chairmanship of the BSPA.He comes over as somebody with too much on his plate. In my opinion he should either stand down from his position at the BSPA or take a back seat a the AFA and leave the running of the Stars to other people. Its a pity he can't sort out his issues with his son as this would surely help turn around the fortunes of the club. At the moment he seems to be running the club into the ground, going from one crisis to another and alienating a lot of the fanbase in the process. Its a shame because with the facilities and catchment area Kings Lynn Speedway should be a successful enterprise.

If the Fab Four Doyley, Morra, the flying Frenchman and Toby are all on it tonight the Budgies have enough to win this but if one of those is off his game the Rockets will triumph - for the Rockets it's do or die time.