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I wouldn’t say they greatly improve Edinburghs chances as Mr Barrie does but I do think it could certainly work out for them. Jye in theory on his home track for over half a decade, a place where he has scored double figures on many an occasion could absolutely come and show Berwick up, especially if he is in at reserve, I fully expected VP to do well but Jye could do even better imo, purely and simply because it’s at Berwick. Grahn had never seen the place before and as much as I’m a Paco fan, Berwick isn’t his favourite track going on past history. It absolutely could work out for Edinburgh against a Berwick team that will once again be asking Kemp to lead them to victory I think.

I’ll trade you, Cook for Howarth?

Fancy a Glasgow away win, Hagon at reserve is really the only place I can see Berwick being comfortably stronger and we know how well Bomber and Leon go at Sheilfield.

He brought it on himself, he didn’t have to sign Cookie for either Leicester or Berwick but he did.

Think that’s harsh on Edinburgh, they were probably the team with the biggest variables pre season but certainly one with plenty of potential and they’ve delivered on it tonight. In the same breath I would agree it’s poor from Glasgow, a team that on paper looked as good/better than most. Luckily it’s only Berwick next week so should be a fairly comfortable bounce back, I imagine Sedgy’s phone will be ringing for a guest booking for one of the Bandits heat leaders.

Paco I believe was due to ride abroad on Sunday therefore couldn’t fill a spot in the CLRC but also withdrew from the Pairs due to a crash he had at Armadale on Friday.

Where did you get that information from? As far as I can see he hasn’t ridden in Poland for a quite a while now, he also hasn’t ridden in any of the pre season individual meetings across there either. The reason he can commit to Berwick is partly due to his lack of overseas commitments, by the looks of it he is only committed to Britain and Denmark currently and the Danish season hasn’t started yet.

His results at Berwick speak for themselves: 2024 - 2 from 1 (Withdrawn) and 4 from 4 2023 - 3+1 from 4 2022 - 2 from 3 2021 - 5+1 from 4 His average mainly comes from superb home form at Scunthorpe etc.

I do enjoy a good chuckle. We’d be far better off with R/R or a 75% Guest.

No point worrying, it’s over, he won’t turn a wheel for the club. Far easier just to move on and see if there is/who is the replacement, Cook was always a major risk and maybe it’s better getting this out of the way in April rather than further down the line.

I think it’s because it’s past the point of “Worrying” writing has been on the wall since he was replaced at Leicester because he’s uncontactable, I think this was a foregone conclusion and the statement is merely confirmation that Cook won’t turn a wheel for Berwick whether it’s written that way or not.

I expect you’ll see a different Freddy Hodder to the one that Berwick persevered with last season, he seems to have plenty talent just didn’t have the confidence last season unfortunately. Glasgow fans should be expecting to come away from this season with at least one trophy, anything less would be a disappointment given the team they’ve assembled.

Why do people go to Poole then? In a sport where riders are basically self employed surely money will be a fairly important factor? Yes other things will inevitably go into a decision but I’m pretty sure it’ll a large part of the conversation for many of the riders. I’m pretty sure if any of us were to be offered a new job tomorrow then money would be a fairly important part of the discussion, why would it be so different for Championship level speedway riders?

Definitely confidence I would say, you look at the setup he has, sponsorship, three bikes etc etc and it all looked fantastic. He had an early season tumble in Poland and never seemed the same after that, was very cautious in first bend traffic and really looked a different rider from the one that turned up against Workington in the Border Trophy. The last few meetings of his season he definitely seemed to be getting back some of that confidence, it is just a shame as many have said that we persevered and game him the runway to work through it and he has repaid that faith by chasing a few more dollars. As disappointing as it is for us I don’t particularly blame him, we’ve all chased the money at one time or another, I just hope it works out for him as I can’t imagine the Glasgow management will have as much patience and it’s clear that the fan base expects nothing less than silverware this season either.

Agree with this, Kildemand has only ridden in Denmark the last couple of seasons and obviously isn’t the force he once was but it’s the best option on the table given Rory’s withdrawal and I am pleased the promotion have given it a go rather than going down the route of someone like MPT for instance. Cook is and always will be a question mark, how Borke comes back from that injury is the biggest question mark for me given the nature of the injury and the fact that 6 months down the line he still seems to be in rehabilitation mode. The other 4 are good signings imo, Hagon and Kemp especially.