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Not for me, i find regional divides utterly boring. I would stop attending speedway altogether if that happened, I want to see various teams from all over not the same teams all the time, just boring.

Presumably its with potential vandalism etc in mind so it will not be permanent fixture, it will be mobile and/or possible to erect then dismantle, so its easy access for management on Bend 2 and not so easy access for any punters or members of the public that might wish tamper with it or damage it, Bend 2 is cordoned off isn't it.

3-2-1 you're back in the room

Indeed, absolutely agree. Somerset have chosen very astutely, so much so its actually strengthened them rather than just maintain their existing team ability. The 14 points of Bewley scored guesting for Somerset at Glasgow far outweighed the guy he replaced who'd hardly scored a point before at Ashfield, so much so instead of a narrow win for Somerset that day, it would have been a convincing home win for Glasgow, and instead of a final table of Somerset 60 points, Glasgow 57, it would have been the other way round with Glasgow on 60 points, Somerset on 57. I aint knocking it though, Somerset's management managed the situation to best effect, their manager is worth a few league points on his own, a good manager in my opinon. Even if roles had been reversed and the 3 league points gone the other way to leave Glasgow at top of the table, I still don't think the play-off result would have been any different.

Hi Marcelle, like your avatar. Last i heard Moggy had two slipped discs or something in his back and some other health issue that forced them to cancel the current tour. Appreciate that Way aint with them these days (sadly) but he was also in a bad way (no pun intended) recently was he not. Slightly preferred the Schenker albums such as Force It and Obsessions, but always liked all of the albums with Chapman too, the album which is your Avataar has some good tracks and its immediate predecessor TWTW&TI has long been a top favourite of mine (ranks with Force it in my opinion), including the closing track Profession Of Violence, Chapman pulling off a stonking Schenker-like solo. 'Tonka' was a top man, no question. Back to topic, the close season and 2017 does look interesting!!

Well of course, they would know far better than the medics and they would have been better able to interpret the xray of the wrist, and if it had been one of their riders with a broken wrist and dislocated shoulder they would have carried on. Simples!

What you're forgetting is that so much of it is a gamble, albeit a calculated risk, a significant amount of it is luck or good fortune or whatever you want to call it, avoiding injuries, etc, all of that can be the difference between finishing first or second or well down the table.

That's a fair shout. Think Mr Ayres could well achieve 4.25 next season but you mean a starting average of 4.25, potentially becoming a 5 point plus rider in the latter part of the season, which is fair comment.

That's a difficult call. If its based upon grit, determination, all out effort, and total commitment, Ayers is a 20 point man!! He's also near the top of the National League averages, and was one of the better 3 point riders in the Prem League. Think his scoring dipped in mid-season for the Tigers through injury and just trying too hard, a bit of over-riding by flying into the bends too fast, could do with maybe not so much speed going into the bends and then keeping the throttle open more coming out - when he was overtaken it seemed to be coming out of bends whereby the overtaking rider had maintained more momentum but Danny seemed to have lost his by going in too fast, shutting off, and then having to build up again coming out. A definite 300% trier though and he did win a few races for the Tigers, as confirmed by his celebrations of course.

What the Facennas have done is incredible and truly remarkable, buying the stadium, ploughing money into its repair, they got that done straight away, they are do-ers, go-getters, they just get it done, and putting so much effort, enthusiasm and hard work that matches the financial investment. Giving the Ashfield football team a rent-free home, and all the enthusiasm and effort, better marketing, very professional. It seems any criticism comes from others out of sheer jealousy which is a pity. Bet they wouldn't be so scornful if it happened to their team. As I said on another thread, Jealousy: one of the greatest weaknesses known to man.

Broken wrist. Dislocated shoulder. The wrist is likely to heal quite quickly. The shoulder dislocation is likely to involve ligament damage that may well require surgery to repair, if not corrected may lead to repeated dislocations. I made similar comment upon hearing of Garcia's knee dislocation, and subsequent reports later mentioned concern with Fernando's knee ligaments, although it may well be more difficult to diagnose in Ayres' shoulder, even a CT scan may not show full extent of shoulder injury and actual extent may only be clear once opened up in surgery. Obviously we would hope as little damage as possible or none in the long term, but that's the problem with shoulder dislocations. The likes of Bryan Robson the football player found that he suffered repeated dislocations that required surgery to correct, and ex-Tiger/Diamond Jesper Olsen found similarly and had to have surgery to correct.

"I like Nick Clegg" - personally I prefer Heidi Klum, especially her wallpaper wearing body paint "And we saw BoyZone in concert" - I've seen Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions Anyway, which team: so long as its one of them, they both deserve to win it.

In the league fixture when Sheffield had their own riders, including Stead and Berge, they got hammered at Glasgow. Play-offs: no point in sickening the hard core support though, that's what the play-offs system is doing. Try explaining the play-off system to others at work or in the pub. They are astounded and find the whole thing laughable when you try to explain to them that whoever finishes top of the league aren't crowned league champions. The format lacks credibility within the wider public. Fair play to Sheffield if they win it as they've done nothing wrong, they've played by the rules as they currently stand.

Safe meeting, no more injuries

Maybe they were just practising for the KO Cup - a competition you might be familiar with, or maybe not if your team are no longer in it

Remarkable honesty. As well as commendable. I agree with your comments about the system and I too favour the league being decided by the league table, but any change back to that format is for the future. Sheffield have played by the rules as they stand for the 2016 season and if you win in the Play-Off Final then you have every right to be anointed League Champions.

Jealousy - one of the greatest weaknesses known to man

Sorry to hear. Dislocations often involve ligament damage and possibly requiring surgery to correct in the long term. Best wishes for a full recovery.

Your wild insinuations are misplaced and false. Reports show that Bradley was the architect of his own downfall (no pun intended).

Yeah!! Although being in the 70's it'll be denounced by the resident blockhead, he can't remember as far back as 2011 so what chance has he got

Agreed. Although, surprisingly, his away average aint bad.

Blocked you say, on what grounds, there are none. If there were trophies for most idiotic posts of the year your posts would win them all no problem Yes mate, best leave smugness, arrogance and sheer stupidity to Edinburgh

What an idiotic post. Your original post did not differentiate timeframe, it merely said winning trophies. The biggest trophy is the League and in regard to that trophy Glasgow have won it 3 times to the Rebels once ever. On the second biggest trophy, the KO Cup, Rebels are 3 to Glasgow's 2. So, on the two biggest trophies Glasgow are 5 to Rebels 4. The rest of the trophies are not so much secondary as tertiary, after firstly the League and secondly KO Cup. No wonder everybody detests the smugness of Edinburgh's stoopid supporters and their stoopid comments.

Rebels have plenty of experience winning trophies? The Rebels have won the KO Cup three times but have won the league title..... only once ever!!! Compared with the Tigers whom have won the KO Cup twice and the league title..... 3 times!!! So if just on "winning trophies" the nod goes to Glasgow.

According to my copy of the Speedway Star, issue dated 28th May 2016: "Heat 14: Barker, Anderson, Garcia, Nielsen, 58.4 (57-26)" The scorecard in the same issue of Speedway Star: GLASGOW 60 R. Lawson 3,3,3,2*,2 13+1 N. Lunna 1,1,3,1 6 R. Worrall 1,2*,2,3 8+1 B. Barker 3,3,0,3 9 A. Summers 3,2*,2,3,1* 11+3 F. Garcia X,3,3,1 7 D. Ayres 3,1,1,1 6 REDCAR 29 L. Bjerre X,R,1,0 1 J. Bukhave 2,1,2,0,0 5 Rider replacement - Hugh Skidmore J. Andersen 2,0,2,2,2,0 8 D. Bellego 2,2,1,3,1,3 12 S. Nielsen 2,0,1,0,0 3 L. Payne X,0,0,0 0 Hope that's of help Yeah, your hunch is correct, seems you just missed Michael's or Jim (MBE) line-up change notification.