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Obviously its the opposite

Well said that man. Seems to be derived from the abbreviated "could've", "should've", "might've" becoming misspelt as should "of" (doh!!) when it is "have". Other annoying spelling errors are the mis-use of the word "of" mis-spelt as "off", and vice versa. Same with the word "too" mis-spelt as "to" and vice versa. One of the worst offenders for these is Blobby Although The Scotsman's spelling is always pretty much perfect. Although at times just as incomprehensible. To be clear: if something is too (much, big, hot, cold, etc) then it is definitely spelt too - it is never "to" (Blobby please take note! ) And if you are travelling to a place it is definitely to - it is never "too" (again Blobby please take note) If something is of note or referring to say a (rider name) of Edinburgh, then it definitely of - it is never "off" as is sometimes incorrectly written. And if a meeting is cancelled due to rain then the meeting is off - it is never "of" (Blobby probably isn't paying attention cos that's probably what he did at school too, hence his atrocious spelling and might also explain his mis-comprehension of speedway rules. ) Maybe his response will make use of at least one of these examples by correctly utilising the word "off" !! Well, was only trying to help y'know, Blobby's spelling has been so bad for so long now, ah well "too" bad, but look forward "to" his reply.

Sounds good, sorry can't be there. Although to be honest, I'd rather bang Heidi Klum. Apologies.

Well said

To be fair, that is pretty much the complete opposite of what the Speedway Updates forum said (direct quote): "FANTASTIC FROM KEVIN DOOLAN TO COME AND JOIN THE BANDITS FANS IN THE CROWD. SOME SHEFFIELD RIDERS WON'T WALK AN EXTRA 20 YARDS TO WAVE TO THEIR FANS...." Read more: http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/16154/premier-league-riders-championship-sheffield#ixzz4JyjVsGHA

Fair point indeed. By the way don't let the weirdo get to you.

Of course, Martin Scarisbrick! Think he also rode for Belle Vue. But what a top 4 of Joe Owen 11 point ave, Rod Hunter 10.50 point ave, Bobby Beaton 10.20 point ave, Alan Emerson 8 point ave. Nobody could compete with that. Happy days.

Been done many times before. And with only effectively 4 man teams as well (e.g. Joe Owen 11 point ave, Rod Hunter 10.50 point ave, Bobby Beaton 10.20 point ave, Alan Emerson 8 point ave, didn't matter what the other 3 did, they usually steamrollered everybody else away from home, as did Arena Essex in 91 season with a colossal top 3/4)

Not at all. If I may put an alternative view, the "problem" is not at Reserve as such, its Nike Lunna dropping into the Reserve berth being injured and few options to cover. The up side is the form and continuing development of one of the starting reserves, Garcia, but also tbf Danny has been a revelation being his first year at this level and he puts his heart and soul into riding for Glasgow. Very sad to hear Tyrtrax, puts other things into perspective too. The Beatons did so much for Glasgow speedway.

TBF Lawson's away form tends to be ok, Summers more variable away from home. Auty obviously rode like a World Camp but away from home I've fond him to be dire and hardly score a point. I guess that's speedway, home advantage influences things that bit more than other sports. Possibly. But remember for the Play-offs the top 6 out of only 13 clubs (about half) qualify, and a team with a 100% home record and only a couple of away points usually lands above halfway in the table.

Maybe planning for a harsh winter as a grit substitute to sell to Glasgow City Council, layering it on track also saves the Council storing it in one o' them giant igloo shacks.

I guess might depend on whether lump sum payments to buy new gear are used for the intended purpose or to pay off your bookie

I'm not local, but Livingston you say. For a pint and grub I would recommend Black Bull Inn, Mid Calder - I don't think they do rooms (I could be wrong). it is run by a Monarchs supporter and he is an all round good egg. If they don't do rooms they would surely be able to point you in the right direction and in Livingston and surrounding area there is the usual Premier Inn, Holiday Inn Express, etc. Hope that's of help.

Now now, tut tut! No need to be abusive. Any time I've been I've only paid the entrance fee, nowt else. A total of £17.50 fer me then, or as a quid only worth 30p these days, just over a fiver.

No I aint "missing the point" at all. Not even for one second mate. Perhaps it is yourself that is missing my point. A quid is only worth about 30p these days - an inescapable fact. Yes, it depends on how far you go back - indeed correct. Nevertheless, at some point a quid has become 30 percent of what it used to be worth. 17.5 is just a number. Times that by 0.3 and you get £5.25. So it really is only "worth" about a fiver these days. Its all about perception. The good news is that the £140 per month you are spending x 0.3 = only £42 per month. Sorted!! Salaries these days are measured in tens of thousands of pounds don't forget. And, just for you (my sense of humour couldn't resist!), here is (another especially for you) recount of how SCB bought a car for more than £50,000 about 10 years ago and came on 'ere complaining about 2 quid!!!! My football going friends and workmates think £17.50 is "cheap as chips" compared to what they pay at football. The reason why they don't go to speedway aint 'cos they think its too expensive, its 'cos they don't like the sport. But yeah, they keep telling me that speedway prices are "cheap as chips". It aint "£22.50" at Glasgow - its only £17.50!! Yeah, "family of fatties" - brilliant!!

Can't believe people moaning about a couple o' quid - it is 2016 fer cryin out loud. A quid is worth about 30p these days, so such as £17.50 is more like a fiver used to be. You will pay a couple o' quid just for a sugary drink from a petrol station kiosk and folk don't so much as blink. The best one is still SCB on 'ere recently saying that 10 years ago he paid over £50,000 for his car and in the same post complained about a couple o' quid!! I mean honestly!! I respect that other people have a different perspective - all I'm saying is from my perspective a couple o' quid is nothing and I aint rich that's fer sure (unlike SCB, I've never had a car over £50,000, ...or £40,000, ...or £30,000, ...or £20,000). Jeez, folk spend more than £17.50 every night down the local boozer or just on a round!! I just find it unbelievable that folk think £17.50 is loads a money - it aint!! (imho)

Exactly. All this percentages thing conveniently overlooks that admission fees have been in the teens for the last decade and seems like forever. In this day and age £17.50 is nothing and perfectly reasonable. Another poster, SCB, was complaining as well about 2 quid difference and in the same post he mentioned that 10 years ago he paid over £50,000 for his car!! And he was complaining 'ere about two quid!!

Sorry but I find this petty. £1.50 is practically nothing in this day and age. It's 2016 fer cryin out loud, a quid is worth about 30p these days so £1.50 is like what 45p used to be., so hardly anything. Recently another poster, think it was SCB, was complaining about the same thing and amidst his points was that 10 years ago he paid over £50,000 for his car - and he was complaining about two quid!! If I understand correctly the admission fee is about £17.50 for Adults, if only some people would behave the same!

Exactly. All this talk of Glasgow being top heavy doesn't take account of such as Garcia going well and racking up points, and that the other two in their bottom three are also decent riders for their respective positions. More of a concern for Glasgow at the moment seems to be injury to Worrall. The Aces website doesn't update from its news article a week ago: http://www.bellevueaces.co/newsitem.aspx?id=1685

Is the chip on your shoulder so big its blinkering your vision

How insular the last couple of posts are. A valid point is raised and the usual suspects turn on him. Pathetic and unnecessary.

Seems you are correct (see weblink below). Having had a look at the online video Barker runs towards the fallen rider/bike in a collective heap, and immediately tries to help by getting the bike off Matty. It seems clear from the video that Barker was concerned for Matty and anxious to help. It is also apparent that there are many whom have stated falsehoods about this, much of it assumptions - including those that simply weren't there. I too have criticised Barker in the past and assumed that there may have been something in the comments/claims on this thread. Seems a lot of people on this thread have a lot of retracting to do. Weblink to Heat 5 video (on Glasgow Tigers website): http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-vs-berwick-bandits-lc-heat-5/

Hang on a minute. You say you've bought a car 10 years ago for £52,000 - and your arguing about admission to a speedway match being £17.50 !!! And you say your car purchase price has increased by £20,000 - but you're arguing about a rise in admission to a speedway match of about two quid !!! You're right about not being exactly double, but the rise in prices of wages and all sorts (not Bassetts) has definitely substantially increased, while speedway admission prices seem to have been mid-teens for ever and pretty flat. In the 21st century, in the year 2016, £17.50 to see a speedway match aint a lot. To be fair I should mention that you usually seem very well informed and there's many a time I've seen your posts clarify something and very informative - don't want to be overly complimentary y'know but credit where credit's due. I guess I didn't make cleat that I was joking and tongue in cheek about the know it all thing - I'm probably just jealous, so apologies. Wages and costs - sadly I do deal with those, and yes I've seen them substantially increase over the last 10 years, wages in the industry I work in have definitely (virtually) doubled.... ok substantially increased.... ok they increased quiet a bit. Cheers and have a great 2016 season, its all ahead of us so loads to look forward to, thrills and hopefully not too many spills. Think I was a bit hastie there, sorry mate. Incidentally, on the other thing the wife says I do talk drivel so you have at least one backer there. Prices and cost and all that - I guess it depends on each person and what they are happy with. Have a great 2016 season, its all to look forward to. Cheers Classic!! To be honest I didn't want to make another post, but this was just too good not to acknowledge. This cheered me up. Thanks Mr Cyclone (or CSI ??)

What a load of drivel you talk! You know fine well that I was referring to average income of the public at large. In real terms speedway prices - as a percentage of income - has actually fallen over the last 10 years, that's a fact, you may choose to disagree cos you always seem to have a go at Glasgow and you are clearly anti-Glasgow. Time to take that huge chip off your shoulder and get a life mate. That's just plain wrong. Prices have generally doubled and I deal with company costs, they have definitely doubled. Average wages have also virtually doubled. Speedway admission prices have fallen in real terms. You may choose to disagree as the resident know-it-all as you always claim to be on anything and everything. "True" - thanks mate. But its a myth that wages have fallen. Average wages have actually substantially risen, if you mean so have costs (accommodation, electricity, food, etc) then yes that's right, so no reason why speedway should be any different. Check out car prices over the last 10 years for example, they have virtually doubled. Same for a lot of stuff, and wages are definitely virtually double what they were 10 years ago while speedway admission prices have remained flat so in real terms they have fallen as a percentage of wages of the paying public, for Mr Average that is (no pun intended).

Admission prices have been at about £15 or thereby for about 10 years or more. Wages have doubled in that time so to be still only in the teens at £17.50 is hardly any change at all in the last 10 years. Admission prices in speedway are way behind inflation, wages, and prices generally over the last 10 years.