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I fear its Wednesday or no day for Brummies there given the very tight restrictions in place. The alternative options are pretty much non existant. It's looking possible that if Birmingham City get new Owners that they want to develop Wheels as a Sport City type of place but hard to see how Speedway would fit in to a new 40000 seater stadium and other football training and hotel type set up. That assumes that they can decontaninate the land. CVS seemed quite positive Wolves may have found or been found some land. No idea where its most likely brownfield site in deepest Black Country industrial area, within Wolves City Council land. With things very tight financially at Brummies anyway, probably best to make the most of this season and hope Wolves find something. Personally if they coukd get a new track with a proper shape and entertainment I'd go, Monmore is just awful in terms of proper racing.

Actually I think last night was first time this season Edinburgh have ridden to their clear potential. When their top 5 click and with Hook clearly improving ride well together they are a match for anyone. As for Brummies, at Plymouth we rode to potential against a team low on confidence for whom little is going right. These type of results happen in all sports. Micro analysis is pointless.

This might be the best chance we have of a win so far. I'm hopeful of a 46 to 44 with Morra and Sedge nicking it over the last few heats.

If Mattie Bates was still TM would the team now have ?? Bowtell instead of Starke Coles instead of Turner Atkins instead of Trigger That (on current form) would be probably the most solid 1-7 in the League. Heart over head may be on Starke and Trigger. Getting Jason Edwards in and then letting him go was a calamitous mistake in hindsight. Gary May is too quick to discard reserves and use them as commodities, always been the same! Not seen Turner yet other than a few video clips, he can gate and he does have speed and in a better balanced reserve pairing he may have less pressure on him. Its a shame as Mark Phillips works incredibly hard and deserves a bit of silverware for his efforts.

Thank you, I'm sure it wasn't there at 7.15pm Thanks for the link

Doesn't appear that Speedway Updates. know match has been rearranged. Plymouth website a bit confusing though as at first glance it had Match Postponed under Match Rearranged.

Breaking News... Due to an inclement Long Range Weather forecast for the coming weeks and months the PL and BSPL / SCB have decided to halt the League Programme with immediate effect. A one Off League Title 7 Team Tournament Knock out will be arranged for Leicester on the weekend of October 28/29th. PL Consultant Phil Morris said, we always get a weather break at the end of the season and we can put on a fantastic Firework Display costing thousands and it'll make it a fantastic event. We have consulted with the Company that provide the fantastic fabric roof on the Stands at Leicester and they are going to construct a wrap around version that will cover the track just above floodlight level so we'll be weather proofed. We'll start manning the Track soakaway chambers now so we'll have any water pumped off in good time.

For a variety of reasons, many not his fault but bad luck and fate, a massively unfulfilled talent. However he can walk relatively speaking in to retirement, and hopefully he won't come back and risk his long term well being.

Nichol is struggling with degenerative Shoulder issues. Like Ruml he'd require Home Office permits that would take 6 weeks at least. Same with many other foreign riders now blame Brexrubbish Kemp is clearly an option but very high maintenance allegedly. Thompson should be a shoe in for Neilson. Would Ben Morley fit. He has good experience of PB and did well for Plymouth often in Number 2 slot?

Funny that most of the Cradley fans I know didn't rate Pottinger. Nice bloke poor manager was the normal view. Lee Kilby would be great option but seems his career is now behind the mike

Pearson together with Bowtell have been very good. Bowtell has continued gradual progress up to a new level, Pearson is developing fast and putting Neilson and a few others to shame. Those pair plus Morris and Sedgeman should be the 4 we build around.

I have to say the team riding of Bowtell and Morris on a number of occasions this season has been top drawer and a hark back to some of the halcyon days. Credit to both of them for that.

I didn't go up to the top bar restaurant area last night so not too scientific but based on outside and lower area inside I'd say ball park 500

Almost all rented venues have food and drink profits going to Owners. PB always been that way The issues at PB though seem to have deteriorated with most recent Stadium Manager and transition of Stadium Owners, the latest occupant on behalf of Stadium Owners seems like an absolute knob. Certainly the policing of food and drink, essential to some like diabetics as suggested, has become something like totalitarian state. One occasion in heatwave last summer was draconian dangerous to health and totally OTT confiscating small plastic bottles of water even almost empty ones. When challenged the security comment was that they didn't want people topping them up from toilet sinks.

Much rather dump Neilson and keep Wright but that would be a real filip to have Kemp and the twins

If Monmore Green isn't available next season Wolves will spend 2024 at Leicester.

Agreed the numbers last night were as bad as I've seen at any time since we moved to CL level in 2019. I think there are speedway reasons, lack of strength in the team, indifference to BSN Cup and KOCCup and the opposition who are a team with a notoriously bad away support. Bigger issue though I think is Cost of Living Crisis. There are simply too many other things to do in a big City with reduced disposable social income, many don't even have that income any more. Those Clubs where Speedway has a higher profile with less other sporting attractions will ride out the storm better than I fear Clubs like Brummies will. Fact of life.

Yep, imagine that top5 supported by Jason Edwards and Henry Atkins at reserve. Riders Gary May ditched in a hurry! Act in haste, repent at leisure!

Having had their Pits phone ripped off the wall by bad tempered Ginger whinger Middle ditch, any truth in the rumour that Mark Phillips is travelling in his Tractor to demolish the Poole Pits.

Hope for Gladiators sake they can have a referee who can see when Lawson tries to fence someone and doesn't award a 5 1 to Poole when a Gladiator clearly wins the race

That explains why Edwardz Kennett has just taken out a Polish License.

You can't market properly what you don't own and have full control of. That's the crux of the problem and has been for decades. How many Tracks are actually OWNED fully or effective decision making by the Promoters / Management of the Club? Glasgow, Redcar; Scunthorpe; Kings Lynn . Excuse me IF I'm wrong but aren't the remainder Owned by Dogs / Stocks / Football / Councils / Covenants etc??.. Most don't even have revenue from basics like Food and Drink. That's a fundamental flaw with the model!

Is there nowhere in the vicinity of Bournemouth Airport which seems to be very underused and a lot of land surrounding it? Just thinking that 2 hours speedway a week for 20 odd weeks could hardly be stopped on noise grounds.

I think Edinburgh have the best idea with some sort of radius block to encourage people living locally to attend. Teams who rent Stadia probably do better as they may lose 2 or 3 in a family for cost of one stream. Teams who make money from food and drink I'd suggests are idiots to stream as they lose that income stream. You never know how many you are losing until you stop it for certain matches. My understanding is that for most matches all BSN net profit is pooled and shared equally amongst CL teams. I was told though that contrary to expectations of most Clubs that last year's Play Off money was shared only amongst play off participants at each stage. That's hearsay though.

I'd really have much preferred 2 home and way in the League to this BSN Cup and it would have made for a much more balanced fixture list