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Not sure what it says about Kent, or in fairness to them the attitude of young riders / amateur riders, if they can't find anyone willing to ride at number 7 in an NDL match? Why were they not inundated with options from SDL level riders? young or a bit older?

whatever Somerset have a great top 4 now especially with Rowe and Stoneman at reserve, delighted to see Nathan back in CL. Brummies loss!

I went to Central Park with Brummies on 2 occasions with Curfew issues and both times Len and the faithful blames us for delays and problems.curfew is problem there, and number of crashes. If any Team delays near curfew to get a point who can blame them. The curfew not the opposition is root of the problem

Summed up everything good and bad about British Speedway. Most of the field have been around years yet delivered some good racing and pretty competitive. Flashes of brilliance from likes of Wright; King; Kennett; Ayres; Cook and Bomber yet left with feeling just a power circuit though. Boring and predictable first 10 heats but once dirt line developed some good racing and a couple of classic races. No Tai or Lambert and Bewley injured during meeting so lacked top name sparkle. Can someone convince me it won't be the same guys in 1,2,3,4,5 years time? - emerging young talent seems to have struggled this season and most have gone backwards or worryingly given up or got injured.

I can get the "independent" (and actually far better ones) like Glasgow; Poole and Eastbourne to work fine but the off the shelf AP ones like ours have problems.

is there a date when transfers / moves are cut off - apart from serious injury?

wonder is Sargeant is on his last legs there and changes must be being considered you'd think?

shame if true as the Speedway Star did report a potential new Owner and thoughts of Connor Dugard going in as new Promoter were mentioned in the Star's new season review back in March. Be a big blow to speedway to lose it forever despite recent issues there.

demise of Arena/Lakeside I thing as much to do with financial mis-management before they were evicted by LandOwner for development to proceed than it was the eviction for development I remember them being very much a Club in latter seasons who struggled to keep afloat and as Speedway Star (Peter Oakes) reported some months ago, some huge liabilities incurred.

Clash of the CL Titans this and should be a classic both in Glasgow and Leicester. Both sides have slipped a little I think, Leicester more obviously due to injuries and Glasgow I think as they need Vissing to ride like a Heat Leader more regularly and Bickley to be more consistent especially away where sometimes he rides like a novice. Hard to call and as Stuart Dickson has pointed out / started the mind games, Somerset and Eastbourne (both of whom have possibly better top 3's than Glasgow or as least as good) have gone very close there in recent weeks. The track at Glasgow is fantastic and should be a great meeting.

we started with a Team that looked likely to struggle and made changes. Not Promotions fault Adam missed so many matches unless you believe they signed him knowing he would miss them. They are "having a go" and good to see that with better weather and better performances crowds have built up well. I'm no expert on crowds but I would think at level of last few matches we would be OK financially but if form peters out and matches get less significant worry is fans drift away. Promotion between a rock and a hard place with Championship / National League, little supporter appetite for latter not quite enough yet to be secure in Championship. I'm more confident now of next season than at any point so far - hope I'm right

Good meeting in the circumstances, Garrity did well and hopefully can keep it up. Not a lot you can do with tracks when so hot and sunny. Fear our season is frittering out though.

Eastbourne website, match previews and away match reporting is easily best in the sport. A lesson to all those who rely on lazy Pearson/AP blandness that there are options. Looks a shrewd move to bin Morley who was struggling away and bringing a young charger like Edwards in. Wood is as awful as Morley away, wonder if they might be about to bin him too and bring someone else in, R/R gave them more points last night than Wood has scored away most of the season. Glasgow won there though in League and 2nd Leg could be a cracker.

stood down for 7 days due to illness.

surprised he is riding and risking it tonight, a rest mentally and physically and a few days physio would surely be better and Glasgow could have had choice of league for a Guest and not exactly tough opposition on away form??. What if he gets a bang on it tonight, could be season over!

when he certainly looks like him with that hair style...

I guess that once you start making wholesale changes that if the wholesale changes don't work out you start making wholesale changes to replace the wholesale changes. It's good in a way but means lack of continuity at times. Replacing injured riders is to be applauded but just shipping people in and out like Danyon for no good reason and Nathan for no good reason doesn't indicate any kind of "plan" sadly. At least they are trying though!

who is son of god and why is he minging

Can't see anything notable in a new deal. I fear it will dilute from BT to a smaller channel / less income. Presentation on BT is awful, time for Pearson and Tatum to be shown the door and the bloody awful Natalie. To think we used to have Lanno and good race readers like Millard and others. Suzi Perry and Sophie Blake were on a different planet to Quirke and that Kiri woman. Streaming will just push more a way to social media. Needs an innovator and innovation and completely new Presentation Team and Presenters. I would retain Scott Nicholls, have him with Mrs Nicholls and other than that start again!

guys who we would class as "journeymen" riders like Ljung and Huckenbeck were as impressive as and more impressive than some bigger names like Laguta ; Janowski; Fricke; Lindgren; Iversen; who were disappointing for various reasons. We have no depth beyond Woffinden and Lambert at that level. The "next generation" are 2-3 years away from maturing IF they are going to mature as some are struggling to make an impact in UK let alone abroad. Bewley has come back very well from horror injuries but may be seen to better light next season. Patience is needed!

It's disgusting that Schlein is allowed to race in British Final. Worse still is his involvement with some of the young rider programmes. Beware this man at your track!

I followed the advice of your excellent Eastbourne website and booked with the local Premier Inn. As it advised I chose the "pay on the day option" that allows you to cancel free of charge before 1pm. It's ideal for any Speedway fan (if rain offs are early) and I don't know why more Speedway Teams don't offer such a comprehensive service for Away Fans. Top marks.

Pearson and his motley crew have ripped off the sport for long enough, sub-standard journalism; sub standard media, poor reaction to criticism. He is part of the problem with the sport, yet has an iron media grip on a lot of the Clubs due to his collaboration with BSPA including my own. Of course he is unhappy with social media warriors who tell it how it is. He can't control them and that's all he wants to do. "control".

Don't think it's fickle going to every home meeting and 75% of away matches. Heavy thundery rain is forecast and my plans for tomorrow involving one of sons cricket team up near Newcastle where he lives; also in massive doubt, so I prefer to sit this one out.

been some more positive updates in past few weeks including inside cover page of this weeks Speedway Star - still a along way to go, but walking with help, sitting up, sight back OK, talking with prompts and recognises people he knows and seems aware of what's happened / happening (apology to family if i have any of that wrong).