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Because it's run by amateurs!

Honestly, we need more home fans before we start worrying about away fans. Travelling fans is also an issue with speedway because of the dependence on the weather. How many people will choose to go from Glasgow to Poole if the weather is a bit iffy? For a playoff final, maybe some will take the risk. In the middle of the season? Probably only if they plan to stay down south for a few days anyway. Pretty much every team doesn't have enough home fans to support their costs. We need to cut costs without cutting meetings, and get more home fans through the gates. Do those two things and you solve a good chunk of the problem. Fail to do those two things and everything else is irrelevant (track ownership/leasing aside, which is probably the third big issue).

Yes, the racing was fantastic and the home fans went home very happy with a good win. Nicolai was superb, Bomber made sure he got him in heat 15 though. Pretty much all the riders showed some decent moves. Track preparation was immaculate.

Any. He has a rolling average of 20 currently. It will be reassessed monthly in line with his meetings, just like other riders.

Good point.

I've also been told his injury has coincided with a 28-day ban, although so much has been said about his situation that I'm not really sure what to believe at this point.

Nothing's been said, but our next match is next Friday, so plenty of time for something to be done. I'm sure the promotion aren't sitting idle.

Excluding the Scottish Cup, and the Poole match (because the publication deadline was probably before that match), Leon scored (including bonus points) 24 points from 9 rides. That's an average of 10.67. Also, this thread, wow.

We are definitely not clear favourites. There is no clear favourite this year - it looks quite even overall. We need to stop with the whole Glasgow/Poole will/should win everything nonsense. It's much more competitive than that.

Whilst it was good we pulled it back level in heat 11, it was obvious 12/13/14 were bad for us. 12/14 certainly, and 13 was a 50/50. Anders Rowe and Tobias Thomsen were both really good last night. We need our reserves to find a little more speed. If we can help them improve, we're still a very good team.

Let's be honest, it's probably a bit of both, and nothing inherently wrong with either given the current setup of British Speedway. If we don't like it, we need an independent body to control fixtures more centrally, but if that's not going to happen, teams will do it. If the roles were reversed, I'd expect Edinburgh to seek to do the same. Why wouldn't you?

It's not just mixing it, it's anywhere near, like you say. When he's at the back, he seems to leave half a lap between him and the rider in front. I just don't get it. You only get 16 laps a meeting, and spending half of them putting no real effort in is such a waste. No idea what the answer is, but cantering around at half speed on the bike certainly isn't helping him. He seems to be going through mechanics quickly, and he's posted about engines - I'm not sure he's fully accepted the issue is mostly in his head yet.

Funny you say that, when we've won the league only once, failed to make the playoffs last year, and even if you bank on us getting one playoff spot, there's three more up for grabs... We've managed to lose playoffs to Leicester and Poole, and frequently struggle to beat Redcar and Edinburgh in the cup competitions. Seems like we're not really blowing everyone out of the water. It also wasn't us forcing Workington to move up to the Championship, and arguably the league is the most level it's been for a while this year!

It seems Ashton is done at Glasgow.

You could expect 8 home matches in 11 weeks, which is better than we have now (3 Fridays out of 9).