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Horrible crash. Maybe Tai will come in?

The match was. The Bears were worse though!

Broc’s form is still a concern. The rest are all performing fairly well. It did make me wonder how this team would look if we had a return from Marcin Nowak… it’d be entertaining if nothing else!

Basso is an absolute madman.

Yes, my point wasn't to defend the Bears. Simply to say it's nice to see (almost) the the Tigers riding well. But they've hardly been put under any serious pressure tonight.

Of course you use your T/S in heat 12, having already lost the meeting in heat 10. All it does is mean Charles Wright rides in three straight heats and draws the meeting out!

I think you've got one extra home match compared to Scunthorpe/Edinburgh, so that's in your favour. Against you is if your reliance on heat leaders that have been terrible tonight.

All three heat leaders have better averages, but no wins in 9 heats. They've brought nothing. Good riding from the Tigers though. Nice pass by Craig in heat 1, fantastic pass by Ulle in heat 3. Connor very strong too.

I certainly don't see an upside for Glasgow going up. Need a ten team league to make it interesting for me.

Great news. I’m guessing the realistic date is going to be 2024, but this announcement came remarkably quickly in truth. Probably a good thing the new track will clearly be closer to Edinburgh than Glasgow too!

As mentioned before, the crowd at Glasgow is close to the track - more like two metres on the straights.

Sorry if this should be obvious, but with multiple leagues and riders riding in multiple countries (and guests!), what's the point of assets? How does it benefit the sport? Obviously it makes sense in many sports, like football, but speedway isn't set up the same way I always used to think riders were essentially self-employed and could ride for whoever they liked, within normal limits, like not signing for two teams in the same league. Can anyone briefly explain?

I can't make it, so rain dance works for me.

Isn't Harris's average too high anyway?

Never more than 6 feet at Ashfield, certainly!

Ah, OK. Figured it would be something like that, just hadn't ever seen anything spoken about it.

So does Connor Bailey race under a British licence then? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick somewhere? And if he does, how does he qualify? I'm a bit confused.

I'm inclined to agree. Heat 15 decider is a lot of pressure. We have put reserves in heat 15 before and it's not worked out.

I've never had trouble parking on the road. I do sometimes use the Allied Vehicles staff car park, but Maryhill Tesco is far riskier than Ashfield Street.

Given the age of speedway fans, I’d agree. But equally ridiculous other places don’t take contactless. Speedway is the only place I ever need to use cash. A shame the Tigers missed out on a few extra points last night, but I always think any points on your travels are good points. Good to see Danton scoring well last night - shows a lot of different riders contributing at different times. Shows good potential. But anyone expecting Ulle to match his average from last year is in cloud cuckoo land for me. He’s a great leader for the team, he’s a good racer, the fans love him… but his average was very high. We all knew it. It was mentioned in the thread before he was re-signed. No regrets, he’s still an important part of the team, glad we’ve got him, but I don’t think the Tigers’ management expected him to match his average.

Also, just not enough teams. It's not attractive as a fan. I hope someone can bring Newcastle back. We needs teams opening, not closing, and having seen the Rockets close twice, I don't like seeing any team lost.

I’m not sure I ever heard Tigers fans wanting shot of him. There’s been frustration at his results, but I’ve not heard anyone say any of the riders should be dropped. Craig started the season really well, but hasn’t been himself recently (although engine issues in one meeting didn’t help). Connor was great at reserve but is understandably finding it tougher at 2 Ulle is fitting in well at 3. Not as strong as last year, but last year he was exceptional. He’s a bit short on speed but he shows his experience. Basso has been pretty reliable and last night he was unbelievably good. Tom’s hit double figures in 6 of his 11 full meetings. Danyon’s similar to Connor - does well at reserve, found it harder at 2. Broc really struggled early, has improved since he moved to reserve (with a blip at Scunthorpe). The biggest impact has been Craig and Ulle - their averages are going down. Everyone else is at around their season starting average, or above it. If Craig can get closer to his start of season performances, the weakest link is at 2. But that’s offset by being strong at reserve. Playoffs aren’t for another two months. Let’s be honest, the biggest factor is often making sure your riders are fit when you get there.

Seems a tiny bit insensitive to play The Chain after Josh MacDonald's fall in heat 14!

You wouldn't put money on it though!

Realistically, he didn't look like scoring more than a point.