MattB

Is there a chink of light for Brandon? http://www.savecoventryspeedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.4268.1

Schlein confirmed

I'm glad to hear the news, but equally pleased to see so many keeping their feet on the ground, as bikes will not be roaring round Brandon anytime soon. Quite simply, there must be a compulsory purchase order placed on the site by Rugby Council, as Brandon Estates will unquestionably appeal the decision through the building inspector. Any decision they make is absolutely final as far as I'm aware. It's a well deserved reward for Jeff Davies and everyone involved with the campaign, but they've a long way to go yet. I will say though having spoken to Jeff in the past that if anybody can get speedway back into Brandon, it will be them.

Totally agree. I'm pleased that Edinburgh's short term future has been secured, but hopefully Harkness, Campbell and the other directors will have learnt a few lessons from from running to the press and telling everyone the new stadium was in the bag, when it blatantly wasn't. They do a lot of very positive work in the community, but they've mismanaged this badly

Planning?! British Speedway?!

Credit to Sheffield for a ruthless display, but that was terrible performance from start to finish from us. Needed a good start, but 2 5 - 1s in the first three heats knocked the fight out of us, but I saw far too many heads drop. No interviews by the management extremely telling I think

Absolutely. Yet they do it every year and never learn.

Track is absolutely saturated on the straight.

Exactly. It happens year after year after year, yet speedway still finds itself flapping about getting the dates in, only to be amazed that the weather doesn't play ball

Mauger, Rickardsson, Fundin and Nielsen in the current era would have absolutely cleaned up

Zmarzlik really does pose a threat to Mauger and Rickardsson's record without a strong and consistent challenger. In fairness to him, he can only beat what's in front of him

Sadly, their priorities lie elsewhere and they're too busy trying to get one over on each other. Really does look ominous that Coventry have been shafted big time.

Sadly this does not come as a surprise to me. As soon as they went public with their plans, I felt that they had jumped the gun in terms of leading Monarchs fans to think that it was in the bag. I feel very sad for the Monarchs fans, but less sympathetic towards their promotion and officials for making rather rash and bold statements that they've not been able to keep (regardless of whether they've been let down by the council or not). Sadly, its another club that appears to be heading for the wilderness.

Perhaps making a point as Zagar had spent ages working on that gate. Was surprised by that though. Referee ought to pull both up over it tbf. Will probably pull Porky as well for using a rather naughty word over the tannoy!

Riders were ordered off the track, yet Zagar chose to ignore the order and have a five minute private gardening session......

Think it was Dugard and Loram at Coventry in 2000. Think that's the last year we had three Brits in a semi final as well,.

Advertised start time 7.30. 7.46. Still waiting.........

Asides from the track, my biggest gripe was the conditions in the stadium. I was on the third and fourth bend, and it was uncomfortably hot and heavy in there. The queues for drink were very slow. I've actually been quite off colour today, so maybe a little heat stroke.

That is actually a fair point. The last time the Cardiff GP was staged in August was 2012, and although it was a good meeting that night, the crowd was well down on previous years.

Bet your fun at parties

I'm here. I'll usually defend Cardiff to the hilt, but with the crowd down on previous years, this track is exactly what it did NOT need.

British Speedway has never been very good at dispelling the theory that its all organised on the back of a fag packet

Definitely Bomber. Brannon will have plenty of chances to get a Cardiff slot. Bomber almost certainly won't.

Sadly the attitude some of the promoters have towards fans who stop going is "it's your loss". I guess they obviously feel enough people are packing their terraces out that they need not bother with those who've had enough of it

David Norris wasn't averse to throwing the odd gesture to us when he won a heat at Monmore (though he always seemed to do it out of the view of the referee!)