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Also yet to see armed police patrolling a British speedway crowd.

Totally gutted to get so close i said earlier i thought Lindgren would go through the card and up until the accident he looked the class act that he is, not being biased i think the ref got the call wrong but hey ho, if Lindgren had not been injured we wouldnt have had that oppertunity in the last two races. Never been a fan of Tungate from the day he was brought in, he was woeful at Wolves and never delivered what he was brought in to do at home. Cook is not in Lindgrens class and will be embarrassed in a full GP season, even when getting a flyer Freddie made light work of him. Hope Freddie is ok after his knock, whereas Doyle has been riding within himself no doubt with one eye on the GP which is understandable Freddie has never given Wolves anything less than 100% reminds me of Crumpie in that sense. As for the morons throwing beer cans total disgrace and have dragged the name of our club through the mud, totally inexcusable. If Freddie is out for the final what are Wolves options? Whatever they are no one is going to be able to match Lindgrens scoring and with Thorssell also out the door is wide open for Swindon. Belle Vue need to freshen things up next season things just feel a bit stale at the moment. The last three seasons the first leg has cost us as we have choked each time, Cook, Bjerre, and Tungate scoring a total of 11 at Monmore did for us. Hope the racing is good over the two legs of the final.

Thirteen is a big ask to pull back, with Fricke yes without I don't fancy us, Lindgren being able to take a r/r ride whilst Bjerre is not could clinch it as well as Smith just back from injury. As for our record against Wolves over the two league matches irrelevant really as was proven last season, Lindgren is the real class act on show and could easily go through the card, and lets not forget this is a play off and so far we have choked each time.

Says the man who attends a sparse Abbey Stadium

I think if it had gone ahead last night we would have pulled it back but now Wolves will definitely go through as I think they will utilise r/r better than us, also with the ludicrous state the Colts now find themselves in I find myself not really caring what happens, just turn up tomorrow and hope theres good racing and roll on the end of the season, with all the guests, r/r etc weve seen this season I for one need that break and hope by some miracle next season sees the powers that be actually make some radical changes that will turn round the fortunes of the sport.

With all the abuse directed at Kirky Lane Superguest I think theres many that would have liked to have seen Belle Vue close down too, yes it was bobbins but it saved the club, going back to the days of the likes of Hyde Road, Newport, Crayford etc all different types of tracks and surfaces etc I cant remember any fans of any club going on about tracks as many seem to do today. In the words of the great Ivan Mauger they are all there to be ridden.

Firstly we acknowledged Kirky Lane was crap and wer,nt always on here defending the place, we were under no illusions about the dog track, and as for witnessing a few years of decent racing have you forgotten Hyde Road? That made the dog track all the more galling. The dog track served its purpose it kept the club alive.

Lets go to Sheffield then, some great real ale pubs in Kelham Island

The Amoeba

I just hope they don't run the meeting just for the sake of getting it on if the forecast rain does arrive, running in poor conditions would be unfair to both sides and the fans who certainly don't want to see riders unable to race.

Bad news about Thorssell I hope he has a speedy recovery, he,s a rider I like, this season his improvement has been excellent he comes across as a decent bloke quietly going about his job, good to watch and shows loyalty to his British club. I agree with mikebv and his assessment regarding the track. Monmore used to be prepared much better disregarding last night as the weather played a major part, Kirky Lane had some decent racing but that was in a minority of meetings the place was a dump but it served its purpose. Of course small tracks have a place as you need to have a different type of skill to ride them hence foreign riders needing that UK experience. Ive visited Lakeside quite a few times and despite what some say ive always seen decent meetings there, its small but riders never appeared to have a problem turning the bike, locking up, etc. In the cold light of day all this my tracks better than yours is rather childish, its far more relevant what the riders themselves think. Hope its a good meeting tomorrow and we can pull it back but its still going to be a hard task even with Wolves now having to utilise r/r. Last night Cook Tungate and Bjerre I felt let us down they all have to be on it tomorrow. Pity the weather badly affected both matches last night.

Same as us when losing Bjerre against Coventry cost us in the final. Not a fan of Tungate myself but don't think he purposely went out to cause mayhem, more like a limited ability to control the bike and being too pumped. But at least we acknowledged we had a total crap track, we didn't try to defend it, what made it worse for us it came after Hyde Road.

That's a fair point was thinking the same myself.

Dont think we were under orders to take anyone out. Trick track with riders locking up falling imagine the comments if this had been Kirky Lane. That was crap but not as bad as this.

Dan just locked that one up no ulterior motive there just inexperiance.

Tungate had a nightmare. Never been convinced about him tbh.

All over the place mate lol. We always do things the hard way. A late capitulation would sum us up. Will try to put on the positive head.

Kennett really is bobbins

We now need to build on that copk needs to come to the party. Think we will capitulate in the latter heats.

Swindon trying their best to throw this away

Dont know why they do that they never get away with it

To be fair you have to say this is playing into Fred Flanges hands

We are the preston north end of the play offs. Cook shocking feel this tie could be over tonight.

No advantage in next heat think we could suffer a heavy defeat Typical of our luck

Just think Kildemands all action never give up style brings something to the events, Pedersen was also known to go down easily as to influence a refs decision or to try to give himself a second bite of the cherry, i can see some resemblance tbh and the series needs that panto villain.