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Agreed I think the Danish system is interesting, where the playoffs are a mini league (in the case of the top division a single meeting grand final) with match points carried into finals: 4 for league leaders, 2 for runners-up and one for third). BTW the top five divisions (three 500cc and two 85cc) in Danish speedway have five different play-off formats!

At the BoE base rate that comes to about £4!

Think it might make a difference as Cradley are supposed to be at King's Lynn on the 7th in the cup semi final. However given the first leg result and the lack of Michael Neale in the second I think that point will prove to be academic.

Is it not saving money? Under the rules Cov would be fined for not completing their fixtures, so without this decision they would be required to restage this match. And that would probably be in front of a crowd consisting of one person and a dog so the award of the match saves them losing money on the fixture.

Those figures are clearly wrong! Average score is Somerset 29 Edinburgh 20!!!!

Now boys, back to the play-offs

What did Leicester take? Nine/ten months??

Can I join the list of posters disagreeing with junior fan. There were some good races, it was possible to pass. Morley and Branford were always going to be difficult to beat given their familiarity with Rye, and Ayres finished his season on a high. And Armo - what a character.

And we are continually being told how much better speedway is in Sweden (where they have playoffs), Poland (where they have playoffs) and Denmark (where they have a Grand Final). They can't all be wrong can they?

Denmark also use Fridays. Excluding Danes very few top riders ride regularly in the DSL. Top five non-Danes this year in DSL: Karpov, North, Kylmakorpi, Lahti and Lampart. And how many DSL matches has Kenny Bjerre ridden in the last two years?

Anybody who: 1) has sufficient knowledge of speedway 2) the personal and organisational skills needed to head an independent body; and 3) sanity would run a mile from the post if it was offered

Custard powder going down on the first bend now ( more of a yellow than white line!) I kid ye not.

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That misrepresents the way the Golden Helmet works - he didn't ride in his third semi final heat because he had already qualified. If you look at the scorecard you will see several riders missed their third group ride for that reason. This is hardly a new situation, I recall Matej missing a Racers meeting with a pre announced injury. It will be fun watching Rossiter hyperventilating this evening.

Now down to occasional drizzle -think it will be OK

Sheet grey sky and steady light rain (am 5 miles away )

So if the application has not been submitted that means it is unlikely there can be a start for a month or more - two if the issues are substantive

Richard May is the son of former Wembley rider Charlie May. I am fairly sure Garry May is not related to either of them. Ah those memories of beating Barry Briggs at Swindon (twice) as the glorious Racers sped to the first (of many) wins at Swindon. And challenging Ronnie Moore for the Golden Helmet at Wimbledon.

Whether they win the PL or crash out ignominiously Peterboro' will need a team in 2016 and some fans will already be discussing it, so I can't see the problem with this thread. However without knowing the Leagues will line up or what the points limit is going to be it's not going to be the most focused of discussions. FP's opening post seems a reasonable statement of which riders he would be happy to see return.

Jason DoyleChris Holder I make that two

I didn't need three points I am NOT a King's Lynn fan. I want Belle Vue to win for reasons that should be obvious.

I think it a bit rich the Belle Vue fans moaning about their bad luck. They won well and should be pleased about their performance. If you want to see an example of bad luck how about King's Lynn - injuies to Schlein and Kerr and having their match against Leicester rained off after nine heats when well ahead and losing the restaging. Aces wouldn't even have been in the playoffs if Lynn had had a fair rub of the green this season.

I'd suggest Anders Thomsen

I don't think the Storm were "cheated" on Friday - the referee assessed the conditions and took the appropriate decisions. From that you would be correct in concluding that I might have a different view of the Cov v Poole fiasco.

£20 for PL double header tonight a 33% increase Cov was a 50% increase on normal yesterfay and Wolves last Monday was 57% up on usual price