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Less than Kent & Leicester, probably a little better than Berwick. Crowd levels are going to suffer when the Albion are at home. Sure next will be better with no domestic football & a fair few visiting Pugwashers - they always brought a fair few to Monmore when I was there for their visits. Promises to be a better contest especially with ex-Brummie favourite King in the line-up. Yes.

I had tentatively thought this could be my first visit to Leicester but with Belle Vue on BHM, Brummies next Wed and hopefully Owlerton on Thursday I might be speedwayed out. Cook's Premiership form has dipped has it been as bad for Glasgow. Tigers without Ostergaard are less potent also.

Ruml was Gladiators best rider at Perry Barr tonight by a mile!

Track looks worse than Zarnovica at the weekend!

The Brummies didn't hit 60 points tonight so I doubt they will - Plymouth offered little resistance, except for Dillon Ruml who was their best rider by far after a tentative first few laps of Perry Barr in his first ride. Deserved his heat 15 outing and Gladiators team manager should have used him rather than Pedersen for the Tac Sub - clearly quicker, was still chasing the back wheel of Erik Riss on the last lap of heat 15 when if he hadn't fallen may well have passed the Brummies #1 on the final bends. The rest of the Gladiators were fairly anonymous including Pedersen who was frankly pedestrian, if that's how he rode for Brummies when he was their #1 no wonder he got booed during the presentation. Crump was OK, same style, same mannerisms as the rider who I thought was the best rider in the world in the late noughties - just not as quick. And Keleher who was frankly wild, a danger to himself and others, clouted the air fence and stayed on heat 10 and almost knocked Edwards off in heat 14. Except for Thomas, who had his best night at Perry Barr, Brummies were as much hit as they were miss. Their scores don't suggest it but Morris and Castagna were far from their best, Morris stole second from Cook on the run to the line in heat 3 when he should really have found a way past both Gladiators earlier. Riss was peerless in his first 3 rides. Heat 13 when he made the gate in the first running (I don't know why the referee stopped the race, yes Crump moved before the tapes, but only to his own detriment) but missed it the second and didn't show much enthusiasm for giving chase, was possibly lucky to held on for the win in heat 15 due to Ruml's fall. Harris didn't look at all comfortable in his first ride, seemed to be battling his bike, then untroubled until falling in heat 15. Grobauer was again frankly poor, had nothing to beat in heat 1 & got a second lucky paid win later on. Again no dust tonight, the bump in turn 1 has also almost disappeared. Shame it wasn't enough of a contest to produce better racing. And Hoorah for being home in 20 minutes rather than 90 with the M6 open at junction 10, would have been 15 minutes but for a dawdling driver on a single lane section of the A34 that meant I got stuck at the Scott Arms traffic lights.

Pre meeting comments - One ride each for Harris, Morris & probably two for Castagna as R/R for Shanes makes Brummies stronger. Other than Crump, Pedersen & Ruml (who I saw ride in California in 2015) don't know any of this Plymouth team.

And again.

Wrong thread!

As an Albion fan but a Brummies season ticket holder I'll be at Perry Barr. Albion should be good to watch this year in the championship, it's when they're in the Premier League that it gets depressing!

I'm not being negative, just realistic.

Where is @Falubaz??? Robert Lambert 8th in Ekstraliga final averages, higher than Dudek.....

Having seen Kasper Andersen & Tom Brenenan at Perry Barr last Wednesday their scores tonight boggle the mind.

Brummies are not going to get crowds like they had for Kent & Leicester when West Bromwich Albion are playing at home against Arsenal, 10 minutes away, on the same night I'm afraid. At least Birmingham City are not also playing at home this week.

I only saw year of birth for Swidnicki & Miskowiak - 2001. Suspect Swidnicki will go elsewhere if Kowalski is preferred. Imagine Swidnicki will be in demand, would improve all Ekstraliga 6-7's except Lublin.

Yes, Zmarzlik v Ward would have been special. If Zmarzlik isn't regarded alongside Nielsen & Rickardsson (I'm not old enough to remember any others) then it will be down to injury..

Is the other reserve they used instead of Swidnicki earlier in the year still young enough to be at reserve? Hope Miskowiak gets an Ekstraliga spot but Swidnicki would benefit from a year or two in 2nd tier.

Czestochowa have bigger issues than Lindgren, believe this year was the last year Miskowiak & Swidnicki could be utilised at reserve.

Instead of Buckzkowski I guess.

Yes, good ride from Pawlicki thought Grudziadz manager had made a mistake putting him on 4 when they only needed a second place. But Madsen on gate 3 was a bigger mistake, don't know stats but it seemed the worst gate for the entire second half of the meeting. Question is now, where will Dudek & Fricke go?

Smektala bottled it, good ride from Pawlicki though. Where is Falubaz?

Not anymore! Beaten up by the most entertaining Polish reserve! Thought if Grudziadz were still in touch once their hapless reserve rides were out the way they'd win.

No T.S for Czetochowa?

If Pawlicki had hit most riders like he hit Lindgren in heat 1 they'd have gone down. Great heat! Heat 2 1-5 very predictable. Czestchowa fans withh be hawking Lindgren, but fairplay to Krawkowiak for resisting. Good ride Woryna to beat Pedersen. Great heat 9 from Bjerre. Doping test for Kasprzak! Caught up with live action now.

I see. What time tapes up in Grudziadz?

Yes, very bizarre choosing the reserve over Kolodzeij.