RobMcCaffery

......from the New Christie Minstrels... Can we have one on science and nature next please ;-) Delighted to hear you're safe for a few more years.

Ever wondered why people feel so strongly about Poole? Of course you'll try to childishly write it off as jealousy but it's based on people being sick and tired of the 'amazing coincidences' that keep working in Poole's favour, whether it be mysterious engine failures, remarkable positioning of riders in the draft scheme, Poole assets out on loan consistently having mysteriously poor meetings when riding against them, convenient call-offs when riders are absent, matches being forced to heat 10 to ensure Poole get the points they need, strong suggestions of 'insider information' from the BSPA office, arrogance, complacency and being graceless winners. It always goes Poole's way off-track. That's the fault of the rest of the BSPA not standing up to them. Well, it's 'all in the best interests of the sport'. I actually feel sorry for the decent Poole fans who must surely see how their success is being 'earned'. I do not support any EL team but this week I will be 100% behind Belle Vue. If Gomolski has a bad meeting tonight somebody better warn his father.................... Ask your Mummy or Daddy. Many people have had enough of the bilge emanating from Dorset. Sometimes sadly you have to talk in their own language to get the point across.

It would so help if he could read the magazine as well as sell it,

It depends on who you're playing and whether you're playing the strip version ;-)

Happiness was 40-38, not 38-40 ;-)

Online is very important and increasingly vital but to say "no one advertises seriously in papers anymore" is quite laughable. Do you actually read newspapers? Obviously I read different types......

Most speedway fans here can't come up with sensible comment about speedway so there's little hope of getting sense on more complex subjects such as national anthems and systems of government.You just get ignorant prejudice and bull.

Stable teams, regular race night, proper season length, costs under control and less than income. I think we can see how much chance there is of any of those. It'll limp on, for now, hoping for an improvement and doing nothing to make it happen.

Numerous? Name them please. I suspect we'll end up with a handful.......The Poles were so free in allowing their riders to travel weren't they? Well, in a parallel universe perhaps. By the way, numerous means many. Anyway, get well Zenon, even if people are trying to make petty points about who was better than you. They can't have watched you ride or have met you.

Woryna was a genuine pioneer, having been allowed over well before Edward and Zenon.

There was no 'possibly'. Zenon was the greatest Pole of his generation and one of the most entertaining, wholehearted riders I've had the privilege to watch. It should have been his World Championship in '73. Get well soon, Zenon!

And people wonder why so many Poole fans are despised? Put your hands over your ears, close your eyes and shout blah blah blah and it'll all go away. Must be wonderful not to be troubled by principles....

I'd suggest to Coventry fans who want to strike out at Poole for this latest amazing coincidence involving Poole to hit the Pirates' promotion where it hurts. Stay home and send your admission money to the SRBF. Hit these people directly, where it hurts and instead help those who deserve the money. Speedway used to be about four riders on a track. Now it's too much about finding the right loophole. Poole have 'form' and if they are indeed innocent in this case there's plenty of other cases where any innocence is far from clear cut. Stay home Bees. Enough is enough.A round of golf might be a better use of your time.

Yes, sod 1985, wasn't speedway in a mess compared to now?............. It's not a question of pretending but trying to get the sport back in a sane, sustainable state. I'd prefer we learned from past successes rather than blindly heading for the cliff edge muttering 'time's moved on'. A cheap shot.

This might be useful in assessing the job. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34066941

Yes, everyone is entitled to their views, just as those who find them offensive or idiotic can challenge them and tell them so. Just because you have a view you don't have to keep banging on about it or expect nobody to oppose it.

You're forgetting the clocks go forward in Melbourne on October 4th so it'll be 09.15 AM here.

72 could be the I.Q.

I have a little surprise for you. The Sun, Star, Mirror and Mail aren't the only papers. You could always get someone to read one of the more intelligent ones to you or better still show you the pictures.

It's quicker from home to the Oaktree Arena.......I can go there anytime. I really enjoyed my visit to the SBA last year so was really looking forward to seeing more. I'm not as often in the area as I'd like to be and for the next two Fridays will be a half hour's drive from Plymouth. Oh for the days of weekly, reliable speedway. Of course it's not specifically a Plymouth problem, just another sign of the sick state of the sport, even at PL level.

All that you need to add to that is a Roman Abramovich at each track to pay for it. I do wonder if some people's understanding of finance is based on playing Monopoly........

The term is 'employees'. I assume you're not familiar with the concept. Just to help you normally such people have to do what their bosses ask them to do, as long as it obeys the law of the land, not the addled views of a persistent whinger.

Here we go again with Eurosport. Miss the first to heats while showing us tennis matches from years back. It really is beyond belief. Obviously having heard that racing was delayed by 15 minutes they decided to put in a filler - but why one longer than 15 minutes? Just out of ad break for heat 3. Deplorable. Premier Sports, all is forgiven ;-) (Edit - I see they're showing the first heats delayed after all - still not good).

Fortnight's gap in racing at Plymouth - exactly when I'm on holiday in Devon and was so looking forward to seeing the match. This sport really is a mess now - unreliable in so many ways it's untrue. Time to pull the curtain down for me after 40-odd years, or at least until it wakes up. There's only so much you can do, or take.

I'll be in Devon the next two Fridays so it's downright frustrating that there will be no racing at the SBA until next month. I was so delighted to see the Devils qualify so I might get to see some racing. Such is the state of speedway today - when you can and want to go they're not running! Anyway I shall put speedway out of my mind over the holiday - the worrying thing is how easy it is to do that now.