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If we did that people would still complain that it strengthens us.

Are you referring to the injured Mark Riss?

I see we got 9 points from Craig & Dans rides. Ouch. Great effort from the battered and bruised Aces. Can we carry our luck bank over to next year or does it reset at the end of the season like normal. lol

Disappointing to go out but having watch Ht13 again it’s difficult to stay disappointed for too long. Love the NSS and The Aces.

With Belle Vue having (probably) only three meetings left, they are leaving it really late for their luck to even out over the season. Could be our saving grace?

Looking at the results with Riss in, we would have made the play offs anyway with Jye and had a potentially good scoring reserve at the NSS. As most said at the time it should have been Dimitri for Drozdz and keep Jye. What’s done is done but we never really got to see Mark perform due to him carrying an injury.

If Mark rides abroad like Andersen or if he’d gone home ‘cause his Dad, auntie or whoever it was had a cold like North them quite rightly people would be up in arms, as that is cheating pure and simple.

Apparently to keep him happy Belle Vue will ride the two cup competitions with only 6 riders as per his request. At least that’s over with.

Feel for the lad and I hope he sorts his ankle and comes back stronger next year. No real adequate cover out there but it’s no loss as our goose was cooked when Dan was injured. Some sort of luck still with us. Having said all this I’m hoping Mark doesn’t do an Andersen and ride abroad whilst claiming to be injured in the UK as that would be cheating.

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Feel for the lad and I hope he sorts his ankle and comes back stronger next year. No real adequate cover out there but it’s no loss as our goose was cooked when Dan was injured. Some sort of luck still with us. Having said all this I’m hoping Mark doesn’t do an Andersen and ride abroad whilst claiming to be injured in the UK as that would be cheating.

Confidence thing with Jack, everything else is there. Riders and fans alike say how races are won and lost in the mind. I’m not sure it the new UK set up have got hold of him yet but it would be interesting to see if they could help turn things round.

We were hit with the TV, it being an off night and the kids just back at school. Taking that into account the 1700 was ok and still the highest attendance that week in the UK for a team event Belle Vue are without doubt the best supported club in UK speedway but that also indicates the troubles currently facing the sport.

Its was the idiot from Poole (not a narrow choice granted) who whilst we all discussed how much we enjoyed heat 13, needlessly dug out a Poole race saying it was better. The subsequent discussion then had the other idiot Poole fans joining in and doing what they do best. Very sad. Amyway I’m going to watch heat 13 again.

Forgotten what?

Do onto others? So if we produce a wonderful racetrack like that seen last night on tv, you will too?

He typed into google “good race Poole” and got something from 14 years ago. Very amusing that he tries to make out how good his gate & go track is but ends up showing it up for what it is. The gift that keeps on giving.

Is there a specific date when Belle Vues luck changes to then even itself out?

If your not confident your team can will on the most entertaining surface you can provide and doctor the track accordingly then you really need to look at something else to do and leave this great sport of ours alone.

I’ll be there. Do Robins fans really feel it will the last meeting at the Abbey?

From my experience at the NSS, nowadays slicker is better. Must be something to do with the bikes as it seems counterintuitive to me, a fan from the seventies.

As pleased I was with the win last night and the fact we made the play offs, by far the best thing is we have an extra meeting at this fabulous circuit and it’s on telly too.

That second paragraph is the wrongest thing I’ve ever read but then I know first hand what went on. This coupled with your opinion that we didn’t miss Dan shows a lack of understanding of our sport that is truly embarrassing. Voicing these idiotic ideas would be bad enough in a pub but to put them on a SPEEDWAY forum beggars belief.

Mildenhall is a cup fixture. We have IOW on Friday to finish off our home league meetings. I still think we’ll miss out though.

Probably, it’s normally fine there.