SPEEDY69

Excellent, just got a ticket! Thanks. Bizarre for the ticket site to give out the sold out message and it may put others off attending.

When I followed the link it said adult tickets sold out?

Tickets sold out online, I am thinking of coming up from Ipswich but don't want a wasted journey. Its it still a1000 maximum capacity?

Should be any easy Aces win this.

Should be a wolves win. Ostergaard is tough to cover for on the form he was in, great gating. Nicholls has dropped off a little recently.

Jorgensen was pacy and reeled in Cook in one race so was surprised he didn't get ht 15 but if Riss had ridden a better line he could easily have stayed third.

Depends what glasses you wear and what your expectations are. 5 of us went tonight and all enjoyed it. Cooks determined last to first coming out of bend two was great to see. Speedway is not all about overtaking and there were more passes than you state anyway. It's painful to watch Allen trying to ride a wide line, doesn't suit his style at all.

He's always been that type of rider though in my view. If he comes out of bend 2 in front he can be fast, if he doesn't, he isn't and looks as if he's not interested. Confidence is a funny old thing.

I see Nicholls tweeted that he has a bit of a shoulder injury, not helped by his fall last night.

Was the best meeting I've seen at Foxhall for some time with two teams prepared to race and the track having more than one line. Congrats to all at Ipswich Witches. For the Crump moaners on here, he was injured, tried to ride once and was clearly not fit and he hasn't ridden since. Therefore a guest is perfectly legitimate and a team will always choose someone in form.

I don't think so. He was in hospital so people know he was injured. A doctor never refuses to sign you off if you want to be anyway, ooh oww yeah just there.

Having viewed the races (thanks Racers & Royals) I think only the first one (heat 4) was his fault. He took Kildemand by surprise clearly and he did do a bit of a Pawlicki and came down easily but there looked to be some contact (and Pedersen himself has done this many times as well when passed on the inside, particularly on the first turn). But, he definitely did not deserve to be exclude for heat 18 and 20. There was clear space and for heat 18, they went into the bend side by side and the rider on the outside should have known they'd run out of room. His questioning of the ref was justified but not knowing what he said then I cannot comment on the ban being deserved or not. It did always get people energised though when a rider remonstrated with the ref, whether on the phone or in person and as not as no serious threats are made I don't see the harm in that. I remember McEnroe in tennis using some choice language towards umpires/camera operators and other 'officials' which made him box office also.

Was Shawn, who admitted he'd lost the desire/will to do it properly any more and was scaring himself.

I can only think it's a mental thing. Once you lose that it's very difficult to come back from.

I'm just glad to see the racing back, given the awful 18 months we've been through and am prepared to cut them some slack as they're under some strain at present with restrictions and rider availability. Glass half full for me, not half empty.

Chin up. I just go to see some close matches or decent racing or incidents (not crashes) and am not so concerned by the scores/who wins. Things don't always go the way you might want but that's life, we walk on.

Feel sorry for Lynn tonight, decent guest in Schlein who comes off and only gets 1 point. OK, they were up against a buoyant Panthers but it could have been tighter.

I know there was a live stream for this match - is it possible to purchase and view this afterwards or will there be a DVD of the meeting at all?

I think you know the answer to that. A team manager of course has an influence on motivations & rider interactions plus tactically influence the results and make them as best as they can but ultimately they have to deal with the team they're given and how they perform that season in comparison to other teams. Dealing with injuries and other factors external to that team means that the success of that team cannot be the responsibility of the team manager in the same was as it can perhaps for other sports. Therefore, I'd use criteria other than league titles alone to evidence the competence of a team manager. I'd be interested in how Daniel backs up his claim but of course it's just his opinion

Does it say why - other committments or wonga?

No reason other than the weather - I haven't looked at the weather for Peterborough but it's been raining in Suffolk and parts of Essex for most of the day.

If it goes ahead, I fancy Ipswich to win.

Same at Ascot next week. For 'test events' no masks are needed inside the venue but two pcr tests and a lateral flow are needed.

Nothing to do with bike in my view, just too timid entering the corners, shutting off rather than full gas. He's young so has time to improve.

Didn't you set him reeling in Allen by using the grip on the outside in the middle/exiting bends. Just great riding, not an Allen mistake. For me, a rider using their brain and skill trumps fill throttle merchants any day.