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I don't think that brings quite the same pressure that being on Eurosport does but in any case, they took the decision and I think it was wrong given how everything was at 7.45pm but can't do anything about that now.

I don't think they needed to move it. If this was on TV it would have run. Track would've been great, everywhere is drying fast and I'm only 1 mile from foxhall - that's the gamble with a forecast.

Speedway meetings never used to be cancelled with such small amounts of rain - the meeting against Lynn last week being a case in point. This is hurting not only the hosting tracks but also the sport in general and the riders themselves, because venues will continue to disappear. Some people might say the bikes these days can't be ridden but if that's the case then it's not the tracks at fault but the bikes and it's really disappointing that it's got to this state. I used to enjoy meetings on wet tracks as results were a little more unpredictable. Rant over.

What's Imp?

He was really lucky Huckenbeck didn't come off when he shoved him in the fence. No way Doyle was to blame for semi crash, holder squeezed them both, all four was the right call.

Agree with that but it never really rained that much at all, until after there was a delay for 15 minutes. What it did highlight really clearly to me was the difference in ability of riders to cope with a wet track where the bald bits go like ice and the deeper bits can be much better but occasionally really grippy. Standouts as not coping well were Klindt, Jenkins, Thompson & Basso. Those who coped really well and rode smoothly were Iversen, Doyle, Nicholls, Ellis and MPT. Could have easily got the remaining heats in if they were quick, in my view. I remember seeing Andy Smith in a world championship round at King's Lynn many years ago show all the others how it should be done when it was very wet, has was superb that day.

Not possible at Ipswich, their licence states the time of the first race, in this case 2.30 and it cannot be brought forwards. It did start on time.

He's been largely very poor in the premiership this season so far - I wonder if being captain has had an impact.

When I first started going you only got free re-admission if it was called off before the start of the 6th race! So now it's heat 10 is a vast improvement. Some sort of discount would be good - could be something simple like a free programme or £3 off (making it £20 and not £23. I'd be happy with that and sometimes it's the gesture that's important.

You do realise 4 seconds is 1 second per lap? (And that was for the slowest time). As for making excuses for Klindt, he was worse than hopeless, nothing to do with being filled in, he just couldn't do it or didn't want to. I'm not worried at all, I expected it to be called off after heat 10, funny that, just amazed how little water was enough for them to bail.

Amazing that even after being told some people still seem to think they could have started heat 1 earlier I'm amazed that such little rain caused the call off - not even any puddles and I wouldn't describe it as 'hard'. It spitted for a while and rained for 5-10 mins after they'd done extra track work, which took 15 minutes at least. Riders don't seem to like any wet track any more - Colin cook was in the crowd and I bet he couldn't believe it Those with experience/skill handled it fine, Iversen, Doyle, Nicholls, MPT, Emil but others were woeful, such as Klindt, who looked like a novice! Sun came out about half an hour later, typical.

Most of the season at Foxhall he was awful too, I'm afraid he's reached his level.

In the matches I've seen Wright has been one of the better riders, no sense to drop him plus it's still early days. Janowski will improve when the really slick tracks appear as the weather warms up.

I'm not really bothered about his age as I don't think that's relevant, experience and ability are. When in front he's shown this year he can get around the track fast enough. For me what he needs to learn this year is how to 'race' i.e. be in really close contact with other riders at full pelt and be confident enough to stand his ground. Last night when in close contention he backed off going into turn three and not to do that is what he needs to develop. With all the racing he's doing he's got plenty of opportunity to develop thsi and I think he's done a great job so far for Oxford.

You stick to Poland, I'm very happy with the product here, great meeting last night and really pleased the Brummies did it

They kept saying Zagar doesn't have a club, I thought someone had said before that he is riding in Denmark?

Without Nicholls I think Oxford would have lost

Some of the reactions on here are quite hysterical. A person committed a crime, was caught and served their time - happens all the time, get over it As for other speedway riders, we've had alleged and convicted corruption, multiple drug abusers, alcohol abusers, violent criminals, including murder and many of these are/were warmly thought of e.g. Lee, Morans, Ward. Very few have no victims, the drugs trade sees many deaths and abuses of people across the world. If he wants to ride speedway then I have no problem with that.

I fancy an away win here 42-48

He only scored four at Foxhall earlier this year and has not been at his best so far. Doyle is their inspirational rider so was a big miss but it's early in the season so no real damage to their playoff chances.

As some of the returnees to the league are finding out, riding in the UK is not as easy as they may have thought. Plymouth would actually give them a test and I'd love to see a top meeting there.

Probably rider availability?

This is exactly why there must be more for people to do/attract them to the meeting in person. At Foxhall the prospect of standing out in the rain for 2.5 hours on a freezing cold night would have definitely reduced the crowd when it was available to watch on TV

I won't be attending in person, not for those prices and the prospect of a weather cancellation.

Weren't people saying that all of last season as well?