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I agree.

Unimpressive first ride from Aspegren, then looked as if he had a rocket up his backside after that. Very good when the mood takes him...

I think he has been a great signing, rock solid and a great racer.

Wethers once again magnificent, and a well deserved maximum! Barker = stunning. Bellegeo also very unlucky not to get a max, he flew round in heat 1. Starke did well to get a paid win in heat 14 after a punishing schedule. Aspegren looking much more like the rider we know he can be. Kozza clearly not himself. Barrett looked his usual solid self until the reckless Schramm forced him to take avasive action. Barrett did very well not to run over the top of Schramm. Plymouth were a bit disappointing to be honest, and Wells was a poor guest. Bech looks to be a good prospect though. Very entertaining meeting, and a gutsy performance from the Bandits. And, I'll say it again. Matty Wethers doing the business for us yet again Oh, and yes the Plymouth team manager lived up to his namesake!

I can see where Screm is coming from, some of our riders might just want to bounce back from Thursday night. If everyone fires, then most teams will struggle against us: if... If we don't, then Plymouth are certainly capable of a victory. Ahhhh, the unpredictability of speedway!

I think this could also be very tight. It really depends if we fire on all cylinders or not. We're due to do that. I predict Matty Wethers to put it another 100%, solid effort.

I am going to agree and disagree. Of course, you need an angle and some interest, however, there needs to be at least a little bit of thought and class in the release. It is the one thing that disappoints me. I love the way the club is run, I love the way the facilities are constantly improved, I love Saturday night speedway at Berwick. They are too childish in tone, they need to be much more creative. I don't like to criticise, but I also thought the "broomstick brigade" was a pretty weak attempt at humour. The one press release that sticks in my mind as being very good - and now almost legendary - is when Peter announced Henning Bager as the biggest signing in the club's history. It was outrageous and pulled off with such deadpan style: tremendous. Anyway, Barker is a great attraction for tomorrow evening. He was untouchable a couple of weeks back. I think a few of our riders will be looking to turn in a good performance too. Looking forward to it

Good to hear of riders giving it a go in bad conditions: good for the sport in general. I know it is always a bad idea to comment on a meeting that one hasn't attended, but to echo general chat on the terraces, we look a heat leader short and are going to struggle because of that. Looks like Matty Wethers put in yet another solid performance. He has been the highlight of the season so far, for me. Always battling hard for points, and always in the scoring.

Completely agree, pal.

Air fences are part of the overall safety, but not the full story. The other areas tend to be easily remedied. Money or a safer sport? Safer sport every time for me.

The only comment I can make on this thread is that I have seen several high speed hits on the new polyfoam fence that are very similar to previous hits. Without fail, every rider has been able to walk back to the pits (no, I don't mean every spill, before anyone decide to mis-interpret what I am saying). To take one example, when Jac Rempala hit the 3rd bend fence square on with his back, he was badly injured: I think broken back. There was an almost exact hit last year (I forget who) and they walked back to the pits. It has undoubtedly saved a large number of nasty injuries.

I agree Barker was superb. Kozza and Robin got out the gate in heat 15, but Barker was past them both after the 4th bend. Kozza didn't make it easy for him either. I though Matty Wethers was hard done to by Lanham. It was frightening - and rather bizarre - to see Kozza dancing out of the way of Tungate and Starke who did well to avoid him. Phew! Glad meeting me didn't put a dampener on it

Barker made the other riders look like wee boys tonight. He was excellent. Nice, to meet you too, incidentally For me, the Bandits are missing a bit of fight. They look a wee bit too cosy, just performing OK, but missing a bit of aggression. Overall, not a bad meeting though and a fair enough result.

Looking forward to this. Got at least one of the newcomers from the Sky meeting coming back and looking to be a regular.

Your quick wit and repartee always cease to amaze me. A very classy post, Callum.

That would make sense. With regard to the two most recent meetings, someone told me new material that had been added a few weeks back had started to get mixed through and was adding more grip on the inside. I have no idea if there is any truth in that. The racing was certainly miles better in those two meetings, and very entertaining.

I agree, rain helps all tracks, provided it is not too heavy and is prior to the meeting.

Well, after a poor start, it has been good for two meetings in a row. I actually think it was slightly better for the Leicester meeting. I'm optimistic until I see otherwise.

Some Berwick fans don't know how lucky we are.

Nice to come on and see so many posts praising the hard work done by the Promotion. Of course, it was not about a few weeks of promotion before the Sky meeting, promotion is a continuous long term process. It's great to finally see recognition for the years of hard work that has been put in. With regard to the phone ahead if you have a newcomer: I can tell you last year I did that with a Canadian visitor and he and his son were treated like royalty, at no extra cost. They loved it! It's been a very revealing thread this one...

At the end of the meeting Nigel was asked what he thought of the meeting: "Cracking speedway!" was his reply. He came across as a really, really decent guy in person too, and was spending time having photos taken and talking to some kids as we left. If only everyone were as positive as he is about speedway...

I take criticism. What I do is enter into a discussion, for around 20 minutes, then we decide I was right. Gamesmanship versus cheating as a recent example.

You might have noticed that I have been critical this season. I'm really not happy clappy you know When a meeting - and showcase - like last night is produced, it really is fickle, and baboon-like, to be critical.

But I thought you agreed it was gamesmanship rather than cheating? Which is what it was. Cracking meeting though, all the same

On the same bend, going at 30 m/s, it looked as if it was avoiding action from where I was: admittedly the opposite side of the stadium, and without the benefit of having seen it on TV. It really isn't a big deal though. There are just some people who are so jealous that Berwick are leading the way in speedway promotion that they jump on anything that they possibly can. That tends to happen in small towns though, so not surprising. It was, no matter what the few say, a spectacular event made by a cracking performance from a depleted visiting team. That is really what is worth talking about.