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I'm sure all the Promoters would vote to keep them. Love them or hate them, they're here to stay. Look at the crowd at Belle Vue on Monday compared to the rest of the season. Most clubs are struggling financially, only hope of a decent crowd is a local derby ( preferably in good weather), a cup final or a play off. Ipswich don't have a local derby anymore, so once we were out of the cup, the play offs were our only hope of keeping the Bank Manager happy. Hopefully we can keep the score to a reasonable level tonight, then we can look forward to two big meetings on the next two Thursdays.

Oh and Jacobs needs to get back to his form of 6 weeks ago He looked good tonight, thankfully. I'll settle for ten down after the first leg, anymore could life difficult.

Fully understand how you're feeling, I think I'd be as gutted if it had happened to my team. We all know guests are a necessary evil, but it must be hard to take when your season ends against a made up team like that.

Never saw that coming, but amazing what you can do with right guests. As an Ippo fan, the team I most feared meeting was Newcastle, hopefully Sheffield can find a few guests that love Ashfield too.

Now we're all aware of the two line ups, can Wolves pull it off? I honestly feel if all 7 ride to the best of their ability they can.

I can't believe he would have done, but it does seem that he would still have picked up a slight strain or something similar during the meeting. I used to give Ford the benefit of the doubt, and admire the way he always manipulated the rulebook in his favour. But like the rest of the Nation, I be hoping Tai and Co all fly tonight, this is just one dodgy injury too many.

Forecast for both tracks look dodgy at the moment. Will sky wait until the Morning? If forecast gets any worse, call them both off and ride next Monday would seem the obvious solution.

Just when BV think they've got a chance of keeping the Bank Manager happy, they get a bad wewther forecast. After the PR disasters at the NSS this season, surely only the die hards will go anywhere near the place. Hopefully not enough rain to call it off, but enough to keep occasional visitors away. Just hope they get better weather for the final, and can fill the place for that.

Excellent post jenga. But whenever clubs are in trouble, the BSPA's answer is just to dilute the product even more and not listen to the fans who have stopped going. I thought our sport stood a chance when i heard about Buster's masterplan for next season, but sadly this didn't suit everyone so it appears to have died. We've all been saying it for years, for our sport to survive ( and then progress ) we need an independent body running it, but because of greed and self interest, that will never happen. Good luck to Workington in finding another owner, should Laura call it a day.

I suppose if you're going to be left with 4 riders, it's just as well it's the best 4 you've got.

Lucky old Edinburgh, had it not been for our reserves falling off when in good positions we'd have easily hit 60+. Great performance from all our boys, bring on Somerset. Edit. Forgot to mention, can we have Mr Bates every Week, meeting started at 19-43 and was over at 21-01. That's the way I like it.

Also at the end of my tether after 45 years. I don't want to be at a stadium for over 2 hours (it's 2016 and most of us have busy lives), 90 minutes maximum unless there's a serious injury. But the 3 main things 1, stop this messing around at the start! 2, stop this messing around at the start!! 3, stop this messing around at the start!!! It's getting very tedious, doesn't appear to be a problem in other Countries, so it must be our rules and refs are too weak. Obviously getting rid of Chris Gay would be a start in that department, refs like him seem to get pleasure seeing riders burn out clutches.

After what was said before Thursday's meeting, I thought Perks was the only 3 point option of any standard. Certainly not much else about, unless someone knows different.

Hardly the promoters fault if a rider cries off with flu a few hours before the meeting. No promoter or rider is going to go the extra mile for a pointless meeting.

Scotsman, it may have escaped your attention, but it rains very other week up there, let's get this meeting done and dusted before the snow comes.

Surely if Edinburgh don't arrange the play off for 23rd then hopefully the BSPA will step in and tell them they have too. If only to dispel the theory that Speedway is run in this Country for the benefit of Poole and Edinburgh.

I assume we can't use our place the following Thursday (World banger thingy at weekend), so we need to get our meetings done quickly if possible. But as we know from experience, if one club are awkward when it comes to sorting out a fixture, it's our friends from Edinburgh. Not always their fault, but Ippo fans with memories will know what I'm on about. Monarchs website says play off, to be confirmed

I assume Ipswich are also there next Friday, seems a bit strange to have a double header, if Edinburgh lose they'll have plenty of spare dates to fit it in.

If Hans rides in Rybnik tonight and the BSPA are still OK with Lindback signing then the sport sucks and COME ON WOLVES, but if the injury is genuine and he doesn't ride, then good luck to both sides.

What were the rumours at the track about AJ's replacement? Will they go for a big one like Poole? Or just do the sensible option and stick with guests that are suited to the tracks?

I wish we had a chance of visiting a "local track" in the playoffs. From my house, Edinburgh/Glasgow 820 mile round trips, Newcastle 602, so hoping we meet Somerset for a local derby at a mere 500 mile round trip.

Not stirring it, was just really surprised you accepted not getting into to play offs without riding your last meeting. I'm sure the Ippo fans would have giving CL all kinds of stick had it happened at Foxhall, not that it would have done, as CL cares about the club and isn't about to walk away, even though I'm sure he'd love to if someone came along with an offer.

You P'boro fans have been saying how great your promoter is, if any other promoter had denied his own fans a chance of reaching the play offs (albeit a very small one), he would have been slated. Not having a full side to go to Edinburgh is sometimes an advantage, your current 1-7 would have been hammered, but you do what others do, get the right guests and give yourself a chance.

Surely your best hope of the play offs is to send your expensively assembled side and go to Edinburgh and win. I can't believe the BSPA won't force them to ride you before the deadline. Would mean the league is a total farce if they don't.

Looking like a 5th place finish for us now, so V Edinburgh is the most probable outcome (weather permitting).