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We went around them on the first bend, it depended on what gate you were in. The outside gates put you in a position to pass, when for the inside you lost so much ground moving wide to get on the only line, but with that in mind, I was surprised Danny and Nico chose 1 and 3 in 15, with a point secured I'd have gone for 2 and 4, but they obviously had a plan, shame it didn't come off.

Is there more to this arm problem that cost us the cup match than meets the eye? He used to be able to pass on the outside at home, but not now. He falls when under no pressure, just a thought. But whatever it is, there appears to be something wrong these past few meetings.

As others have said, we had to wait until heat 13 to get a pass, and that was only because the hapless Tungate rode the wrong line and let Mr Popular go around him. Once again our new Manager made all the right calls all Weekend and was let down, but no doubt 1 or 2 will still blame him for 2 more defeats. We lost 3 points due to reruns, as we were leading when the race was stopped, but had that not happened then we wouldn't have used the double anyway, so I don't recall us throwing away many points, only Tungate in 13 was a chuck away. So we've got 4 riders doing their stuff, 2 not, and one coming back very soon. I'm sure the Hawful Hawkins is doing all he can to sort things out, and hopefully he soon will, but Tungate is a worry, I just hate it when he goes into the bend like a novice who's just switched from grasstrack, or has he always done that? Really liked the improvements made to the stadium, I hope the owners get rewarded with bigger crowds.

Just hope we put up a good fight, a point would be nice but can't see it. Nico has never seen the place, but he never wins his first race anyway. But if Danny and Nico do well, Gino and Rohan chip in a bit, and we can always rely on the trusted R/R to be 3rd top scorer, then you never know. At least we'll be there in plenty of time today, will have to look out for the chap with a bald head, didn't spot anyone fitting that description last night that wasn't obviously a home fan.

After 8 hours at the wheel ( minus 90 seconds for a wee break ) made it with a few minutes to spare. After 3 heats I was questioning my sanity, but Nico and Danny made it worthwhile. Got to agree with Baldy about the Miskoviak analogy, but how many riders do look for their team mates these days? When we left we were hoping for a point this weekend, so we've got what we came for, not expecting anything tomorrow.

Not too sure if we'll make the start. ETA was 16-45, now 18-45 and still crawling. A1 shut and diversion is a nightmare.

We all know a rider has to be awful before changes are made. Chris stays very loyal and sometimes it pays off when the rider rediscovers his form. But I just hope when the play offs are out of reach, then we'll hopefully bring in a young Dane with a view to next season. If Chris was a hard nosed businessman who was in it for his own glory, then he'd probably wield the axe, but it can't be easy sacking your mates. We should remember, Chris never really wanted this gig, if anyone else had offered to take over from John, he'd have said "take it". He could see this sport can only go one way, and it isn't up. Maybe that's the reason not that many fans moan all the time, unlike many other Towns, at least we've still got a track.

We know it wont happen yet (if at all), but the mood on the terraces is certainly that a couple should go sooner rather than later. Once the play offs are out of reach here's hoping something is done with a view to next season. But this time last season we were calling for a couple to be dropped, only for them to turn it around and finish the season strongly. Obviously changes are down to finances, is there any money in the bank to make changes?

8 up with 4 to go, can only be the riders, you cant possibly blame the promotion or Manager for that. Danny gets his first bad gate of the season and Rohan stops him making progress. Then as the track isn't prepared like it has been, when Nico fails to make the gate he can't do what he's been doing all season and win 12 & 14. As for R/R, I can't see there's another rider sitting at home waiting for a call who could do better.

When he prepares the track and drops the clutch. I'll agree with that.

The Ref gets my vote, at least he got on with it and I was home early. Come back soon Bob, don't want to watch many meetings on slick tracks like that, very difficult to pass tonight. Now off to get my head examined, when our proposed meeting in Sibiu this weekend get knocked on the head, I stupidly volunteered to drive to Worky and Glasgow, I can't bloody wait.

Only seen one meeting in Teterow, so hard to have a proper opinion, but seemed a bit big and flat to me. But would rather see Speedway on a proper track and fans standing on grass banking, than a crap track in a modern seated stadium. Hopefully they'll arrange it when there's a meeting on that wonderful grass circuit next door, that would certainly help the attendance figures.

Looks like Phil came up trumps tonight, all his decisions appear to have paid off.

I'm afraid that result hasn't glossed over last night's debacle, but at least we took some points off one of our rivals for a play off spot. Feel for Panthers fans, the Wonderkid certainly let them down and cost them the meeting.

I originally felt sorry for Robert, but if he cant be bothered to ride for Peterborough tonight, when Danny and Gino can, then maybe the decision makers have a point about him.

My sentiments entirely.

Last time we clashed with SWC the crowd wasn't down that much. Vojens is boring, so I'll watch it until 7-10, then head off to Foxhall.

Certainly agree with the old 2nd half races. Many a time at Foxhall during the Tiger, Shrimp and Billy era we had to wait until the Champion of the Evening final to get the best race of the night. As for who's the best? Just a shame Tiger started so late, and Chris had that awful crash in Poland, so maybe we were denied an Ipswich World Champion, but for a small Town in Suffolk, we'll take a couple on the rostrum.

Loads of time to get back themselves back, Ryanair have 4 flights from Billund which is only 50km from Vojens. But the bikes will have to follow, let's just hope that they've both got something decent left over here for this meeting.

Hopefully Gino and Danny have already booked their flights back from Billund for Friday Morning. I'm usually the eternal optimist, but unless we start getting wins where we're not expected too, we wont make the play offs. This is the first season for a long time where there's a number of weak teams, the others at the top are all winning at these places, and as we've dropped points at home, we've got to do something special sooner rather than later.

Cant argue with that. So far on our travels, if 3 of the 6 perform well, we scrape a point, when 4 of them turn up we can win, but I reckon all 6 will have to score well to get anything at fortress Armadale.

Great news, less chance of anyone I know stumbling across it on Quest. It's so embarrassing when your friends find out you spend money watching a sport (?) that has a "joker".

Spot on. But how many paid? Take away the freeloaders and season ticket holders, surely not many were stupid enough to part with their cash. For years I've always considered Speedway fans to have short memories and be very gullible, but it was good to see this is changing, well it certainly is going by the crowd at Brandon last night. As HT mentioned earlier, we used to get ripped off after heat 6, but it never seemed to rain that much in the olden days. But it appears once fans have been ripped off by this heat 10 rule, they say never again if the forecast is dodgy.

I remember that one, but reserve one had been gating better all night, and at the time I'd have pondered over which one to go with. As for the Newcastle meeting, apart from the reserve race, looked like they both had bad meetings.

Fair point, but it wasn't the fans decided on "that rule", you know the one. 10 Heats, call it off and we'll laugh all the way to the bank while the fans go home short changed. I'll never go near a track when there's a threat of rain while that rule is in place, and I'm sure most sensible fans agree.