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It does appear that not only are P'boro blighted with a crap team, they've also got the only 2nd Division troll. We used to have one on tbe Ipswich threads, not too sure what eventually got rid off him. I know loads of us complained to the mods, but that appeared to fall on deaf ears for Months, but this creep was a vile little person, where as your troll is just a sad pest who obviously hasn't got a life.

As it's becoming obvious P'boro, Worky and Redcar have no intention of making an effort to join the big boys in the play offs, just hope our lads stay safe and prepare properly for when the real stuff starts in 5 weeks time.

The mighty Pirates are still hanging in there. Latest "real table" in the battle for 4th spot. Poole +1 Rye H +1 Somerset and Kings Lynn -2 Somehow I think the "current form" table might look slightly different.

Only difference between the leagues is the reserves. If you go with a top five of 2nd division riders you can have two decent reserves like Leicester. If you want two decent foreigners in your top five you have weaker reserves like Wolves. Certainly wouldn't touch that division with a bargepole in it's current guise, but will be happy to join some form of 12/13 team top division in 2019 once the Sky money has gone away forever.

I enjoy my Speedway as much as the next person, but no way I'd pay that much for it. Just got Sky deal down to £49-99 for a five year deal, but can't afford BT or Premier sports, I use sister's password for BT and the rest I wait until Racers and Royals puts up his excellent links, what would we do without him, top bloke!!

NB, surely you've just answered your own question, not enough riders for 1 league. Only going to get worse with the Poland +1 thing. Due to the Sky deal it'll probably be the same again next year, then all change in 2019. No TV money, one realistic top division for the 12/13 tracks that can afford it. Well, that's the way I see it panning out.

How much more do these riders get per point on a Monday riding in Div 1, than they get riding in Div 2 later in the week?

No sun, no rain, should be fine. Just a shame about the track (these days) and the lack of decent riders on show. I fully accept that 2nd Division riders are just as entertaining as 1st Division riders, but this is supposed to be a higher standard.

Never had a problem with this being staged in the middle (ish) of the Country when the teams were spread far and wide, but now div 2 is a Northern league it should be held up North. What's the point of having a National Speedway stadium and not using it? Well done to the Pussycats, a hollow victory on their own track is probably better than what they have had for most of this season. P.S. I see Jack got 5+1 for Torun today.

Genuine question for anybody that has met Sarge, is he thick? He was the same at Ipswich, no referee will ever let him get away with a decent start with his reputation, so why cant he just keep still? Surely however thick he might be, somebody must have had a word and explained how much money he must be losing by all these exclusions.

Totally agree Balders. After that five hour fiasco a few years ago I vowed NEVER to go to the EOES again, and NEVER to go to a BSPA event again, If however the pairs is arranged for Belle Vue on a good date for me, I might break my rule for the 2nd one.

The talk on here recently has been how Glasgow will pick Edinburgh in the play offs, looks like that was premature, can we assume Sheffield will also pick the Monarchs if they keep this form up?

Only 4 meetings left for us at home now, plus cup and play offs late in September/October. That's what happens when you have a glorious Summer. Just think, we could almost run a May-September season if it wasn't for all those blinkin Northerners getting meetings called off all the time.

Nice to see Danny and Rory back to their best after last week's blip. The rest of the lads did what was expected, so all round an acceptable evening. Track was too smooth again for my liking, quite a few passes but all predictable when certain riders did their Risager impression. Another very healthy crowd, so thankfully (as expected) what happened at the weekend didn't bother anyone. Hopefully Kyle is ok, any news?

Getting a visa is easier than it used to be from memory. Fill in form online, print it off, take it down there, give them your fingerprints, give them some dosh (£118) and they return it a few days later. I'm sure i recall wasting a few hours here or there years ago. Invite £16 Visa £118 Flight £289 (£189 when i first looked months ago) Let's hope it's worth it.

Was Jordan Jenkins part of the equation? He would have been 16 by the time we were due to ride our next meeting but would have still been 15 on deadline day.

Amazed no names mentioned as to who the riders were, but who cares now? (Ok, we all do really) I know most of those saying "I hope Sedgy goes 000" are P'boro fans, but those in the real World realise he has to pull his finger out and get some decent scores. He hasn't been booted out of other clubs for no reason. I don't know what he is capable of, but we need him to score like a decent 2nd string, and I'm sure he will.

Thanks

I know nothing about the rules. But reading what you lot have said, wouldn't it be sensible to replace one rider one day, then the other one 2 days later. Or does rule 15, section 13B, sub section 47K not allow this?

Can't think of many jobs where you get sacked without being guilty of gross misconduct, or you persistently cock up, Sedgy wasn't brilliant but he wasn't awful either. He only had one meeting for RH,and at 9pm on Thursday he was heading for 8+2, not many people get sacked for a silly mistake, I'm no Sedgy fan, but to lose 2 jobs in 3 days sucks.

I'm sure bruv and other ippo fans will remember what happened a few years ago. We had a free Thursday in August and were very keen to ride, we had Edinburgh waiting in the KO cup, they were free that evening, not much doubling up in those days,but they flatly refused to come and nothing was done about it.Not too sure if I've got my years right, but I think this was the season we ended up riding Newcastle in the final on a Saturday with our smallest crowd of the season due to be fact it snowed around two hours before the meeting.

Spot on there MD, I've been whinging for years there should be a fixtures coordinator, but they know best, strange how we get to this situation every season though. They'll probably wait until September then realise something doesn't add up. I would mention how many meetings Workington have still got to sort out, but their website doesn't help that much.

Can we expect great things from Sedgy now he's only got one wage coming in?

I reckon it'll be a case of a bit of nostalgia for us of a certain age. Just had another look at the fixture list, no realistic chance of this going ahead until October. Driving to Belle Vue in October for a big meeting, those were the days.

No need for tactics last night, we went from 8 up to 12 up with a 5-1, so anyone wanting us to use tactics would have got it wrong, we gained 4 points then lost 3.