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The arrogance is breathtaking . We want both teams at full strength for this so there is no excuses

Great day out as usual , wasn't a great meeting but individuals very rarely are . Surprising , but deserved winner . Two Glasgow riders were a bit disappointing , but they usually are in this event , no winner since the great Robert Nagy in 92 . Thought the crowd was a bit down on recent years , the pub certainly was beforehand .

Loving the paranoia from Smugville

I fear Victor's absence at reserve is going to be the deciding factor in this tie , especially tonight . He's done well on small , tight away tracks and I really cant see Carr and Stichauer doing much at Brough . We did as well as we could today , but whether 6 points will be enough of a lead is questionable . Summers and Lawson were superb again until Richard must have had bike issues prior to heat 13 and just missed the two minutes when he appeared on Aaron's bike . I feel for young James now , he has this reputation as a roller at the starts , and it seems everytime he makes a start now the referees bring the race back . That happened today and I didn't see much wrong with the gate he made and it was noticeable in a couple of his races that he was slowest from the start as if he was over compensating . Anyway we had some incredibly fast times today , either that or Mr M Mouse supplied the stopwatch cause the existing track record was beaten 5 times and Hynek 57.7 in heat 2 !!!! seriously haha

Kus is an enigma , at Ashfield he can be brilliant or dreadful , there's no middle ground . He did suffer from mechanical problems last time , when up with Redcar , so we'll see But it's more about us than the threat Newcastle might provide . None of this throwing away silly points like we have been doing , we need at least a 12 point lead to take down there

Don't think we'll ever get back to the halcyon days when there was well over 20 clubs in the second tier of British speedway , and there was quite a few in the top league . But something has got to change because the doubling up thing has spiralled out of control and nobody knows who's riding for who these days

I actually fear for Berwick in this one

Was me who was doing the texting and I offered my opinion on the heat 7 incident . The referee's opinion agreed with mine and he excluded Richard Lawson . In a meeting between two sides near the top of the table , at the tickly bit of the season , you're going to get committed racing and sometimes it gets a wee bit too committed , as was the case on a few occasions on Sunday . Likewise , depending on which side you support , certain incidents are going to cause outrage and some are going to be conveniently forgotten about . Every club's supporters do that , even your own moral highground dwellers . Nick Morris was painted the anti-Christ after the Tabaka crash , but numerous acts of naughtiness by Ryan Fisher in a Monarchs racebib were shrugged off . That's just human nature . Can never understand why mechanics always feel they have to get involved when something like this happens . Being a rider's minder shouldn't be in the job description

The BSF has enhanced my enjoyment of speedway . I used to go to the meeting , go home and forget about speedway till the next meeting . I didn't even know what a Monarch looked like and that they didn't really eat their children . Now I can talk about speedway 7 days a week to my hearts content and have a bit of fun with them as well .

Just one of those days when incidents , outwith anyone's control , happens . I had to leave before the end of the meeting myself . I hope that doesn't put you off visiting us again .

Good to see a bit of fisty cuffs at the speedway again , we've not had that since Grievesy retired , well done Richie Worrall

Fair assessment Davy , nice to see you again . And I was there in my role as Scottish tour guide for a visiting Newport Wasp contingent

Sitting in the stand last night , the atmosphere was much like it was at Glasgow two years ago . The apathy seemed to be passed from the terraces to the riders . That was as flat a performance as I've seen all season . I hope there's somebody out there that can breathe new life into Shielfield Park

Well done Somerset , weathered the early Tigers storm and recovered to be worthy winners . Looks like second place might have gone today , but we'll keep fighting . Hope Nick is none the worst after today's tumbles . but 3 hour meetings are a war of attrition

Anyway , back to the topic at hand . My earlier comment about Darcy being naturally talented , what I meant by that was that I don't think there is a rider today more in complete control of his speedway bike during a race than Darcy Ward . It's like he can position the bike , make up ground , overtake an opponent etc almost at will and make it look so easy . Gollob at Bydgoszcz being the closest to that in recent years . I've no doubt that if Darcy cuts out the off track nonsense , he will be the best speedway rider in the world for at least the next 5 years .

I think so

I think he's certainty to win one at least . The most naturally gifted rider in the sport at the moment

The forecast never looks too clever , I wouldn't worry too much yet

Me too . Got the Newport crowd up this weekend , so we're doing the dump , Berwick then the Peugeot international Arena . Hope the weather plays nice .

If we can win this , then that should be enough to clinch the runners up spot and direct entry to the play off semi finals . Wont be easy cause as well as Kurtz there's Josh , Richie Worrall and Charles Wright to contend with . Should be a cracker of a meeting

Or Brady Kurtz

That and all the guesting , must take it's toll . The inexperience reared it's head in the PL pairs final and you wonder if it will in a crunch play off heat . However he is a real talent and a GP rider in the making in 3 or 4 years time

Close

Be an accomplishment and a testimony to their progress if Plymouth could make the play offs , I wish them well , However Edinburgh are looking annoyingly efficient once again at this stage of the season , and it's hard to see anyone beating them over two legs

So is ours , what are you suggesting haha ?