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Hope the weather behaves , looking forward to reacquainting myself with the Black and Gold club

You wont get the pram round to the back straight Sarah . The walkway at the 3rd bend is too narrow for that

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It's the state of the sport I'm afraid . Good Friday was always going to spell trouble with the doubling up rule . Swindon has first choice on Morris , Coventry has on Sarjeant . Our hands are tied on that one . And although we have preference with Lawson , maybe that doesn't apply when it's a league match or a challenge match , like Friday

I see Craig Cook's little rant made this morning's Daily Record . While I can see his point of view , the track was rain affected and they are the ones putting their bodies on the line in what was basically a meaningless challenge match , verbally abusing an opposing team's sponsor to get that point of view across isn't big and it isn't clever

Despite the weather , which we have yet to conquer successfully , it was a joy being at Ashfield yesterday . The place is unrecognisable from what it used to be like and the Charlie Monk stand is amazing . Yes the track was heavy and rain affected , but one or two riders stood out . Masters seems to have started the season impressively and he looks as if he is going to be a big hitter for the Monarchs this year . Max Clegg certainly wasn't afraid of the track and had a real go , but the young German needs a few rough edges smoothed off . God knows how he is going to get round Armadale on Friday . For us , Morris and Lawson look the part and are going to be big scorers round Ashfield . Victor and young James showed enough to suggest they will be a useful reserve pairing . Ok it rained and the track was difficult , but we've all now enjoyed our new facilities and the Monarchs have nit picked and moaned - speedway's back

There will be an " image rights " lurking about somewhere to prevent it happening . Speedway really needs to rid itself of all the nepotism and join the 21st century

Okay I don't know the exact line ups , but I can hazard a guess cause I'm itching for the season to start . Been an exciting winter with Sheikh's Gerry and Michael pumping a fortune into our great club , and now it's nearly time for the grand opening at our shiny new Peugeot Ashfield Stadium . As per usual our first foots are our friends from the Hillman Imp arena in Smugville and we do battle for the most hideous looking trophy in speedway - the big spring sticking out of a lump of wood . But dodgy trophy or not , there's no such thing as a meaningless fixture against the Smugs and we'll be going all out to put down a marker for the season . We've lost , from 2014 , Tero Aarnio , Rusty Harrison , Kasper Lykke and Theo Pijper with our thanks . And Kevin Wolbert with a good riddance . But we retain future superstar , Dimitri Berge and Victor Palovaara . In come Son of God , finally taking up his birthright , Kozza Smith , Aaron Summers , returning hero Nick Morris and young English prospect James Sarjeant . The Smugs retain Cook and his funny fuel , Sam Masters and Justin Sedgmen . But bring in at reserve Robert Branflake and Cleggy from Last of the Summer Wine . They also have a couple of Germans , one of which we are well acquainted with unfortunately . So all we need now is the weather gods to watch the Scotland game and leave us alone and let battle commence . Sunday's line ups might be Glasgow 1 Son of God 2 Dimitri Berge 3 Kozza Smith 4 Aaron Summers 5 Nick Morris 6 James Sarjeant 7 Victor Palovaara Smugs 1 Craig Cook 2 Justin Sedgmen 3 Erik Riss 4 Failed Tiger 5 Sam Masters 6 Cleggy 7 Robert Branflake Presumably the ref will be The Grand Monarch and I fancy us to take at least a 12 point lead to the Hillman Imp Arena a week on Friday .

Patience , wait till we know the way the sides are lining up in their 1-7's

Nobody is saying we'll sweep all before us , that would be silly . But we're just excited to have a competitive looking side this season after 3 seasons of struggling . It has and the excitement about all that has happened over the winter will hopefully manifest itself in a big crowd . Not when I'm doing the texting

Big turnout of Bandits fans at Ricky's big day yesterday , they were in fine voice and it created a great atmosphere . See you all can get on together :-)

Who cares about the " failed Tiger " anyway ? More important concerns are at hand . It's only 6 days till we resume hostilities with our smug neighbours , how do you think we'll line up ? Personally I'd go with - 1 Son of God 2 Dimitri 3 Kozza 4 Aaron 5 Nick 6 James 7 Victor

Thoroughly enjoyed myself , riders gave their all , cant ask for more than that . Track looked excellent and the meeting was run brilliantly . Well done to all concerned . Was great to see such a huge turnout and the mix of fans from everywhere was good to see . Simon Stead even splashed out £250 to buy his racejacket at the auction , top bloke

What blows your theory apart is , do you think I'd have The Smugs as second favourite ??????

Kozza was granted his visa in order to live the dream . Once the Border Agency or visa dot com or whoever realised it was Glasgow he was going to ride for , there was a special fast track process for superstars . There are two types of speedway rider , ones who are or who have donned the Stripes and those who wished they could . Once it was made clear who Kozza was going to ride for , the authorities even offered to pay his plane fare .

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Well , depends how the next 4 days goes obviously haha

Pretty sure i'll be chucking more than the price of a pint into the collection

I can feel another afternoon in the New Barrack Tavern coming on

I understand where both are coming from , but it's a joke that there isn't substantial prize money for league success . Must be the only sport in the world where the financial implications for doing well can be crippling

Really enjoyed last night's event , counting the days now

Not too shabby then from a rider who is basically a third heat leader , though ended up topping our averages cause he was riding in a poor side

Yes , away . Ok he had the odd blip , every rider does , I remember even the mighty Shane Parker scoring 2 at Exeter . But one that really sticks out in my mind with Theo was an amazing performance at Berwick last year , on a track that was borderline dangerous . Theo might not get you double figures everytime away from home , but he'll weigh in with useful points in general .

Good luck Theo , we should have had him back really . Good solid pro . Might not be the most flashy , but he's dependable home or away .

What's the latest on this silly visa nonsense ? Has Kozza applied for political asylum in Springburn yet ?