Paulco

I see our home meeting with Scunthorpe is now on Saturday 25th of May

I enjoyed the meeting today

It's off

Aye I was being smart and just altering last weeks thread and i forgot to change Luke's name. Yes it is Leon Flint , speedway's wonderful rules allows us to strengthen in the period we try to sign a replacement . I would imagine young master Flint will be used as often as his Berwick commitments allow.

Glasgow Tigers 1 Mr Maximum 2 Sarj 3 Rasmus 4 Starky 5 Claus 6 Luke 7 Kyle Sheffield 1 Danny King 2 Kasper Andersen 3 Ty Proctor 4 Drew Kemp 5 Kyle Howarth 6 Broc Nicol 7 Zaine Kennedy Afternoon sports fans , season starts properly tonight with the other Tigers up here for a cup tie . Unusually for a day when Sheffield are up , it's not raining . It's fair to say that despite being pre season favourites , the lesser Tigers from Yorkshire have slightly underperformed so far . But the pre season stuff is all but over and this it when it really matters . Looking for Mr Maximum to miss the gate a few times tonight again , so we can enjoy him pouncing on an opponent faster than Joe Lawler's finger on a hotel fire alarm button , but there are a few in the lesser Tiger's septets who won't make it easy for him . But an intriguing and hopefully exciting two meetings will be enjoyed by fans of both Tigers and may the best big cats win .

Was it not the Young Shield ? And it was Rye House cause i was there that night and It was freezing

Let's just go and win at Armadale and let others worry about the maths

What a night , me and George pissed on the bus home, was a pleasure to meet totally honest John and watch the Tigers do the business

Slightly off topic , but can anyone recommend a hotel or B and B relatively close to the stadium for when Glasgow are down on the 18th

Glasgow Tigers 1 Mr Maximum 2 Sarj 3 Rasmus 4 Starky 5 Claus 6 Luke 7 Kyle Newcastle Diamonds 1 Steve Worrall 2 Simon Lambert 3 Jorgensen R/R 4 Mathew Wethers 5 Lasse Bjerre 6 Max Clegg 7 Danny Phillips Big welcome to the Diamonds this Friday as we race our final home Shield match . As pre season competitions go it has been a useful work out. The home form has been really good , just need one or two to get up to speed away from Ashfield before the season begins in earnest next week against Sheffield in the cup . We are at full strength , while Newcastle are missing Tommy the tape toucher . His battles from the tapes with Sarj will be missed . Should be a comfortable home win , but anything can happen in speedway, as long as we see great racing , that's the main thing .

That's the one , and he would have been this year too , but for the nonsense at Peterborough . He will be again before too much longer no doubt

The same criticism was being aimed at Cook on here during his last season at Armadale . The response from your end of the M8 was a bit different then .

The bizarre sequence of events at the start of heat 10 was the only real talking point after this mainly one sided derby . I always thought that riders could leave the track after a first bend fall , especially the rider who walked back to the pits after falling . The tigers heat leaders dominated a fairly tame Edinburgh side with only Wells and Pickering offering any resistance . Cook imperious as usual , thankfully missing the gate in one of his rides to give us an overtaking masterclass. Jensen impressed again round his new home track , unlucky with the puncture during heat 15 . One more Shield home match to go before the real stuff begins .

First time ever no thread started for this , I'm on the train back from Berwick and trying to do this on my phone , so I hope it works

That was the pivotable race , but ultimately after watching how average out of the gate we were on Friday , my fears about Saturday came to fruition . Berwick are a solid side and there won't be many leave Sheilfield with the points .Gappmaier is a completely different rider round his home shale and the engine room of him and Doolan need to keep their form while covering for Etheridge . After our performance on Friday , last night brought us back down to earth , and one or two stepping things up to support Cook away from home is necessary if we're to do anything this season .

Can't see any other outcome the way he came down after the race in heat 14 last night . Different ball game tonight with our gating having to be much better than it was last night . But if tonight's meeting is even half as good as last night's , then it will be a cracker .

As many have said , that was as entertaining and exciting a meeting as you'll see anywhere this season . The racing was terrific with passing , repassing and close racing in almost every heat . Craig Cook looks , and played the part of the best rider in the league to perfection . I wonder if they pay him to miss the gate . But that was the theme throughout the meeting , the Bandits gating and the Tigers coming from the back . Nobody filled that role better than both Jensen and Starke , with Starke's gating pretty awful , and while they can get away with that at Glasgow , they won't at Shielfield Park . Jensen's race with Jackobsen in heat 9 being the pick of a long list of breathtaking heats , that was no quarter asked or given . Young Bickley was also a stand out on his debut , looked a much faster and solid rider than he did last year . Berwick played their part though and were much better than the scoreline suggests . If the track is like that every week , with so many lines , what a season we are in for .

Out of character I know, but I'll drag my average intellect into the Black and Gold before tomorrow's hostilities begin , see you there

Cracking day for it

Oh we all are

Not a clue , i hate testimonials

Ayres is a character and the sport needs more of those , we loved him at Glasgow a couple of seasons ago . Bit harsh on the young Aussie , but the reduced points limit makes it hard to carry someone in the hope he clicks at some point .

Surprised we never had a blow the cobwebs off meeting before the competative stuff starts , and this could be a toughy to start with . Most of the Berwick side have blown hot and cold at Ashfield in the past , but home and away wins over Newcastle will see them arrive in confident mood . We should have enough about us to start with a win , even if Berwick look a good bit stronger at reserve . Hope the weather heats up a bit as the Charlie Monk stand can get a bit chilly at times , hope the standard of racing heats us up if that is the case .

A breach of club discipline would in most cases result in this happening with any promotion regardless of who was or wasn't available

Maybe along the lines of due to a breach of club discipline it is regrettable we have had to dispense with the services of Joe Lawler. The club have moved swiftly to gain the signing of Kyle Bickley as his replacement . I understand the club not wishing to air it's dirty washing in public , but likewise being vague with it's statement fuelled the ability to jump to the wrong conclusions