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No that was 2 or 3 years later when Stancl ended up at the other end of the M8 as punishment . No the 2004 side steamrollered through the Premier Trophy group before underperforming big time during the league campaign despite having Parker , Stancl , Grieves, Bentley, Jones ( his retirement triggered the demise ) and two duff reserves until Carrillo replaced Jones

The downside of social media , folk quick to point the finger in the aftermath of disappointment . We dont want a Poole thread , so reality check time . Cup shocks happen in every sport , where the wee diddy team gets the big team on a bad day and springs an upset . That's all that happened yesterday , no need to panic just yet . It' how we respond to yesterday that matters , we have a toughie on Friday against Scunthorpe and that will be extremely tricky . AS for the cup ...........c'mon the Bandits

It's a bit like the 2004 team all over again .

Very very disappointing . To end up out of the cup after being 11 points ahead on the day is shocking . Saying that , Wells and E Riss were outstanding and our big hitters were found wanting when it really mattered .

That' s an understatement . Coty at the Dale .......... interesting .

Glad James had a decent meeting , hopefully he can kick on from this in both leagues . He's come in for a load of heavy criticism from fans of his own team in the Championship , most of it unjustified , and fans of a certain other team have shown great delight in sticking the knife in . Be nice if he could throw all the criticism back at them .

Did Woffinden not cut his teeth at that level with Scunthorpe ? Were him and Josh Auty not reserves in the 3rd tier together . Auty might not have reached the same heights as Woffinden , but he's still done ok . As has the retired Bridger , Stevie Worrall and Paul Starke . Add to that an Aussie with a British father who rode in the 3rd tier at Buxton - Nick Morris

And away from Edinburgh , all you get from Wolbert is a 5 point rider .

Don't see my club sacking Harris , his problems are mechanical and surely its only a matter of time before they are sorted . You don't sack anyone when there isn't many suitable replacements out there that would improve your team . You seem did-satisfied with Lunna's contribution to the Panther's cause this season . I haven't seen Nike round the EOES this season , but unfortunately the lad's style of racing lends itself to the amount of spells on the sidelines that has hampered his progress . He was more often than not the only source of exciting racing at Glasgow last season and i would have thought Peterborough's wonderful track would have suited him perfectly . I hope the lad gets over this latest injury and has a trouble free run to show you exactly the exciting rider he is to watch .

The return meeting in Glasgow was more of a straightforward home win , with the Bears more or less a one man band . Tigers were solid throughout , with Claus Vissing and young Jack Thomas the home men of the match candidates . Jack's beating of Jonas B Andersen and Theo Pijper was a very impressive and mature ride . As for the one man band , Barker really is box office when he's on it . His never say die attitude on the bike got him in amongst Tiger's heat leaders , and on occasion , Bear's team mates alike . As Matej Kus found out in heat 13 . But on track he's never a dull moment , shame we never got that in his short spell in the stripes .

Hope none of you are planning on going up to ours by train , we're stuck at Darlington with no trains moving as someone has been hit by a train at Northallerton

Poland is allowed apparently , you got a facility for Andersen for the same thing when the Monarchs were at Glasgow

Sorry I missed you last night , I watched from the balcony at the bar . Stewart looks some prospect , as you say he had a slow start , just our luck to be down when he turns into Ivan Mauger lol . But seriously to be riding the way he did last night after only a month of our speedway , certainly augers well for the future . He was the difference last night .

James wasn't off the pace or owt like that , time folk got off his back , slagging him off won't help him

If you could just strip away the politics surrounding the sport , the crazy rules that make it look daft , just watch something like that tonight , and speedway isn' so bad

Bit harsh on Ben , ok he's not scoring number 1 points , but he was involved in some terrific races tonight

Although we lost , that was a cracking meeting . Obviously the difference was at reserve and Jordan Stewart - wow what a prospect. Retire to the bar now , well done Bears

Some proper speedway tonight , it's excellent

Mental how a rider can get penalised because of his nationality . Anyway it makes it a better meeting and it's a beautiful evening here .

Hope Richie is fit enough to take his place in our side tonight , I notice his "B" team were using r-r for him last night .

The Jake Allen crash was more to do with him carrying too much speed into the 3rd and 4th bend , than the state of the track . Everyone round where I was stood knew he was going down . And Debbie was around , she ran me and Willie back to West Huntspill

Only if Sundays performance isn't repeated

According to what I was told last night , Curtis became a moaning nightmare. They were scared to even go near him in the end up . You can't work with someone like that. Hope this is just a temporary blip because it's still one of the best venues in the country .

Where is Kus then ?

The racing did get better after all the track work . I was disappointed in Swindon , on the way in I was told Bellego flies round Somerset , that proved not to be the case . Even Batchelor faded towards the end of the meeting . Somerset were good though with Wilson Dean the stand out .