Paulco

That's irrelevant . As you can see , lack of track success hasn't dulled or diminished the smug levels .

Awww that's nice

Have we nothing this weekend then ?

I don't mind them collecting silverware with Wolves haha

No , if we're riding on the same night , then fair enough - he's their asset , but to miss our meeting to be ready for theirs the following evening just isn't on , I hope Wolves pump them now .

I see Bewley is down to ride at Belle Vue tonight . I know he's just a young lad and is only doing what Belle Vue have told him to do , but it's not on . Exciting talent or not , we can't have that , we want riders commited to the Tigers' cause and his Tigers career should be over .

Hope will do All known form and common sense points to Sheffield coasting into the final , but you just never know . Who'd have thought Rye House would go to Poole and hit 60 , who'd have thought Berwick would have beaten ..........well anybody . So in speedway you just don't know . If we can hit them hard early with a couple of 5-1's , then you just never know .

We have to believe or else what's the point .

Also there's another rumour that the Monarchs will be business as usual at Armadale next year , I know which one has more credibility .

This would be the mother of all comebacks , can we do it ?

Spot on

He's riding against the same riders whatever tier he's competing in over here

Statements like this just illustrate the mess we're in as a sport

Think we'll all have to wait till after the promoter's conference to see where we all stand as regards next season . Workington have been one of the stalwarts of the second tier for many a season , long may they continue to be so . Whatever malaise has infected speedway at Workington , the hope is that it can be eradicated and the club grows stronger again .

Good luck Edinburgh , an all Scottish final would be nice . Unlikely , but nice .

I hope he's right too , and we can keep this close to give us a fighting chance on Tuesday .

With both our normal reserves injured , that scenario is unlikely .

Agreed . Keeps us competitive in heats 12 and 14 , well that's the theory anyway . Good luck to the lads , we're massive underdogs but we live in hope .

We say that every year . The League Cup was always supposed to be done and dusted by June , but it never was . Just as well we binned that or we would be talking about Christmas . Once we start getting rain offs , and surprisingly that does happen in this country , re-arranging fixtures to cope with riders doubling up or riding abroad , and the issues that brings , means we'll always have this end of season carnage . The saddest thing I read on here today was the announcement of the Ipswich v Edinburgh play off semi on Thursday and Friday , and did the fans of both clubs declare that they were looking forward to it ??????? No they were fretting that they were going to go into the matches with 2 or 3 riders missing cause they might be riding somewhere else . That's a sad indictment of where speedway is just now .

Suppose we agreed to go to Workington on Saturday before realising the possible implications . Saturday night the place could have been rocking , be like a morgue on Tuesday especially if we get battered on Thursday night . Hopefully the 30th can be used for the home leg of the KO Cup tie against Newcastle .

What about the ones who got byes then ?

At this moment in time I wouldn't bet too much money in us getting past Newcastle

On his low average , he's well worth a punt at reserve . Mind you maybe he shouldn't have top scored yesterday , silly bugger . We're not paying him to top score

no one stands on the back straight now either apparently

Well he did , 7+1 in a curtailed meeting . Nothing wrong with that from a reserve . Wish we had a reserve who could do that away from home .