Paulco

Not bad , took 23 posts before that came up

Almost makes you want to like your own post

Harris seems to be the most sought after guest in the league , he must be making a fortune

Apart from 2011 , and the last two seasons , this is very true

Sheffield , Ipswich then Glasgow on current form

There lies the problem with British speedway . We're at Newcastle on Sunday and they are at Ashfield a week on Saturday . I know double headers are problematic and to be avoided if possible , but in this case surely it would make sense to have double headers , league and cup , on these two evenings .

It will be October now I would imagine . Going to be a busy end to the season as we've missed too many weekends during the summer for various reasons .

On the makeshift team's track against the millionaires who aren't firing on all cylinders at the moment . Richard Lawson scored a paid maximum in helping one of our main title rivals win here last week , we need a repeat of that this week for us to have a chance of a needed victory to help us keep pace with Sheffield and Ipswich at the top . Because on current form we're the third best team in the league .

I understand and agree with your comments to a point . There is so much wrong with this situation , but maybe the Peterborough promotion hands are tied with the rules we are working with this season . Maybe they would be only too happy to tell Holder to sling his hook for putting Poland before his Peterborough commitments , but they are unable to sign a replacement now and are forced to put up with this situation best they can .

maybe , but what a ride that was by him in heat 12

If they actually happen

They are now more self employed speedway riders rather than a member of a particular team .

not a capacity crowd there tonight

He , along with Joe Thurley , opened and ran Paisley for the two seasons they ran in the mid seventies . And he was Glasgow promoter at Shawfield in the early nineties . Neil must be in his mid seventies at least , but was looking fit and tanned when he visited Glasgow early in this season . Jimmy Mac was the Templeton's nephew , don't think Neil was a member of that family tree .

Neil has had his time in speedway , and now should be enjoying his retirement playing golf in Spain . Why would he get involved in something like this ?

They should adopt the Peter Waite approach . Few years back Berwick were due to race at Glasgow and Adam Pietrasko and Piotr Dym were down to ride in Poland . Waite gave them the option , ride in Poland - then don't bother coming back . Pietrasko turned up at Glasgow , Dym rode in Poland , Dym never rode for Berwick again . Now Poland says jump and our lot says " how high ? "

That was my view ( from the Charlie Monk stand ) as well . Jack went for his usual outside blast round the second bend and Pickering moved out slightly and there was a bit of contact , but just a racing incident . After we all finished losing the will to live , the racing was pretty average . The Tigers were never under any real pressure , three heat leaders superb as usual and well backed up by Nike especially . Dan had an average night by his standards and Tom had a busy night trying to coax a sick looking bike round for 7 races . For them , Wells was good , Riss started well before fading , Lindgren was never going to adequately replace Masters and scored roughly what we expected him to score , Pickering has improved a lot , Davey was pretty much as expected and Clegg was rubbish . Got really chilly once the sun went down , Autumn is fast approaching .

Would be a surprise because even a mediocre Edinburgh side don't lose that many at home , such is the nature of their home circuit . Can't deny those two are a potent spearhead , but can they ( especially Holder ) be as effective round the confines of Armadale .

No point moving up when you're watching most of the same riders in both leagues anyway .

Bar closed , remember we're down next weekend

Hibs at Ibrox and the Monarchs at Ashfield , think Blobby will stop in bed tomorrow

Even if Peterborough can pull off a surprise tonight , I still think they're too far back to really challenge for the play offs . However if Edinburgh slip up again at home , their position will look very vulnerable

So it's the glorious 12th and hopefully it's a glorious night for the Tigers in this latest of speedway's long running soap opera . Hopefully Saturday's weather god on duty isn't a closet Monarch and scared of what might happen , and we get one of the few decent dry days we're allowed in summer time . For us the only doubt is whether Richie has recovered from his crash in Poland that prevented him riding in the fours . For the forces of darkness - Ludvig Lindgren for smirking Sam !!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously ? One can only assume they offered him the guesting gig for both meetings this weekend to get him to ride on Friday against Peterborough , cause if the Lindgren that turned out for Newcastle earlier on in the season rolls up on Saturday , this could get embarrassing . So i'm going for a cautious prediction of 55-35 on Saturday and another three points closer to the play offs .

Trouble is , speedway nowadays is geared to keep the riders happy . Doubling up , the way tracks are set up , calling meetings off as soon as one has a whinge , that's all to appease them . Fans are just supposed to turn up and accept it . Well as tracks empty at an alarming rate , maybe it's time that changed .

Unfortunately it's just the way modern day speedway is in this country . There always have been and always will be injuries , so a certain amount of guesting and r/r is unavoidable . But with doubling up completely out of control , and riders riding all over the place , that has resulted in those stats that you highlighted . Speedway isn't the same as we enjoyed it in the 70's and 80's ( i'm same age as you ) , we either accept it for what it is now , or until a radical overhaul takes place , or we find something else to go and watch .