Paulco

Don't know what it is , but a wee bit of power sees some people reach for the jackboots .

It was pretty embarrassing , the riders hadn't a clue whether to stop or carry on racing . But apart from that it was an enjoyable enough meeting , not much in the way of passing , but good close racing in many of the heats . Think we all breathed a sigh of relief when we saw Nike get back up after his heat 14 crash . Nobody's fault though , don't know if that was a different bike Lindgren was on for that heat , but he looked a different rider than had been out previously , though when the bike went entering bend 1 poor Nike had no where to go but into the fence . Felt for Pickering , on trial from our feeder club and he was worth more than what he scored . Our Worrall was superb , as was Newcastle's . Lawson was his usual , brilliant in his four programmed rides before , not for the first time , messing up heat 15 . Summers though is becoming a worry , he looked slow last night . And the other farce was at half 6 when me and my mate were stood on the upper tier of the back straight . One of the over zealous park rangers came up and told us " you cant stand here " . Shocked we replied " excuse me , we stand here every week along with a hundred or so other people " . But no she was steadfast in her jumped up authority , in her book the whole upper tier was off limits . Anyway , thankfully , one of the directors was on his way to the pits and Mrs Jobsworth was told to get a grip and behave herself . So we were all allowed to take our usual places and enjoy the speedway . Honestly , speedway stewards are another curse on the sport .

Aye true , but the seats are cushioned

Yes they do i'm afraid , but for that you get to enjoy the Glasgow experience . The awesomeness of the Tigers and the plush 21st century stadium with it's impressive facilities .

No , this is Josh's trial meeting for next season

Didn't say he wasn't entertaining , just unpredictable

Haha , I was giving them a point each . Morris is what he is , a five point man in this league . While Lindgren is shocking away from Brough , Armadale excepted . Such a shame Lambert wont be there , he was brilliant at Ashfield in the KO Cup final last year . Hope we get some sunshine to dry the track out tomorrow , battering down tonight and has been most of the week .

More so . He likes a wee jump or two at the tapes and has been know to fall off under no pressure . At least Worrall , Robson , Morris and ok Lindgren would have maybe scored 7 or 8 from those rides , will Garrity ???? i'm not so sure .

Why on earth would we want to leave an essentially northern league to move into a predominately southern league ? Makes no economic sense . If it was to move up and watch the sport's top stars every week , then maybe , but we get to see 90% of the riders performing in the top division anyway

That must be a new development , might have been better with r/r as Garrity is a bit unpredictable

The loss of Lambert , who is an exciting rider to watch , without an adequate guest takes much of the gloss of this fixture . But at least every Newcastle rider can take one of his rides , which shouldn't inconvenience them too much even if Lindgren takes one of them , but we could be in a bit of bother trying to fill Bewley's rides with only Lunna and the reserves able to take his . With Lunna's gating inconsistent , Perry's machinery unreliable and young Jack having a nasty tumble a couple of weeks ago - that could be problematic .

He never actually said he was going to the speedway though , he might just like the California Grill and is taking his blow up doll as it might be couples only .

Remember Mitch Shirra riding for Coatbridge in 1975 I think it was , there was a bit of dubiety about his age as it was claimed he was only 15 at the time .

That was the early nineties I think when Arena Essex won the 2nd division and Swindon finished bottom of div 1 . Swindon got a stay of execution , but then finished bottom again the following season and did drop down . Ultimately it didn't do them too much harm as they were able to sign Jason Crump from Peterborough and reached the KO Cup final where they lost to Glasgow .

Why not just ask Leicester if they want to drop back down , and Ipswich or Peterborough if they fancy moving back up , would save all hassle deciding who rides for who , and would save SCB informing us how stupid we all are .

I wouldn't bother paying too much attention to the easily offended . It's the same with the numpties who go to football and hurl abuse at an opposition manager or player for 90 minutes , then go complaining to the police if the said player or manager reacts in any way .

Was looking forward to that scenario for the comedy value , but it looks a non starter as I don't think the league structure will be the same next season .

Is it different in the top league then ? As for the past two seasons in the second tier heat 4 has been protected for the number sevens , except if they get injured in heat 2 of course .

Who's machine are we talking about ? As Perry quite regularly has a spluttering machine .

Tommy the tape toucher making the ref earn his money

Really , Pijper looked a shadow of his former self during the recent clash with the Monarchs . Summers got 17 at Newcastle last season , so his return last night was very disappointing . Worrall is really the only heat leader that we can be confident about away from Ashfield , which is a worry with a return visit to Brough in the cup and probably Ipswich in the play offs . Bewley has become very inconsistent , understandable I suppose being so young and riding in three leagues , Lunna still falls off too much , and Perry's machinery never looks up to the job . I'd have Richie back in a heartbeat next year with maybe Rene Bach backing him up and the team structured after that to give us a potent reserve .

We'll see just how far we've dipped a week on Thursday . We lost by 2 points at Owlerton earlier in the season , I fear the size of defeat on the 31st could be a fair bit larger .

The slight worry is that Thursday night's meeting seems to have duplicated our recent meeting at Workington . Rattling up a healthy advantage early on , then one race of madness upsets things and we never seem to recover . Still it's a point , but it looks like third place for us and a possible semi final with Ipswich .

Why ? did they let people in ? What time was it called off ?

Nightshift making components for oil rigs unfortunately , which has prevented me taking my usual place on the supporters mini bus tonight . Hope it's an uncontroversial and entertaining encounter and let speedway be the winner along with the best team