Paulco

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 .

We heard at Peterborough yesterday that was intending to ride tonight , hope he doesn't aggravate his injury in doing so , cause he has a much more important meeting on Saturday night against Edinburgh .

As we have seen before , Swindon holding the 2007 PLRC immediately springs to mind . The top riders ride most tracks well , Sheffield is a proper speedway track , not a wee technical trick track , so I don't see a problem holding meetings like this there .

Puts our capitulation at Derwent Park last week into perspective

Riding for Belle Vue at Somerset tonight

Your team seems to be peaking as the other three members of the top 4 are wobbling a bit .

Sheffield now title favourites after that humbling of the Monarchs . Is that the first time Sheffield have ever won at Armadale ?

Wash your mouth out lady haha , or you'll get dry pieces on Sunday

No getting away from the fact , we are suffering a bit of a dip in form just now .

Would love for someone at BSPA towers to come out and explain why a club , who has suffered a horrendous season with injuries , when they try to sign yet another injury replacement - it isn't in the best interests of the sport . More chance of me waking up beside Kylie Minogue tomorrow morning than that happening right enough . You wonder how they manage to dress themselves in the morning , never mind run the sport .

Who knows these days But this is a re-arranged fixture which muddies the waters somewhat . It's a nonsense though .

I wouldn't be so sure . It's unlikely we'd agreed on that date for an important meeting knowing both those riders would be missing .

Seems a couple of the rained off meetings have been rearranged . Thurs Sept 7 Glasgow v Workington Wed Sept 13 Glasgow v Ipswich .

Don't tempt fate , remember last season

Yeah I suppose he's better on proper speedway tracks

You under-estimate the scoring ability of The Swoosh

Same with r-r , i'm pretty sure back in the day if both competing clubs were using rider replacement , it cancelled each other out and both teams tracked a novice . Now it's common practice for both clubs to do so .

We had our 1-7 when we got our glorious draw earlier on in the season

The sport is geared too much for the benefit of riders and the fans are no longer considered . Going two and three weeks without a home fixture was unthinkable in the 70's , 80's and 90's , but now it's not an unusual occurrence . I know at one time we did used to shut down for Glasgow Fair fortnight , but that was a time when industry would shut down and people all went on holiday at the same time . Now clubs wonder why they can't get punters through the turnstiles in sufficient numbers , but the riders don't care as they're away riding for their other team . Saturday nights has turned out to be a bit of a mistake , certainly Friday night would be the favoured option , but that opens another can of worms .

I understand your point of view , but maybe it is time to make an example of riders who hold their clubs to ransom and treat that clubs fans with contempt . Ok Chapman's timing was a bit spiteful , but understandable as he's got a business to protect and those two riders , by their actions , were endangering that . How many people who were at Kings Lynn that night had decided enough was enough with speedway after that debacle ? No rider , ex world champion or not , should be bigger than the club .

Sorry canny get time off to make this one guys , wish you had made it Saturday night , then could have had this and the fours on the same weekend . Hope we get at least the same result as last time , maybe see some of you at Peterborough on Sunday .

That's just knee jerk stuff , I wouldn't worry too much about that . Once things settle down and reality kicks in , he'll get on with it .

Regardless of any bad feeling Sedgmen has towards his employers , he still has a living to earn . So he might not like his situation , but it is what it is and he has to eat .

Riders will be scared to sign for the Blackcat Bandits this season

That was called promotion , giving away free tickets to new supporters . So the regular fans are full paying , just the newbies get ONE freebie . But yes I agree speedway was the winner last night .