Paulco

Second visit of one of our main title rivals , well they were before the Forces of Darkness put a curse on their unbeaten home record last night . Nevertheless they will arrive with a wounded cauldron and will want to rectify that home slip up . Last time we raced to a 10-2 lead after heat 2 , which proved crucial as the Witches came back at us and it was 49-43 at the end , Witches being only the second team to leave fortress Ashfield with a point . Once again they are led by Danny King and a couple of ex-Monarchs - Poo Boy and the gating tart that is Justin Sedgmen . Cameron Heeps can be troublesome round our place and Newman and the reserves can also weigh in with points . For us , our big three will have to bang in double figures , while we could be doing with Dan not sleeping at the tapes on one of his rides , as he usually does . Showers are forecast , so the hope is that they miss the track as this is a crucial encounter in the race for the play offs . I know the top 4 is pretty much settled , but we want to finish top so we can pick Edinburgh .

And he had the £20 note on a string just in case he was faced with a vigilant ticket inspector , don't like to part with the pennies do our east coast friends

Now that we've had the ridiculous , followed by the unfair , can we now look forward to an enjoyable and hopefully warm and sunny afternoon at one of the best tracks in the country , without anymore bright ideas by the most inept and clueless sporting governing body in the British Isles .

Hope we finally make it to Workington this season , looking forward to a small beer break in Cockermouth before arriving at Derwent Park .

Ah the innocence of youth , try watching him ride for your team when it's perfectly obvious he's not giving his all . One night at Plymouth the Glasgow team manager was phoned from the referees box and asked if there was anything wrong with him cause his performance was that bad , still he got his new low average got him back to Edinburgh the following season .

At Glasgow we are fortunate to be able to enjoy Dan and Jack's development on a weekly basis , i know they belong to Belle Vue , but i wouldn't mind another year out of them in 2018 .

Both were in the Prince of Wales , probably before you arrived , but I spoke with both of them .

Especially on the gating side . There always seems to be one race every meeting where he fluffs the gate , but with God's help he's getting there .

This is about halfway through young Dan's second season , there are clear signs here and watching him every week at Glasgow , the next jump in his career is imminent .

No passing ?

I did a head count coming in and there were 39,437 plus Willie and wee George were still at the bag search bit fighting with a steward for their carry out .

I can , but it wont be at Somerset , I suspect oop north somewhere later in the season .

That doesn't make it any less idiotic . We used to have five team groups in the fours qualifiers back in the day , with one team missing out a round , surely something similar could have been done here instead of this recipe for disaster

5 riders anywhere is mental , is there no depths to the BSPA insanity . Just when you think you've seen it all , they bring out something daft to surprise you again . Will I spend a fortune travelling to watch the fours this year ? not now .

And since wee George was in the Hilton , I can't think who the fookin beast might be lol

You will indeed , heard you had an entertaining time in your hotel haha , and nothing to do with me this time

I was sat in a very nice Brewers Fayre in Bridgwater when common sense finally prevailed and they gave up . The hilly , grassy slopes of the back straight and 3rd bend would have been hilarious right enough , for that reason alone I couldn't see the sense of starting . The road outside our B and B in West Huntspill was like a river around 4-30 .

Well I enjoyed myself . Prince of Wales was enjoyable as usual , queue to get past the bag search was a pain in the arse , but better safe than sorry , though I don't think many Johnny Jihads go to the speedway , not even to Edinburgh . As for the racing , it was a better than normal Cardiff with a worthy winner , and no Poles near me being a pain which was a bonus . Had a chuckle when they tried to charge me and Willie £6 to get in the Walkabout at the back of 10 , behave yourselves it's a pub lol . Roll on next year .

I'm sure you're correct on both counts

See you in there

Only in exceptional circumstances , and both sets of riders obviously thought it was getting too greasy .

Obviously the team losing would have and the team leading wouldn't have a say unless the ref intervened

Was always the journeyman second strings who came into their own more when the rain had fell , maybe the stars didn't fancy it as much , but in recent years at Glasgow we had Sean Courtney and Lee Dicken , both revelled in those conditions .

Cant understand all this " i'm not going " stuff . Ok the track has come in for a bit of stick at times , but you're up there challenging for the title .

I'll probably bump into the usual suspects in the Prince of Wales in the afternoon , not sure who I want to win , i'll go for Doyle , as many have said , he's the moral world champion and deserves the crown for real this year .