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Then they quit , that I suppose is different .

Let's just say it's comparible with other sporting institutions around the city . But the main argument should surround whether it's right and fair that a PL club should be charging prices equal to or greater than EL clubs .

Correct , you cant

I think the fixture compilers do what they can , cant be an easy juggling job with rider availability etc . But they try their best , next week I'm following Glasgow to Sheffield and Somerset , not exactly next door , but it's two away fixtures together and doable . Next month I'm at Ipswich and Peterborough on consecutive nights , which is a sensible arrangement . August has us at Plymouth and Rye House together , which although a fair distance apart , they're are both in the south and it makes sense to have them together . One off meetings with a bit of travelling are more difficult , but cannot be helped sometimes

Meaningless meeting now with the Tigers already through to the semi final , but it would be very nice indeed to go through there on Friday and pump them

The second tier isn't near high enough to see the action on the back straight , the raised bit overlooking the 3rd bend offers a much better view . You really have to get there early and get your position right at the front , I made the schoolboy error last week of moving away to get a coffee from the shack and when I returned a family of fatties had moved in with chairs . That has become another problem , you get the ones who don't want to pay an extra pound to sit in the stand hogging the front of the back straight with those plastic chairs , I'd bin those . Anyway as for yesterday's meeting , we were just irresistible , not a single failure , with Richie Worrall back from injury with an amazing performance . Peterborough's riders didn't look comfortable at all on a track with dirt , Ostergaard improved dramatically once it slickened off once we reached the latter heats . Tom Perry tried his heart out , but the rest were pretty poor . But on yesterday's performance we wont be far away when the prizes are handed out , especially if our so called long tail keeps on improving at the rate they are . Just wish it would hurry up and get a wee bit warmer .

It can be a short career , so no you cant blame him at all

On a different subject altogether , is the online shop up and running yet ?

Yeah he's been brilliant this season , and rider replacement hasn't got near covering his points scoring . Panthers seem very unpredictable , impressive away from home though so we'll need to be at our best right from the start .

No thanks , last week was really entertaining . Forecast looking a bit better as they are saying the rain will stop around mid morning .

Aye that will wipe the smile off your face

Indeed , but both races were developing into good tussles and were no means certain to end in Bears 5-1's

Makes for exciting speedway though , Barker's pass on Bellego there was breathtaking

Really enjoyed last night's meeting , best I've seen at Berwick in many a season . Aaron trying to shepherd Coty around with Robson all over him was the highlight , it didn't work in the end up , but it was a marvellous effort . Looking forward to returning to Sheilfield in June

After his first race , Bukhave wasn't off the pace and Neilsen has impressed me all weekend . Was an entertaining enough meeting and the pre match predictions of a hammering were well wide of the mark . Worrall is the worst possible missing rider we could have as we're getting nothing much from his rides . We're not far away from clicking though , the signs are definitely positive

Was very slick . We got out of jail a bit today , got a helping hand by some eccentric team management from the Berwick camp . The falls were mainly riders sliding off at the back apart from the Worrall / Wethers incident which was Richie's fault , thank heavens for airfences though . He gambled trying to kill off Glasgow by heat 14 , a gamble that backfired

yeah , got the flu , been stood down for 7 days

I've no problem with it at all . Jorgensen is injured , so Berwick are entitled to replace their number 1 with a guest . Anyway it makes it more interesting . Don't think there's much between Fisher and Tommy the tape toucher round Ashfield , so it makes Berwick neither stronger or weaker .

You get crackers , you get rubbish ones . Same as you get Liverpool v Dortmund on Thursday and Hibs v Dundee Utd or West Brom v Watford yesterday . Any sport is like that . I'd still rather watch a duff speedway meeting than a shocker at football .

yeah I'm sure Cook missed an Edinburgh meeting in the past as he rode for Belle Vue the same night as an Edinburgh rearranged fixture . It's annoying if it happens , but that is the state speedway is in at the moment .

what is ?

Cold , but dry . Don't see any problems weatherwise

Impressive for an away rider

Oh I see is it ever warm there ?

Apart from Dr Scotsman's diagnosis , the Edinburgh paranoia machine has still to burst into life . Poor Richard isn't the first to succumb to this particular affliction . Armadalious Tricktrackius Virus , or Dump Flu as it's commonly known , has affected riders in the past . A dilapidated stadium surrounding a tight wee technical track is a notorious breeding ground for Dump Flu . A decade or so ago Paul Bentley used turn up at every Tigers meeting at Armadale , much to our irritation , suffering from Dump Flu . And latterly Thomas H Jonasson used to contract it two or three times a month . We wish Richard a speedy recovery and wish our stand in , Ricky Wells , all the very best tomorrow night . Wasnt that easy for your lot last week