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Agree Phil, id take a boring dreadful 20 point win over a 48-42 classic.

To be fair there is already over 2k tickets sold so holding off to get everyone in won't make much difference as most buy online these days. The facts are as things stand the big rain today as so far not materialised. The Met office forecast still looks horrendous for tonight though.

Its a lot different to the Met office. currently dry in North Manchester

Belle Vue have Hospitality in the Craven suit, so a late call off is a nightmare, its not burgers and chips😂

Agree Rob, rained heavy all day yesterday. Raining now, and the weather forecast seems to get worse by the hour.

If it's NKI yes, anyone else then weaker.

Disagree, it's just not viable.

As Phil as said it won't be announced until official announcement comes out.

Nah r/r is just another option. It doesn't make sense not to have a rule to cover all riders with a guest. For top second strings r/r just doesn't cover it.

Yes Steve the rules have changed this year, last year you could get a guest for All Heat leaders and reserves but not second strings. You can now get a guest for any position, which is how it should be.

If NKI is guesting that's huge for the Aces.

Met office currently says dry from 10am. Also it will change a million times before Monday always does.

Really, your not a proper fan then.

Hey?? The Met Office has a bit of rain around 1am Monday Morning then it's bone dry.

This was funded as part of the Eastland project and funds from Man city owners ties to the City. It was always to drive sporting investment as well as low cost housing. The stadium was designed and is used as a multi use site, and MC Council want big international events in the city, but it is not tied to the Aces staying there.

Looks like now over 1000 tickets sold in the first hour.

Just got mine

High Sided, was mid track, no other rider involved, simply overtrying for me.

Wasn't the track, just unfortunate error form Ben, he was trying everything to pass.

This is brilliant news.

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The concern for your boys is whether Ryan is fully fit, the infection was very nasty and it will won't be fully healed and very painful. There is every chance he wont practice and just try to ride through the pain. Even though it makes Leicester weaker without him I do hope he's fit to ride and race, we get a good guest, and 2 strong teams can race it out for the title. I have it as a 50/50 final, but I'm more optimistic than I was a week ago after our performance in the semi.

Fully agree on Ben, really hope its nothing serious and he's back fit and flying for March at least. Missing Ben in the final is a blow but hopefully we can get a good guest. His paid 11 was from 6 rides due to Dan crashing out after 1 heat, he got 6 from his programmed rides. Anyway Fingers crossed for some good news on Ben in the next few days, as long as his long term health is OK I will be happy.

I Think tonight either the Aces nick it or Sheffield win at a canter. I think if we are riding well enough to keep it close then we will get over the line.

I fully agree with this. UK Speedway needs a more football style atmosphere, if you take someone to Speedway for the first time and the atmosphere is amazing, the buzz of that has a very good chance of bringing them back. What we don't want is for it to cross the line into abuse. The 2022 final at Sheffield was the best atmosphere I've been in during my 40 odd years watching the Aces, it was absolutely mental when we won, and that's because (as Mike BV says) it meant something to the fans and it meant something to our riders (as you saw with Zagar Jumping into the crowd). The flares added to the whole event, although i do understand some don't like them. If speedway is to survive and certainly if its going to grow, we need to move away from the current clap and move on brigade, harsh but true.