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And you know what he says about Janowski................."and that's MACIEJ". (Sorry)

Quite a long list then. I'm with you on that one. Oh, and Ben Barker. (like his riding though)

Ok. I'll just have to bow to all the experts

Nonsense. Once the momentum is up on flat, smooth full throttle tracks, there's little chance of gaining on your opponent unless he's a lesser rider who happens to have made the gate or he makes a mistake which is less likely on a flat, smooth full throttle track.

That's why you walk the track. Spot these thinks. Don't put your wheel over the line at Stoke. Adjust your gearing and use your throttle and head at Rye. Switch on your landing lights at Poole etc. etc. Boring if all tracks were flat and smooth and would lead to more gate and go.

Stewart has shown in the past that he is one of the best tactical managers in speedway and if anyone can get the best out of a team , he can, look at the difference he made when he joined the team at the end of last season, immediate improvement , shame it was too late to make a difference to position in the league Aye, he has proper passion. A great team manager and if anyone can get them going, he can. It was a pure loss when he wasn't well but great to have him back from the off this year.

Not the strongest but certainly not the weakest. Doesn't have the best potential for increased averages as some teams do but then we all know speedway, it doesn't take account of how teams look on paper. I'd expect increases from Anders and Joey and that could be the up side to an already fairly solid side. Definitely don't think we'll be anywhere near wooden spooners.

Is Josef Franc still a no-no for Glasgow due to other commitments? Cause that would be a good finish to the team along with Joey Ringwood or A.N.Other IMO.

...........unless, we're also signing Max Dilger instead of Joey Ringwood which would take us up to a full 42.50 I'm getting a bit carried away now, so I'll shut up for a while.

Oh I do so hope what you're hinting at ain't true

Is that not how it's always done??? If a promotion is aiming to sign someone but they're snapped up by another team, do they not move on to the next preferred rider?

Vissing 6.89 as against Wethers 6.79 - not really that much difference Heather. I'd be happy with either. Problem is if it's neither of them then it would be a wee bit harder to utilise the remaining points efficiently with the remaining riders if Joey does indeed sign. Unless, of course, there's another surprise looming.

Either Vissing or Wethers would be good.

I don't regard it as being an obsession or a must and as Paulco says, it's not the be all and end all. It would just be nice for these meetings (how many?) to be about closer racing and healthy rivalry to get the punters interested again.

I see where you're coming from but I honestly think higher scoring reserves are key to better team performances. Too often we've been let down in this department. For your benefit as well as ours. Or do you enjoy drubbings as opposed to close racing?

With these three signings on board, how about the following for a team that would do well at home and give a good account of themselves at the Dale? Magnus Karlsson 8.40 Theo Pijper 7.70 Matty Wethers 6.79 Rusty Harrison 6.63 Henning Bager 5.30 Anders Thomsen 4.11 Joey Ringwood 3.56 42.49 I know some folks are against Bager returning but if Anders improves as expected, then Henning would drop to become a very effective reserve. That's if he doesn't improve on last year of course, which he could well do.

I'm with you there Paulco. It's important for both teams to be closer in the performance stakes to make the derby thing interesting and a "must see" spectacle. It'd make the fact that we see them about 75 times a season more tolerable. That's why I'd also like to see Matty Wethers return and for the fact that he's a real trier and never gives up. And if we could squeeze Charles Wright in, that would help us at the Dale too + Magnus Karlsson?

Happy to see teams being posted without Theo in. Back to Glasgow?.........would be nice.

Here are my two examples of teams I'd like to see at Ashfield (depending on availability of course). Both, I reckon, would be hard to beat at home and also be very competitive at the Dale (for obvious reasons). I kept Bager in due to the Danish connection and although he took a fair dip this year, I think he easily has the ability to improve again. 1. M.Karlsson 2. D.Sneddon. 3. M.Wethers. 4. H.Bager. 5. T.Pijper. 6. C.Wright. 7. A.Thomsen. 42.12 1. M.Karlsson 2. H.Bager 3. M.Wethers 4. T.Pijper 5. D.North 6. J.Ringwood/J.Jacobs 7. A.Thomsen 42.41

And if they rub shoulders with Ward and Morris they could learn a HELL of a lot MORE. Oops!! Did I write that out loud?

Hope not. Definitely not the answer to Glasgow's problems. Certainly had some memorable performances at Ashfield but very iffy on many other away tracks.

Sean Courtney quoted on BSPA website as saying team changes COULD be on the cards and "there's every chance there will be restructuring of the team". That, to me, doesn't sound too definite. Hmmm.

As could Nieminen, Doolan, Karlsson and Baby Bierre. Lets hope they're not all on their best Ashfield form or we'll be in really serious trouble. Got to say, I have worries about this one.

Has Robert Dickson been shown the door then? I think he was one of the best starting marshals I have ever seen. I hope Heather adopts his method of bringing them in, starting from gate 1 and not giving up until they, each in turn, come forward and are all in line.

Yes, I agree with this. For the initial introductions it was fine but very soon got on one's wick thereafter.