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"Nobody died" but the sport is dying in this country, death by a thousand cuts, or should that be guest riders.

Play offs for a league of just six is pathetic. At very worst it should have been first vs second over two legs or maybe even second vs third with the winner playing the team that came top. No team who finishes in the bottom half of a table whether that’s 4 in 6 or 11th in a league of 20 should have a crack at being league champions. Total mockery of the sport.

I think Lynn are the Everton of speedway, never really any good but always are in the top flight season after season, when i first starting watching speedway Lynn always finished finished bottom but bar a couple of years the sport has never had relegation. Probably down to the owners over the years especially Buster running a tight ship, Lynn were never the big named team like Coventry or Cradley and others, but they are still going.

Crazy decision to hold the cup final that late, Plymouth do not have a single home meeting in September then race 2nd week of October when weather likely to be against them, everyone knows they are on marshland and the water table will be higher. Those that made this call could not run a bath.

No Dust, No blue groove, thank you Scunthorpe. Would have been better if Edinburgh were more on it but racing still very good, plenty of room, plenty of lines.

Looking forward to this one, Scunthorpe always a pleasure, seldom a chore to watch.

Not sure to be honest, it would be smooth, slick, dry and predictable, everything the modern riders seem to want.

Its a track, likely the inside where what little shale was there, has been quickly scrubbed off and now its down to the hard base and tyre rubber starts to create a blue haze. The track at Arena Essex was like that for its final meeting, saw it close up with my own eyes as we were allowed on it at the end of the meeting, not so much blue but it was like your garage floor, very hard and dusty, I was not impressed. Proves that whilst technically you don't actually need shale to ride, just that of course if tracks were all like that from kerb to fence they could only run in perfectly dry conditions because as soon as that base gets wet, its becomes like a skid pan. Shale is good at soaking up rain, remove that and you remove all your redundancy to get meetings on or through to a conclusion. If they don't care about rain off etc, they might as well just put tarmac down and be done with it, zero cost to keep buying more shale, no preparation required before or during the meeting, no need for tractors or water bowsers, exact same conditions week in, week out.

Been saying it for weeks, first bit of rain comes and you will see rain offs left, right and centre because everyone has got used to riding on dustbowls and anything else, they will not want to know.

Barker busted a gut to try and get past Chris but its not his fault the track is so narrow, it makes it very easy to block, but the way Baker acted after is typical of the petulant attitude he has always had when he does not get his way. Bomber acted totally out of character so whatever Barker said to him, must have been out of order.

And Peterborough would always turn up at Arena missing the Dryml brothers when they had them and used small track riders as guests.

Chance of rain tomorrow so if it goes ahead hopefully will not be the dustbowl it was Saturday night.

Track is a disgrace as always

If Batch gates he will likely do well as you really have to bust a gut to pass anyone around here, I like Tate and how he rides, stick it on the kerb like he normally does and should do well hopefully.

Guests mean travel expenses which could be quite a lot but ultimately it comes down to promoter and rider agreeing a deal and I don't see Plymouth paying silly money just to have a guest for the sake of it. I think it could be a close meeting but depends on if Batch and Kemp are gating, Batch wont want to get stuck in around such a confined space and Kemp might want to go big but will only likely fence himself through a lack of room for error.