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To be fair Vetlanda should finish them off, but you never know.

Leg 2 of Swedish playoff final that night? BV need to hope Fricke doesn't qualify with Rospiggarna tomorrow. Edited as Thorssell rides for Rospiggarna as well so it could just cancel out with both using RR.

Now on Weds 27th September

Life's been depressing enough as a Bees fans as it is this year without this thread degenerating into the usual squabble. Can we keep this thread for anyone that has any further comments about yesterday's action if at all possible?

He'd have ridden in SEC as he'd have had no choice.

British Speedway finally has a stroke of luck in this shambolic season. Bet Kenneth himself is relieved. Hopefully this near miss forces a rethink from the BSPA over SEC. Why not even try and grab a slice of the SEC pie and stage a round at the NSS?

Bit harsh singling out Auty as second rate. His battle with Fricke tonight was probably the best race I've seen all season, and I've watched over 100 matches live and televised in Poland, Sweden and GB. No good comparing top riders today to the top riders of the past. Had there been a laborious GP series running in the olden days, this meeting would have been treated with contempt by those riders as well.

Agreed mate. Awesome since about heat 7. Not quite Peter Craven Memorial standard but still superb.

If Bjerre has signed into SEC can't see how he can miss it? Bickley at number 1 for the Aces?

Who for?

The fans that see through it are the same ones that have seen through it the past two years when Poole did it. Yet you lot couldn't see through it then. Hypocrites the lot of you. The sport is the real loser.

Identical to Poole pre-booking Tungate for last years semi having foretold Bjarne's absence two weeks earlier? Making yourself look even more of a fool than usual (if that's possible) with your hypocrisy.

More importantly, will either team pull a stroke and render this tie a farce as well?

I get it now. Poole like to be the ones to taint a match and render it a farce. That's why they're upset, right?

Probably best to ignore the ginger one folks. He knows Poole have done this umpteen times before (hell, they even tried in twice in the same tie last year), and is clearly trying for a bite with his faux outrage.

No, he'll be unhappy. The same as he is when Poole do exactly the same thing time and time again. Another British Playoff meeting tainted by foul play. Hilarious if it wasn't so tragic for the sport.

The outrage from Poole fans is totally unwarranted. About 6 of Poole's eight titles were tainted by this kind of crap. Sickening behaviour from Swindon to all fair minded fans. But past history on here tells us that that excludes 90% of Poole fans.

Rosco is merely playing Ford at a rule he invented. Poole do this sort of crap virtually every year. Doesn't make it right though. Just highlights why this sport is seen as an utter joke everywhere in the world except Poland.

So once again we have the amazing situation where people (whom had possibly spoken to the rider in question) predicting, with some degree of certainty, last week that Newman would be in the Swindon team tonight. A bit like last year when Tungate went round telling everyone he was riding in the semi for Poole 3 weeks before Pedersen sustained his unfortunate injury. Not to mention the disgraceful North fiasco of two years ago. What I found most amazing is that the promoters and managers of these crooked teams actually believe that this competition is so worth winning, to the point that they'll blow another hole in British Speedway's already knackered foot. Another normal day in the worthless pile of crap that is the SGB Premiership.

Suggest anyone trying to keep score ignores the on screen graphics. They've missed both joker rides thus far.

It's no good comparing us to Poland. They don't have the stadium issues we have for a start. Going to your landlord and asking for the stadium 7 times a year isn't going to be met with a favorable response. The Poles have got the best day of the week, apart from Saturday, boxed off. The minute they move away from a Sunday the crowds are cut in three. There's so many reasons why we can't get to Poland's level. Their league structure just fits in perfectly with the tiresome individual competitions which clutter up every weekend and meander on for round after pointless round. And Redcar.

Brilliant. 7 whole home fixtures to get your teeth into. Wouldn't that be amazing for the people that actually go to meetings?

I'm obviously failing to see the point. Can't remember any recent examples of a junior overriding and injuring a superstar, except in Poland. Also, Doyle has been one of the most dangerous riders out there in recent years, so it just seems a bit rich.

I don't think disparity of talent causes incidents. Doyle is unlikely to get injured by a Greaves or a Smith because they will never be anywhere near him on the track except at the start line. British Speedway has always had this disparity. Wayne Broadhurst was never a threat to the health of Hans Nielsen 30 years ago. We've never had the strength in our teams that Poles and Swedes have now, mainly because when the BL was in its prime there were three times the number of clubs they have in those leagues now I guess.

Still we are brought back to the question of what happens to Sheffield, Ipswich and Redcar. They either have to join the top flight, or discard long established race nights and destroy their business. The Championship must be in danger of collapse as it is what with Peterborough's self inflicted woes, Scunthorpe and Worky fighting for their lives and ownership issues at another club.