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Personally I thought it was refreshing to hear a rider express an opinion in an interview rather than the bland nothingness that most riders come out with when asked inane questions about setup etc. I'll also extend that to Picko who is clearly very passionate about the clubs he rides for as demonstrated by his comments at Edinburgh recently

Great comeback from the Tigers! Well deserved place in the final and probably have a better chance of beating Poole all things being equal track condition wise. But... what on earth was Cami Brown doing leaving Ace Pijper in for a 4th ride! I know there's been question marks over his team management in the past but that was absolutely unforgivable team management! Pijper spent most of the night on his arse while Complin was riding out of his skin to drag his team over the line. 'mon the Tiggers!

Chris Holder at Ipswich No. Points Total 14/09/23 Ipswich v Sheffield (PRKO) 3 2, 2, 2, R 6 16/09/10 Ipswich v Poole (ELb) 1 3, 3, 3, 3 12

People complain when there is consistent track prep though, look at Dreamboat Phil () in the GP's always prepares a consistent track from round to round and still gets stick for it. Looks like Ippo want to win it rather than provide a spectacle and who can blame them. The only trouble with that is though, is that one of their own riders can't stay on his bike!

Wasn't the track like this when Sheffield were at Foxhole in the KoC final? When Sheffield went down by 20 points. Makes sense for them to prep it the same maybe?

Emil was out of control going into turn 1, I reckon if he'd cleared the track the race would have continued, always baffles me when refs don't put the red's on straight away, then call all four.

Also one SGP slot is reserved for a European born rider qualifying through SEC

And 99% them not seeing the season out! Madness! They were on the brink in the CL. They must think they're going to pick up Wolves punters

For me the NDL needs to be scrapped in favour of compulsory running of 2nd half junior matches, a protected place for a "junior" rider position in a reserve berth of the senior team, with the same reserve also competing in the junior match. Those teams that run exclusively in the NDL to go CL or NORA

He may be given permission to miss the meeting, it's happened in the past hasn't it? The decision to run this on Tuesday has gone down like a turd in a swimming pool on Twitter. Hopefully everybody will reconsider

While Ekstraliga should not be irrelevant when considering riders who should be gifted a place in the SGP. It shouldn't be the be all and end all. It's been shown time and again that a good Ekstraliga rider does not always translate into being a good rider elsewhere, for whatever reason. Greg Hancock, bang average league rider while he was picking up his later championships. Per Jonsson, bang average in the league before he became World Champion Agree with Hans vs Erik. Hans was undoubtedly a better league rider than Erik. They were pretty level imo when it came to World Championship racing

Different class from Zmarzlik. Nice touch having all the riders (except for Woffy) out there at the end

No doubt about that!

They do attend normally... assume they've missed their flight or something

Pretty p155 poor of DSE to not provide any English commentary for qualifying. Scott Nicholls was clearly stood there in the pits like a spare part

Absolutely... he's clearly been the star of the show

The thing is there's been a hell of a lot of "opinion" presented as evidence... on both sides. It's the inspectors job to cut through all of this crap and make a decision based on actual evidence, and hopefully not opinion presented as evidence. Just because someday says it's evidence hopefully doesn't mean that it's just taken as read that it is "evidence"

Well, you did ask

Have you just seen how Sheffield have celebrated reaching the final? That's how you do it... not what goes on when Glasgow win a match away from home

And that's a wrap for the Wolves... another of the sports grandee teams gone! Hope to see them again in 2024... but I suspect it may be longer before we see them again if at all

Something to do with the NHS wanting a say... so if they've gone onto an NHS waiting list it could be another couple of years! And I thought the NHS supposed to treat ill people, apparently not these days

I mean it's had the glitz and glamour thrown at it by Sky, in a similar manner that Speedway did but it still seems to be unable to shake off it's cloth cap and whippets image and predominantly a northern sport. Snooker & Darts have managed to change their image, especially Snooker. What was once a past time to be play in a smokey hall no has a much more modern image

I think Eddie Waring had a great deal to do with bringing RL to a wider prominence didn't he? But despite all of the polish it still appears to be a bit of a turd at heart in this country

I don't quite know why anybody hasn't asked him the most obvious question of all: "Why are you here?" Maybe Brandon Estates will change their name to Plainmoor Estates when Brandon has been built on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainmoor "After ownership of Torquay United was transferred to Gaming International under the company name Riviera Stadium Limited, talks with Torbay Council have re-opened about the purchase of Plainmoor and developing the ground into housing" It's so obviously corrupt!

I can't really comment on somebody who wants to be a philanthropist says the man who's losing £1m a year at Torquay Utd!!!