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Any news on Thomsen?

If I were you I'd add war cover 😂

Wasn't that double points though? ... and also why is that okay in league meetings with aggregate bonus points over 2 legs but not a semi and final?

SCB must read the forum 😂

No, they haven't been... and again, I don't know why... it must just be for 5h1ts and giggles 🤷‍♂️

... now the pedantry is out of the way, can anybody come up with a reasonably rational explanation as to why tactical substitutes are allowed in the group stages but not the knock out stages?

"almost never" in Speedway! 👍

Okay... So the rules change mid-competion... that really makes no sense at all... "mostly" in Speedway! 👍😁

Things like this are normally announced on the SCB website... like when riders were threatened against riding NORA by the withholding of SRBF grants, yet SRBF grants are paid out for track equipment and if your son is in hospital. Once again the SCB showing itself to be not fit for purpose! https://www.scbgb.co.uk/news.php?extend.221

Okay, I get that, I think the VAR is a matter of cost isn't it? The cost of providing VAR facilities at every club in the earlier rounds and the replays to ease potential fixture congestion... I'm not saying it's right, I don't think it is but there is an explainable logic around it, same for group to knock out. I can't fathom why tac-subs are okay in the group stage but not in the knock-out stage though, can you help me out?

What are they? At least that is still a knock-out competition... at the moment

So the rules change mid-competion... that really makes no sense at all... only in Speedway!

I was going to use Horace Goes Flying as the title... but couldn't think of a name rhyming with Horace 😂

I've come up with a brilliant idea, that nobody has thought of... don't call it the Knock Out Cup!

Yeah, I think we'll be out on Monday... and then back in again a couple of weeks later... what a brilliant competition, I like it 👌

But it is still the knock out cup... but in a new innovation, in the best interest of the sport... you just don't get knocked out, simple, everyone's a winner 👍🏻😁

... and if Belle Vue do get "knocked out" of the "knock out cup" they can still do the business against Leicester on Monday to get back in? Oh no, hang on a minute I'm confused 🫤🤔

Sick note up to his old tricks again... when does his Polish season start?

You should be okay using screen mirroring (Smart View) from your phone then I would have thought assuming your phone is also a mainstream phone

Well... that can very much depend on what brand of TV you're using, some will require apps to be installed on the tv and/or phone from the companies own app store to enable sharing, not all TV's will allow screen sharing/streaming "out of the box". If it's an android based or main stream TV you should be okay... if it's one of the Chinese brands that's where things could start to get tricky.

The "new one" according to their press releases is going to be app based for specific smart tv brands. "A major update for BSN subscribers will be the availability of TV Apps for most major TV brands" "As BSN will be optimised for TV Apps, there will be some compromise to compatibility with Smart TV browsers which are not built to handle our newer technology. Subscribers who have watched this way previously are likely to find that BSN no longer works with their TV’s web browser"

And if you don't have a streaming phone or laptop? As I'm sure many older users probably won't. It may not be new to you... but it will be for many users, myself included, as BSN have said themselves that if you used to watch on a browser that may not now work, hopefully it will. They should really keep the existing system in place until the new one is ready or they could be asking for trouble at 7pm on Monday night.

Normally in IT project rollouts you keep the existing system in place before switching over to a new system, not turn the old one off and offer a "Heath Robinson" solution to users until the new system is ready 🤷‍♂️ No, you initially did a Google search for BSN and then added it as a bookmark for easy access in the future... beautifully simple 👍 Currently I have no idea whether\how the first stream is going to work... or even if it will work, faffing about with laptops and HDMI cables is no great is it. Fortunately I'll be at the first streamed meeting live so I'll be able to watch it back at my leisure... but I can see a lot of folk having a lot of problems come Easter Monday!

No this isn't another April Fool (another?🤔) If a possible shortage of jet fuel is a reality and not just another media catastrophisation, how would the PL look if riders based themselves and prioritised Poland over UK racing... Belle Vue and Northamptoningham could be in trouble... I'm sure our leaders have a plan in place to carry on running though 😁 Belle Vue Aces: 1. Brady Kurtz 8.97 2. Norick Blödorn 4.87 3. Peter Kildemand 5.28 4. Zack Cook 6.20 5. Dan Bewley 8.64 (8.86) 6. Tate Zischke 3.00 7. William Cairns (R/S) Ipswich Witches: 1. Tom Brennan 7.05 (7.23) 2. Scott Nicholls 5.55 (5.69) 3. Danny King 6.50 (6.67) 4. Tobiasz Musielak 6.63 5. Richard Lawson 6.83 (7.00) 6. Philip Hellstrom-Bangs 4.00 7. Jason Edwards (R/S) King's Lynn Stars: 1. Max Fricke 9.89 2. Paco Castagna 4.13 3. Chris Harris 6.53 (6.70) 4. Ben Cook 6.39 5. Jan Kvech 6.91 6. Cooper Rushen 3.00 7. Jody Scott (R/S) Leicester Lions: 1. Ryan Douglas 8.12 2. Kyle Howarth 5.00 (5.13) 3. Dan Thompson 5.87 (6.02) 4. Nick Morris 5.89 5. Sam Masters 7.28 6. Drew Kemp 4.72 (4.84) 7. Dan Gilkes (R/S) Nothampton: 1. Lidsey 2. Batchelor 3. Klindt 4. Zagar 5. Iversen 6. Thomsen 7. Harrison Sheffield Tigers: 1. Jack Holder 9.08 2. Leon Flint 5.06 (6.74) 3. Anders Rowe 5.22 (5.35) 4. Chris Holder 6.84 5. Josh Pickering 7.76 6. Jye Etheridge 3.00 7. Luke Killeen (R/S)

He does seem a bit injury prone doesn't he and a bit of a slow healer... not a great combo