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Might be worth doing if say those two riders were under-21,and were to be reserves for all season,not put up into the main team just because their average dictates.Something similar to what they do in Poland.

Seb Alden will represent Berwick at Sheffield.

Thats how its writing down in the rule book I think.

So he didnt stand for under performing riders,not a bad thing.

If Starkes parent club isnt going to use him for PL racing,then hes up for grabs,Berwick should be in poll position to sign but we said the same last winter about Mickey Dyer and look what happened there.Starkes had a decent season with Berwick,one or two poor meetings along the way in in general hes done ok,and worth a team place in the PL.

Star in the making he may be but I thought he raced in Germany at weekends so couldnt committ to racing at weekends over here,making it doubtful he could sign for any PL club.

Ritchie Worrall seems the ambitious type so might look to go full-time EL and get a contract in Poland,that would certainly bring him on as a rider rather than sticking it out in the PL.IMO Anton Rosen looks perfectly capable of taking over as top man with the Diamonds as long as he doesnt end up in Poland to,and Id be very keen to get Lewis Kerrs name on a contract. George English seems to have a knack of getting the best out of any team that assembled at Newcastle,so if I was a Newcastle fan I wouldnt be all that worried.Not unless Mr English fancies doing the same thing at a club sixty odd mile further up the road.

I was only on about last night,but Smith does get involved in accidents from over trying at times,but that makes him the entertaining rider he is.Id far more have a rider like that than have a rider who seems happy enough to poodle round and collect easy 2nd or 3rd places,we already have our fair share of those.

Correct though theres been times when the promotion give excuses on behalf of the riders.Peter had many faults taking feebile excuses from his riders wasnt one of them.

True,but to put up a performance as some did last just isnt on IMO,especially after out manager came out on saturday night with this,"We’re not here to do favours and will be looking for a win – mark my words.”Maybe he should have got his team into the same way of thinking.

When a top team takes on an inferior one,they dominate them early on before sending them packing after handing out good hammering,that ladies and gentlemen is what happened at Brough Park last night.Newcastle were dominant throughout and the only tiny minor blip was their only last place of the night for Tully in Ht13.Worrall was imperious with his maximum,while Newcastle looked to have unearthed another top talent in Rosen,impressive at Shielfield on saturday and impressive again last night. Another awful away performance from Berwick,and those fans that have travelled to a number of the away meetings deserve a medal the size of a frying pan IMO if that was an example of the kind of pap they have had to put up with.Two riders should be exempt of critisizm,Kozza Smith whos night last to the third bend in Ht4,and Paul Starke who once again his score and performance put some of his more experienced teamates to shame.Aspegren,Barrett and Bellego were emmbarrassing,Aspegren may well have won Ht12 but other than that he was useless and Barrett and Bellego shouldve stayed at home,quite how the manager put the black`n`white hat on Bellego in Ht8 is beyond me as Starke had to have been a better bet especially as Mr Va Va Voom had been tailed off in his first two rides.Alden looked good in winning Hts5 & 11,though he was back to his moody best for the rest of the night. Watching Berwick last night answered alot of questions for me,the main one being some of these riders individually and all of these riders as a team arent up to the job of taking Berwick Speedway foward and up the PL to a respectable level.

You`d like to think one or two of this years team have ridden themselves out of a contract for next years team rather than into one.

Last night it was everyone in the team apart from No1 Worrall that were able to take a ride.

The meeting is definelty on Saturday September 21st.

Know the feeling Im off to Brough Park later to see Berwicks latest attempt in chucking away points away from home.

I think the Glasgow fans will see their team win today.

SpeedwayGP ‏@SpeedwayGP 12h Emil Sayfutdinov's #SGP title challenge hangs in the balance after he suffered a broken left arm in Torun tonight That was from last night,we might get more details today.

How true,and Im sure the promotion are asking that to,over the last couple of season we`ve had a decent team at the start of the season,only for it never to realise that potential during the season.Yes theres been injuries but other clubs have suffered them and still been successful,but it seems we arent getting the best out of the riders,or the riders get into a comfort zone and dont ride with fire in their bellies.

Hopefully Berwick will make a decent fist of things,though giving Berwicks record away from home this season I fear you will be correct.

Nicki Pedersen showed earlier in the year that you can ride with a broken arm,we`ll have to wait to see how they treat it and the nature of the break.It would be a huge shame should Sayfudinov not be able to contest the rest of the GP series.

As in the PL meeting a couple of months ago Newcastle headed to Berwick with a weakened team,and as in the PL meeting a couple of months ago they took a deserved win,with once again reserve Lewis Kerr outstanding,just goes to show what can be achieved with a dominant reserve.Liked the look of young Rosen,maybe the Diamonds have unearthed another talent from Scandinavia,how do they keep on doing it. For Berwick only Kozza Smith showed any real resistance,with his teamates finding the ability of to many last places,which has been something of a habit this season. Apparently though a 2pt home defeat is not a disaster. Worrall made a perfect start in Ht11 IMO,I was far more surprised the ref didnt pull Ht13 back which was a far more shoddy start. But I wouldnt be putting last nights defeat just because of a refs inability to pull one race back,in your opinion.

Those bloody Diamonds. Theres an extra meeting to be held at Berwick this season,28th September with the proceeds going to Ricky Ashworth.Nothing announced about format or riders that are going to take part.

No,we still have the re-arranged PL tie with Rye House on the 21st September,there were rumours of another meeting but havent heard anymore on that for a couple of weeks now.

Indeed he is. No monsoon rain last night,dry overnight,and no rain forecast for today,no reason why the track should be anything other than in tip top condition.

Starke will miss the meeting,as will his likely replacement Carr,theres no news at present as to whether Smith will or will not miss the meeting,maybe we will get things cleared up more during tomorrows meeting with Newcastle.