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No such thing at Redcar.

Don't think Perks is at reserve now. Number 4 I think.

Can only remember it happening once in a senior match, in 2009 the Sky match and even then it was a late start. Havvy got injured, county ambulance called for.

Have to say, that I feel very sorry for the Glasgow team and fans who made the trip. They were on a certain 4 points until the abandonment. They were the better team and would have deserved the victory. I also have to say that in the circumstances, maybe their management should have held back on making comment, till more information came to light. Is'nt it about time Mcgregor was shown the door, he courts controversy. Speedway does not need to inflict more damage on itself, but he destroy's meetings regularly.

Apparently, there were 4 air fence panels damaged and only 3 spare panels. So they removed one, from the start of the first turn, to make up the 4th. It would seem, that this did not go down well, with all of the riders. Who then had concerns about the entrance to turn 1. I think shock must have kicked in for Coty. I tell you if it had been me, doing human cannonball impressions, over the fence and just missing the lighting mast, I would have had brown trousers for months.

Oh how well you know him.

I was stood right on the gate and Palm Toft definitely, broke the tapes, but it was a really twitchy start. I guess the ref thought there were mitigating circumstances.

Absolutely, that would be a great start.

It's certainly true, Worky were the better team on the night. The Bears fans are just bemoaning, the list of injuries and misfortunes, which has befallen the team. A fully fit Charles Wright (on his form against Berwick), would have made a huge difference. Hopefully somewhere down the line, we will see Redcar's ( new ) line up in action. Just to say, I thought the real difference between the teams was, Matt Williamson and Mason Campton, they did everything, asked of them and more. Redcar is such a fair track, that all the Workington lads like it.

Have to agree with this, it is going to be close. I have only talked to a couple of people about this and they fancy Worky to pull off the W. The top 3 of the comets are extremely good around Redcar and has been said, it may come down to a battle of the lower order. I have to say that I know Matty Williamson likes it around Redcar. How he performs could be a big factor, where if the weather holds, should be a great match.

You would think that the Bears management, would have learned from the experiences of previous Bears managements. When they sacked Justin Sedgemen, before the meeting started (at home to Scunthorpe I think ). Then were surprised when he tootled round for 3 fat zero's.

Sadly a bit of a ramshackle side to face a powerful Sheffield line up. For me Tigers by at least 20 points. With Anderson, Busch and Perks, it might have been a much closer match.

A very accurate and succinct post, with no punches pulled. I believe the Diamonds management were a bit complacent, expecting to be in the mix, right to the end, but on winning the toss and not grabbing the match by the scruff of the neck, with gate positions. They made a big error, (easy with hindsight, I know ).

Heard last night that it wasn't true. Garcia's ashtec engine's had.nt arrived yet. Actually, I thought the pivotal point of the meeting, was heat 11. When Ben Barker, rode his nuts off, to keep Danny King out. With King and Schlien in hts 13 & 15, against Garrity & Barker (2 titanic tussles) anything could have happened.

Yes as you have always said and always been wrong. The inside line into bends 1 and 2, has never been altered, since Brian Havelock installed the kerb in March 2007. I don't care what some journo said in Speedway Star, to get his column inches in, it never happened. Do you know Glyn Taylor, well I do and I asked him about it the last time I saw him. He said he never got round to doing it. Incidentally there is an outside line, around bends 1and 2 and plenty of riders found it, Danny King for a start.

When it was first brought up, at one of the clubhouse nights, (think it was Zoe's place). It was suggested that the Silver Helmet revert to a 16 rider, 20 heat format. Brian Havelock said, it would require an increase to £18 to make that happen. Then latterly when details were released, it was watered down to 16 heats a semi - final and a final, 18 heats in total. It was what many expected.

I think it did match the perceived outcome. That Havelock, would dilute the amount and quality of the product, its what he always does.

With Jonas B Anderson out injured and Eddie K in, that should swing the match in Rye's favour.

Might not be so easy tomorrow night though. It depends how helpful Bjerre is to the Bears cause.

Spot on.

I'll give you a simplistic answer, forget about the riders demands, (unless they are prepared to ride for nothing) and think more about, the paying spectators demands. Then maybe, the lack of cash problem will diminish. Speedway is in the entertainment business, so like HT say's he wants entertaining. That doesn't mean deep tracks, it means riding on graded tracks, with the shale pulled back. In the Edinburgh match (not that entertaining), the slick line developed very quickly (with blue groove in evidence), the outside built up with shale, which became so deep it was useless to go into it. Bjerre and Bellego found that out to their cost when they got forced into it and came off. All that meant a one line track and follow the leader racing. Sorry but that's not great speedway and I fear it was a contributing factor, in the bears defeat. Speedway will die if it follows your apathetic view.

Sorry Paulco, but I don't expect the Tiggers, to underperform again and gift the Bears points, this time.

I have to say HT, I feel for you and any other speedway fans. Who wasted, time and money, attending this. It totally shows up, Redcar's incompetent and embarrassing promotion and the contempt, with which they show, speedway supporters in general. I no longer go, but live for the day, when Havelock is no longer involved and then I can go back again.

I fancy Compton to get a berth at Scunny, when Klindt leaves and Holub has a proper average.

As I understand it / was told, Matej was at Havelock's house and told him, he wasn't riding in Britain, because he was riding in Sweden. Then 15 minutes after Kus left he got a call from George English asking to take him on loan. Now I'm sorry but you don't need to live next to a sewage plant to know when something stinks. He's been " tapped up" apparently with a big deal from one of Newcastle's major sponsors, so please don't try and take any moral high ground, there isn't any. Sweden strangely, has not materialised. Much as I cannot stand Havelock, I cannot blame him for getting the hump, over what has happened here.