flagrag Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 3 hours ago, MD said: Met Office (as at 14.40) showing as dry all day Saturday in Leicester. You wouldnt be laying the groundwork by any chance? No not at all MD the forecast as is typical this time of year is very changeable. Leicester will be doing everything they can to get the meeting on with track work starting like last week before sunrise then preparing the track for racing. The Leicester promotion can see that they will get a larger crowd than having to run it on Thursday night so financially it’s better for the clubs it’s just a shame that if they are successful in winning the league it won’t be in front of their own fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, flagrag said: No not at all MD the forecast as is typical this time of year is very changeable. Leicester will be doing everything they can to get the meeting on with track work starting like last week before sunrise then preparing the track for racing. The Leicester promotion can see that they will get a larger crowd than having to run it on Thursday night so financially it’s better for the clubs it’s just a shame that if they are successful in winning the league it won’t be in front of their own fans The track was tricky at Leicester for Wednesday's NL final, plenty of rain has fallen since then. The ground is sodden at the moment, everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingersfin Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Has been lashing it down in Glasgow for a couple of hours. Call off was correct. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Mr Blobby said: Got sources in the possil young team who I had out doing a bit of spying for me in return for a bottle of MD. You sources the Possil boys would chew you up and spit you out into little pieces. Because they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8gdp Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Fingersfin said: Has been lashing it down in Glasgow for a couple of hours. Call off was correct. Always rain in Scotland lol just amazing we always leave the play off finals till October lol get the league fixtures done early so the fans can watch play off finals without the threat of rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Heard it was called off cause they could not evict the spiders from trophy cabinet , just in case Leicester have 2 poor meetings !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpenRake Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, Neila said: Heard it was called off cause they could not evict the spiders from trophy cabinet , just in case Leicester have 2 poor meetings !!! Goodness this is so funny take it your source is the same as Blobby. Good to see you are still taking an interest in speedway but so as your not accused of making things up, perhaps you could change your 'Team' to the former, sadly no more, extinct, RIP Workington Comets 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) Well it seems all the East Midlands meteorological experts on here got their information about the expected rainfall in the west of Scotland ridiculously wrong last night , as it poured from the heavens all evening . Still I suppose our pact with the rain God, so we could get the second leg at home , has been delivered so far . Whether he stays away from Leicester today is up to him , but at least there wont be the same paranoia aimed at the Lions from us . Granted there was the usual , predictable , rhetoric from the likes of Blobby and Jenga everytime they perceive Glasgow are up to something , that kind of fixation takes years to nurture and develop . So here's hoping we get a meeting tonight , all riders come out of it safe, all fans get royally entertained and it's left in the balance for Tuesday night's decider at the Citadel of Speed . Edited October 19, 2019 by Paulco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Paulco said: Well it seems all the East Midlands meteorological experts on here got their information about the expected rainfall in the west of Scotland ridiculously wrong last night , as it poured from the heavens all evening . Still I suppose our pact with the rain God, so we could get the second leg at home , has been delivered so far . Whether he stays away from Leicester today is up to him , but at least there wont be the same paranoia aimed at the Lions from us . Granted there was the usual , predictable , rhetoric from the likes of Blobby and Jenga everytime they perceive Glasgow are up to something , that kind of fixation takes years to nurture and develop . So here's hoping we get a meeting tonight , all riders come out of it safe, all fans get royally entertained and it's left in the balance for Tuesday night's decider at the Citadel of Speed . its not good to see you still cant take light hearted banter from other fans and have to jump to conclusions that everyone is a Glasgow hater . i suppose there is no bad banter between the football teams in Scotland either ! but the usual suspects (us) always seem to deliver the type of reply that you demand . while the usual suspects sit back and wait for a reply with baited breath ... we dont like to disappoint you , hence the reply . good luck tonight and do not forget your buckets and spades . may the best team on the night win . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Paulco said: Well it seems all the East Midlands meteorological experts on here got their information about the expected rainfall in the west of Scotland ridiculously wrong last night , as it poured from the heavens all evening . Still I suppose our pact with the rain God, so we could get the second leg at home , has been delivered so far . Whether he stays away from Leicester today is up to him , but at least there wont be the same paranoia aimed at the Lions from us . Granted there was the usual , predictable , rhetoric from the likes of Blobby and Jenga everytime they perceive Glasgow are up to something , that kind of fixation takes years to nurture and develop . So here's hoping we get a meeting tonight , all riders come out of it safe, all fans get royally entertained and it's left in the balance for Tuesday night's decider at the Citadel of Speed . Tell me about it!! All forecasts I looked at said no rain until after midnight in Glasgow... that's why I set off in full confidence at around 10:30 and foolishly didn't check my phone until 3pm when I was about to cross the border only to find out it had been called off about half an hour after I left home... I was a tad frustrated Still it was a nice drive home through the driving rain in the rush! Perhaps it might be an idea for clubs to setup a WhatsApp group that fans can join to receive alerts about postponements, instead of having to check the website or Twitter, especially difficult when driving. Why on earth we (as a sport) continue this seemingly every season with finals to competitions being crammed in on off nights on dodgy tracks in October is unfathomable. Also In these days of potential golden heats holding the 2nd leg of the semi and/or final is a distinct advantage and yet no consideration seems to be given to this. The league should be wrapped up by the end of September, any clubs not making the play offs can then hold maybe a north/south regional competition to keep their season alive with the knocked out play off contenders joining at a later stage (like the Europa League in Football). ... Anyway I shall probably try again on Tuesday, my weather app says only a 20% chance of rain in Glasgow Edited October 19, 2019 by iainb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cj69 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Disapointed in the rain off, had planned a wee journey through for some final speedway action this year. Tuesday a horrible day (as any mid week day would be) as its a school night and that M8 a joke at times. Fingers crossed for another rain off and rescheduled for weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 58 minutes ago, iainb said: Tell me about it!! All forecasts I looked at said no rain until after midnight in Glasgow... that's why I set off in full confidence at around 10:30 and foolishly didn't check my phone until 3pm when I was about to cross the border only to find out it had been called off about half an hour after I left home... I was a tad frustrated Still it was a nice drive home through the driving rain in the rush! Perhaps it might be an idea for clubs to setup a WhatsApp group that fans can join to receive alerts about postponements, instead of having to check the website or Twitter, especially difficult when driving. Why on earth we (as a sport) continue this seemingly every season with finals to competitions being crammed in on off nights on dodgy tracks in October is unfathomable. Also In these days of potential golden heats holding the 2nd leg of the semi and/or final is a distinct advantage and yet no consideration seems to be given to this. The league should be wrapped up by the end of September, any clubs not making the play offs can then hold maybe a north/south regional competition to keep their season alive with the knocked out play off contenders joining at a later stage (like the Europa League in Football). ... Anyway I shall probably try again on Tuesday, my weather app says only a 20% chance of rain in Glasgow Every day I checked out big Carol with the ample puppies on BBC breakfast , and not once did she mention rain here yesterday . I went to my local shop around 7 last night and got drenched in the 5 minute walk . I just hope the title isn't decided like it was at Monmore Green last week , a mud bath like that just makes it a lottery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Paulco said: Well it seems all the East Midlands meteorological experts on here got their information about the expected rainfall in the west of Scotland ridiculously wrong last night , as it poured from the heavens all evening . Still I suppose our pact with the rain God, so we could get the second leg at home , has been delivered so far . Whether he stays away from Leicester today is up to him , but at least there wont be the same paranoia aimed at the Lions from us . Granted there was the usual , predictable , rhetoric from the likes of Blobby and Jenga everytime they perceive Glasgow are up to something , that kind of fixation takes years to nurture and develop . So here's hoping we get a meeting tonight , all riders come out of it safe, all fans get royally entertained and it's left in the balance for Tuesday night's decider at the Citadel of Speed . Good luck tonight, mate. If I wasn't leaving the house at 7am tomorrow to get up to Scunny, I would have gone tonight. Good luck Tigers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, jenga said: its not good to see you still cant take light hearted banter from other fans and have to jump to conclusions that everyone is a Glasgow hater . i suppose there is no bad banter between the football teams in Scotland either ! but the usual suspects (us) always seem to deliver the type of reply that you demand . while the usual suspects sit back and wait for a reply with baited breath ... we dont like to disappoint you , hence the reply . good luck tonight and do not forget your buckets and spades . may the best team on the night win . Just gets a bit annoying when its constant. Especially when we canny control when it decides to rain . Not even the alleged money tree on the first bend can buy you a dry night for speedway Edited October 19, 2019 by Paulco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, Paulco said: Every day I checked out big Carol with the ample puppies on BBC breakfast , and not once did she mention rain here yesterday . I went to my local shop around 7 last night and got drenched in the 5 minute walk . I just hope the title isn't decided like it was at Monmore Green last week , a mud bath like that just makes it a lottery Think we all agree the weather can’t be altered ,but why EVERY season are we running the Finals in October and having to run on off nights just to complete before end of season.Surely the Main Competitions and KOCup should be run first and local Competitions run at end of season.Find it incredible the inability to sort things out to a more satisfactory conclusion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bump Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, Paulco said: Just gets a bit annoying when its constant. Especially when we canny control when it decides to rain . Not even the alleged money tree on the first bend can buy you a dry night for speedway Chucked it down here in Leicestershire last night but it’s a dry & bright one today. Should be a decent meeting later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Cj69 said: Disapointed in the rain off, had planned a wee journey through for some final speedway action this year. Tuesday a horrible day (as any mid week day would be) as its a school night and that M8 a joke at times. Fingers crossed for another rain off and rescheduled for weekend. Half Term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Half Term? Not in Leicester it's not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cj69 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 37 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Half Term? Might be thru West but by me they are back on Tuesday. Doubt it should affect the locals going, more affect on any extras that might have attended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 i think Scotland has its own period for half term and other types of holidays . still that will all be sorted at the end of this month , wont it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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