Glasgow v Poole/Plymouth Sunday 25 September 2022 - Semi-final Championship Play offs

[Gazc]

55 minutes ago, ragdoll64 said:

If they’re doing everything possible to get their full team back….then why not just call off the meeting due to impending rain instead of going through this elaborate rigmarole?…….AND……what was pulling the “magic wheel” if there was no tractor on track?  We know you hate everything Glasgow…..so, should we really be listening to your opinion?

 

Think we know the answer to that one.

[foreverblue]

1 hour ago, phillipsr said:

Its because no one really cares who wins the league… its been said on here before 

I think the teams that are left in it and their supporters care as the expected full house at Wimborne Road will show. 

[foreverblue]

50 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

Funny thing is, all this drama and Leicester will still win the league lol 

Have faith Lisa!

[crescent girl]

20 hours ago, Paulco said:

I thought only the team that is losing can request a meeting to be abandoned 

No, it is only the losing team that may request -- with no guarantee such request will be met -- a track inspection.   

The calling off/carrying on decision lies solely with the referee and, to a lesser extent, the Clerk of the Course.

[Tapeworm]

Surely a major contributory factor in the delay to staging the Glasgow/Poole semi-finals was the adoption of "the top 6 teams to qualify for the Play Offs". This resulted in Glasgow sitting twiddling their thumbs for a couple of weeks while the 3rd to 6th placed teams settled their quarter-final ties. If the much-derided Play Off system has to be retained to provide much needed extra income, the BSPA simply MUST revert to a "top four only to qualify" next year (if indeed there are still 4 clubs solvent with access to stadiums!). That way, all of the top 4 teams can immediately get on with arranging their semi-final ties. Let the 5th and 6th placed clubs arrange home and away fixtures, if they like, for further income and bragging rights. 

[LisaColette]

Now someone is saying track was immaculate 30 mins after it rained off. 

[SharpenRake]

4 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:

That was my point why weren’t they back out after starke. 

They said on BSN the referee would allow one more heat to see how things went. Paul Starke fell and that was that, the ref abandoned it; simple.

[SharpenRake]

5 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

Now someone is saying track was immaculate 30 mins after it rained off. 

Do you have a bet with someone that you can get 11500 posts before the end of the season

Edited September 26, 2022 by SharpenRake

[LisaColette]

2 minutes ago, SharpenRake said:

Do you have a bet with someone that you can get 11500 posts before the end of the season

No, 30k lol

[Arthur54]

Now that Glasgow's match is off tomorrow at Plymouth, how about Glasgow v Poole then 

[tocha]

3 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

Now that Glasgow's match is off tomorrow at Plymouth, how about Glasgow v Poole then 

Basso will be riding for Lejonen tomorrow in Sweden.

[lewy]

Apparently the reason Lawson was so annoyed with the ref was the damp weather was making his hair curly

[Fromafar]

5 hours ago, Noelinho said:

I walked past Peter on my way out and I can't speak for him but he seemed quite disappointed to me. I know the social media guys had a good laugh at the Plymouth call-off, which really just seemed like good-natured banter, but they generally keep their counsel on these things. They don't often say much and stay in the background but they're quite switched on from the fans' side of things.

They took a lot of flak for the Leicester call-off a couple of years ago and they did become more proactive about re-arranging meetings when weather looked like it could be an issue.

@Cookiefan already mentioned Basso was a constraint on start time - I wonder if availability of other days (which has been discussed here earlier) might have left them in a tight spot for dates.

We have definitely run meetings with the track in much more challenging conditions than it was last night - the Test match against Poland last October comes to mind.

I still think it was possible to complete the meeting last night, but I understand why both sets of riders would feel the need to play games, either calling it off before heat 10, or once you got there.

I do think the ref should've been stronger and pointed out the relative ease the riders other than Broc rode the track once it was damp (Starke's fall was a mistake), but the heat 10 rule doesn't really work for a knockout match.

I also watched the first part of the BSN stream from last night - the cameras made it look much worse than it was in person! The wind was blowing, and it was dark, but the camera made it look a lot more miserable than it was.

It was “ political “ .The Ref’s never make the decision of their own back.Plenty have seem tracks worse at the start of meeting with track watering alone.Poor show all round.Enough said for me,just very frustrated with the sport these days ,to many excuses for cancellations you can’t plan anything ,attending speedway will slip further down the list for me.

[Paulco]

57 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

Now someone is saying track was immaculate 30 mins after it rained off. 

Thats nonsense 

[Fromafar]

5 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:

That was my point why weren’t they back out after starke. 

Because they called the Ref to the Pits.I actually listened to Danny King and Poole Management talking to the Ref who had obviously had already decided to abandon the meeting at that point and he’s was making it quite clear they were wanting ride ( to what point we don’t know)and accused the Ref making a big mistake favouring the opposition who  were the home Team.Brennan may be the Captain  but he certainly under pressure from certain others.

 

 

[Gazc]

39 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

Now that Glasgow's match is off tomorrow at Plymouth, how about Glasgow v Poole then 

Raining.

[SteveLyric2]

On 9/23/2022 at 10:08 PM, Fromafar said:

Whose knows what his plans were Oxford are finished he could be away home.

Yet there he was assisting Nicol on track!!!!

[Arthur54]

36 minutes ago, tocha said:

Basso will be riding for Lejonen tomorrow in Sweden.

Were quite happy to ride without him tomorrow night 

[Gazc]

7 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Because they called the Ref to the Pits.I actually listened to Danny King and Poole Management talking to the Ref who had obviously had already decided to abandon the meeting at that point and he’s was making it quite clear they were wanting ride ( to what point we don’t know)and accused the Ref making a big mistake favouring the opposition who  were the home Team.Brennan may be the Captain  but he certainly under pressure from certain others.

 

 

If some riders aren’t happy with the track and the ability to race on it we can’t force them if they feel it’s unfit for racing.

Obviously all riders are different in what they see as unfit to race but it only takes one.

[tocha]

1 minute ago, Arthur54 said:

Were quite happy to ride without him tomorrow night 

Yes, but the meeting at Plymouth has little importance in comparison.