bornagainlion

How fortunes have changed for Charles Wright and Nick Morris !!! Possibly Richard Sweetmans best performance at Beaumont Park

If that's right they are possibly over 25 years old in some cases. I worked at the leisure centre in the mid 90's and those lights were defo there for the all weather pitches in 1995!!!

He sure did v Lakeside 20+1 paid max and we lost by 2!!!!

Is Masters 18 points the best at Leicester since Magnus Karlsson got 18 (including a 6 point tactical) v Sheffield in the first season back?? Ironically Leicester lost that one by 2 or 3 points!

What the reason for that? I can't remember him doing anything other than giving his best at a difficult early time for the reformed club. Wasn't he even made to reluctantly attend a meeting he couldn't ride in because of a wedding (recall him in his suit in the bar afterwards) Surely being the ex-captain of the Lions is a "proper" connection?

Seems a long time ago but in the early days both Hall and, while he was there, Mathieu Tresarrieu both rode the boards for wins when others wouldn't. Hall getting 17 once from 6 rides and not all from the gate. Sometimes when a rider attacked it the track did have more to give. All lot of the better times in the old prem were when the track was how the riders wanted it which didn't produce great racing but not everyone moaned seeing wins.

If he believes this is correct then why not go back to Saturday nights in the old prem and get a few back watching a competitive team against another actual team instead of guests. The financial suicide was going elite league in the first place with such a weak team and poor track reputation meaning you're lucky to have one sky meeting a season. Lions are just being used to make up the numbers and getting nothing out it as far as I can see.

If the planning only allows for weekend race night what is the point of Leicester announcing they are running 2017 in whatever they now call the Elite league. It would be commercial suicide for any new promotion and everyone knows that. You'd need a football type investor who has a money no object view. They'd need to be prepared to lose significant amount season in season out while tracking the worst team in the league every year because you can't get anyone decent to ride weekends. If there is supposed to be two groups interested I'd be very surprised if either would want to take over under those restrictions. If Lions can only race at weekends surely the old premier league is the correct option, run Saturdays and get people coming again every week instead of one in three/four to watch a poor side v a team of guests.

It's bedlam around that area between 5-6pm on a week night outer ring and link to major roads etc plus with half the people rushing back to watch the game it will be even busier. I doubt they'd be anyone there at all (apart from the diehards) to be in the bar later. It would make more sense to change the day.

A lot of posts here talking about lawful phrases, applying the law in this situation and multiple counts DH is indicted on but surely that would assume that the SCB and BSPA always follow some moral code rule book aligned to English law and not just make it up as they go along wouldn't it?

At one point I thought those vert ramps are going to be wicked

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but 1500 people watching premier league speedway and other events right up until Oct every Saturday evening (some Sundays) must look wonderful now compared to the "Elite" league. What next Leicester Bees on a Friday nights or another Newport. As speedibee says the knives are out lets just hope its not the keys to the JCB come September

Surely he should have been riding with Chris Widman not against. I don't know the circumstances for Starke and how late the Lions knew he couldn't ride but you'd think there would be a spare EDR rider that could have been used? The Lakeside reserves weren't exactly the likes of CW. No disrespect to Chris Widman if he was helping out last minute.

Remember a 62-28 loss to Glasgow in the first season back and that was painful so feel for anyone who travelled tonight. Dark times

Last years Sky meeting was 7 quid in and there were a lot more than tonight at a tenner so partly sky, partly cost but more expectation of another defeat maybe?