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Woeful. Kevin is a MASSIVE miss and every effort should be made to try and persuade him to return.

There’s a time and a place. I’m not sure the potential demise of Oxford is the thread to be having ‘lots of fun’ on. It’s in pretty bad taste if you ask me.

Josh Pickering?

Garbage, 1 out of 2 for year.

The fact it's Knock-out, plus the 32 point lead makes it a practice session. Scorpions have to do better than last night. How anyone could pick such an unbalanced, weak team is beyond belief. MPT is a prime example, Starke would have given better value.

Nothing against the bloke personally as I don't know him,,, but his voice is just not what's needed for a presenter of an exciting sport. It's not his fault as that's his voice,,, but it's like you say, monotone,, perfect for sleep stories

Seriously considering not attending EWR this season as the team built is very weak and difficult to get up enthusiasm for the journey from Hull.

I said this in February. The prospect of a short season was always on the cards with such a weak team. Attendance on Friday will obviously be well down too.

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Dan Bewley 8.64 Josh Pickering 7.76 Richard Lawson 6.83 Peter Kildemand 5.28 Anders Rowe 5.22 Jye Etheridge 3.00 Jason Edwards (RS) Total 36.73

Track was awful tonight Our track has never produced great racing but to prepare it the way the did was appalling … we was covered in dust on bend 2 from about heat 3 and couldn’t see some races properly Great to get the win and to see certain riders go well ….imagine the uproar if King only scored 3 yet Scott gets away with it lol Edwards was on fire and just needed to get Tom going …. PHB had bags of potential Fricke is just a class act and Harris provided entertainment but the reserves as talented as they are will struggle against seasoned campaigners The other gripe was the presentation …. Kevin Long was probably the best presenter in the whole league for a long time so whoever replaced him would have huge shoes to fill …. But the guy on the mic was awful …. bland and monotone … generated zero interaction with the fans …no ‘give us a w’…. mispronouncing riders names…. I know we have lost 2 entertaining riders in Doyle and Emil but this guy on the mic seriously needs to be changed

Shame isn’t the right word, a blue groove after 4 heats is an utter disgrace of track prep. This league never learns does it

Was already starting to get a blue groove after heat 4,,which was a shame,, the wind defo played its part,, but when you start with a slick bald track, it's only gonna get worse very quickly. Hopefully once the weather is more consistent they can build the dirt up a bit

Not able to attend tonight but good to see it went well for the Witches, great night for Edwards and a solid all round display for the rest really. Always a concern to hear worries for KL on meeting no 1 as been there a few times. Intrigued to hear about the big screen, also what was he presentation like without Kevin etc? Expect to be there for the 23rd match v the new boys!

Wroclaw Sparta meeting is live on You Tube tomorrow night.

Hardly pumped. Despite having Fricke, they've got a similar problem to Ipswich in that they need others to be consistent. Castagna was frustratingly poor - and then popped out on the very dry surface to take a win, when Nicholls and Hellstrom-Bangs must have fancied their chances. As with any match: same riders, different night = different result.

Normally yoyo's go up and down, or is it down and up? not back and forward.

Was watered after heat 4, heat 7 and at interval

Rushen wasn't too far off the pace for a rider of his age with his Limited experience, and Scott looked decent in most races too, it was encouraging maybe wait until the half way point to judge. Overall very cold, a few entertaining moments most of the crowd will go home happy with a win

It was pretty dry in heat one,, so was already onto a loser with the track, and from what I saw was only watered once during the meeting, although there was a lot of chatting with friends during breaks, so you may be right.

KL got their number 1 and still got pumped by the weakest Ipswich side for years.

Echo this, I’m not even sure if it’s 4H4A for new riders anymore. I assume Poole can’t sign Newman with the attention of swapping him for Gilkes at a later date either? I’d of liked to see Gilkes, but Newman is undroppable. He’s been excellent thus far.

Excellent point regarding Lynn's long tail. Everyone talks about Fricke, Harris and Kvech. The problem is if anyone has an off night you are asking kids to carry the team. My point being that you can potentially ruin up and coming British youngsters by pushing them too early. Yes the league is weaker but it's still a tough ask for 16 year olds.

May

Tac sub 5-1 meant the scoreline flattered lynn imo, long long tail. Decent first home performance throughout the team, Scotty will fair better when the track is grippier and he can work the bike and find different lines. Understand the comments on the track getting slick and dusty quite quickly tonight but I don’t think there’s much more they can do with such a strong drying wind as this evening, it was well watered before the meeting and watered at each grading break, while dry and dusty towards the end it was consistent and smooth which is good to see.