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  3. Posted

    24 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

    Probably knowing Lynn's luck.

    With a full strength Lynn side, i think we could of given you a close meeting tonight if Emil was still off form.

    Heats 13 and 15 i worry. So about.. 40-50 ish

    That was my guess on the pod last night, might be a bit closer if Paddy has another good night but more likely to be a wider margin. You never know though.

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    37 minutes ago, Aries said:

    Ipswich have won their last 4 visits to Lynn is that right? That’s a bit embarrassing to say the least to lose your last 4 home meetings to your local rivals!

    What it suggests to me is that we've been in the wrong league for at least four seasons, we just can't compete at the top level nowadays and are simply making up the numbers. 

    6 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

    Speedway, football, or anything you care to mention. Suffolk does and always has, ruled over Norfolk. Must sting ;) 

    Fifteen years :D

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  6. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Aries said:

    There’s next to no rain forecast for Sheffield between now and the meeting tomorrow. Certainly nothing that would put the meeting in danger. Same for this fixture. Nothing forecast so if it were to be postponed it would have by now. 

    According to the Met Office app there is between 95-60% chance of rain for every single hour in Owlerton between now and tapes up tomorrow night.

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    12 hours ago, iainb said:

    I think you're giving him far too much credit for thinking he knows exactly what he's doing. Did he know exactly what he was doing when he attacked and assaulted an unarmed fan in Poland a while back. You can be controversial without being offence, you only had to watch him during the British Speedway press day sat in front of all the other riders giving it the Billy big spuds effing and jeffing and a lot of the other riders giggling like school kids because Tai had used a bad word... it's all been done before, see Bill Grundy, it's a shame because he can be quite an engaging character when he's not "performing"

    Rightly or wrongly I think he wants to come across as the bad boy of British speedway, he obviously cares about the sport and wants more interest, more exposure, more bums on seats and perhaps he thinks being a controversial figure might help achieve that. Perhaps he thinks it's all too sanitised and needs stirring up a bit.

    In which case it's not just being a gobs hite for the sake of it, it's with an aim. People will dislike him for it but that's the whole point.

  10. Posted

    Just now, iainb said:

    Never heard of it... how do I listen?

    Spotify or Amazon platforms.

    It's very King's Lynn so might not be to everybody's taste :D but I think we get a good balance between the three of us. We are ten episodes in and it's being received pretty well. 

     

     

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  12. Posted

    1 hour ago, iainb said:

    Just the 7 points from the saviour of King's Lynn speedway only managing to beat Bailey, Mountain & Blodorn on a track that should have suited him down to the ground :D 

    And Kurtz in heat 15, or were you too busy being a Clever Dick to spot that :D

  15. Posted

    Forecast looks poor for Wed and Thurs :wink:

    I wonder if Lynn weren't quick enough with Brennan with only Brum not riding or if Ippo have flexed their financial muscles to secure him as their guest? I think it would be a better spectacle if Lynn had Brennan and Ippo R/R but that's not the Witches problem, they want to win and have got in there first.

    Likely to be a cricket score and thank the Lord I'm unable to go!

  20. Posted

    Poole has always been incredibly difficult for away riders to get dialled into / set up for for some reason. Consequently vert talented riders can turn up there and look like novices, even those who have ridden there before. You can imagine how hard it was for the four debutantes the other night, add in a mechanical nightmare for Cook and 60+ for Poole was no surprise.

    Home wins will always attract thr crowds, Lynn were dominant at home for eight seasons in the second tier and as a result the racing was usually pretty poor, but more often than not the place was packed.

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    29 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

    Things definitely change speedy. I still have vivid memories of Siggy doing battle with Chris Morton at Foxhall on what was a skating rink! Those days long gone. 

    They are. The bikes are much more volatile nowadays but also the money generally on offer in the UK compared to abroad means riders just want to stay in one piece for the next meeting in Poland or wherever.

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  22. Posted

    Just now, Phil The Ace said:

    What I don’t understand. 
     

    growing up as a kid kings lynn and buster was always know to be the club and guy that no matter the weather was during the day he could take all the water and grip off and re-lay the track in 1 hour. 
     

    where as that buster gone???

    I think its all about maximising the number of folk through the door, gone are the days where people will turn up come what may unfortunately.

  25. Posted

    I don't know if it makes any difference at all but Lynn always used to use RAF Marham for their weather forecasts rather than a more general met office one, if they still do then perhaps the 'worsening forecast' which they have somehow got spot on was a lot more likely than most thought, you'd expect their weather predictions for quite a specific area to be as state of the art as it gets. I do agree though that waiting until the morning of the meeting would make much more sense than calling off the day before.

    I'd also say that not flying riders in would make us even more uncompetitive....which leads to a wider argument that perhaps we are in the wrong league.

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