I call my old fella Wee Eck coincidentally.

Yes. Last night was one of the rare occasions where a rider and their team was deprived of at least one point because the rider could not compete in the rerun through no fault of their own.  I think there's a case for the Regs to enable the third rider and their team to have a point awarded, e.g. last night Scott would be given third place behind Thomson and Rushen. In the extreme example of two riders missing, then they and their team(s) could be awarded 1.5 points each.

In my view Cooper turned left but probably more that he meant to, realising this Luke tried to avoid him but could not. To castigate him and calling for a ban is way over the top, I am sure Rob Lyon has had a word with him and he will learn from his mistake. 

Once again it seems mainly people who weren't there moaning about start times etc - how about praising a new promotion for getting a new track up and running in such a short time? I arrived early enough but the car park was running out of space and the road from Northampton itself looked chock-a-block - I was coming up from London so missed that traffic but understood why they might have needed more time, every paying spectator counts after all. The team is going to struggle when they pick up the 'leftovers' but some riders need to think about their performances last night, being all too keen to pull up at the back, so hopefully replacements will become available. Kye Thomsen was sensational and really showed his team mates the way. Of course there is really no home track advantage at the moment, but it's no excuse for a lack of effort. The people involved, the stewards, on the gates, in the stand were friendly and keen, and the track produced some racing on the night. I enjoyed my first visit, boosted by a KL win, and I'd hope to go again this season. Finally, Cooper Rushen may have made an error, it just looked a horrible crash from where I sat, but please he is only 16 and as he said himself he is learning all the time. He is clearly a special talent, so instead of the usual Forum pile-on, how about cutting the young lad some slack and supporting a future GB superstar?  

I think it might be more appropriate to say 'once they find out how best to prepare it' and then do that consistently 

I think you will find he is, see him at every home meeting, and he does a lot of away ones