Don't forget the huge difference in prize money between finishing second from bottom or third from bottom! Arthur Fery is now guaranteed £900,000, irrespective of his result this afternoon. Indeed he was guaranteed £80,000 just for reaching the First round - I don't  imagine the British Speedway Premiership Champions actually get anything except a medal ...

On Witches Facebook responding to a taunt from a Witches fan about retiring at the back, Kemp said he lost his steel shoe in one race and had a puncture in another. I'm guessing his fall was tactical - certainly the sort of thing John Berry would have expected, e.g. if we can't get a 5-1, then keeping us 6 behind for a tactical is the next best ...

The question is though of the crowds that they are getting, are they fans for other tracks that no longer run like P'boro or Coventy? the Foxes are not their team and never will be so they wont make a lot of noise if any if they get a 5-1, its like in the days when i used to go to Rye House, I didn't cheer for the Rockets, I went their as a neutral to watch second division as Arena Essex were in the first division and at that time you saw different riders in each division. If that is the case not winning at home is not important but going forward they will need to find their own fans, because the neutrals will drift away in time once they have got their fix and realised its not the same as watching their own teams which has gone. The sport in this country tends to build something, then think that's the job done and not build upon it, it has to be forward thinking all the time, you can't rest on your laurels, that's what too many did when times were better, its always reactive not proactive. As someone said on here, there are no signs around Northampton, the people who are going already know its there, your preaching to the converted.

i stayed and watched the girls do a few laps but did our new signing put in some practice laps?

Good assessment and I completely agree. I was also on second bend and the only bag bit about the track was it went slick in the second half and that's when Leicester began to dominate. It was good practice for Edwards to try and pay around the outside - you can see he's not confident with that but he was trying.  I agree about difficulties, didn't really witness any, only from the Leicester riders who prefer it slick. Considering Ipswich had the world's worst guest and two others missing it was a great effort. Kemp was excellent value for the Lions. I see Lynn beat Sheffield too, so it's all to play for. 

Putting my support of the Witches aside the league needs this 😉