GeneralMelchett

yes i could feel the seethe via the internet! I would say that it was the best crowd i had seen last night so what with streaming and that hopefully the meeting ran at a profit. The issue I do have is variety - I am back at Foxhall next week and its Northampton - last time it was a close meeting 47-43 but in 4 matches at Foxhall I will have only seen 2 or the 5 other teams.

On facebook there was a posting about a coach load of them - it was nice to see a visible away fan presence - sure they enjoyed the result!

would that be a 10+2 in beating the Stars 😉 Lets be honest a lot won't have expected his scores of late for thew Foxes!

agreed but - I am due to attend the next two fixtures at Foxhall 6th and 20th Aug the opponents are the Foxes who I have already seen lose 43-47 earlier this season and Leicester who i have seen win and draw tonight! I fully intend to go and enjoy the meetings but that means In 5 fixtures in 2026 I will have only seen 2 of the 5 other sides in the Premiership this season!

I had forgotten about that - it was nasty one so maybe that's a factor - I hope he gets back to where i think we all know he can be. Cracking fella - he was trying - i don't think the track helped insofar as it wasn't easy to work lines to pass - but some did - in fact I have Tom making a 4th to 3rd spot move in heat 10 past Kyle Howarth. He tried hard in heat 13 but just couldn't get close enough to Masters.

Well done Foxes pleased for you! Possibly lost the BP with Iversen pushing the tapes in heat 15? Viz a Viz previous discussions who do they drop now!!

Anyway back to the meeting great nights for Danny King and Drew Kemp - in fact Kemp has I reckon won Leicester the cup with his 15 tonight. He was just very good out of the starts tonight and away - It was difficult to work lines to over take. That said there was some (good) overtaking in a few heats and some decent racing and it was a close meeting and the crowd was for me the best of the three meetings I have attended. Sorry that all seems a bit positive. Tom B will benefit form being away from No 1 from - was trying hard but its not working for him right now. Three of the Witches top riders all had one dud ride / fall each which cost them. Jason Edwards took two heats to work out the track - this needs to be from heat2! Not sure if KJP is fit? Dan Thompson seems to not be progressing - I have seen him twice at Foxhall only this season but it was his former home track land I expected more from him on this occasion. Being honest take away Kemps stunning 15 pts and the witches would have probably won this 49-41 or so.

Dunno what you mean it’s possibly the best crowd of the matches I have attended this season 🙃

I think the first part covered it - but yes witnessed Tobi trying that the other week V leicester

agree - the shape of the tracks helps as well in my view.

all things can be true, close racing / trying but failing to overtake can be exciting particularly if a rider is well defending his racing line in front. - riders all strung out not so.

Need to speak with Northampton they had cracked it last week after the heat 2 re-grade

Was the last meeting of the two when Leicester came good in the later stages - Witches were not helped by no King and Lawson so expect a home win this time - looking forward to it as I will be there!

As I said we can read into a result what we want to - it’s what fans do!

I suppose as a fan we can all project what we want onto a scoreline / final result - I wasn’t there but a last heat 5-1 the other way makes it 47-43 which would give it all a very different discussion after / it was 43-35 after heat 13 so I’d describe that as being ‘in’ the meeting until the very latter stages. hope it was good as we need good racing and close scorelines to help tempt fans either back or back for a second visit. Was the crowd any better with the offer?

Or when he was at Ipswich - he was the top BP scorer!

No! Unless BSN cover it then nothing. there is a special deal £0!! on for U17s for the duration of of the holidays - hoping to boost the crowd

I can't believe promotions took the money and ran, they simply paid it away to the riders so they had a (better?) chance of winning something! It's part of the circle of sport and, perhaps controversially, us fans have to accept we are sometimes part of the problem here!

Who would be a promoter eh? Afterall we all know what we think we might or should do - but of course most plans don’t survive first contact or in a speedway sense everything works until the tapes go up!

Completely fair and no disagreement from me - Lidsey is a bit like Brennan at Ipswich you felt they had the chance to step up and so far they haven't made it! Hopefully both will. You would likely keep Lidsey on potential tho as you feel he will get back to where we think he can get / be. I did expect more than 4 from him however.

Agreed and the one that was signed be the No1 isn’t maintaining the expectation!

That in reality is all part of the ebb and flow of a season - most riders drop a bit of form at some point sometimes people lose patience quickly - as the saying goes change for changes sake isn't usually worth it - lack of form usually corrects. No doubting however that due to the lateness of arrival etc you had a pretty weak top 3 - it was about the best you could maybe get at the time. For my money Batch has probably exceeded expectations riding in a tricky no 2 spot - now at reserve and for now scoring ok/ well he is merely replacing another reserve Thompson who had a storming first part of the season! Over to your promoters / team manager! BTW I was impressed with their comms and openness about the rack changes whilst we were sat waiting - as the saying time can go quick in a crisis but most people can handle waiting provided they are told why! I felt they handled that V well.

They are in reality about 1 rider away from being a decent team that can win home matches and that's probably a top end rider who will score in heats 13 and 15. If Zagar could start scoring like NKI then maybe they wouldn't have to make changes. From my anlaysis etc Batch isn't their problem this year

Finally made it last night - very impressed with the set up there - the track was bladed etc after heat 2 and then after that produced some really good racing. Its a shame its a 2 hr drive for me as I would be tempted to go more regularly but its a great set up and sat in the grandstand on a warm sunny evening watching a 45-45 draw with quite a lot of overtaking I was very happy!