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I suspect that is in part due to losing Zelona Gora and gaining Ostrow.

Well done to Ipswich and they deserve to be well ahead but it feels a bit like when Andy Murray single handedly won the Davis Cup for GB the other year, having the best rider in the league by a mile is proving a big advantage despite his inability or unwillingness to team ride. Not their fault, they are the best team under the format and good luck to them.

Also if our house was in order over here then Lambert, Bewley and others would choose the UK over Sweden as their second league. Wiffy might even be here. Get it run properly with fresh ideas and a new hierarchy and it could happen. Brennan definitely the next one but not sure after that, Rowe doing well in the U24 league but nobody else standing out from the crowd right now.

Folk say that every year but I'm not sure what is expected really, its no mystery or surprise who the best British riders are (minus Woffinden and Lambert).

Exactly.

Trees is on a mission........

I reckon somebody did

Trouble is how many more Lynn meetings until we know if Puk's or anybody else's team can't make the Play Offs? What a mess.

And replace him with who? Get rid of Zagar and any chance you may have of winning the title will go with him.

Excellent performance, very much needed. Great to see Jorgensen and Lawson back in the points, just need to get Kerr going.

I'm sure Oxford fans will be delighted to see Batchelor's score tonight

So that's a no then Good news IMO. Any reserves at all? EDIT just seen its three man raceday squads.

No U21 reserves this year?

I hope somebody moves on the start line tonight in his first race and fires him up!

R/R for both number ones, eurgh.

Never really understood those who want speedway fixtures previewed days before on clubs websites. Meetings will be mentioned or counted down to on the socials (where most people look nowadays) but just like football, cricket or rugby why would there need to be a match preview any further out than the day before? Or team declarations until the day if need be, just like those other sports.

Zagar.

I'm sure we would but I'm also sure the club has a budget.

And I believe we turned to Pickering once Ipswich outbid us for Doyle. So I've heard anyway.

I can remember two or three very good meetings for BV and Lynn there, like many away heat leaders though over the years he has had nights at Poole where he's struggled. He's mega inconsistent this year but you would always want your own 1-7 riding if possible.

Buster's stock car stuff from Lynn. Thankfully they don't seem to pile it on at P'boro like at Lynn because it's not good at all for racing if there is too much of it.

There might be a few new riders around if Polish rules are relaxed but not that many so can't see wholesale changes. Kerr and TJ need moving on, would keep Pickering, Thomas, Lawson and Iversen if he wants to ride here and is allowed. Jury out on Worrall, not sure he's done enough really; Edwards as number 8. I think things would be quite different with Iversen and Thomas but you're never going to win things with the inconsistent and to be honest frustrating three named above.

Just an hour for us! Roads back to Fakenham a doddle once we got off the estate. Great evening, preferable to a hiding on telly anyway

To be fair the racing Henka and Mark Loram provided in the early nineties was bloody good, perhaps not NSS standard but much, much better than the carp at Lynn nowadays. Put proper shale on it and it could be very good again. A bit if perspective tonight, as Rob says Sheffield weren't much better last week and we have massively missed Niels since he disappeared, would have been much closer tonight with him present. But the Kildermand/Puk thing has been a cock up and from looking a good side in the cup matches we look a poor one now. Kerr and Jorgensen need to be moved on for next season, no ifs or buts. All a bit depressing really. A shame after a good start to the season.

Buble at Blickling for me, will watch it tomorrow if its not a video nasty