Bagpuss

Nine finishes in the first two places out of 34 heats away from home is pretty damning.

My worry about Jorgensen is that he scores well and is pretty exciting to watch at Lynn but his away form was dreadful, can see the club keeping him due to his value rounds Lynn.

Because Lynn don’t want him / can’t afford him / can’t fit him in?

On that average somebody will take the risk and he will probably improve on it quite a bit, it was only the season before last that he averaged 6 something and was a major part of Lynn finishing clear top of the table. I just think we need some freshness in the 2020 team which means two or three changes.

Surely even you aren’t so obtuse that you can’t see Lewis’ signing will be popular with plenty of people? I wouldn’t have in in my 2020 line up personally but I can understand why he has been signed. Lewis is very decent but had a very poor year away from Lynn last year despite spending much of the season at reserve. The main focus for next season has to be sorting the away form and to that end riders like Lewis, Jorgensen and Proctor needed moving on IMO so hopefully there will still be two or three fresh, new faces. If the six who finished last season plus Proctor are the team then I don’t think those problems will have been addressed at all.

Your opinion is as valid as anybody else’s. You are quite right, Glasgow are miles in front of anybody else in terms of social media but I think Lynn have been pretty good so far this winter. The announcement of Lewis has underwhelmed many due to his poor 2019 but there are lots of people who will be pleased to see him back. 5.43 is an awkward figure as he needs to be at reserve, if the top three that most people think are signed you wonder how the rest of the team will shape up.

I assume your issue I with the rider? As I wouldn’t like to think it’s the ‘hype’ ie lots of social media with the club having previously been criticised for a lack of information/interaction

Puzzling why he was so poor away as he is pretty good everywhere in the second division. As has been said needs to up his game from last season. Things already have a ‘same old’ look about them. Jorgensen absolutely must not be signed now or we are likely to be cannon fodder away from home again. On the positive side he is a local lad who started out at Lynn who can gate and it’s always nice to have one of those in your team.

Not really sure what you are running on about Sidney so we’ll leave that one there.

I think most people thought after the start he made for Glasgow that he would be a decent signing for Swindon who would improve a bit and bolster their bottom end. He went way, way beyond that.

Really? You think it was obvious that he was going to improve to the magnitude that he did? Best do the lottery on Saturday if so.

Not entirely sure why what I said was funny foreverblue, you’ll have to explain.

One decent match that I can remember sid. As has been said his away form in the second division is modest at best, I think that’s what puts Premiership clubs off, along with his complete lack of gating ability.

Maybe they didn’t get lucky with Perks and Jensen. Perhaps they do their homework and are able to provide an environment where riders improve and flourish.

The fact Auty hasn’t ridden regularly in the top division for years speaks volumes.

My thoughts too ie it would never happen.

I think it was a reasonably good idea in principle but they dragged it out far too long. You can certainly see and understand the benefit of keeping the club in the news right through until March but there are other ways to do this. Also it was understandable how they built the team last year but unfortunately three or four riders (you could even argue five) performed way, way below expectations and the level they achieved in 2018.

Why would a business of that size which has lost half a million carry on?

Is Fricke doing Sweden? Doyle apart I don’t think any GP riders want to do three full time leagues any more.

I don’t understand why anybody would buy a season ticket at any track nowadays with the way speedway is run.

Bech is ok but I don’t think I’d want him instead of Riss. He would be decent alongside him as an engine room, has always ridden Lynn will.

I think Buster has a pretty accurate idea of who is going to turn up on any given race night considering the variables such as weather, opposition, holiday/half term periods etc. He’s been doing this for a long time now. My main worry is that three or four underachievers are in the frame because they are popular on the terraces, if they ride Lynn well then a big proportion of the home punters aren’t really fussed what happens on the road. The next few weeks will tell us how ruthless the club is willing to be. As you say only three, maybe at a push four of last years team should be coming back. But they could conceivably replace Porsing with Proctor and keep the same team and that really would be poor decision making.

So are you saying that Rowe would / will average more than Kurtz? Not sure I agree with that.

Sidney, it’s still November.....yes they got it wrong last year but the first signing is being revealed tomorrow and you’d like to think the rest will follow over the next couple of weeks. There also seems to be this idea that because we haven’t named a rider yet that none have been signed and other teams are getting in first when I’m pretty sure the team was sorted and signed weeks ago. People are of course entitled to be critical of who does or doesn’t end up in the team but FFS wait until it’s named before whinging and moaning. Other than Nicol I can’t see any others riders revealed so far by other teams who I would want or expect to be at Lynn anyway.

And so the annual whittling begins.....