Bagpuss

I think the difference this year is that Poole have had to tighten their belts rather than spend money on changes, hence the lack of them. Despite being out of form I can’t see them not beating Ipswich in a semi final and even though they would then be underdogs in the final only a fool would write them off as they always seem to produce in Play Off finals.

Cricket, rugby off the top of my head. I think it’s particularly apt in speedway where home advantage can be so strong.

I think the ‘new’ scoring system is one of the best (only good?) ideas that the authorities have come up with, works really well for me but they need to go back to making home teams win by seven to get their three points. If we are going to have a top division again it needs two or three additions, seven clubs just doesn’t work.

So who would we have back of the guys who have ridden this year? Robert - absolutely, has been a bit disappointing this year but there is scope to increase his average by quite a bit if he wants to ride in the UK. Craig - yes if the points limit allows but think it would be tough to fit he and Robert both in. Erik - big fat yes, no brainer. Tomas - not for me, great at home but pretty awful away unfortunately. MPT - yes, particularly if at reserve. Lewis - only if as a number seven. Hasn’t achieved what I thought he would this year unfortunately, desperately want him to do well as a local lad but despite a great season in the second division his away form for us hasn’t been great. Niklas - no, just hasn’t worked out. Simon - handy as a guest at home but that is all for me. Ty - not for me, after a great 2018 he was disappointing this year. Kasper - there is obviously a cracking young rider in there going by his Redcar scores but he just can’t ride Lynn’s grippy surface so unless that changes there is little point unfortunately.

I don’t think there’s an awful lot between the top four or five but Chuganov will turn out to be the best of them IMO.

I don’t think he’s a rider who has ever gone through the motions.....would be easy for him to cry off but if guests are virtually impossible to book and he doesn’t want to let his club down then he will ride. My main concern for him is the World U21s as it’s his last go this year.

I don’t think anyone in the Play Offs will want to face Wolves if they can help it, so easy to come away from there on the wrong end of a drubbing.

Dale Allitt said afterwards that he shouldn’t be riding really. He’s had some pretty horrible crashes this year, hopefully he has a bit more luck in 2020 after a restful winter. Allitt also said that Cook is in a bad way and was withdrawn by the paramedic. MPT has an ankle injury.

I agree, Jorgensen’s time at Lynn has surely run its course now. Im going to stick my neck out and say that Robert and Lewis have been disappointing this year. Capable of much more than they have shown. MPT and Erik the two bright spots of a pretty wretched campaign high has fallen way, way below the standards of last season.

It’s amazing how little research people do when claiming this, that and the other. Takes a few seconds to check riders previous scores in the updates site archives.

I’m sure you can even if you disagree with him. It was his first taste of having the door slammed shut on him in a GP and he will have learned from it, just like he will have to learn to do it to others if he wants to be successful in GP’s going forward. I’ve always held the view that you leave a rider just enough room to race and if he is quick, brave and skilful enough to pass you then fair play but it’s been generally accepted for years that you do what’s required to stay in front in a GP, as well as many riders using the berm of dirt up against the fence entering a corner to propel themselves forward faster. You have to execute your overtake before or after that point on the straight generally speaking or you will run out of room. It’s s pity but that’s modern speedway and he will learn.

It’s his usual line, completely incapable of having a proper discussion unfortunately. Best ignored.

One would expect that Porsing has a doctors note whatever the reason for his absence is and it’s difficult to argue with one of those.

It was wet that night so expecting a different track tomorrow and you’d like to think Porsing will perform better. Like tellboy I wonder if Lynn have missed a trick not getting Nicol back in for the rest of the season, he surely would have scored well at Wolves tomorrow. One or two riders really need to pull their socks up after Belle Vue on Monday but can’t see anything other than a comfy home win.

From Stars website: WOLVERHAMPTON v STARS, PREVIEW Sunday September 01, 2019 KING’S Lynn face a ding-dong battle against Wolverhampton at Monmore Green on Monday (7.30). Both sides know they need a win to keep their hopes of reaching the play-offs alive. The Poultec Stars are the only team yet to win away in the league this term, and there is no time like the present to clinch their first away victory. The Norfolk side will travel to the Midlands at full strength with Nicklas Porsing making his return from injury at reserve - while a familiar face, Dale Allitt, will take charge of the Stars for one night only with regular boss Peter Schroeck unavailable. German racer Erik Riss said: “We only have four meetings left now, so it is getting closer to the play-offs so, it is getting more and more important that we get a win away from home. “We are quite confident of winning both of our remaining meetings at home, but we know we have to win at least one meeting on the road to keep our hopes of getting in the play-offs. “I don’t really have any explanation why we are struggling away. At Belle Vue we got smashed there and I don’t think we expected that to happen because we all had hopes that we could win or keep it close there, but we lost big time! “Obviously, every rider knows what they’ve done wrong but away from home we just seem to not be on it, on the day. When you’re away you have got to remember all the home riders know how to setup their bike straight away and that is our challenge on the road and it just seems that we haven’t managed to do that so far. “Monmore Green is quite a small technical track and it is quite similar to Edinburgh where I spent four years and I was quite good there. I expect to have a good performance at Wolverhampton. “I have had good meetings there in the past, although in my one appearance there this year I had bike issues only scoring one point so, I really want to make up for that. “Wolverhampton need a win and so do we which means it will be serious and it is going to be on because both teams have to win on Monday. It is going to be a tough meeting for sure but we’re up for it!” WOLVERHAMPTON: Sam Masters, Kyle Howarth, Rory Schlein, Nick Morris, Jacob Thorssell, Ryan Douglas, Luke Becker. KINGS LYNN: Robert Lambert, Michael Palm Toft, Erik Riss, Thomas Jorgensen, Craig Cook, Lewis Kerr, Nicklas Porsing.

Routine home win, 53-37 ish.

There’s that bad smell again....no doubt jenga will be along in a minute.

Good old starman

As well as ‘riding angry’ Robert has much, much more speed in that last heat of his. Shame it took him four rides to get the set up right but all good experience which is what this year should be about for him.

Spot on. In any case the intention wouldn't be to throw riders out of meetings, it would be to stop them cheating and I’m sure it would immediately.

We all know there would be absolute uproar on here if it had been the other way round and Poole had been on the receiving end. I would hate for one of Lynn’s riders to do it, I’d even go as far to say that a rider should be chucked out of the rest of the meeting if it’s absolutely blatant.

This discussion pops up quite regularly, you are right that these events should be somewhere as neutral as possible but unfortunately the state speedway is in requires the big events to be held where a decent crowd will turn up.

Not sure why you have to constantly goad him and wind him up, it got boring a long time ago.

Referees should have the power to award races if the cheating is blatant. It’s the only way it will get stamped out.

You wouldn’t be surprised. It can’t stumble on with only seven clubs.