Bagpuss

One thing is for sure, Lynn need to collectively get out of the gate all lot better than they did last night. I think ten will be a little too much to claw back this early in the season, so I think it'll be a small Lynn victory.

Pretty satisfied with 40 points after an awful start, Lynn were yards behind going into the first turn and paid the price. Thereafter was better with plenty of encouraging signs, thought Rushen & Scott were on the pace and didn't look out of place, will only get better. But for the EF for Jan and the referee daydreaming at the start of heat 8 it could have been a bit closer. Deserved win for Ipswich though and the Stars have it all to do to grab the bonus on Monday.

And not Fricke after heat 11 😁

Preview of tonight's meeting (amongst other things) on this week's Pride of the East podcast featuring special guest Paco Castagna:

I bet the football and rugby players who have ended up with dementia would have appreciated 'snowflakes' with their concession protocols. Know better, do better.

He scored 5+2 (4) last season which apparently was his only visit in the last ten years.

To be honest I don't think its a bad thing, its been a bit 'vanilla' the last few seasons, particularly Lynn's end, let's get a little bit of needle back to whet people's appetite.

If he's gone I think its a great shame he brought ideas and professionalism to the Premiership and having the guy who directs the GP series could only be a good thing. Assuming he is still involved with Speedway Futures and that still has legs then hopefully we haven't seen the last of him.

Concussion protocol after his fall last week.

Perhaps they've given up on it because its a cesspit.

Probably because too many riders were getting hold of too many dodgy sick notes. Absolutely they should be aligned, up to the FIM to step in and sign a rider off from all speedway if they've been knocked out/had a concussion.

In the case of Blodorn I think its sensible to sign a rider off for a period if they had a bang on the head. The illness thing was to discourage riders from fibbing if they fancied a night off but the jury is out on whether it actually works. FWIW Kurtz's absence for Wroclaw the other night suggests it was genuine.

Are they the minutes that Norwich are going to score in on Saturday 😁

Of course the latest forecast has rain/showers on one day of the next seven, guess which one 😂 Plenty of time for that to change though. As excited as I am about this Lynn side I think the two reserves will find life tough initially and Ipswich have an awful lot of Foxhole know how in their side, so I reckon a home win of something in the region of 48-42.

Can't remember, but I'd agree that any team who races every home meeting on one particular track will naturally have a home advantage, stands to reason. You could argue that teams who stick with riders for multiple seasons might build up more of it but everyone has at least some, and as you say the quality of the line up has much more to do with it.

You'll have to remind me of the context of that comment, although I'm pretty sure I didn't say it 😁

I don't think he 'slagged' anyone, was a light hearted dig. Interesting though that he talked about a 'numbers game' (which is what I originally thought once Fricke was in the frame) whereas Lynn say he never wanted to be back. Both could of course be true at various points in the winter, as we know riders set out for the best deal they can get and play clubs off against eachother, and clubs can change their minds on their 1-7 if riders become available. Adds a little spice to the East Anglian derbies if nothing else.

I'd definitely get rid of tactical subs for home teams.....if you are 6 behind at home then tough luck.

I took that as attitude to returning rather than attitude during the season. Bit odd though that he told Lynn early on that he wasn't coming back and then had a whinge on social media that he didn't have a Prem spot. I'd always have him back at Lynn in the future, has been a very good servant since 2021.

I take your point, I'd get rid of all tacticals personally. I guess its the knockout element which makes it more unfair for me. It was the Golden Double but I think that highlighted the imbalance of the tactical option if one team gets to use it in both legs.

I thought it was after the 2006 final where Peterborough used four tactical rides across the two legs? For me it's spot on, you can't have one team using tac subs and one not in a knockout tie.

I'd quit while you're behind 😂

So in other words he did his job.

Pride of the East podcast has an episode available now previewing the Premiership season with Rob Lyon & Dale Allitt as guests: