Bagpuss

What a silly and ill-informed post.

Don't get me wrong, he has done plenty of good for speedway over the years but every time he is quoted anywhere it's whinging.

Pratt IS a moaning dinosaur, always has been.

Because the whole average situation this year is farcical and the people who run the sport in the UK are unable to distinguish between their bumholes and their earholes?

Absolutely no surprise that a change of dirt resulted in better racing. Along with the two bad attitudes being removed from the team. The heavy, stock car friendly shale has resulted in poor racing for a few years now. No outside line, the following riders being slowed down by the heavy spray from the leaders back wheel. Hopefully the penny has dropped.

This team will clock up lots of home wins.

This seems to be a convenient bandwagon for people to jump on but as somebody who attends Lynn meetings reasonably regularly I've never seen any evidence of this on a race night, i.e. no strutting around the pits or big ego etc. People will probably point out his mother or the argument he had with a fan during the Poole meeting both of which don't do him much good but I think people go over the top with their criticism and it's almost like people would rather give him a kicking than give him the benefit of the doubt because he is British and has talent. As a teenage sportsman he's not going to get everything right and learns as he goes along but he's not half as bad as people like to make out. You want him to have self belief but there is a fine line between that an arrogance. Generally speaking I think he stays on the right side of that.

I'll be staggered if he isn't in Lynn's side. I think fan interaction is a positive thing but I think sometimes he could be more professional in what he writes.

I expect they are referring to the 'another one gone by the wayside' bit.

I think people worry far too much.......by all means have a whinge if the named 1-7 looks poor but don't see the point in whittling over speculation.

Supermarket of the year semmers!

That's the spirit.

One would suspect that the addition of Mr Brundle will result in that 'shortfall' being made up, however much that may be. Not sure how any of us who post on here can know with too much accuracy what the financial state of the club is anyway.

This. MPT did enough last year to warrant consideration for 2018 IMO and Proctor is an uninspiring name unfortunately, even considering how well he used to ride Lynn back in the day. That said Iversen at one, Kerr at reserve and a brand new Dane are positive propositions so it's far from being all doom and gloom.

Williamson is a shrewd signing, get him dialled in at home and his average will only go one way.

Bah humbug!

And coldshowergate

I'm pretty sure that they said the club would hold FURTHER talks with Lambert on Radio Norfolk this afternoon.

That team looks awfully weak, but speedway is raced on shale not paper so we shall see. Looks like cannon fodder for the likes of Ipswich, Glasgow and Lakeside though.

He could be as average as he likes if he's the fifth ranked rider! Agree about the reserves though, no team with two 2 pointers is going to 'romp' any league.

Nail on head.

He promised much when he was younger and of course made it into the GP's but has never got anywhere near the level his potential suggested he might.

Not for Lynn he didn't, his meetings were at number five. I don't think I'm overrating him, just saying that he should be capable of averaging what the likes of Bates, Ellis, Robson, Riss, Garrity, J Holder, Palm Toft, Barker and Sedgemen did last year.

I believe he could average 5.5 - 6 if he starts at reserve and has an injury free season. Never going to be a heat leader or world beater any more but it's certainly not beyond him to be a half decent second string. We saw enough glimpses of that last year in between the many poor rides.

I'm sure if we could afford him we would.