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Much depends on who replaces Worrall but this is a tough start for Lynn. There are going to be no easy home matches this year but we should be able to win more than we lose. Early indications are that the weather will be good, hallelujah.

Nor me, was just contributing to the discussion really

I think the decision made on Wednesday has been justified by the VFM received by customers at the three Prem matches which did go ahead this week.

To be fair guys I think we have it all wrong.......on reflection if it was the other way round with Poole losing by ten at Belle Vue and say Kurtz and Josh G were missing with their guest replacements only scoring five between them, I'm sure Mr Shovlar would be consistent and say that 'Belle Vue would have won anyway' and ' if my auntie had balls' etc. I'm sure he wouldn't make a peep bemoaning absences or poor guests.

As I said last night folks, we all know the truth. Ignore the propaganda

We all know though that Cook & Worrall would have comfortably bettered what Batch & Lawson scored. Don't think it really matters from a Poole point of view in the grand scheme of things, they will get better and better as the season progresses as will the WR racing as the track and weather settles down. What a boost it would have been for Belle Vue to get an away win at the favourites though had they had a full side.

I think we can conclude from the evidence available that the racing was poor and Belle Vue probably would have won the meeting with their declared 1-7 and no guests, regardless of what propaganda is forthcoming.

I think Belle Vue would have won this with Cook & Worrall present.

Last I knew he lived in Red Lodge near Mildenhall. Used to live with Roger Warnes of course.

RAF Marham do the work for him I believe.

Are you only reading the bits you want to? The whole of Norfolk has been drenched and its not drying out yet despite the lack of rain since Monday, and the track almost certainly can't be sorted to produce proper speedway racing.And after last season they want to get the first meeting right. Pretty straightforward and nothing to do with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

There is absolutely no dry in Norfolk today, nor was there yesterday. It is musty and murky, no wind to speak of and certainly no sunshine. Maybe he could have got the track sorted, maybe he couldn't but it seems after some bad experiences for supporters last year he doesn't want people wading through mud and puddles in the car park or to risk a rain off or poor conditions for racing for the first impression of this season. Being an outdoor worker I'm personally not convinced he could get the track sorted, everywhere is saturated meaning the drainage at the track must be overflowing and it is one thing relaying a circuit in the summer months compared to a wet and chilly April. A bad customer experience tonight after the farce of 2017 could do the club serious damage.

Why did they give it to Brum in the first place?

Car park waterlogged too apparently. Very much the same as last weekend, lots of rain in the preceding days and a dodgy forecast with no sun or wind during the dry bits of weather. I think it's the right decision and good to be told so early. Early indications are that next week's weather should be much better.

You are right Trees, Poland has a much more helpful infrastructure but I think the contrasting fortunes of the two leagues emphasises how badly British Speedway has been mismanaged over the past 25-30 years. Huge opportunities missed by promoters not working together and instead looking out for themselves. We probably could have something similar to Poland or Sweden but it will take a lot of time and effort to build it up again, and a big change in approach.

There are plenty of capable riders in the Championship who don't double up!

Grudziadz looked very narrow too. And tight for a Polish track.

The 'thick' people are those who take what Shovlar says seriously.

Guess what.....there is rain in the forecast between now and 19:45 on Wednesday. No predictions from me about whether it'll be on or not as they can make you look silly but it is supposed to rain all night tonight and into tomorrow morning and then the same Tuesday night but hanging around until midday Wednesday. No sun or wind to speak of during the dry spells either. A nice early decision on Wednesday would be appreciated.

Come on people, don't feed the troll.

Easy peasy home win, no Worrall is a big blow.

And me, just one of those unfortunate things from the video.

Looks like the rain is forecast to arrive around 8pm.....hopefully it will decide to be a couple of hours late.

This team could potentially do what Ipswich did in 1998, who of course had the sports first proper ringer in Tomasz Gollob. Can't see anybody getting anywhere near Poole at WR and its going to take a very, very good side on top of their game to stop them winning away matches. Certainly shouldn't be a reflection on any team how they fare against the Pirates and a much better gauge will be their other matches as the rest of the league looks pretty evenly matched. 39-51.

I don't think any concern is necessary after three matches in any context really. There are riders up and down the country who will take half a dozen or more meetings to get going. Nicholls is a class act at this level and will score plenty of points this season.