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So he's on the kind of contract which allows him to pick and choose his meetings in order to massage his average then? Marvellous.

Agreed Henners, long overdue. Let clubs declare 10-12 riders and then they can please themselves.

Doesn't really matter which clubs are involved though does it, it needs sorting out. This case appears to stand out because it seems the sicknote may have been issued before he rode yesterday. I'm sure its only a coincidence that Poole seem to be involved in 90% of British speedway's controversy but as Star Lady says eventually so many people will have walked away that there won't be enough left for the sport to function.

On the contrary, they can all ride Wolves. They can all ride Kirky Lane too and look what happened there. We may well have won last time but my point was its not a great hunting ground, look back through the records and see for yourself. Today is a new day so anything could happen, but considering Wolves' home form and Lynn's away form it won't be the massive shock being suggested should Wolves win this evening.

Can't believe you are thinking of travelling all that way with the weather so dodgy! You are officially mental although I take my hat off to you for your dedication

Should have a field day, but may not as they are so inconsistent. And riding against a team undefeated at home who, even without their number one, are full of Monmore specialists. And Lynn very, very rarely win there. So could go either way.

Predictable result but good to see Kerr and especially Worrall taking heat leader roles in their stride and an all British PL heat 2.

Magic has form for this doesn't he? I'm sure he has ridden in Poland on Sunday and Sweden on Tuesday before while of course being 'injured' for his Monday evening EL commitments. Come on you Aces.

A world class number one who is struggling for form! You are doing your own team members a disservice if you think that at least one of them can't/won't beat him. He may well go through the card but the chances are on current form that he won't. As SCB says he's not had a good year so far. Wells, Thorsell, King, PK, Blackbird & Bates could all outscore their opposite numbers but they may not......the whole point is that it's very much in the balance, an injury hit side against a highly inconsistent one. Could go either way.

Why should Puk go through the card? He was average last Wednesday and last night in the GP, no reason at all why PK for example shouldn't beat him. If Lynn ride as they did at Belle Vue the other week then you (stevebrum) could ride at number one and Wolves would still win. We have seen teams be poor early in the season and lose matches they really shouldn't yet be highly competitive come the PO's so it won't mean an awful lot if we lose, apart from perhaps make any team changes happen a little quicker

Love your sweeping statements stevebrum our team can go from crap to superb in the blink of an eye, really should be looking to win this but we are so inconsistent Wolves could quite easily win comfortably, and whatever the result I don't see too much of an indicator of what might happen in September's KO competition. Prediction 45-45

Haven't met superguest before so would have been nice to say hello, didn't know you were there or would have sought you out!

Another poor advert for the sport.

I'll be very surprised if this is anything other than a comfortable home win.

I expect commitments in other countries would rule out the PL for Niklas but it would do him a lot of good IMO. Not sure he is the answer for Sheffield in place of Stead though gate.

Not able to, has to be R/R

Someone mentioned that Lambert looked rough at Lynn last night, apparently he went into the medical room after his last ride and of course missed our on a deserved heat 15 appearance. Frustrating though as Sheffield should be right up his street.

Yep I'm sure if it was the same incident at Armadale with Bates having one of your reserves off your opinion would be no different

The fish and chips are awesome. Can see an away win here, hopefully to add to a defeat for Adz's other team Saturday lunchtime

I think the biggest factor is the lack of a decent wide line, Lynn always used to reward those who were prepared to scrape the boards but doesn't now. Enjoyed the company on the terraces last night, great to catch up with Paulco and speedy17 as well as Trees and the other first bend regulars.

Wolves would undoubtedly have got something if they'd used R/R, bizarre to use Howarth who as usual was all at sea at Lynn. Several hard first bends but probably three races out of fifteen with genuine passing, hoping for better next week in the British Semi. The two Lynn riders who really struggled are a worry.

Decent meeting, good to see a track where both teams are able to attack it with confidence from the word go. Some spectacular action on the 3rd / 4th turns.

Bates still a headcase then!

Just seen that his visa which began a year ago has expired, if that's the case it presumably makes Proctor slightly different to the other two.

If riders and clubs knew the deal before the season then that's that, no argument. Personally I'd have rather seen the three visas rejected and 'come back when you fulfilled the criteria' than this. Smith & Davies were always going to struggle after a year out. Proctor really should have reached the seven point mark last year let alone over the last few weeks.