Bagpuss

Really enjoyed that......good company, milder weather, decent racing and all over and done with in an hour and a half ish. Thought we looked good apart from the reserves who will get it together soon I'm sure. Belle Vue were let down by Zagar, Stead and to a lesser extent Cook but the other four rode very well. Track slick which may have caught one or two riders out but led to several good races until it slickened off a bit too much towards the end. Less dirt and less grading leads to more lines at Lynn generally speaking so more of the same will do nicely.

Think it was men with rakes until Buster came in.

Your two posts have both hit the nail(s) squarely on the head semion.

They play some loud dramatic music as the teams come out and the man on the mic starts a rendition of OTBC with a particular spectator just before kick off. A loud away following also adds to the atmosphere. I think an enclosed stadium with rooves makes a big difference too.

Yep a close meeting will be good but some overtaking would represent value for money for me! Hmmmm NCFC don't really need to do an awful lot, a full stadium for each home game with lots of media coverage does the job. Always playing for something ie promotion or relegation has helped as well over the last six or seven seasons.

One meeting doesn't prove an awful lot, especially the first! Can only really judge when they have or haven't finished top four.

Early days but a big missed opportunity for Belle Vue on paper.

I genuinely admire yourself and Trees for your unwavering enthusiasm for speedway and the Stars. Personally I have found it very difficult to get excited so far through a combination of the price rise, cold weather and ordinary racing carrying over from last season. Hopefully a milder evening tomorrow and an exciting match will rekindle my speedway mojo.

Same as Lynn, a fast grippy track is harder to ride, requiring big balls and also being physically demanding. Maybe home wins are more important than better racing for better crowds?

Might make my first visit of the season if it's not too cold. Hopefully there will be some proper racing!

Agree with everything you say, I used the word trouble in the context of replying to Trees who is passionate about her speedway. The way the sport is run in the UK needs a total rethink but I don't see it happening unfortunately.

The best solution would be to keep both and add a seven pointer at the expense of Greenwood. Harsh on him but that's speedway and I'm sure he'd soon get snapped up.

The old boy needs putting out to grass.

Sheffield will take some stopping if Sissis gets going. You could see this result coming as Scunny look poor. Early days though.

Reserve replacement yes but rarely. They even introduced instant R/R for injuries during meetings. The odd heat leader v reserve race is no different to what you get in the PL and the gap between them can be just as big if not bigger.

But that's not the case, they are going head to head in most of their races. Heat leaders don't even race reserves.

What were the pathetic Edinburgh programme comments HT?

Spot on, and really wouldn't be difficult to do. Not Len's fault that P'boro have had to rearrange their home match but a bit of common sense would mean that far, far more away fans would travel.

Don't be a sap.

Don't think this needs to turn into a PL v EL debate but I do think there is a clear distinction this year between the top six or seven teams and the rest, and I include Rye House in that after their start. Peterborough are too but not sure if they can recover from their devastating injuries.

Might have to branch out to solve the issue.

Either a poor wind up attempt or a very strange honest opinion. Either way don't see too many agreeing with you, the three changes make Aces much stronger.

I'm sure Glasgow will be bang in form when they need to be at the business end of the season. The all conquering Lynn side of 2006 didn't really get going until June, sometimes takes time however good a taleam looks on paper. Wasn't the three hours because of two ill spectators?

Trouble is many more people have the taste for stocks and bangers than speedway by the sound of it, at Lynn the place is packed to the rafters for four wheeled action.

Rather than a collapse it looks like a better team on paper taking several heats to get their set ups right to get out of the gate. Once they started to do so you could see from updates that they would probably win.