Bagpuss

If only life was that black and white! The reason sport is so interesting is that in pretty much any league any team can beat another on any given day. Burnley have achieved scoring draws at both Stamford Bridge and the Etihad this season but nobody has declared that either Chelsea or Man City won't finish in the top four because of it. If we lose to Lakeside tonight it would suggest to me that our form has much room for improvement before September. Would be daft to write anyone off in March!

Thass blowun a hooley out there buh

I thought he was now a Coventry asset.

Cricket score.

Most teams are riding on Friday so I expect the choices were limited. The script is written for the boy though!

Precisely, never an exact science.

Have never really understood calling meetings off hours in advance based on a forecast. Rain either arrives much later than the 'professionals' predict or not at all far too often to take the risk.

semion, the KLTFC supporters are notoriously fickle and will quickly stay way if things aren't going well. I gather they haven't won at the Walks for three months so it's little wonder crowds are currently below 500. The Linnets are certainly at a crossroads, money is going to have to be pumped in if they want to progress any further than the Evostick Premier.

I'm sure if it was really that bad the riders would have united and refused to race. A wet track doesn't always have to be unsafe.

Agree about the atmosphere, very difficult to generate a good one when it's freezing cold and the meetings aren't serious competition. In those situations is up to the promotion to move things along swiftly and make the presentation more stimulating. Some warmer weather and meaty league matches should get everyone's pecker up again.

Track staff should be able to go 90 minutes without the need for a wee or a cuppa. If they can't then they can take a flask and nip to the loo between races if need be in consultation with the CotC.

Not too fussed if we don't hit the ground running Em, we peaked far, far too early last year and it was pretty obvious we were going to suffer a loss of form / burnout / injuries come Play Off time. A slow start this time round may not be a bad thing.

Not surprisingly for me, thought this would be tight. Almost certainly less so on Friday.

Plenty of riders in the Hammers ranks who love riding at Lynn, not least the two Swedes so will be a tough task. Sometimes it's not as simple as 'we should beat this team as they don't look great on paper'. Would be nice if there was a discounted admission with Sky in town.....

If he has any ambition he'll ride in the PL fixture.

Didn't have Rye in my top six but may have to rethink given the start they have made.

Please tell me this isn't Edinburgh blinkerism? Fixture clashes will make this a non starter but I don't understand why anybody wouldn't want a young up and coming rider in their team.

Oooft.

Exactly!

Hopefully we'll do our peaking at the business end of the season this year rather than doing so far too early.

Why not? We're not so far up our own arses that we can't criticise our own promoter if its warranted.

So very little evidence of track problems apart from the usual south coast stirrer. Even foreverblue says the track was ok! About time Buster put spectator comfort ahead of bar takings when the meeting is already behind and the weather is baltic. I'm lacking enthusiasm to attend this year and reading about last night does little to rekindle it.

Would be interested to hear first hand what the track was like as nobody who was there has actually said it was bad, even rentagob Muddlo was only whining about the fact that it took an hour to run 4 heats.

Good to win but bad that two riders were hurt, hope they are ok.

Fair points but I've not used the phrase 'trick track' once on this thread