Bagpuss

Is Drury's press release serious or a wind up?

Think they are based on preparation rather than quality of racing as Leicester got third in the EL!

I'm not convinced a rider's award would give particularly accurate results either, riders will often prefer a track which gives a smooth ride rather than providing great racing.

I assume the awards are based on preparation rather than shape/racing quality? No qualms at all with Wolves winning it but Leicester being third and the absence of several decent tracks from the PL top three is a head scratcher if not.

Using the justification that the 'promoters all agreed to it' is woefully inadequate anyway Skidder.....the people in charge of our sport have shown time and time again that they are completely incapable of making decisions and regulations that benefit British speedway.

Speedway riders are self employed and only sign contracts which last 8 months at a time. No rider should be an asset of any particular club, as has been said if it was ever challenged in court speedway would have to fall in line with every other sport.

Love the look of this team, lots of youthful exuberance and potential improvement. Mon the Brits!

Wilkinson? Unfortunately a reserve combination of Lambert & Rose would look rather weak compared to others.

In amongst a book full of dreadful rules this is one of the better ones, been in place for a few seasons now I believe.

I'd imagine that contingency is already in place with the signing of Fisher.

Irrelevant, they are two completely separate jobs.

Mads will be much better for us than he was for Leicester, think the track and the atmosphere will suit him much more. Like Troy we know exactly what we are getting as both have spent time at the club before, there'll be no surprises or shocks.

There will be teams under the points limit because the limit is too high, that was obvious from the moment it was announced unfortunately. Kenni Larsen would be an excellent signing.

Some of his inside passing in 2011 was legendary Mungo, think he finished fourth in the EL averages and put all of the league's top men in their place when they came visiting. Sadly the bad crashes and injuries he has suffered since then have caught up with him and he is a shadow of the rider he was. I'd not be amused if he was named in the 2016 line up to be honest.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The need of the team strength as a whole comes before individuals. As already stated, both parties have done what is best for them and everyone is amicable, so why is there a need for any fault?

He's putting himself first, as he should. Speedway riders are essentially self employed and he has done what is best for himself. I would suggest Lynn knew the risk of hanging on for Puk and therefore possibly losing Lewis, hence the amicable parting of the ways. If that has cleared things up then they were anyway as there is nothing in there we didn't already know.

As I've said, why apportion any blame at all? Its just one of those things, both parties have done what they believe to be right for themselves and everyone moves on with seemingly no hard feelings. The only ones getting their knickers in a twist are one or two people on here.

Excellent. So Lynn don't blame Lewis, Lewis doesn't blame Lynn, Lynn don't blame Lakeside or Ipswich, Lakeside and Ipswich have nobody to blame anything on and everyone is happy. Glad we cleared that one up.

I bet it'll go up by a pound more or less across the board. What should be a ten pound sport will nearly be twenty

So nobody within the club then.

It would seem that the rider that can't make Wednesdays wouldn't have been in the side had Puk signed, that is the point. The possible change of race night was part of plan B should Neils say no to the UK, and of course he hadn't done so when the draft was done and Lewis signed for Ipswich. As I said, mountains and molehills. None of the four parties involved have made any kind of fuss and its beyond me why anybody on here would want to either. Boredom perhaps?

Because at that time he was waiting for a yes or no from Neils? Kerr's 'actions' have made nobody look silly. Its all been blown way out of proportion.

Who is blaming Lewis?

I'd say that the fact it happened so quickly suggests that Buster had been part of the discussion from the word go too, unless you are suggesting Lakeside spoke to Kerr without King's Lynn's knowledge I am sure as soon as Kerr starting talking to Ipswich Buster must have at least considered the possibility that he would lose the rider should Puk decide to cut the UK out in 2016. The fact that everything has happened so smoothly and without heels being dug in suggests all parties were prepared for the scenario and that back up plans were in place long ago. I guess we will have a better idea once Lynn's new number six is announced as at present the reserve draft list, along with the heat leader list, seems to be shrouded in secrecy. As for the change of race night I don't believe Buster would enforce such a significant change on his customers without having a pretty good idea of their preferences and tolerances. He has been running the club/stadium for well over twenty years now and I would suggest knows exactly what is what. Its not ideal to switch from Wednesday to Thursday I'll admit but i don't believe it will cause too many people much of a problem, we had several Thursday fixtures a couple of seasons ago and one would assume it didn't affect crowds levels an awful lot. Plus if Thursday is going to be one of the set race nights next year as seems quite likely then for the sake of a competitive side why not make the alteration a year early. Norfolk people are a pretty laid back bunch and fairly adaptable, plus we've all been given over three months notice so I personally don't see it as a massive deal, although others may well disagree.