Bagpuss

I don't think Darcy covered himself in glory last night. How much longer can the 'he's young' excuse be used? Time for him to grow up properly if he ever wants to be the best.

'They could not prepare a track anywhere near worthy of the occasion'. Not really sure its the prep itself which is the problem, it is always smooth and consistent with grip. The type of shale used hasn't changed to my knowledge but perhaps its time it was. I think riders get too spread out nowadays due to Lynn's long straights, not sure what other reasons there could be though as nothing has really altered and two or three years ago the racing was very good in the SWC & EL. Seems too easy for the leader of races to find a fast line and the guy behind getting sprayed with heavy muck does not help.

Aaron Fox?

£££££'s Theresa

Being there and part of it would have helped the likes of Garrity, Lambert, Ellis etc. May be mistaken but didn't see them in and around the pits, was Cook even there? Rosco said he was going to be first reserve but seems that was Worrall in the end.

Did anyone go? Devils 54-40 Rebels. Mr May sharpening his axe?

Better on his day perhaps but not far better, only just returning from injury and has been poor on his last few visits to Lynn. On another day Woodward could have scored well, just wasn't his night.

Hmmm six GP standard riders out of sixteen plus two or three more who might ride in any super league racing last night, not really a balanced meeting with often two riders way ahead of the other two. That said Lynn has gone downhill as a race track for some reason.

Easy to say that in hindsight, Watt I'd possibly agree with but Woodward is usually decent at Lynn and may have gone on to have a good night had he not had clutch trouble while leading his first race.

I've not missed Sky either, Eurosports coverage had been great with GPs, SWC, Euros, Pairs and Swedish league.

Excellent performance from GB, Darcy and the Aussies had some bad luck perhaps but wouldn't have been right in my eyes if the only side not to use the joker hadn't won. Rosco picked the right team and got them fired up so hats off to him. Thought as a spectacle the meeting was poor however, Lynn is nowhere near the track it was. The quickest line starts round the kerb and slowly makes its way out to the fence as the meeting goes on and if the rider in front rides the correct line its usually impossible for the rider behind to pass. Maybe its time for a change of muck from the heavy, grippy stuff used by Buster to something which allows a few more lines to develop. Longer term I think shorter straights and wider turns would improve things too. Think Denmark and Aussies will join us and Poland in the final and we'll do very well to get on the rostrum, hope the boys prove me wrong.

King and Stead should be beating all of the Italians and all of the Americans bar Hancock at the very least so ought to be around the double figure mark. If they are decent out of the start tonight then beating Bachelor, Doyle and Woodward shouldn't be beyond them either. If Tai & Bomber do their jobs and we dont encounter too much bad luck we can win this IMO.

More crucially one of the gateways into Norfolk is turned into more of a bottleneck than it already is on one of the busiest weekends of the year ie the first weekend after the kids have broken up. Absolute bonkers, why not wait til the autumn?

Problem was his replacement was awful in the race off, might as well have left Cook in. The main problem was picking Kennett who has always been poor at Lynn. Rosco has picked the four best horses for the course tonight, Cook can possibly count himself a little unfortunate but his time will come once he spreads his wings.

Been there and done that in the PL at Lynn, wears thin rather quickly.

My God you are a misery guts westhamboy as well as being unecessarily sarcastic. I don't think anyone said don't use local roads bit it wouldn't be fair to send everyone the same way through certain villages. Or just leave plenty of time for your journey and all will be fine.

Even so surely you'd stick him on somebody else's machine?

The idea runs into problems as soon as a rider is contracted to more than one team in the event. The fact that Holder is riding for Poole is bonkers as he isn't a Poole ride this year save for a couple of manufactured appearances. Doesn't put a lot of faith in the much lauded Milik either. The idea could possibly work long term but has an air of Mickey Mouse about it at the moment.

Seen a tweet this morning saying Holder hasn't made it so Woodward in. Aus still favourites for me but GB have a better chance of winning than they did I'd say.

No thread for tonight's meeting at Redcar it seems......are the updates incorrect or did Sunny elect to not give their top scorer a seventh ride in the final heat? EDIT just seen the thread, apologies

I'll second that......seems strange.

Decent point for the Panthers.

Think Somerset need to hope they avoid Ipswich in the Play Offs should both sides make it.

Perhaps not quite as good as one of the early meetings from Kumla but an excellent meeting nevertheless.

I thought the track was good personally.