Bagpuss

Great to hear the racing has improved, Ashfield is one of my favourite venues to watch speedway due to the proximity of the terracing to the track and its great to read that the action is good too. Very pleasing to see Lewi Kerr scoring well once again on an away track too.

In fairness to Noddy I don't think it was that simple. Emil looked the quicker rider to me and on the second lap I commented that he should try cutting under Holder as the dirt looked like it might be a bit too wide to use by then, there had been a few other passes using the inside line on that bend in the preceding heats. I agree though that Holder was in no-mans-land a little but I think credit for that should probably go to Sayfutdinov, he wore Holder down over those three and a bit laps through sheer pressure and forced him into that mistake.

I personally thought the final heat call was 50/50. Howe really should have stayed in the dirt and disappeared in the re-run though.

Excellent GP. A shame that Tai missed the gate in the final but he rode superbly and looked world class tonight.

Had the equally talented Ellis not emerged I expect Stefan would have been offered a spot. I think Perry and Reade are both crying out for the NL season to get going and will improve once they get some of those meetings under their belts.

While undoubtably passionate for me Godfrey's comments are ill advised, the meeting was called off by a referee after all. And isn't Bob Ellis one of the best track men in the business? Worth considering also that weather can affect different tracks in different ways, the Foxhole is quite literally in a hole while Scunny is open to the elements and surely dries out much quicker, and is their drainage not the best around?

Not at all suprised by Stefan's scoring, he's a very talented young fella.

Plymouth kept that a lot closer than I thought, well done to them for their point. Seems harsh to consider dropping a young Brit but for me the Devils look one rider (ie a half decent number 7) away from being a good side.

Plus why would you want the track prepared 'as the Scunthorpe riders like' when as it was it produced what many consider an excellent meeting?

Have to say also that I completely take on board the point that HT makes, the tactical enhanced the excitement of the meeting and that can't be denied. I guess its a balance between excitement and fairness. For me if a home team go ten points down then tough luck.

I'm not a fan of the tactical rule being permitted for the home team, doesn't seem right that an away side can score 46 legitimate points and still lose. And that's nothing against Sheffield, I'd say exactly the same if it was Lynn in their shoes.

Couple of feisty replies on this thread from Chewbacca, woe betide anybody who may or may not be criticising the Diamonds in any way

And best of all a local boy too

Lewi Kerr have my babies

Maybe we have another Richie Worrall in the making He's our our official number 8 and it'd be nice to see him get a meeting or two when Kozza is on Berwick duty.

Don't see the problem personally as long as the last rider is named before Kent's first fixture.

Good stuff Lewi Kerr!

Any news on the young lad who crashed in heat 4 at Lynn last night? Looked nasty.

While I see your point I think taking the odd guest booking here and there when it suits him is a bit different to what he was referring to in the winter. For me when riders moan about too many meetings (and not all do) its when they have a schedule of 10-12 meetings in a fortnight or whatever across the three leagues and GP's. If Puk was riding in Poland today, Sweden Tuesday, Lynn Wednesday and had a GP on Saturday I bet he'd have turned tomorrow night at Wolves down flat.

Useless and overrated Proctor may be, but he should be scoring more than that at PL level considering his EL average. Makes you wonder about him and Wells, both should be much better in this league.

Young Bates has looked an excellent prospect when I've seen him but has a touch of the 2008 Kozza about him, needs to calm down a bit and learn that to score points you need to stay on the bike. Hope he's ok.

Could this be the year Somerset turn a great looking side into league title winners? They appear the stand out side to me. Worth noting that riders like Ellis, Kerr, Jacobs etc will score much better IMO once the NL season starts and they are riding regularly and winning races.

No disrespect to anyone at all but Redcar seems like Ipswich, places where riders go to underachieve. Both always seem to track good sides on paper but over the last couple of seasons have really failed to produce.

I expect he'll ride for the highest bidder in the EL, he'll be able to name his price.

I think its about time I got myself along to Leicester to see what its really like. Have been meaning to visit since it opened but haven't got round to it. My guess is that the racing isn't great but not half as bad as some on here make out.