Bagpuss

Apparently Jake Knight has signed for a PL team................

Fair enough. Any reason why they haven't done yet?

Made hard work of that today but another precious three points

Not wanting to drag up what is now water under the bridge but ask yourself why Blackbird ended up at Mildenhall after signing for Lynn last year. It worked out for him as the last two seasons have shown and life is too short for hard feelings I've no doubt that Bates and Stoneman are at Mildy for the reasons you state, the Fen Tigers did the spadework in discovering them and getting them signed up before anyone else. As you say having Louis & Lee at your club is as good a bank of experience and knowledge as can be offered at NL level. Certainly accept your point about Ritchings, and I'd not be against Lewis or any of the Young Stars having a year on a smaller circuit for the good of their career if the clubs and the rider were in agreement. I'm prepared to admit they I've probably overreacted a tad on this thread and I'm not really one for close-season bickering so I'm going to leave it at that and set off for Carrow Road. OTBC

Selective quoting there, if you did a bit more research you'd notice that I posted a 'disclaimer' before my opinions of Lynn's team, something along the lines of my views being subject to the rider and his parent club agreeing to any loans/transfers. The Hazeldene (or Tom Young) point is pretty irrelevant as the rider and their clubs seem to be happy for them to have a season developing at Lynn, and as far as I'm aware they weren't mentioned by anyone on the Young Stars 2013 thread. I don't go to NL meetings very often but when I do I don't really support a particular team, I'm just interested to see how the youngsters are developing. I know that the forum is about opinions, it just rankles when people think that with a few more £'s their club can poach good youngsters who have been discovered and developed by other teams. I'm sure you'd feel the same if other threads had people thinking they could take Josh Bates off your hands. At the end of the day Lewis is a local lad with lots of support and track time at Lynn, can't see why he would want to go anywhere else, especially with the possibility of an EL spot one day should he develop to that level. Anyway, all the best to the Fen Tigers for next season and beyond. The club has been revitalised since its reincarnation with good crowds, on track success and some excellent youngsters coming through and long may that continue.

Or perhaps he is very happy at Lynn and is showing loyalty towards the club who discovered him and gave him his chance? I know one or two Mildy fans think they have a divine right to hoover up whichever rider they like from other NL clubs but not in this case

I'm sure I read somewhere that Coles has been mentioned by Uncle Len as riding for Kent next year?

According to today's Lynn News Lewis has re-signed for the Young Stars along with Jake. So unlucky darts

No disrespect to the two lads but I'd prefer Johnson and Campos to not be included next year, they have reached their level for me. I think Mungo has it about right and I agree with screamer that a year away for Jake will do him the power of good.

This is the key point for me. Can't blame the standalone clubs for wanting to build as strong a side as possible but there is no incentive for those clubs whose sole purpose is to develop their own if the current situation continues.

You should drop 'Mr' and just be Mungo. Much cooler.

A win, beat us 46-44 in the PT. Possibly my most embarassing afternoon as a Lynn fan Went through the actual PL campaign without scoring a point though.

Forgotten Mouldyhole in 2008? FWIW I think its a reasonable 1-7, certainly not as good as Scunny but has improvement in it and won't finish bottom.

Lets hope its prepared properly.

Ah that old chestnut again Buster seems to prefer quality over quantity at present and its my preference too. As corrupt as the competition is I hope and expect that we'll be in the EL again although it never pays to assume anything when it comes to speedway.

You really have to wonder about anyone who posts a smug smiley when their team has lost a cup final.....the kind of 'fan' that every club could do without.

Goarrrn Lewi lad

Whats the admission price for this please?

For me the NL suffers as a competition because of the lack of investment and infrastructure in under 15 racing. Certainly not knocking what Morris, Vatcher et al do as they work hard with what they have but we need something like they have in Scandinavia so that riders are far more developed when they reach fifteen and there are more of them. Without being rude the NL has too many riders who have reached their level and ride in the third division every year and not enough riders like Josh Bates, Stefan Nielsen, Adam Ellis, Lewi Kerr etc who develop quickly and are exciting to watch. The balance needs to shift. I usually go to three or four third division meetings a season and in the eighteen (?) odd years since the third tier was launched I can probably count the number of thoroughly enjoyable matches I've seen in that time on one hand, although beauty is of course in the eye of the beholder. Not really sure what the answer is short term but the NL is desperately needed for the few promising youngsters we have got.

To have your top four riders out injured and get a point at Armadale is quite an achievement, well done Scunny.

I think the Chapmans are currently in a 'quality over quantity' mindset, seeing as they voted for 14 home meetings rather than 18 and opted out of the KOC. Difficult to judge crowd levels this year due to the dire weather and ten rain offs but last season (no rain offs) they were pretty healthy. In my opinion people had got bored of PL racing at Lynn and the move up was what the club needed, don't get me wrong the EL has plenty of issues but at the moment the top divison is the best place for the Stars. There are several NL fixtures to be run so people who want to see speedway can do over the next month. Also, again in my opinion, Mr Warnes' sponsorship levels would fall dramatically without EL exposure.

Could that chip on your shoulder get any bigger? I suggest you stop worrying about us and concentrate on your own team.

Wow, pretty remarkable score from him tonight then. Well done young man.

Who is Adam Ellis?

Your last sentence is spot on, such a shame that the weather has wrecked the Young Stars fixture list, mainly by forcing the senior teams' meetings to be rescheduled when the youngsters were due to race, although that is totally understandable IMO. I'd hope that Lewi would stay loyal to the club in the face of other offers next year but if other clubs can offer him more meetings then you can't blame him for wanting that. Whatever happens the club needs to keep hold of him as an asset as the boy has huge potential.