Bagpuss

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.

Well done in heat 15 Lewi Kerr

Plus if he can double up then why would he only race less than half of the meetings available to him? No reason why he couldn't ride EL, PL and have regular trips to Germany.

Why Robbo but no Henry in heat 15

Is British Speedway really in that bad a state that an NL side has to run with five riders?

Witches seem to be running into a bit of form at the right time, if they can scrape into the top 6 and keep everyone fit they could be dark horses.

I've heard whispers that he's going to continue riding in Germany only next year. If he and his family think thats the best thing for him then fair play, and I can see the argument that the competition over there is better for him and his progress. However I'd like to see him ride some NL too so that he can keep his hand in on the smaller more technical circuits we have over here. Being as good as he is you'd imagine he'd have his pick of NL clubs so would probably end up at one of the better paying ones.

aljack is like many NCFC fans, full of it when his team loses and as quiet as a mouse when they win

The thing is both last year and this the Witches were highly fancied by many to do very well.....its very easy in hindsight to criticise but as the majority of people predicted good seasons then there must be something wrong somewhere at the club for so many riders to underachieve two seasons running ie the track, motivation, finance etc. Of course injuries have had a pretty large bearing on both last season and this at the Foxhole but there have also been poor performances a plenty unrelated to those lay offs. As I've said before I think the Witches need to build next year's side round the four highly promising Aussies they currently have and go from there.

Indeed, I see he's using his usual motivational techniques 'Do as I say, not as I did' it would seem.

Well done Potters