Bagpuss

Klindt is an enormous miss at the NSS and this is obviously going to be a bit of a hiding but as long as everyone rides like S Lambert did last Monday and gives it their all then we can't ask any more. Would be nice if Robert could get the better of Dan across their three clashes too!

Maybe it's Atkins? His scores have dried up recently. Would be incredibly harsh though.

They absolutely do.

They are having to replace a rider who has stepped down. What are they supposed to do? I think they'll do well to find somebody on that average who will be an improvement.

No booing at least! This is going to be sixty something.

You'd like to think that the vast majority would have the good sense not to boo.

So essentially he could guest for Kurtz Doyle Sayfutdinov Holder Museilak Fricke Masters and one or two others with 5% home allowance by the look of it.

Haha, the loss to Wolves was in a competitive fixture, although I can understand you not being interested in a competition that BV didn't take seriously

But but but Nowak can only ride Ashfield (copyright Blobby)

And Sheffield.

Ouch.

He'd be absolutely fine. Sure I read somewhere that he had a small track in his back garden when he was young which he did thousands of laps around.

I suspect given time he could probably crack the smaller circuits on his second or third visits (assuming the application was there) but while acknowledging that Sayfutdinov is a more skilled motorcyclist I would argue that riding Ipswich, Leicester and Wolves for the first time won't be easy for any rider who has only ever ridden big fast tracks. I would also argue that big tracks do need skill, just a different type of skillset. Just because you aren't required to turn hard doesn't mean a track isn't technically challenging.

Ahhhh, so a just in case thing rather than skullduggery. Gotcha

Am I missing something, why do folk think he's going to guest in the Play Offs?

Well even though its Woffinden at the EoES I wouldn't be at all surprised if they changed their minds and want Bewley v Lambert on Monday.

I personally think he should have gone to Latvia. Getting half cut the night before the British Final for his 21st and then being asked at the eleventh hour is perhaps a bit different. But turning down a chance to represent your country isn't the best idea if you want to be a Cardiff reserve I suggest. There's obviously far more going on with Vatcher than I'm anywhere near privy to going by the comments on various threads so I'll stay out of that part of the argument.

I thought I heard Abbey say on Monday night that it was BV v Lynn on telly next Monday?

Vintage Bomber.

Great to see Robert back. He's going to stick several on the gate I'd imagine.

The last bit of the article explains it though doesn't it?

Laguta gone would be my guess.

The next chllenge is for it to be like that more often than not then.

Yep, 'us and them'. I strongly suspect skidder et al didn't give a toss about the second division when they weren't in it.