kelvinht

Reckon 2 home wins out of 3 will see the Stars limp over the line to the play offs. Problem is, who ever tops the league will pick the Stars. With Aaron Summers joining Swindon, they are the nailed on 4th team. Stars won't make it past the semi's unless we get the right guests (liking Fast Freddie on Wednesday though!)

Elite League need to run on one maybe two nights a week avoiding foreign leagues as much a possible. PL then need to avoid those nights. Double uppers/downers are probably a necessity (costs, help riders develop) but should be limited to riders only riding in this country and if the leagues night do not clash then guests for that reason should disappear. You can't account for injuries but hopefully above would help keep number of fixture clashes and guests to more acceptable levels. I also think the race format in EL is good so should be adopted in PL. PL also need to limit no's 6&7 to british youngsters like the EL. EL 6&7 should just be a higher standard

isn't he a lamb ? ...and he'll be woolly and wet if he's in norwich.....

Its pretty p1ss poor. If it was a new stadium built on their door step I could understand it. If anything the only people who should have been taken to court would have been the residents solicitor who was involved in their house purchase for not pointing out the stadium to them. Why, in certain area's, are speedway stadia always the poor relation and treated as if we were the worlds worst sport supported by the scum of the earth and other places they co-exist quite happily?

Doyle will keep things interesting and Wilko will probably get a few as well. Don't think this will be a walk over, but equally Stars should easily hit 50-55.

Didn't mind paying a small fee for my lad to attend, but once he hit 17 and became a 'student' - even though he was still at school doing his GCSE's for a few months and then still in full time education doing a-levels, so still not earning a proper wage. Makes it an expensive night out - £17 for me, £13 for him, petrol £10-£15 (120 mile round trip), makes it £45 before any add-ons. Under 11's should be free (or kids for a quid), if in full time education shouldn't be any more than a £5, not the arbitrary 17 years of age. I know my lad wouldn't come every week, but he doesn't come at all now due to cost and other things to do. That's a £13 loss rather than a £5 gain for Buster. He would often bring a friend as well....

...and my daughter has gone and got tonsillitis so sitting at home watching the heat scores on twitter. Would much rather be at the NA... can some one give the Stars a cheer from me please!

...and you trust the website

Kerr rode for Newcastle yesterday With two evenly matched teams I can see two good matches, but home wins in both cases. If there is no Lambert that puts a slightly different view of things. Will it be r/r or guest?

If Doyle had drifted out into Harris's path after passing then agree Doyle should have gone, but he didn't, he stayed close to the kerb (ditto his Kildemand pass at Cardiff). Pedersen's pass of Kildemand at Cardiff was the correct call as Pedersen didn't have enough room to make the pass in the first place. I know its a thin line, but feel the ref is getting it wrong in some cases....

Getting a bit fed up with referee's. Chris Harris should have been excluded as Kildemand should have been in last GP. Riders are making a clean pass going into bends 1 or 3. Rider on outside turns in to try and hold position even though the pass has already been made, resulting in their front wheel hitting the back wheel of the rider in front...NOT the other way round. There'll be no point trying to overtake soon.

What would be a good idea would be to know the circumstances of the accidents (including track/weather conditions) and where they took place, then this could be turned into a useful thread by seeing what could be done to improve safety. There is the obvious issue of air fences that lift on impact from bikes and riders then follow in and hit a hard barrier (Rory, Hampel, etc). Are there any more common threads, do any particular tracks/conditions attract more issues...?

the track tonight will probably be the key. As it slickened off last time poole were here, they improved. With the warm weather its gonna be similar to the end of that meeting. Stars really are gonna have their work cut out. Only hope Milik can carry on from last week and Bjerre and Porsing continue to show improved form, then its game on!

and how long will I need to give myself to get down the A47, going past the Norfolk Showground as everyone is leaving the Norfolk Show for the day....its usually big queues and a pain in the wotsit

According to twitter, Rory should be there courtesy of a lift from Ash.

Exactly. Until he, or any other Brit learns to ride the big fast European tracks (not the smaller/trick tracks in the UK), they will never compete on the world stage.

Perhaps a survey is needed on the bits people read also with a view as to which sections people would like to see expanded/shrinked? I never look at the grass track section for example so wouldn't be sorry to see that go...or if people do read it, only include when there isn't a GP to report on...

Hope you stay away more often....seemed to improve the racing

As regards the sun, didn't really understand the delayed start having a few races then stopping again. They may as well as started at the normal time and got a few more races before the enforced sun break. Kevin vs Matt........no contest....Kevin was much more enjoyable to listen too - more knowledgable, better interviews, not permanently inane shouty shouty comments. Kind of expected Poole to come back at us as the track slickened off, but luckily we'd done enough earlier. Didn't predict the 1-5 against NKI and Robert though..made the run in closer than it should have been

Where did that come from! Especially with Puk unable to gate for a toffee. Expected those Pirates to walk off with all the points. Good show from Sam stepping in for Rooboy. Much improvement from Ashley, was a shame he had to be pulled from one race for the greater good of the team. Keep it up! Still not convinced with Porsing. Getting well p1ssed off with this sun break lark. How come it never used to be an issue until the last season or two?

Puk at last :-)

Was definitely a strange one with Niels out of sorts a bit. Few races where we got beat up in the first bend. Ash seemed to try hard and I think he was more concerned with Josh Bates clattering into the side of him in his last race, which he tried to do several times. Lambert value for money as usual now. He must get a spot for the WTC surely? Although we lost the last heat 5-1, it was very enjoyable tussle between Rory and Freddie. And why the delay for sun, then starting when the sun was lower and presumably worse? Thought we were in for a very looooong wait tonight. Rather than Buster have a dig at riders and tinted goggles, I'm sure it wouldn't take much to put something (temporary) up behind bends 1/2 when its sunny. Even the electronic scoreboard casts a shadow, so something big and wider should do the job. Think of the advertising space you could sell...

...and don't forget the 30 minute sun delay at the start......

No consistency problems at all. Sky = Meeting on at all costs, No Sky = Sensible decision made

and that comes back to one/two set (midweek) nights for Elite League racing to avoid weekend/international/polish/swedish... I never thought I'd take to Kings Lynn moving from Saturdays to Wednesday, but now I can see me speedway and keep the family happy at weekends.