Mr Bump

Harsh as it would be, swapping JS for a 2 pointer at number 7 seems a likely outcome? Opens it up to having a 9 point ish average top man?

If it’s a signing that will divide Lions fans then it must surely be the second coming of Bjarne Pedersen

Robert Lambert guests on Monday in place of Martin Vaculik.

Exactly. The idea of allowing riders from each team to feel track conditions on the bike beforehand would likely have prevented the subsequent problems. Can’t believe that would be difficult to implement. Hope someone’s listening.

The only thing that’s important in all of this is surely that a rider has been seriously injured. Plus another rider pretty bruised up too. And perhaps it’s lucky it wasn’t worse than that. All this ‘my dads bigger than your dad’ stuff on here is cringing and missing the point. British speedway needs to learn from this..

Some interesting comments from Danny King about tonight’s events on the Lions website. Certainly makes the Polish way of testing the track conditions beforehand seem possibly the right way to go. Accidents in speedway sadly will always happen, some testing to minimise risks when conditions look iffy makes sense.

Must of been in the last fortnight then, because I attended press & practice day plus the Somerset match and it looked just the same to me

Definitely agree RR does us no favours, reserves taking 3 of the 4 rides. Really good crowd though, Pieszczek excellent, Andersen even better plus had a nifty orange light on his bike which is a first! Decent start.

I agree. Also very pleased he’s chosen to ride for us and not against us!

True. Maybe our supposed pre-season challenge match could be against Sheffield though. That would be fun.

Was wondering that too. With Leicester riding mainly Monday nights it’s possible. He’d be a very busy boy though! All will be revealed this week anyways.

Andersen it is. Happy with that! Half decent team for a change. Roll on the new season.

Or maybe we’ve convinced Lebedevs that this time we’ll sign him & actually give him a ride?

Or maybe we’ve wangled it to fit Zagar in. He’s top around Beaumont Park. Hehe

The signing will be a “high-profile” one according to the mercury....

Certainly hope you’re right about all this, otherwise as signings go this is a bit of an odd one! Suppose though the future of Josh Bates could have a significant bearing on all of this too

3.81 going off his 2016 finishing average? Doesn’t leave us an awful lot for the last rider if that’s the case.

Total cobblers then.

He may well end up back at Lynn. Was not a happy bunny at the end of last season though with the Lynn promotion, you never know he could be looking elsewhere. Worth a shout.

Completely agree. Maybe a punt on someone like Robert Lambert as 2nd heat leader? Rides Beaumont Park well.

Thought Georgie Wood looked very comfortable holding off Danny King in the Sheffield meeting. No idea of averages for a chap like that though. Latest signing being announced tomorrow.

The mighty Les Collins?

Any way you look at it, it’s going to happen. Possibly.

Total cobblers

Well we are being treated to some exciting news about something, sometime this afternoon. Blimey