mauger65

its becoming beyond farcial and lack of communication is joke

Why do you say that ... that's what the new rule was brought in to cover the diamonds gated and were on a 5 1 when heeps fell and deliberately stayed down .... ref didn't have a choice ...... wheras in heat 14 hume was clearly in no condition to get off track when again the diamonds were on a 5 1

bloom89 - what are you on about lindgren was only beaten by schlein who is a class act around brough 3 reserves .... did you see pickering ........... hes about as much as reserve as Ashley morris is and riding at 4 is completely different to riding at 1and 5 ........... at 1 and 5 you face the opposition 1 and 5 twice !!! at four you only meet them once .......... if you think riding heat 14 against the opposition 4 and 6/7 is the same as riding heat 13 then that probably explains your other daft comments and as for our 'super number one' ........... beyond belief ........... everyone has commented he's not a number 1 AND he has never claimed to be .... the lad maybe be an enigma but hes riding out of position through no fault of his own

cracking meeting and a draw a very fair result good to see lindgren looking more like himself - captains role tonight as the others weren't firing (wethers really struggling) schlein and heeps were excellent but the star of the night was pickering - superb entertainment and gave his all worth without being reckless he can guest for us anytime at brough park new line up as opposed to new rider ........... sounds like at least 1 rider is under pressure

ive forgotten about bloody Poland and their impact on our meetings

Lindgren rides against 1 and 5 in heat 13 as opposed to 4 and 6/7 in heat that's a big difference ... home and away hes is expected to score 5 in heat 14 ... lucky to score 2-3 on average in heat 13 - that knocks a hole in your average

1st weekend in May and already 4 guests and 1 r/r at least its down to injuries not the stupid doubling farce of last year however with rose and robsons averages going down ... our guests are weaker but again a strange choice of guest by opposition .... ben barker is another hit or miss ..... would have thought Richie Worrall would be eyeing a max if asked

Lindgren (and Robson) are both on a hiding to nothing at numbers 1 and 5 and lindgren has to face the opposition top 2 in heat 13 as opposed to his counter-part and a reserve in heat 14 - so instead of getting 2-3 points in that heat he's getting 1-2 in heat 13 so his average is only going 1 way - and that's down lindgren also has the pressure of being the number 1 and set the tone for the team Yes - he is currently not riding to his potential Yes he is having bike problems and with all sports u need to be confident to perform at your best (LOOK AT 4 TIME WORLD CHAMPION LEWIS HAMILTON) - which lindgren clearly is not Lindgren looks like a rider under pressure and certainly doesn't look as though hes enjoying racing atm - imho I don't recall lindgren ever proclaiming he is a number 1 (hes a third heat leader with potential to be better) yet people are expecting him to ride and score like one As ive said I don't have a problem with the 7 riders riding for us - just not in the same team And lindgren is an enigma - v Sheffield - superb 3rd to 1st in heat 1 ........... then beaten by the opposition reserve in heat 6 !!! that's luddo but superbly entertaining around Brough when in form

a shame but not unexpected given his injury woes hope to see you back soon Lewis so the diamonds have 7.75 to play with

hey we could get the runners up spot with 13 we won at scunny last year and as long as scunny don't move the meeting to a Thursday ... we are nailed on to win .... we have a 100% record on days that dont start with a T

what a difference a week makes ......... last week u lot were full of it and laughing at us as wooden spoonists I said we were both poor sides .. but its 1st wooden spoon to the bears ... bottom of the northern group

The diamonds up and down season continues !!!!! Great effort by the boys tonight with all 7 winning a heat ... but the star was Ashley ... riding superbly ... keep it up As for Sheffield .. they missed Howarth although Garrity was a good guest, Wright rode well and Shanes impressed..... but the villain of the piece was bjerre ...you can say he was unlucky with machinery or is it poor professionalism ........... he has a poor record round brough (unlike his brother who was superb) and to not complete a lap is not really acceptable why was wright so annoyed with Garrity in heat 15 ?

oh dear - less said the better well done Ashley ..... another good performance .......... certainly wont be in the reserves for long ............ sadly a lad starting the season on 4.88 is topping our averages ... says it all really luddo's miserable form continues .. very sadly... hes a much better rider than this well roll on Sheffield on Sunday, a very difficult match which could expose our clear weaknesses and COULD end up in being a real thumping oh and the maximum count against us is now 6 ... with 3 others being within a point of a max

Yes a surprisingly sluggish start to Ipswich season especially given their powerful top 4 on paper after Newcastles horror show at redcar, they responded with 2 very good performances and wins (and 2 fingers up at us critics ) , both of the which the scoreline flattered the opposition on both matches !! However, they were against teams built similar to us and I expect us, Redcar and Berwick to be in the bottom 4 ..... so a confident Newcastle ride into town and will take all the points ? I don't think so ...... only Ashley is riding well to be fair (very well at that though) Question is can a Newcastle rider get anywhere near danny and rory .... I doubt it and I would be surprised if they don't chalk up 28 points and 2 maximums But the Ipswich reserves look weak and could score only 1 point - the big question is how well Ipswich middle order well fare - can they get 17 points in 12 rides to secure a 46-44 .... difficult to say ... Kerr can be flaky (depends on his gating gloves) and Heeps and Hartel are not exactly flying ............. but who knows with Newcastle .... toft is a good guest but can luddo, wethers and rose provide him with enough support.... I think the Ipswich reserves will pick points off us and will be the key factor in a 51-39 win for the witches ...... anything below 36 for Newcastle will be very disappointing ... given we are on an up, Ipswich on a down and that our powerful reserves are against one of the weaker pairings

some people say he would have struggled in the current championship series format ........... what utter rubbish in 71 he lost to our other great diamond ole olsen when scoring 14, in 73 he lost to a pole in a run off and 74 he finished 2nd on a track prepared for Anders Michanek (another diamond....) I think his sheer consistency would have won him titles between 68-74 ... maybe Olsen would have had a chance in 71 Likewise he could won in 67 and between 75-79 I think his tactical genius would have won at least the 2 titles he won in that era anyway ..... he probably would have 8-10 titles between 67 and 79 under the grand prix system Individual meetings on the night were always harder to win, even the great Tony Richardsson wouldn't have won 6 individual titles Ivan ... was the total professional... a genius..... and total legend

homer - given the amount of times redcar have picked up the wooden spoon youre probably well qualified to spot a wooden spoonist I somehow think neither redcar, Berwick or Newcastle will be winning any honours this year ...

staggering result - well done lads - good response to Thursday's shocker what happened to doolan ?

I look forward to the written comments in the programme yes George was very honest but saying we didn't gate well ... its only the most important part of speedway also .. trouble is with people predicting changes ... the riders know they are already under pressure and makes them more tense

given our best rider on Thursday was Doolan ..... I'm frightened to think what the score could be Berwick are a team we should be targeting at least 40 points ... after Thursday and with a weaker team .... 35 will be a challenge but I hope am wrong and we sneak a 46-44 win ................

And your point is Steve? I have total sympathy for the promoters cos they had little time to build a side . total sympathy for the riders who are trying but it is a weak team ... the vast majority are tipping us for bottom .... and after 3 meetings there is little to suggest otherwise anyway lets hope for a big crowd on sunday... to say farewell to a legend

well I said anything under 40 would be alarming... this was worse than I feared ....... oh boy do the diamonds have problems well done redcar... but don't get too excited ... you wont have an easier home meeting (until we return)....... one wonders how the Newcastle Propaganda machine will respond next I laughed when I saw the newspaper article about Sheffield and in a meeting where we were hammered 59 31, the biggest part was about our 5 1 win in heat 2 justifying our strong reserves and the make up of our team ...... ignore the fact 3 riders got maximums against us Then (and I enjoy Ranting Roy!!) but the bare faced cheek to criticise us 'internet' 'experts' in his article cos he knows better and he likes the look of the team, and then when lindgren wins the 1st race on sunday, he proudly boasts who says lindgren cant be a number 1 - well Roy ..... 12 points in 13 races in 3 meetings would say so No doubt the reports tomorrow will report how superb the diamonds were in the 1st 4 heats and 12 12 was a reflection of this great team. Then the last line will end ... and redcar won a close 58 32............. Still what do I know ....... I'm just an internet 'expert' ...... It gives me no joy to written this.... boy do I wish we had a team like Sheffield (or even Redcar!!) ..... but the criticism of this team .... from what I have seen ...... has been fair and measured .... yes they are all triers ...... but its a team of 7 second strings ....... and I know the promoters hands were tied ..... but at the end of the day we are simply not competitive ....... Scunthorpe would have beaten us if they had picked a better guest (and Roy that's a fact not opinion .. there is a reason why lewis kerr is 6.8) .... redcar will start as favourites on sunday and heaven help us when Sheffield roll into town...... 3 meetings gone and we have won 11 heats ..... that's fact .... not an opinion ps I also feel sorry for lindgren .... he's riding like a man carrying the world on his shoulders ... a he's on a hiding to nothing at number 1

32.8 ... clearly building for the future hopefully a good meeting with the diamonds bringing their usual hefty away support ............ just a pity the redcar supporters don't seem to know where Newcastle is in the return fixture

this will be a measure of Newcastle's strength in depth team realistically redcar is one of the only 3 tracks we have a chance of taking away points so a minimum of 40 points would be expected redcar hitting anything over 50 will be very worrying for our future away day travels I expect a redcar win but given their less than stellar start to the season ... perhaps we could catch them cold Lindgren is the key man ..... in some meetings at redcar he has been brilliant (its one of his better away tracks) and given redcars team theres no reason why lindgren couldn't score 12-13 ............. but if he has another away day blue and comes in with only 5-7 ... it could be a long night

RIP Ivan The greatest ever Lets hope for a big crowd on Sunday to pay tribute to a sporting legend

I only got to see him at Oxford (he scored a max) and in 1975 for the diamonds re-opening (beat Jim McMillan 3 times) Luckily got to meet the great man in 2010 and his wife Raye at Brough for his book signing Greatest rider ever RIP Ivan and thoughts with Raye and his children