Barrow Boy 2

I just think that he can't ride Leicester. Can't recall him doing any good in the past and when I heard that he had signed I said to anyone who was interested that he would struggle to be the heat leader required. When he signed he said he was delighted to become a Lion and he looked forward to having a good season. Practicing on the track is all well and good but having 3 other riders all seeking the best lines is not the same a flying around on your own.

When I saw some of the predictions I had to smile. One of my fellow supporters asked me at the stadium if I thought Leicester would get 30 points. I replied yes but they wouldn't get 40. Totally predictable was this result for me.

In last night's match against Wolves there were 11 riders out of the 14 who also ride in the lower leagues. I agree something needs doing to this rule. Perhaps a 2 D/U rider per team rule should be introduced. I would also like to see a rule which prevents certain international class World Cup Stars and Grand Prix Qualifiers from riding in the Championship.

Bees?

The worrying thing is that Peterborough are only averaging 40.80 per meeting which is the 3rd lowest in the league with only Scunthorpe And Berwick being lower. The top team is Sheffield on 46.67 and the team in one place above Peterborough in 7th place is doing a clear 3 points per meeting better.

I was given every assurance that what I said was factual by a well respected member of the new promotions team. If it is not true then so be it.

Now on Lions website Wolves are now coming on Monday next.

Yes but they were allowed facilities to cover them. Leicester will not be able to cover 2 missing heat leaders.

This season Leicester were all set to ride their home matches on Fridays and signed riders whose other commitments did not clash but along comes Mick Horton who convinces the powers that be that Coventry do intend to operate and insisted on keeping Fridays for himself. Lo and behold Leicester had to scrap all their plans and revert to Saturdays again. If they had been allowed to operate as intended then a better and more reliable team would have been formed. However the fixtures were duly drawn up with Leicester riding on Saturdays. This is why the BSPA should be asked for some help. It would help however if Leicester would consider changing their race night now that Coventry are not involved. Normal matches 50/50 prize money is usually in the region of £300.00. This time however it was £185.00 which is a fair reflection on the attendance i.e. around 62% of whatever the normal attendances are.

Leicester must now try to rearrange this fixture or seek to obtain some sort of special arrangement with the BSPA. It is not fair to expect many to attend such a farcial match. Don't clubs still get fined for fielding understrength teams now?

Weren't we promised a new more accurate set of averages from May 1st?

I think what might have upset some of the fans was because when interviewed he said that he would much rather be at the wedding.

Where's the confirmed Jan Graversen then?

The Lions' website has just announced that Cradley will be led by Ayres & Perry and that Graversen is riding for Leicester. We all knew this but what about the rest?

Any thoughts on the possible line ups for Saturday's Ivor Brown Trophy match?

As at 30.04.17 on current form my top 20 riders are as follows:- 01-Craig Cook-Workington-1150 02-Richie Worrall-Glasgow-1100 03-Kyle Howarth-Sheffield-1050 04-Aaron Summers-Glasgow-1042 05-Ricky Wells-Edinburgh-1033 06-Steve Worrall-Newcastle-1030 07-Rory Schlein-Ipswich-1000 08-Jason Garrity-Redcar-985 09-Richard Lawson-Glasgow-984 10-Sam Masters-Edinburgh-983 11-Ben Barker-Redcar-971 12-Danny King-Ipswich-970 13-Jack Holder-Peterborough-950 14-Josh Grajczonek-Sheffield-945 15-Charles Wright-Redcar-942 16-Lasse Bjerre-Sheffield-940 17-Michael Palm Toft-Scunthorpe-920 18-Ludvig Lindgren-Newcastle-916 19-Robert Lambert-Newcastle-905 20-Ulrich Ostergaard-Peterborough-866

As at 30.04.17. my top 20 riders on current form are as follows:- 01-Freddie Lindgren-Wolverhampton-1080 02-Troy Batchelor-King's Lynn-1066 03-Jason Doyle-Swindon-1050 04-Nick Morris-Swindon-1045 05-Craig Cook-Belle Vue-1037 06-Kim Nilsson-Leicester-1000 07-Brady Kurtz-Poole-990 08-Kenneth Bjerre-Belle Vue-983 09-Patrick Hougaard-Somerset-950 10-David Bellago-Swindon-945 11-Hans Andersen-Poole-942 12-Chris Harris-Rye House-933 13-Kyle Howarth-Wolverhampton-920 14-Jacob Thorsell-Wolverhampton-880 15-Robert Lambert-King's Lynn-875 16-Steve Worrall-Belle Vue-871 17-Josh Grajczonek-Somerset-870 18-Scott Nicholls-Rye House-850 19-Krzysztof Kasprzak-Poole-820 20-Sam Masters-Wolverhampton-815

But Leicester are not in the BCL

I have checked both BPL & BCL team declarations on the BSPAs web site and cannot see where Steve Boxall is listed Also on the BNL page the explanation of NEG states such riders are not eligible as a BNL guest which is understandable but where does it say they cannot ride in either of the 2 higher leagues? Confused BB

Thank you. I won't be going then.

What not even RR?

Presumably if there was one league of 18 teams, riders would only be allowed to ride for just the one team. At present 30 riders are doubling up and are all riding for 2 teams and would need to be replaced.

But if his 4 points were scored by beating Somerset riders you would have won 47-43 but rider replacement would surely have done the job.

With it looking like Leicester will need to rely on guests to replace missing D/U riders would it be possible to sign David Howe as a squad member? Last season didn't Lakeside get permission to do something similar? David has been practising after meetings and on Saturday I timed him over 4 racing speed laps and he did approx. 63 secs. His brought forward average of 6.72 is sufficient to come in for anyone in the team other than Josh Bates & Danny Ayres.

Ipswich are riding next Saturday so King will be missing again as will Auty because Scunthorpe are also in action. Its getting silly now. There was and it got lots of people so wound up. It's not about the length of the meeting so much as the unprofessionalness of it all. Things need to be smartened up.