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Harris robbed us at the start in his first ride so swings and roundabouts

Riding like a man after a team place…

Tbh it’s a pure racing incident where the lines each rider rode crossed but Doyle was the one who changed his line standing the bike up so for me if you were to have to choose a primary cause it was him, could’ve been all 4 back tho really

Yeah of course we’re seeing it from opposite sides, from this side Doyle stood the bike up to cut back and make a long straight, starke behind coming off the inside with basso underneath him pushing him back wider

I just can’t see how starke could have avoided him tbh

Tbh I don’t like losing Doyle but standing on the second bend exit, Doyle at fault there, just stood it up in the middle of the bend like there was no one behind him, crazy move tbh

Nice to Barbara in refs box is in a pboro shirt tonight, my wife saw Harris jump that start as she’s sat at home

The phrase lack of preparation implies lack of effort to produce a better racetrack with more lines on it…? That’s was the point I took issue with and defended Chris and bob. also if Ipswich never produced an outside line Danny king wouldn’t have scored any points at all in the past umpteen years he’s riding for the club this season for whatever reason the tracks been slicker than normal and dirt line less prevalent but as mentioned was fairly decent and grippy in the belle vue meeting. certainly think the materials now available just don’t suit the modern bikes to produce as good a racing on the tighter tracks we have here in the uk.

Chris Louis has changed the track, and banking as much as he can making alterations 4/5 times in the last few winters. it’s unfair saying there was a “lack of preparation” it was clear to see how hard Chris and bob had been working all day to get moisture into the track and produce some grip, this week has been horrendous weather hotter and hotter with a drying wind every day. I work on a local golf course and it’s gone from green to toast in just a few days. my question would be, if the material they currently use is just so so difficult to produce an outside line with when it’s so hot and dry, is there a better material that could be sourced to suit the climate and track here at Foxhall? I agree that the stock cars running all over it between meetings really don’t help.

Engine failures happen, that’s like penalties over the course of a season they even out, and if they don’t you’ve got to question machinery prep. the track is the same for everyone, I’m sorry but Richard Lawson is an exceptionally experienced rider so saying we were lucky the track suited king and barker and not him is utter rubbish - especially when lynn is typically a grippy track. we were also missing starke who ran up a big score at lynn last season so as big a miss as your riders. harris is great form and iversen less so, so no real difference. tj form up and down this season, 6+1 for his rides isn’t far off the mark. desperately sad the injuries jack sustained, think he’s looked like he’s really progressing well this season - but you can’t use him being out as an excuse when worrall the far superior reserve took his two vacated rides, if you’re pinning us being “lucky winners” on Mulford taking 1 ride in the meeting pure excuses, the better side on the night won

Isn’t Thompson wolves’ no.8??

That’s really rubbish for the lad, thought he was progressing well this season

Winners make their own luck pal! same for everyone on the night and lynn got beat fair and square! What was lucky about it?

Well in the boys!!! Haha up the witches!

That was genuinely unbelievable!

And on Thursday Leicester released a statement saying he was no longer riding for them having asked to stand down

Could Jeremy Doncaster be worth a gamble? If he finds 1988 form you could make a run for the playoffs

Danny is suffering from mechanical issues, even at Poole he is not performing as well as he can but at the higher level it is probably showing up more against stiffer competition. He has found the problems with his engine, and he tried a new engine tonight without having a chance to practice on it and get it set up which he did after the meeting. He has found the problem, but it is not an instant fix, these things take time to be repaired and I have no doubt in a few weeks he will back at his normal level. From Richie’s meeting report, king’s bikes and engines are just not working for him atm, it’s been clear standing in the second bend exit coming off the turns he’s just not got enough speed and drive.

King needs to sort his equipment out double lively, massively letting him down atm, not driving off start to the first turn, spinning coming off the turns and not drive and straight line speed down the back straight. Good to get the home win and keep the points going but really need our captains fortunes to improve rapidly I feel. assume the rumours I heard a week or two ago about Rowe supposedly wanting to drop uk speedway and focus on Poland are true then, no sign of a witches return with no real explanation and now dropping Leicester

Appalling decision to exclude starke there, kemp came from miles back a la Nicki p

Fair enough, I thought a number 8 could take up to 7 rides like a reserve so as all riders have their minimum 3 rides, either way can still have both Danyon and anders in attendance at meetings, I guess the issue comes in costs to Danyon travelling to meetings to not ride

I’d have anders back in but have Danyon in attendance at no.8 at as many meetings as he’s available for, anyone in the side struggling he can come in can’t he, if he keeps on performing like Monday it’ll give the management a decision to make

Ok so if 500 people attend at £20 if the promotion drop it to £10 they need double the amount of punters through the gates to make the same money…what assurances are there that they’ll get those punters through cos any less extra people the reduction gets they lose money. speedway is not an affluent sport, it’s run on fine margins, no promotion in this country is laughing their way to the bank are they. tbh the simple fact of the matter is British speedway in it’s current form gets little from being broadcast, they don’t get a great deal from the tv rights financially and it’s not exactly making more and more people turn up at tracks, more energy should be put into local advertisement and promotion than tv. it’s also quite unfair to tell a speedway promotion their product is worth less today just cos it’s on tv tonight, all their costs on staging are meeting are the same, riders earn the same etc etc. I don’t disagree speedway meetings without atmosphere are much much more rose and home teams certainly feed of the energy of a lively crowd and more people cheering them on from the terraces, but not at the cost of promotions taking big financial hits they can little afford.

Could we not afford to pay Doyle to ride in heat 15 or something? Another top drawer move from the tactical genius Hawkins to gift belle vue a point

I mean Doyle and riss teamed up for 2 5-1’s and a 4-2 heat advantages in their three shared heats against Lynn so I think it’s completely fair to see why he would stick with that.