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Poor lad. Gonna be scared off from British Speedway when he rides that rubbishshow of a track.

It's a strange one. I feel like it was ages ago when they announced he was nearly ready to return. Hopefully his health troubles are now over for good and he gets a team place next season somewhere. Very good rider and I wouldnt mind him at Comets (if we return next season)

Correct. I did

Some interesting articles in the speedway forum this week. I would recommend giving it a read. Im slightly more optimistic now than I was after only knowing what Denham has been saying.

Doesn't sound not promising though

Dropping batch is an outrageous decision to be honest. He's posted today saying he has been doing physio and would have been back for this week's fixture. You've now replaced batch who in his last two meetings had top scored for Northampton with a young Aussie who has never rode around Northampton or many of the Premier League tracks at that. Baffling decision, especially when you have others in the team scoring close to zero every meeting.

Bunch of muppets in here. Batch has never missed a meeting for Comets since he started. To suggest he simply didnt want to ride a track so has pulled out of every meeting this week is ridiculous. Yous lot can't put your hate for Batch aside for one second even though you have riders scoring 0 every meeting.

The whole thing makes you wonder if the rules are right. One of our best riders around northside gets taken out by an opposition rider in his third race. That means there are two races that require covering from a lesser average rider. That could have lost us the meeting. They should allow remaining races (if he hasnt completed 3 or more races), to be taken by one above and rest below.

The whole thing makes you wonder if the rules are right. One of our best riders around northside gets taken out by an opposition rider in his third race. That means there are two races that require covering from a lesser average rider. That could have lost us the meeting. They should allow remaining races (if he hasnt completed 3 or more races), to be taken by one above and rest below.

You can call it a racing incident but it was numb from an experienced rider. He didn't try to avoid Tate at all though. Highlights on BSN Facebook page if you'd like to have a look. Poor riding from an experienced rider.

VP has been decent for yous today. PK has let you down most of the meeting

Ive also been thinking about ways that they could save the sport and reduce costs. More consistent fixtures would be a good start. Id also cap wages and, if the top dogs dont want to ride for that amount, let them go. I'd rather see current middle pack riders move up to no.1 than have no speedway at all.

Glasgow owners may have helped out last season but that was to get them out the situation we were in then. They are there on a consulting role more than anything. This isn't a "workington" issue. Speedway is in a sorry state in general and most clubs will be running at a loss. Just look at Edinburgh who are heavily reliant on supporters charitable donations to stay alive. The more supported clubs will obviously run at a profit but that will mean nothing when they have no other teams to play. Something needs to change and we've all knew that for years. Will it change? Absolutely not. Shame, Ive really fallen back in love with Speedway since comets came to tapes

Like ive said on the championship section - all reports from clubs and promotion are "taking time away". Kyle's own post suggests he could be done for good. No indication given of a return.

I dont mean to take a wizz on anyone's parade but Howarths statement suggests he isn't returning anytime soon. Clubs have called it a "break", but Howarth has said hes "Stepping away from the sport with immediate effect". He won't be back anytime soon

Yeh, please enlighten us

I keep seeing posts like this. Why wouldn't we run? The facilities are being continuously improved, there are a lot of sponsors on board, and the ultimate goal is to get the stadium to FIM standards.

The forecast didnt help yesterday. There was due to be rain and it didn't happen. You either risk watering it and hope it doesnt rain, or don't water and hope for natural watering. Id go for the latter because even if it didnt rain, you can still ride regardless of the dust. If the track was watered and then it rained, then you risk a very wet track that may stop the racing

The grahn pass was the hardest for him. The rest of the races he was just trying to slow down the riders to help the other rider pass. He was interviewed afterwards and his mechanic said he'd counted how many times he looked over his shoulder in one of the heats. On one lap alone, he looked over 5 times. Good team rider to have and you dont see that often

Very reactionary from you on the back of a few bad results. I, personally, wouldn't have changed much in comets team. Cook was the biggest gamble going and it failed. NHJ is struggling in his first season but id have him back next year on his current average. Batch has been our best rider of the last few season, started this season really well, and has been poor for past few. On his average last season, less than 7, I'd have kept him. Especially as a third heat leader. You just seem to be judging everything on hindsight, and that isnt realistic

It's a difficult one. We aren't performing well but we should be beating Edinburgh. Klindt loves our track and I expect our reserves to be competing with theres. Sedgeman hasn't really taken to our track when ive seen him around northside. Expecting comets to nick it but it'll be a close competition. 48-42.

It's a difficult one. We aren't performing well but we should be beating Edinburgh. Klindt loves our track and I expect our reserves to be competing with theres. Sedgeman hasn't really taken to our track when ive seen him around northside. Expecting comets to nick it but it'll be a close competition. 48-42.

They couldn't fit vuolas in anyways unless they made 2 changes.

You must have some rose tinted goggles on. I haven't missed a home meeting since we started back up 3 years ago. Recently, the numbers have been down. There's three types of real fans - some who attend for the love of the racing, some who attend wanting their team to win, and some who are both. Constantly losing at home will soon have a negative impact on the numbers coming through the gate. Thats true for all sports.

Dipping into the foreign market works but it has to be done wisely. No one could've predicted Jakobsen would have flopped as much as he has. Doing so has put a lot of pressure on Vinnie, who really could have done with the season spent as reserve. It worked two seasons ago when we brought in Tate and Antti but this season it wasn't meant to be. Dropping Antti was the right choice for me, at the time - we needed strength home and away. With the team we had, on paper, we should have been winning at home and competing strongly away. Unfortunately, Cookies antics put a stop to any hope we all had