YeOldPitGate

I seem to remember someone saying if we were still using upright's he would be world championship material which sounds a huge stretch.

Did he ride for Swindon briefly ?

Fair comment just think he might be better suited to Belle Vue or Sheffield but if it gets another big name back over to the UK its no bad thing.

Wasn't there rumours points limit could be 38 next year ?

Two out of them three yes but no Laguta you just don't want riders who only fancy it half the time particularly with what he would want per meeting, I'm still not convinced Woryna is the way to go either going from big open tracks to Ippo and seems a danger to himself and others even when he has plenty of space let alone a tight track.

Will need someone to come in with serious deep pockets if that's the case given the struggles last few years to get crowds over four figures, I would think championship would be a safer bet first season back, maybe try and get Brady Langdon over to revive the Eastbourne/American interest.

Shame PK retiring as could still have another 2-3 seasons in him at this level.

But again on paper it looked a decent side, genuine number 1, two of the very best young talents at 6&7 , Harris getting slightly worse every year but still good value, Kvech should have been a steal, Ben Cook okay hot and cold they should have taken a chance on a new overseas rider rather than Castanga, but its far from the worst looking team but as ever with Lynn just didn't happen.

To be fair they did the best they could with what was available (Northampton aside) but at some point not having a number one and two very average at best reserves meant always potentially going to get spanked when up against two genuine world class riders. As others have said 2027 is the litmus test I'm just not convinced the rumoured Polish rider on a tight track like Ippo is the way to go next year.

I was a regular from 1984 - 1993 was 22-23 when I stopped going as discovered night clubs as a Saturday night alternative but had some great times in my late teens travelling around the country with my oldest friend and his dad. Memories of Bill Barker selling raffle tickets, Bills winter talk in's were comedy gold also, Loram and Henka were brilliant in those days when they were starting out fond memories of the loons who resided in the second bend bar also, Wild Wayne belting out "Stars" at 50 thou decibels you could hear him in Suffolk. I was a die hard for those years but it amazes me how many other die hards I know who used to go every week no longer go granted a lot are in mid 70's to early 80's now. Do you remember Einar he would either nearly kill himself or someone else most meetings he was all over the place on the bike, got a feeling Travis McGowan who was going to be another big Aussie hope might have signed for Lynn in the season I stopped going bar the odd meeting but over 35 years ago now so memory very hazy. I seem to remember Einar needing a maximum in his last meeting to come back to the UK in the next year in the nicest possible way I was hoping he wouldn't get it , as he was terrible can't remember if those were Martin Rogers days or Busters must be Rogers. We used to go over to Peterborough a fair bit as well and can remember a brilliant last heat decided between Ryan Sullivan and Michael Max probably best race I have ever seen, went to Odsal for two world finals again was probably 16 in 86 and again frightening that it was forty years ago.

Ha ha those were the days spanked every week, Simmo and Barker came in and we had a powerhouse team must have been 4-5k for first home meeting and as ever with Lynn it all fell apart about half way through the season Bo Peterson went from unbeatable around Saddlebow Road to truly terrible , John Davis would leave gaps on the inside you could sail the titanic through and Lance King started like the heir to Penhall but then had loads of niggling injuries that set him back.

Can't remember re Simmo, Lee was brilliant one meeting in every four, he would get double figures then in the other three either terrible or missing. I remember a few years later when he was back at Lynn again and his nerve had gone he was following Andy Merideth who was a junior wobbler at the time, Lee kept lining him up perfectly coming out of the corners but just didn't have the bottle then to make the pass. Might have been the year Knight went to Berwick to make way for yet another Lee comeback.

You should have been a Lynn supporter in the mid 80's Bobby Schwartz and six reserves v Oxford led by Neilson, Wigg and Cox , followed by Cradley with Gunderson, King, Phil Collins and Jan O'Pederson, when you were relying on Steve Redgeling to get north of ten every meeting you know your in trouble.

Yep despite all the positives so far this really is a massive shooting in the foot.

Other than Poole, Ippo or Belle Vue most other speedway clubs have near zero value and given Buster must have chucked in hundreds of thousands over the years he won't let it go for buttons and I can't see anyone willing to take it on either. To be fair on paper team looked decent this year but again just hasn't happened.. Re rising stars great idea but at championship level not premier level.

Another of Speedway's problems its like charging you the price for a quality beef burger but when the product turns up you find you have been served a spam fritter.

Agreed makes absolute sense barring injuries as you say Ippo have minimal hope so might as well let the club have the first leg , get a decent payday and win by 4-6 on the night.

I knew he had done well but didn't realise he had done quite that well, fair play given the restrictions in the UK from a financial and riders actually wanting to ride here point of view its most likely a pipe dream.

Would be an excellent start if it did happen, ideally they need to keep Kye Thomson also but get him back down to reserve , Becker and Zach Cook assuming points limit fitted and would be a decent side.

Agreed that was the big risk would anyone go after novelty wore off, thankfully it seems a good core supporters base is there, the track if they can get more time on it seems potentially able to provide good racing and stadium seems decent by speedway standards. I just seem to remember Flagrag mentioning a possible Polish connection last year but as I say given he seems very close to media side of things totally get it if he's not in a position to share any inside knowledge he may have. They have to be looked on as a success this year, they were left with the scraps this season if they can get Iverson, Thomson, Harrison, Lidsey (possibly) back they could have a good core add to that in the ideal world Anders Thompson, Zach Cook and Becker they would win most home meetings. They just need a team of triers as they have been saddled with 3-4 riders this year who only fancy it 50% of the time you can carry 1-2 like that but not 4.

Who's driving the tv push Flagrag is it the Ipswich head man or is Harry actually doing something ?

This has been commented on previously from memory he asked to come back but it would involve to many changes to fit him back in.

Any movement in that form on Northampton Flagrag ? no drama if your not in a position to comment.

Just tell him to shout his best/loudest fook from Perth they will here him in Manchester with any luck

Have the recent financial issues been resolved enough to allow that to happen Bojangles ?