Ben91

No reason we couldn't accommodate both. Too soon to be thinking about next year though.

Rome wasn't built in a day. Give the bloke a chance.

Press release from Scunthorpe was issued on the day he rode for Cradley. Before that meeting.

Why are Scunthorpe using a guest for a rider that was fit to ride for his NL club on Wednesday?

He's reached his level regardless of what he does from now on.

The squad is poor when you put it next to the lists of riders that the top nations can put out but our top three are good enough to get us to the final IMO. As i've said already I'd give King the last spot as he is the best bet round Lynn IMO. If we are to give that spot to one of the up and coming riders instead then I'd personally plump for Howarth, I think he has the most potential and the right mentality to become a handy rider on the SWC scene.

Surely to employ Proctor Sheffield had to know how long his visa was valid for in the first place.

Don't see why Sheffield should be granted a facility. If they knew that Proctor had 60 days to get his average over seven then they should have had a replacement ready to step in if he failed, which he has. He may well be over seven for this year or over seven with bonus points but we use rolling averages and bonus points don't count towards those averages. There's no injustice in it, these rules regarding rider averages were known before the start of the season.

Expecting Sissis has dropped a point or so from his assessed 5 though?

Not looked at the averages but surely Sheffield will be hoping when Bellego is fit again he can slot in in place of Proctor.

Think Kennett has had plenty of chances in the World Cup and not delivered, added to the fact that he is pretty average at Kings Lynn anyway. Steve Worrall has been better than his brother over the last year so seeing Richie named is slightly strange. I'd assume that we will track Woffinden, Harris, Lambert and King at Lynn, and I'd be happy to keep that side for the race off/final should we progress. If only Scott Nicholls would come back into the Team GB fold we may have a team that could challenge on a good night.

Bowen's average is 4.00 so I believe he could replace Compton under the points limit still. Although I haven't looked that closely at it tbh.

Could see Luke doing well at Redcar as a reserve. With the right home track he is on a bargain average.

And breathe.

Fair play to the Eagles they are doing very well so far this year. Would be tempted to go to this, however I'll be watching Stevenage v Southend in the League Two Play Off semi-final on Sunday! Eastbourne will probably win this at reserve around their home patch but look out for Hume and Bowtell, there's a lot of raw potential in them. Good to see no bad blood between the promotions with regard to the Bank Holiday issues, I look forward to being able to see the Eagles around Rye when the meeting is re-staged.

What happened when the track was originally laid? When we first returned to Rye it was laid over the existing tarmac and taken up every week. If it was simply laid over the tarmac and more shale added to it over the years since Len purchased the stadium perhaps the base surface is now breaking up and causing a problem? Expensive business completely relaying a track I'd imagine but perhaps this is the best way forward.

I wasn't criticising him, no need to be overly defensive, just commenting on what I saw from his TWO rides. Regardless of what he said about the track beforehand it is there to be ridden. I don't think his withdrawal made that much of a difference, the Raiders threw a few points away here and there too. The draw was a fair result.

Entertaining meeting and a fair result too. Bowtell and Hume both look as if they are going to develop into good riders. Bowtell had a couple of falls at the back in his last two heats when he seemed to be trying to get the job done in the first lap. Something which will be ironed out with the more competitive track time he gets I'm sure. Look forward to seeing these two progress through the year. Chessell could be a heatleader in this league if he stayed on his bike a bit more. Shanes didn't impress as much as I thought he would. Didn't look comfortable on the track and took a nasty spill, hope he's back on track very soon. Ayres looks good, seems very passionate from his post race reactions, think he can progress to the PL in future if he carries on in the same vein. Couzins also looks like he'll become a tidy rider in future.

Think this will be close. Branford should just about have the beating of Morley IMO. The 2-5 spots look pretty even and the Raiders reserves seem to have made a better account of themselves than their Kings counterparts so far this season. Looking forward to seeing Ayres (hopefully) and Shanes around Rye.

Need to be beating teams like Redcar while they are struggling. Kasper should be beating his reserve opponents in every encounter while Greenwood is on par with Morley and Konopka so should have a good chance of picking up some points on his debut. Not sure how Palm-Toft goes round Redcar, hope he is guesting for Boxall and R/R is in place for Robin. If it's the other way round we may have shot ourselves in the foot.

Wish Greenwood all the best but this is going to leave us very long in the tail. Frees up points higher up the order, will we be ruthless enough to make another change? Probably not.

Booking Edberg showed more intent than we usually see from Rye when booking guest reserves. We're early in the season, far too early to be putting NL riders in to gain experience. I don't buy Mellgren still coming back from injury, he had half a season racing last year and a whole winter to prepare. His form hasn't been that bad at all though. He always has a duff ride here and there, that's why his average isn't higher.

Don't see why not. Stumbling block over Shanes would be that he is a Plymouth asset I believe. Wilson-Dean doubling up would be no different than Perks at Scunthorpe and Cradley although he did start the season an an assessed 5 point NL average. If someone did move for him and it was blocked it could have big consequences in the NL.

In terms of entertainment the NL can be one of the best however I think the Premier League is the best product. In the EL and NL it is rarer to see reserves challenging and beating heatleaders because of the differing levels of quality between them. The PL offers a lot more close races. The ideal scenario IMO is to have a PL team and a NL side to help develop your own riders.

When all else fails sarcasm always beats logic.