tellboy

Quite right Batchelor hasn't broken any rules.I don't know why people keep going on about it.And if he did pull a fast one it's not like it hasn't happened before is it.There's been many that have been injured/sick before meetings especially at tracks they dislike.It even happened in the good old days.

Now,now calm down,i wasn't on about the meeting in general.I was just saying about Batchelor's injury in that he must have been told not to race the rest of the meeting or Lynn would not have been able to use the IRR.I was replying to someone wanting rid of Batchelor for this.

Blimey,if every management got rid of every rider from their team for every misdemeanor there wouldn't be any riders left.I couldn't be there last week but by all accounts Batchelor must have had permission on injury grounds for Lynn to use the IRR.

Yes,it doesn't say in the rules that one of the riders eligible/rode NL have to ride at reserve.The two lowest averaged riders in a team ride at reserve.

They have Bates and Newman in the team.Both were eligible/rode in the NL.

Can't be re-introduced into the side for this season.

Yes it was,night work frazzles my brain,now edited

Well following on from Thursday night's debacle will the track be to the liking of the Aussie duo.Luckily i didn't witness last Wednesday,sometimes having to be at work is good. Who will the Stars have to replace Rose.Maybe Newman,Kerr or do we have another Aussie in Tungate.We need to have a decent reserve as Rye have Robson at reserve. This will be a testing time for the team to bounce back from last week,and must start winning at home to even think about making the play-offs.

Yes Poole can do what they want with him.All i was saying was did Klindt say that or did Ford just say that to make himself look more inoccent than ruthless person we are led to believe he is.But if Klindt did say that and he ended up riding tonight he's pulled a fast one on Ford.

Klindt said it would be better for him to try and recover properly rather than risk further damage,this is according to Ford so who knows. Then a couple of days later he's riding properly again.

Not like for like.Klindt might at the next average change though.

Why not,you never know.

Who do we get to replace Rose now,will this be a season ender for Rose again.Lebedevs would be good

Fingers crossed Lewis Rose's trip in the ambulance last night was only precautionary.But early indications are a possible collar bone injury.

Why would i want to run along and find a new stadium.My team is still functioning in the so called top league thank you very much. But i for one don't think it is right taking the p*ss out of people that no longer have teams to support.Speedway needs more teams,but maybe less of so called fans like you.But then people like you seem to only want to see one team carrying on.

Don't find that funny at all

I've said this before,but how come when we were in the lower division the so called lesser riders loved and just got on with riding a grippy track.But when we have the so called stars of British speedway in the top league have a grippy track presented to them they just throw their toys out of the pram and don't want to know. Maybe a move down would be good,and get riders that just want to get on with it and ride their bikes.

Yes i agree it is different.But nowadays trying to hit someone is looked upon as being as bad as hitting someone.And by all accounts he didn't even try to hit someone.

Not necessarily ridden,but eligible to have ridden

I don't think it's that.I think it is more like the Newman situation this season,he can't ride for you now this season as you dropped him from the 2017 starting line-up.Both Holder and Newman would be available for you next season.In fact Holder could ride for you this season if Lynn dropped him.

Well what a result for the Stars.Against all odds they come up with the goods against the star-studded Poole side. With Lynn going into the the meeting with an out of form Holder,injured wrist victim Lambert and his namesake still missing from the number 7 spot.Add to that the inconsistent Batchelor and a 7pt rider from the championship the gods didn't seem to be looking down in Lynn's favour.But in a true David and Goliath fairytale the Stars shone through.This will certainly go down in the the history books as one of the biggest upsets in speedway ever .

I thought most riders have trouble staying on a bike at Poole now

It's not Ayres last meeting for Lynn,he is meant to be sharing the number 7 spot with Lambert.

Totally agree with you there GB.Our struggles have mainly been with Holder not attaining his average.Which if we are all honest we expected him to be near the 9 mark. Looking back at the averages from last season and comparing them to this,only Holder has dropped his average,i haven't included Jorgensen or S.Lambert. 2016 average 2017 so far Holder 8.95 6.98 -1.97 Lambert 7.08 7.44 +0.36 Batchelor 5.26 7.94 +2.68 Rose 5.00 5.33 +0.33 Huckenbeck 3.67 5.93 +2.26

Money talks as they say.Does he ride 3 leagues already?