tellboy

So as Kildemand is injured,Lynn can take Zagar from under Belle Vue's nose Think Lynn are sorted anyway

Still missing my point i think.Whilst i said speedway is mainly a points game,it's also about entertainment.I also said i would take Pickering on a 9,even though he probably wouldn't maintain that average his entertainment and everything that goes with him atm is worth it.Of course it's always nice to win,but the people i have spoke to after our home meetings haven't mentioned the wins just the about the great rides Pickering has had.As i said in a previous post too,atm newcomers to the sport want to see great racing they are not necessarily concerned with wins atm.Pickering is probably the main reason why the newcomers around me have come back again.It's hard to get kids of 14/15 out to speedway now but they have come back for more. If i was Sheffield i would have took Pickering over Ellis for the reason Sheffield would have still been the team to beat.Plus they would have one brilliant entertainer in their team.That's a brilliant recipe for getting people back.

I would like to think we will be at for strength on Monday.Only concern for me is it will be Pickering's first visit to Monmore.Hopefully he will realise quite quickly that the track isn't quite the same shape as Lynn's

There you go BB,buy 10 of them sell them for £4 each outside the stadium and there's your entrance fee on the profits.You would think there would be 10 kids who's parents would buy them one at a decent price of £4 wouldn't you.I might be one of those kids at the age of 53

3 newbies standing with us,dad and his 2 kids around 14 yrs old.They have now come to the first 2 meetings(enjoyed it last week).Would think the shift Pickering alone put in last week made them want to come back again yesterday.My daughters boyfriend went to speedway for the first time away at Peterborough and really enjoyed it and came to the home meeting.They couldn't make it yesterday as they are working away.It shows people can still enjoy the product if you can get the riders in like Pickering who they can enjoy to watch.It's not just his riding,but doesn't he enjoy bigging it up with the crowd.Must have to dig out my air horn from 35 years ago now.Are we still allowed to use them or are they outlawed now with many other things.

You must have missed my point about Pickering last week.Whilst i said i agree speedway is a numbers game pretty much now,sometimes you just have to take a rider that is going to entertain you every week rather than look at his average.And in Pickering we have an entertainer.I said to my mate if he ends up with a 9pt average this season we have to have him next season.The guy is pure entertainment so far. I would have taken Pickering over Ellis every day of the week incidentally for the entertainment,plus Sheffield would have had nearly an extra .7 to play with for team building purposes.

Josh Pickering to me is everything you want see from a rider.Balls of steel,a never say die attitude,and a great showman who loves to get the crowd involve.Like i said last week thanks Sheffield. What i now don't understand though is,the Lynn track has had plenty of criticism over the years about the lack of racing.But how come one rider can make it look a great track.So is it the lack of riders now that are willing to give it a go rather than the track being poor.

Maybe he had concerns about being paid for a large chunk of the season as opposed to a couple of matches.Would expect he would get paid pretty quickly for guesting or he wouldn't bother to guest again.

It'll be alright. Should be a home win now,but you just never know,especially where Lynn are concerned. Managed to get a shift swap from Thursday evenings to Wednesday evenings permanently now.You watch next season we will revert back to a Wednesday night,that's just my luck with supporting the Stars.

It won't be Crump.

Why's that?Surely be re-arranged.Monday looks good weather wise at Lynn so hopefully that one will get done.

I think we will be alright at no1.

Well we dug out a win there.Strength in depth pulled us through there,even with a few riders not at their best.But the last 5 races really bought the meeting alive.Ht 15 was awesome.When Ostergaard gated and Harris was at the back i thought it was game over for the Stars.Then Harris got into 3rd you thought a 1-5 was on the cards,but Pickering's absolutely astonishing ride got the crowd to their feet(i know most of them are anyway)and then NKI followed through for a 5-1.It was crazy i lost Pickering he went that wide and low i couldn't see him on bend 2.As an old friend said he hasn't seen that since the Henka days. My thanks goes to Sheffield for releasing Pickering because the numbers didn't fit.I know speedway is a numbers game,but it is also an entertainment game and boy does Pickering fit the entertainment game side.I would take him every day of the week with his entertainment,enthusiasm and his willingness to team ride over the number side of the sport.

I wasn't going to go tonight,but i got the buzz back after Monday.With the highs,lows,controversy and then elation at the end of the meeting it gave me a buzz coming from the stadium with my mates.It does obviously help if you win.The only thing missing was a little dust up between a couple of riders.Managed to get someone to cover my shift at late notice,although i am going in Friday night to re-coup my wage.Friday night ffs.Hope the meeting more than makes up for that

Couldn't agree more.If Belle Vue can do it,then so should the other 5 teams be allowed.Mind you the way it is for Lynn at the moment they may have to do the same.It's the will he won't he ride with KIldemand at the moment.Although he is out for 10 days at least now.

Blimey give the lad a chance,he has only been in the top league for a season.

I'm sure he said on Monday he was only available until May 1st.If you put a very lucrative sponsorship to him though Bagpuss he could well be tempted

So it is through injury now then.All the best to Kidemand.As i said though it didn't seem that he was going to join us anyway reading between the lines.

I didn't think he would last neither Bald Bloke,but i thought it would be through injury not because he can't be asked.

Who know's,Alex Brady is unsure himself when i listened to the podcast last week.

I have known a champions league match to be held up for 45 minutes before.A crash on the motorway held thousands up so they delayed the KO

Don't they do a track walk to get an idea of how the track may ride? A fair result,the Stars definitely deserved that one. Imo ht 11 should have stood after the first race,but i do agree with Brady in that it should have been re-run if Horley was on the ball and put the red lights on during the race to order a re-run.To do it after the race is just wrong.If she couldn't see the tapes from where she was maybe she should have gone with starting from the red and green lights.Don't think she even saw the massive jump in ht 3 from Kerr,or at least i didn't hear anything over the tannoy as that was pretty poor on bend 2. The Iversen thing in ht 13,i maybe wrong but there is something in the back of my mind saying that rule was scrapped a year or two ago.

I knew a rider doing this 20 years ago,it gives them a better chance of getting a team place the following season,plus they don't lose any wages.Happy days.

I heard the podcast too.Doesn't sound too convincing that Kildemamd will come.He is telling Brady he isn't fit when he clearly is.

That's Dale.