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I think the best thing Northampton could do is sort out the track, if it could be prepared for some half decent racing, that would help significantly to attract supporters on a regular basis.

Which begs the question did either of them at least try.

Nothing stopping Doyle and Fricke going through the qualifiers

The main problem is the owner, he has his own ideas on what he wants to pay riders and he doesn’t compromise, that coupled with the fact he regularly falls out with riders, staff and supporters, makes it difficult and not just in putting teams together. It makes it very hard to achieve anything and frustrates his staff and fans, I never really understood why he ever went into the Premier League, he had a lot of success at Championship level but trying to run Premier League on a Championship budget is always going to be difficult with any success strictly limited.

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It was indeed but the BSPA fine was over turned following an appeal to the acu

More down to a significant amount of cash from Torun than anything else.

Rob Lyon is an excellent team manager as he showed whilst at Peterborough, the problems at Lynn stem from the very top and nothing will change whilst he is in charge.

Your not winning anywhere including at home, as for your track it’s dreadful, last time it was half decent was in the 90,s.

But more importantly has the racing improved, it was dire on opening day but should have settled down now.

I have always thought they should save a rain off programme for when it’s re arranged with an insert, at least it’s relevant to the team they are actually riding against

It certainly isn’t to any club that have signed him to ride for them

Either that or a sun break

Doyle has never been my favourite rider but his commitment to the UK has never been in question and it puts a lot of our so called British riders to shame, especially those who are more than happy to ride in British Finals, SON and WC and of course the very popular play offs, but continually decline from riding in the UK but want the benefits nonetheless.

That’s better than rare it’s non existent

It sounds like a not either on the usual updates or the BSPL one

It’s plainly obvious the FIM have the same standards setting the rules as the BSPL, it’s never very easy is it.

I have checked BBC weather and Rainfall Radar this morning and the forecast for the week including Friday and Saturday in Manchester is dreadful.

I dare say they looked at the finances/costings for one and it just meant losing money even with a sell out, personally I think it’s too expensive at Belle Vue full stop for one GP let alone 2. They kept ramping up the price at Cardiff each year and look where that ended up, supporters just ended up walking away or watching it on TV, TNT seem to be going that way as well. It wouldn’t be too bad if the racing was top notch but this years Prague GP was the very first since 1995 that actually had some decent racing and even some overtaking, I just thought it was me and the Glasgow promoter who thought the racing was actually important.

I was reliably told that Manchester couldn’t make it pay on one which was why they said it was two or nothing, cannot see that changing going forward.

Zmarzlik is extremely good their is no getting away from it, he is a very good at all aspects of riding, good control, balance, trapping in fact it’s hard to find fault with anything, which is why he has won 6 world titles. But it’s his consistency and the fact that he rarely gets himself into any trouble through falls or injuries, that makes him stand out, despite riding sometimes on the edge. The only riders that appear to give him some trouble are Laguta and Kurtz and Laguta was stopped by the authorities governing the sport. As some have said he has years left at the top if he wants it

5 qualifying races, 1 semi or LCQ and a final already provides the chance to get 21

Tim I seriously doubt that the vast majority (me included) haven’t got a bloody clue how it all works out and it’s just bloody ridiculous when you consider they changed it from an easy formula that everyone pretty much understood to what they currently use. 20 qualifying races, 2 semis and final was used for years and it worked okay, the scoring system, 3,2,1,0 was easy and Falls, Retirements, Tapes and Disqualifications is pretty straight forward. I am not sure who does the race card spreadsheet for the referees (like Kandysoft in the UK) but apart from them, you and the odd official I bet not many, with most relying on you and them to sort it out. I would bet Tatum and the rest of the commentators are as much in the dark as 98% of the spectators. They even now go through the rigmarole of warning riders time after time who try and guess the tapes going up, again it’s bloody nonsense just disqualify them, they would soon learn to sit still and not try to anticipate the start. OK the point about a rider winning a GP getting less points than someone else could easily be avoided by just awarding the winner 25 points, with the rest getting what they earned from the heats. Yesterday was the very first time I enjoyed a Prague Grand Prix, the second half of the meeting had some very good racing, after the usual processional start and it was refreshing to see.

Anyone know when the draws likely to be up

I am inclined to agree, Bomber has had his chance and Brennan and Thompson are a lot better than most of the field let alone the other Brits. i would go further and do what other federations insist on, riders competing fully in their own federations leagues, I like Woffinden and he is still a good rider but him Lambert and Ellis should be riding in the UK if they want to ride in the British Championship, SON, World Cup and test matches, if they those to miss the UK (which clearly is their right) then they should miss out on National Championships and World Championship qualification places as well.