bigcatdiary

The collectors Fayre next to the stadium always have a good selection of GP programmes and quite a few track shops now sell them, other than that EBay is a good source as well.

Good GP and the whole show was very entertaining, the racing got better the longer it went on but it's also clear the track held up well. Not sure about the new press conference maybe if we could have heard it it might have been better but second bend middle tier it wasn't clear at all. It did look as though the crowd was slightly up on last years

It was singles

Peterborough did it during the Rick Frost era after Mick Bratley instigated it in the bar, very popular for a while.

Trouble is it only really suits Poole at this moment in time which is why he is bleating on about it again.

If Somerset stay injury free I cannot see anyone getting near them, They are a bloody good team and think they are going to walk the league this year. Rye House beat them in an early PLC match at Rye by 3 points, since then they have won every other match.

I don't doubt Panthers will be attempting some kind of result tomorrow after their poor showing in the first leg but it's clearly not going to be easy. Weather for tomorrow is good so hopefully no problems on that score, Panthers again at full strength.

Planning & Preperation Prevent Piss Poor Performance It's not rocket science is it.

Sounds like Cook thinks the same after his comments on the mike according to updates.

And over the last few years the fans have been voting with their feet which is why it's strange that clubs still do it, clearly the organisers must be thick biased or both.

And that is most likely to be the overriding factor, never mind that the whole thing is supposed to entertain the paying supporter it's a guaranteed 3 points and almost guarantees Lakeside to make the play offs. As for everything else they get stuffed, entertainment value zero, away fan attraction zero, passing fan attraction zero. And while this sort of mentality continues amongst promoters this sport will just continue on its downward spiral, I dare say in a few weeks times Cook and others will again be bleating at the lack of support. Most cannot see the wood from the trees. And next week the GP circus rolls into Cardiff, all the top riders, entertainment, fan zones, razzmatazz and the turnout from the supporters, numbers of which the BSPA can only dream about.

Whilst I don't doubt that some fault for the circumstances could be attributed to both clubs the fact remains that this whole situation does nothing for the credibility of the EL, which is at deaths door as it is. As a spectacle it won't attract many Poole fans to attend (if any) and won't attract many passing fans either, so it's likely to be a poor attendance and with Poole basically being pretty weakened it's looking like a big payday for the Lakeside team which then impacts on the wages bill for Jon Cook. Remind me who wins in this situation.

Glad it cheered you up, after the season you have had so far I would be on suicide watch. Saddled with 5pt averages that both are making a mockery of, nothing courageous about it, May did his homework. A very very good side with Allen in particular another Brady Kurtz in the making.

Any weather reports from the area as I know a few Panthers fans are coming down for this and yesterday's forecast didn't make particularly good reading. Both teams at full strength so could be close.

The clue is in the cap he was wearing at the end of the meeting.

Just out of interest who does the EL fixtures.

Matt Ford will race in any league or set up as long as he wins because that's the only thing that matters to him.

Nah, always has his dad with him

He picked up drive, just a racing incident nothing more. Very good meeting with some excellent racing.

I would imagine no one is happy at this and I dare say the BSPA are not going to be impressed either as this is seriously bringing the sport into disrepute.

What on earth is wrong with Barker this year, he has been complete pants away from home but that top four should be doing better than this.

Correct, Hemsley is just trying to muddy the waters.

I can only agree, fully deserved his win and a really nice guy as well.

Clearly you have got the same degree (complete bollux) that Morrisey Fan has.

Correct, don't you remember Peterborough being stopped from signing Thorsell last year on exactly that point.