marko

its the modern bikes! Far too erratic and prone to wild actions even the most skilled of riders cannot control. Please correct me if I am wrong and maybe my memory isn't that good but I can't recall the old uprights lifting violently or shooting off in the corners like the current ones do.

I know one thing, which is the owners of the Arena Essex site are sitting on a fortune, the land alone must be worth millions and to a property company you could almost name any price. I wonder if they want to sell in order to move somewhere else or whether they just want to get out of motorsport full stop? Does anyone know if the site has got any covenants on it, pertaining to its use?

I used to stand with a group of around ten people, all full paying adults, and that has gone down to just one or two, and most of those were not johnnie come lately's, they were once died in the wool fans, and that is a fact!

Doesn't matter whether I go now or not, I've probably spent more time and money going to meetings at Arena Essex in my lifetime than you ever will, I've paid my dues many times over, I'm entitled to an opinion whether you like it or not.

Lakeside have always made sure that there fans are at least second to know what's going on, who are the first? Everybody else! As for Jon Cook driving a tractor, can't they afford a proper track curator now?

Yeah what has the Hammers won since the Terry Russel era? Only the EL Koc in 2009

Almost begs the question, what will happen if Lakeside suffer further rain offs and make the play offs?

Same old Lakeside Liam, half hour gone and only run three heats.

Sorry Waco but that's the risk of running a top heavy team where a guest is only permitted for your top heat leader, said at the start of the season where I initially predicted Hammers as being around 8th was their vulnerability in keeping Ben and Zach fit and available for the duration.

Latest projections are for 80-90% chance of heavy rain between 7 and 9pm Sorry to hear about Zach, was always going to be a risk with him riding so much for different teams.

The club has been falling apart ever since Stuart Douglas left, I assume he has left? you never see or hear from him and i very much doubt that he would stand silent in the background and let things get to where they are now. The club is probably in a worse state than it has ever been in its entire history and there is only one person to blame for that.

If early weather forcast is anything to go by, 90% chance of heavy rain in the afternoon going into the evening then this won't be going ahead anyway.

Shock horror - a televised meeting actually finishes before the programs booked end time.

Apart from Masters, Wolves look pretty slow in comparison, its a good track but you really have to be on top of the setups.

Craig Cook once again being found out tonight, its one thing to win races in the 2nd division and a very watered down 1st but against proper competition he is average at best and that's pushing it.

The problem isn't with the tracks, it's the damn bikes, when oh when will something be done so that the sport can be returned to one where throttle control wins over pure give it everything, hold on and hope. Dont change the tracks to the point we are racing on concrete, change the flipping bikes, upright engines, better silencers etc

Leicester made two huge errors. not naming a number 8 which many years ago you had to when using r/r and secondly young Riss' lack of awareness. But congrats to Swindon, it takes two teams to make a match and whilst it was a car crash it had my attention from start to finish, all 150 mins of it.

Wonder how Lynn fans feel about Troy's commitment to the cause tonight?

Both teams doing there best to lose the meeting

heat 9 could be the slowest in history if both riders try to come second

Absolute dick move by Riss regardless of whether its a team mate or not.

My thoughts, the trophy should either have all the clubs in it or not run at all. It certainly should not have teams in it made up of select sides taking riders from other NL sides like Zach riding for Swindon for example, double up/down if you must, double across is simply mind boggling.

I bet the landlords at Arena still want whatever they have charged in the past for their pitiful stadium.

There is so much doubling up/down that "own" riders no longer exist for the most part. I agree though, that it would attract more fans if teams were made up of riders who only rode for someone else via a rare guest appearance than all and sundry.

Probably not possible but the only way forward is Saturday night racing, the M25 is a no go most week day nights, Friday being often exceptional with people going away for the weekend, even Sunday on some stretches can be a bit dodgy with people coming home from a day or weekend away.