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Sick of hearing about how great this place is supposed to be, every meeting I have seen from here has been rubbish, far far better has been witnessed at Lakeside, a track many are only to happy to take a swing at for the same supposed lack of racing.

Forget the so called farce of Lakeisde vs Poole, that last heat was utter fn BS

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On paper the Robins look stronger than the Poole team that visited recently, I still think we are strong favourites to win but nothing can be taken for granted, looking forward to at least some good races involving Jason Doyle, amazing to think how he has developed when at one point I thought he was just always likely to be a rather erratic reserve/second string. Justin and Robbo are also popular around Lakeside so they will get a good reception, Bjarne is the wild card, he must surely be looking to prove a point tonight? Riding in a heat leader slot too, which is what he would have been for us originally.

Does that mean Bjarne will ride at reserve? After the Poole result I am not taking anything for granted.

Never seen a poor meeting from here, great track and quite frankly regardless of its size is better than any race track in the UK imo

I could not have been more wrong with my prediction, AJ, Edward and Kim were really on it last night, Lewis B tried as always but sometimes was in the wrong place at the wrong time, still a little cause for concern with the reserves but it was announced Ben Morley will be getting a chance soon. Seems Lewi Kerr is no longer with revolution speedway?

I think Wolves will edge this one, worried about whether Eddy will be fully over his recent health problems.

Just want to check, is this more of a farce than the Lakeside vs Poole meeting?

I will give it half hour, if the racing is not better than Monday i will watch the football instead.

At Lakeside it isn't a case of shuffle out, more a case of run like the start of the Le Mans race, Crazy! but this has been the case since second halves were scrapped which allowed for a much more gradual egress from the stadium. I prefer to hang around afterwards unless I have to be up early the next day as it avoids waiting to get out of the car park.

Upright engines A home meeting every week with at least 23/24 home meetings in total per season A wide variety of opponents and riders The old louder silencers Each rider having their own kevlars Local derbys against Rye House, Hackney and Ipswich Clubs such as Oxford, Reading, Newport and Long Eaton. The Silver and Golden helmet match races

I think it is the bikes, I blame them for a lot of the sports current ills including the cost of actually riding the things. I remember Swindon being a really good track, same as Kings Lynn and that has also seem to have lost a lot of its spark whenever I have seen meetings from their on the telly. Also I don't know where this talk about Lakeside getting poor crowds has come from? bar the televised meetings the levels have been respectable, and the Poole match in the A fixture was very attended.

Poor track prep ruined this meeting, really bugs me that in this day and age its all about getting a meeting on rather than providing quality racing, its like going into a restaurant and being served under cooked food than being told, well its better than no food at all, yeah but thats not what we pay for. I also don't get the whole EL vs PL thing, both can provide good racing and poor meetings, close meetings and one sided meetings, I've supported Arena Essex/Lakeside in effectively all three levels of competition down the years and whilst I love having guys like Andreas Jonsson and in the past Leigh Adams and Mark Loram in my team, my preference is actually for the PL, simply because its more meetings on a regular basis against more varied opponents.

Not sure, think the track staff might have bottled it but hopefully they can some moisture into the track, needs it.

With pleasure, I got their about 19:50 and was surprised to see the car park have as many cars as it did, indeed inside the arena there were more people than I thought there would be so from a crowd point of view I don't think it was too bad. In terms of racing the track did seem quite wet and early on riders were getting a bit filled in, trying build up speed looked hard as the roost was slowing riders behind down, the times of the wins though proved the track has some grip in it though, I don't recall a heap of passing to be honest, maybe a handful of genuine passes at most. Pirates were often just that bit sharper out of the gates, Starke, Ellis and Holder at least and once the latter was out in front he was gone, best I have seen him ride our place for some time, AJ could not even get near him which you seldom see most weeks when he chasing an opposing rider. The tale of the tape was just three heat wins for the home side versus 12 for the Pirates, no team will win a match with only three heat winners. I suspect had Poole been at full strength they would have won more convincingly and certainly this was a wake up call for the Hammers promotion, there is no consistent backup AJ and whilst it will still be a better season than 2015 if they want to be a competitive unit in the play offs, a change or two will probably be required.

Well done to Poole, regardless of guest riders etc they wanted it more and deserved the win, no excuses.

Newsflash, it does not matter if the keyboard warriors are enjoying this meeting or not, Tigers fans are and that's all that is important, they will be there next week, will the keyboard warriors? Weather is crap at the moment, far from summer we should be having, tracks will be hard to get right, it is what it is, moaning about it won't help.

Cracking meeting tonight, well done Bees

Heavy showers expected to be hit and miss, but if the track cops one, its likely to be game over, There is an official weather warning for tomorrow as is the case with such weather, there is a risk of localised flooding.

Fair enough but you just answered your own question, when you went before the sky matches can be drawn out, ironically last night the racing concluded with tons of air time left. I think it's important remember Sky do not care if there are people in the stadiums, that doesn't pay them money, people sitting at home paying their Sky subscription does, they are in the main trying to attract a tv audience which is why the product is accordingly so biased towards those at home (replays, interviews etc) than those at the track who have to take a back seat to that.

So let me get this right? Your a Hammers fan who is sitting at home complaining about the the fact some Hammers fans choose to sit at home instead of going? you do understand how that makes you look?

forecast is for a dull day, not nessesarily rain as such but it's I the air so not allowing much scope for drying out after rain during the night, should be ok providing it doesn't actually properly rain this afternoon, but without knowing how wet the track is after yesterday it's almost a case of how long is a piece of string, Sky won't call it off early , that's for sure.

After all the rain today the track is likely very wet and tomorrow is expected dull and damp so could be touch and go?

Crowd was down but plenty of good racing by the Hammers, I know Lions are not a huge draw but as some will no doubt stay away next Wednesday when the telly is in I though more would have taken the opportunity to come out and support the club.