Shadders

When I saw the Workington line up there was no way we wren't going through to the next round. Apart from Ricky Wells coming to life after the track had dried out it was pretty lacklustre from the Comets. Some decent racing with Edward, Kasper and Nicolaj catching the eye. Pleased to see Dan getting four rides and some valuable confidence with a couple of good rides. Lots of early watering and grading between the early heats, but the track dried out towards the end and so did the entertainment, but it wasn't as dusty as the updater on Speedway Updates commented, not from where I was watching on the home straight terrace.

My understanding is that the track shop people are based in Suffolk and it's not worth the expense of travelling for the NL meetings. New owners at Rye mean there have been a few changes in personel... Lisa has severed her ties with the club as I undestand it... What I don't understand is the need for two security guards.One of them was on collecting entrance money yesterday. Apart from that it seems a very easy gig for them, until Cradley come to town, THEN we'll see what they're made of! Can't see much if any stadium improvments over the past month or so since the intitial work carried out pre and early season.

Cheers Gazza. That's an extra few hours sleep for me

Track Track prep should be interesting... Is that confirmed for 5pm tomorrow?

I'd have willingly exchanged the last few days out here in Egypt to have been at Scunny Hmmmm..... perhaps I over estimated the Scunny side and underestimated ours

Rode for you last year, so knows the track well and Perks hasn't done much. Don't think it'll make much difference to the final outcome

Not the first side to use dodgy tactics to gain an advantage

May have felt the effects of a previous injury, much like Steve Boxall at Lakeside last Friday

I can't work out if you're serious, or taking the pi££..... Scunny by 12 or more

Yeah, that makes sense.Scheduled to land at Gatwick around 1am Sunday, so a few hours kip and then we'll see you in the pub around midday ;D

Can't see us progressing either way Is that the same as a working visa?

Ok, I'll make it simple. We're gonna get walloped by 20+

I reckon you need psychiatric help

I'm not usually one who moans about missing riders costing us results. I was only countering the Scunny fans post about Ben Morley costing them the win. Speedway isn't football, so unfortunately we won't always have first dibs on our contracted foreign riders. Blimey, we can't even call on Edward when we're away and Lakeside are at home and he's an asset! I'm not surprised to see people turning against Silver snr. I acknowledge he's been great for the sport, but his stubbornness is losing what little support we have left. Sounded like a decent meeting though

Looks like we won't be heading to Ipswich for the second leg

Couldn't be there last night, so can't comment on individual performances. Gotta grudgingly agree with Chris. Robins scores have tailed off after a promising start. Haven't seen Dan Greenwood race yet, but he seems out of his depth in the PL.

Just to back up that with some stats Nikolaj is averaging 8.34 at home, RR last night averaged 6. Steve averaging 6.05 at home, Proctor averaged 4.80. Kasper averaging 6.13, Starke averaged 5.60. Pretty clear the Rockets missed the absentees more.

Not having Jakobsen cost us 3 points. Also missing Boxall and Lykke. Count yourself lucky you escaped with a draw

Just a light jacket then. I'll be in the hotel bar trying to keep up with the updates, subject to dodgy Egyptian wifi

I'd love to be there, but.... http://m.accuweather.com/en/eg/sharm-el-sheikh/128443/weather-forecast/128443

Cradley, Birmingham, Ipswich, Leicester, Somerset... May be more, I'll have to ask B4e

I'll take that as a compliment, thanks. I've been called worse

You're correct, Luke's a top bloke. All I can say it's a personal family issue. This is just me putting two & two together, I've heard nothing concrete. Hope he finds a team place somewhere. On his average there will be no shortage of takers. He's not known as a big track rider, so options could be limited. I can think of one or two places where Luke could do a job, but would involve a fair bit of travel. I'm not sure if he'd want that on a weekly basis

Great stuff... Catch of the day.. That's my work done

It goes a lot deeper than that