Shadders

Last saw them at Rye in 1985, my first ever speedway meeting. They were the Wildcats then. Beat us 40-38

Next thing you need to check is yourself in for counselling for even suggesting Barker for Rye House. Have you seen him race there?

When was he last at his best? If your argument (flimsy at best) is to be taken seriously we should be looking to sign Ivan Mauger. Even if Wells scores 5 or 6 points a meeting that'll be a vast improvement on Watt

An hour by plane from Edinburgh to Stansted with Ryanair. Done it a few times recently. Only problem is there's only one flight on a Saturday, departing at 7am!!May be better off having someone drive him half way down, stay at a hotel and continue the journey after breakfast

Try telling that to some of the half-bakes on the Rye House Facebook group. I've never known such a bunch of brain dead morons. "Win as a team, lose as a team".... "Get on a speedway bike and see if you can do better"... "Why don't you tell Davey to his face" Idiots!

Excellent coverage on BBC West Midlands

Is it still 4 home/4 away league meetings for the new averages to take effect? Kings Lynn away on 24th May would be the fourth away meeting, unless the recent rain off is rescheduled before that date.

NBJ purely for the reason Chris gave... no double up/down problems.

I appreciate that, but I'll wager there are hundreds, probably thousands who do, but can't be bothered.

He's available and would welcome a return. Average fits too

My coffee table knows more about speedway than that Poole tool For regular speedway I like to pay a visit to my local track. If more people did that instead of relying on TV coverage perhaps it wouldn't be in such a mess

Crap is a little harsh. No holes, not dangerous, just slick

It would have to be written into the rules, otherwise unscrupulous promoters/team managers would think up any excuse to prevent it. I can see no end of problems and arguments, not worth the hassle. Kings Lynn (Porsing aside) got their set ups wrong. Didn't see many Swindon fans moaning last week. The track was the same then.

Not allowed to overtake? Hmmmm... don't think that's in the rule book, but I'll have to check. I'm also a terrible loser, but nowhere near as bad as I was. It's the reason I stopped going to see us a KL for the last 2 or 3 years you were PL, but strangely continued to travel to Somerset where we were even worse! Hard to say as I've rarely seen the track with lots of shale down. Don't think the new exhausts help, but I'm no expert by any means. The one meeting I saw at Rye when it had loads of grip was a PL meeting with Sheffield a few years back. First meeting of the season. I recall riders getting into difficulty on the second turn and it reverted to its normal state for the rest of the season. There was a meeting on a rain soaked track, world U21 qualifier I think it was. Any other meeting and it would've been called off. A young lad by the name of Emil Sayfutdinov revelled in the conditions.

Farce? It's still 4 laps on a speedway bike. Every rider starts from the same position.... Perhaps you're just a bad loser

It appears so. Here's a word... cheats

But his "injury" massively helped Swindon into the next round of the KOC

Would I?

More likely to close if things continue as they are

I know of people five minutes away who stopped going after the first home defeat. Astounding

I can see what he means. Back in the day Rye House was a fortress. No teams liked coming here. The adverse camber on the first turn (no idea when that appeared) only made it worse. Over the years the mystique withered away and home defeats came more often as savvy riders gradually worked it out. Of course, this may have had a something to do with some of the garbage sides we put out!! Note Kennett also said, "nice to finish on a high and get all the points". 3 points for a home win no matter how many you win by these days Edward 😂

Strange how some away fans moan when they get beat, but not a mention when they win. Rye track has been slick for as long as I've been going (32 years). Riders know it, supporters know it. I'm amazed that anyone's surprised!

I hope it's mechanical, but I fear he's just shot of confidence. Seemed to panic when racing Lambert going into bend 3 in heat 9 and binned it. I fear he's finished in top flight speedway and on his average wouldn't be on the radar of any PL sides. A sad end to a decent speedway career Don't think I endeared myself to them last week when they came round selling 50/50 tickets. When I asked how much, one of them said a pound a strip, to which I quickly replied, "thanks darlin'... and I'll take some raffle tickets as well"

I am, but there's not much you can do about chains when you're moving home. Hopefully be up there mid to late May

Sorry to hear about your bad experience, but I'm sure Steve Jenson had his work cut out dealing with issues throughout the night. I'm sure he'll take what you said on board should he hear about it. The BMR promotion have been pretty good dealing with fan feedback, unlike the previous regime who adopted a "sod you" attitude to loyal fans and paying customers