King’s Lynn vs Leicester - Monday 4th August - Premiership R2

[kelvinht]

Interesting what Buster said about the track. 

However, watching from the terraces it didn't seem to give riders any trouble. Just seemed surprisingly slick, which played to Leicesters far superior gating strength. 

The sun is awkward as it shines directly onto start gate, but never used to be an issue, only seems to be a modern thing? Or was the sun in a different place on Saturday nights?

The racing this year has been very good most meetings, but last night was truly awful. All the extra track work made s0d all difference to the racing, just dragged out what was basically a cr@p meeting. Thank God the crowd was poor...

On a different subject, have they seen sense and opened the main gate to back car park again rather than clog up the industrial estate?

[tellboy]

5 hours ago, SJA said:

So whoever does the Proboards updates blamed the lack of grip on the start line for Lynn's woes, as it played into the Lions hands (or should that be paws). Obviously this person has never been to Leicester in the last 5 seasons as they rip the start line before the meeting to produce what I feel is the grippiest start in British Speedway. 

This was the last meeting that I will attend at Kings Lynn this season as the last three times been there has been a delayed start for whatever reason which causes me to miss the end of the meeting as I need to be on the last train back to London at 21:42. I cannot think of another sport that is so amateurish as to have delayed starts. At times the sport does not help itself. Last week delayed for a big crowd, this week for additional track prep. 

Lynn normally rip the starts up too,but what makes Lynn really grippy is the clay content so normally the starts really are very grippy.Last night most of that had gone off of most of the track.Simply Leicester outgated Lynn pretty much all night.

Kelvinht both gates in the main car park has been open for the last 3 or 4 meetings.

Edited 20 hours ago by tellboy

[kelvinht]

10 minutes ago, tellboy said:

Kelvinht both gates in the main car park has been open for the last 3 or 4 meetings.

Cheers... been avoiding it as it was a right ball ache getting out. Had missed previous 2 home meetings due to hol and illness 

[stevebrum]

13 hours ago, BluPanther said:

I have always thought the top four this season was a foregone conclusion. The top four all have big hitters, and I never bought the strength in depth argument this year...

I pretty much agree with that although Peterborough did do ok with the dads army side.

I’d say teams with top end power are nailed on for the top 4.

[IainB]

48 minutes ago, stevebrum said:

I pretty much agree with that although Peterborough did do ok with the dads army side.

I’d say teams with top end power are nailed on for the top 4.

Dad's army was in the first year back after covid wasn't it when there weren't really any "stars" in the league, that makeup of team may have worked then (as it did), can't see it doing so again while the superstars are all at 4 clubs. 

[BluPanther]

11 minutes ago, IainB said:

Dad's army was in the first year back after covid wasn't it when there weren't really any "stars" in the league, that makeup of team may have worked then (as it did), can't see it doing so again while the superstars are all at 4 clubs. 

And the Panthers had 4 riders with an average over 7, along with Scotty 6.71 and Bjarne 6.33

Only Bewley and Holder could be classed as big hitters that year...

[IainB]

8 hours ago, BluPanther said:

And the Panthers had 4 riders with an average over 7, along with Scotty 6.71 and Bjarne 6.33

Only Bewley and Holder could be classed as big hitters that year...

Numbers wise it seems closer to the current Leicester team, though that does have a big hitter in Fricke, somebody capable of winning heats 13 & 15 and generally beating the opposing teams number 1, that's all Lynn are short of really. The legacy teams in the PL Ippo, Sheffield, BV have all managed to build with some astute signings, of the 3 newcomers only Leicester have really managed to compete thanks to the signing of Fricke. For Lynn, since Lambert left they've made some poor signings in Laguta & Musielak (tbf who knew that Musielak would do what he did) as number 1's... and don't really have one this season.

Edited 2 hours ago by IainB