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From Edinburgh website: 'Monarchs Captain Paco Castagna faces a period on the sidelines as he looks to fully recover from a hand injury. Paco has been riding through the pain since his crash against Redcar back in April and following scans has now been diagnosed with thumb ligament damage. Paco will undergo treatment in a bid to return as quickly as possible. Heal up fast Paco.'

What’s wrong with Michele?

Poor display from Leicester - who looked like a championship side - just glad I didn’t watch it live

Thought Northampton could have got a draw if Chris Adam’s was on the bail. Should have replaced batch from his last ride and put Harrison in instead as it was a three rider race thus allowing Thomson to replace Harrison in heat 14.

It's Ipswich next week. Kings Lynn is the week after.

Called that well

I've never understood the argument that fans will find something else to do when there's big gaps between meetings & not return? By that logic fans wouldn't come back after the winter break, having found something else to do!

Well it's a 140 mile round trip & I'd seen Leicester before at NSS this season, plus did that trip twice last weekend and I haven't seen Kings Lynn at NSS this year who visit next week.

Err, yes he has.

Heat 13 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BdDZQyADY/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I think Jake Allan would expect to reach an 8 point average if you asked him and Edwards isn’t progressing and has stood still, I get we should always have a strong reserve partnership but we should be expecting more than 0 for Edwards at home or 5 points between Klindt and Allan, simply not good enough I’m afraid.

Some good racing tonight despite the scoreline. Doyle was superb in his first ride with Will Cairns and was a class act all night. Kildemand, Blodorn and Zischke will all feel more confident after scoring well. I'm sure Belle Vue would have lost money though - a very poor attendance and lots of points money to pay out.

Thing is you look at that scorecard and only Bomber can you criticise for his score, the other four did what you'd expect/want really. Tough job when you go down to five riders early on, just have to take the win and move on to the next one.

He's 43.

What the hells up with Harris

Looks like cookies staying

The Doyle effect is working so far 😁

Dug that one out from somewhere. We always looked stronger in heats 13 and 15 the way Fricke and Kvech were going.Even more so giving Kvech had 2 races with only him in it for Lynn. Hopefully Jody isn't too bad and we see him on Thursday at Ipswich.

Jason Crump for me…lol

Poor from Lynn again

Despite the scoreline, still some good racing. Dear BSN, do you have to show Kings Lynn next week? Can’t you show another meeting from this track instead 😉

Phillipe Berge?

DT apart, pathetic from the Lions 👎🏻

Imagine replacing cook with david bellego 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Yes there is a way forward but none of the current crop of club owners are prepared to break rank. It would not be pretty compared to Poland but you could have a decent set up if you offer not just speedway but make the meeting an event with speedway and say short track etc. The same old formula in the UK is different to the rest of Europe and the occasional onlookers who probably take a look on YouTube think there is no cohesion and that in itself shows speedway up as a fragmented sport that is difficult to relate to and comparisons then become difficult. You watch Poland with heat 14 and 15 nominated and then the substitutes etc in those heats whereas in the UK heat 14 is a done deal as far as the programme is concerned and heat 15 follows the Polish format but without the changes. Look at the sport as a form of entertainment and play up to the punter not the throttle jockeys who have little character and cannot be protagonist to wind up the crowd like riders did back in the day. With one or two exceptions, it is going through the motions rather than putting entertainment as a top priority. Sad as it is few do but the exception and one providing excitement is Plymouth who for example the match on Saturday came across on the updates and reading the feedback on the forum as something out of the top drawer so it proves it can be done and I wish I had been at the meeting. Brought back memories of a fine Saturday night at Rayleigh with superb crowds and then during the meeting hearing the results coming through from the other Saturday night tracks and how they affected the league standings. Alas it has gone down hill ever since.