Star Fever

Yes, and to do that they'd have to rely on Swindon losing at least one at home AND/OR actually get some points away which is not exactly one of their strong points!

I thought I was the only one who looked at the league table this way! But yes good to hear there's at least 2 of us - you know it makes sense

Poole issues - I assume you mean Ward? Has anything been confirmed yet? IF he's banned I agree their chances wouldn't be as good with guests but knowing Poole they've probably already agreed with the authorities that they could replace him with Holder or Hancock for example even though the date for new signings has passed! Swindon have already shown they can beat Lynn on aggregate so IF we don't get back to our early form they'll probably do it again, plus we have Schlein injured & Rose out and no replacement atm (as far as I'm aware both Rose and Blackbird are out for the season btw). Coventry are unpredictable - yes we could win there next week but it might not be enough if they or others pick up away points elsewhere. Their win at Lakeside last week was pretty awesome! Depending on the Poole situation I'd prefer Coventry in the semis and if we make it past them Poole in the final (if they make it past Swindon!). Current top 6 (home pts lost v. away points gained): Lynn +16 (4 more away so max +32) (1 more home so min +13) Poole +13 (4 more away so max +29) (2 more home so min +7) Coventry +11 (4 more away so max +27) (6 more home so min -7) Swindon +2 (2 more away so max +10) (2 more home so min -4) E'bourne -1 (6 more away so max +23) (2 more home so min -7) Lakeside -1 (2 more away so max +8) (2 more home so min -7) Unlikely that the lowest 2 will manage to get away wins on current form so Swindon pretty safe as long as they don't lose at home and Coventry same even if Lynn win there next week. Poole only need one away win to pass Lynn, so Lynn need points away to make sure of top. Unfortunately this assumes that all these teams will complete their fixtures which looks doubtful atm (as usual!). You serious???!! In that case that reduces Coventry's chances somewhat....

Nope - Pawel Przdelpelski

Will be surprised now if Lynn actually top the league, the way the other 3 are going atm. We need away points at Coventry and Leicester to have any chance or just hope the others mess up each other's chances. And I'll be VERY surprised if we make the final!

Well then we ought to make a move for PP lol before Poole get him! Agreed - he blew hot and cold when he was over here before if I recall (and mainly cold) and is much the same now, if the Euro rounds are anything to go by.

I only include passes from the middle of bends 1/2 (lap1) onwards lol and there were 8 heats with passes and 11 passes overall

I don't really want to change the team tbh but what average would Pawel Przedpelski be assessed at? He has been awesome in the Swedish Elite and looks set to be the next big thing in Poland. Would be nice if we nabbed him before someone else. Or Oliver Berntsson for that matter. Maybe next year

I wish there were grades available in liking a post. If so, the post above by Mr.Ore deserves 10/10 imo - I actually 'laughed out loud' several times!! BRILLIANT

Racing wasn't brilliant certainly but I've seen worse. There were just over half the heats with passes (8/15) and majority of races had close racing. Ben Barker!!!??? We're not THAT desperate are we???

Who needs play-offs for excitement lol? We have a genuinely close and tense finish to the league this year! Any one of Lynn, Poole + Coventry could finish top with all 3 teams still to meet each other. I'd much rather see the league finish with ALL fixtures completed and DESERVED league champs at the end

Wouldn't be too happy replacing anybody tbh - except for injury ofc in Rose's case - would rather see the season out with the team we started with and if we don't win the play-offs, well ok - we don't win the play-offs. Porsing has just returned from injury remember and whilst I agree he didn't look as competitive tonight, its not necessarily that he hasn't got his best bikes here - and even if you're right, Rob Lyon will surely make sure he has for the play-offs? As for tonights meeting, Lynn deserved the 2pts and Swindon deserved their 1pt - hopefully the result won't be changed by any protests to the SCB about Kildemand's (admittedly strange) exclusion in ht11. I can only guess that the ref assumed he'd have been lapped anyway by the end of the race if it had continued, so awarded it without him. The alternate would've been excluding North for 'not racing' by slowing down to make sure he didn't lap him! Controversial decision yes, but a sensible one IMO (but then I'm not the SCB - if it gets that far). Would be somewhat unjust anyway as Lynn had thrown away enough points in that heat anyway 1st with Bjerre's pre-start engine failure 2nd with Kerr's engine failure when almost second behind Schlein & 3rd Rory's disastrous engine failure and fall on lap3! Otherwise, Lynn were good but not very good: NKI 8 (did his usual job) RL 7 (impressive performance - maybe would've got more pts at no4) RS 5 (hadn't done a lot but looked to have sorted by ht11 - but no!) NP 4 (below average but due to injury or bike - who knows?) KB 8 (very impressive - seems to have finally re-found his form/confidence) LK 8 (very good up till his EF - guessing still problems in his last ride or second bike?) SL 6 (not an adequate replacement for Rose but tried well) Swindon PK 2 (bike probs 2nd race but didn't look happy at all in others) NM 8 (gated well and beat all the riders he should have beat) SG 2 (one good gate was all) DN 8 (like NM but did well to keep NKI in 3rd though was beaten by RS before his EF) TB 8 (did his job and very fast) SW 5 (none of his trademark gates tonight but did well enough) NG 1 (competitive one race only) My opinion - take it or leave it

Lets just hope that Rose is fit by play-off time then...

Um.. great yes, but the meeting is NEXT Thursday (Sept 4th)

Dead cheesed that I'm not watching the QFs atm

From those I guess it'll be Darren Mallett again. Could be worse ....

NEXT Thursday? Must be a good weather forecast you're looking at!

I didn't then no, but it seems you've found out and Lynn seem ok at least, thanks

We will? Is Porsing OK then? And Rose was injured on Sunday...or not?

Coventry fans are (rightly) annoyed that Hansen won't be available on that date as he's riding in Denmark but won't the Lynn fans be annoyed too IF Iversen or Bjerre or Porsing (currently injured anyway) are also absent in Denmark? Or is it already known that they won't be?

No need to worry about that - Coventry would have to lose 2 or 3 home meetings and Swindon win 2 or 3 away for them to finish 3rd in table and Coventry will still make play-offs anyway in 4th!! Lynn need to win there if they want to be sure of finishing top of the table though so I doubt there'll be any favours!

Obviously October isn't generally a good month for dry days but there again nor is April! In other words its pot luck - if October was reserved for play-offs (only SIX matches remember) there'd surely be a good chance of getting them in! Yes, Lynn have had a few blank weeks plus ofc there's 2 or 3 weeks gap for the world cup which ironically was perfect weather this year. We lost our fixture with Birmingham straight after the WC - strange that date wasn't used. You'd think the powers that be would've learnt by now as its the same every year :/

Indeed and that would be extremely unfair - hope you manage to get them all in ... I don't know when the cut-off is but it beats me why its so early (Sky I suppose....) but it would surely make more sense to have end of Sept as the cut-off - theres a whole month after to get in just 6 meetings after all! Its hardly good TV I'd have thought if the punters are told ''...team XYZ did'nt make it due to running out of time... '' when there's about 6 weeks of the season still to come!

Yeah sure will be tight - Poole have got into top form at the right time of the season, while Lynn have eased off a bit. After their draw at Leicester Poole currently sit at +13, so even gaining +1 point at their last 3 aways will not be enough as it stands, but Lynn will be in trouble if they get an away win or two! Lynn must get all 3pts at home in their last two to remain at +17, but of course any points gained away will put that up. Surprised you didn't mention Coventry though - they sit at +11 at the moment, and have 4 more away matches. If they don't lose any more at home and get a couple more away wins it could see them overtaking both Lynn and Poole For info (current positions basing on points lost at home v. points gained away) : Lynn +17 Poole +13 Coventry +11 Swindon +1 Lakeside -1 E'bourne -1 BelleVue -5 Wolves -12 Leicester -14

Well I haven't added another comment since last night but the thread has got at least 2 pages longer since, so I guess you're wrong BWitcher - its not me who is keeping it alive! Oh and btw - I've never 'bleated about the thread dragging on' so I'm afraid you're wrong again! Have a nice day