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Good point, we would have had 2 riders to cheer then.Gp rider having 3 flipping(strongest word i reckon i can get away with) ef's in one meeting is either very very bad luck in which case i bet he is glad they happened tonight and not in practice or heaven forbid, in the gp, or if not luck a f*****g disgrace.I would imagine the majority of supporters in the crowd tonight were stars supporters, there to cheer their 2 riders on.hmm.

What? you mean whoever fish shows the fence to will come last?

About time too, hopefully we can now draw a line under ther whole sorry affair and quit the "he did this, but they said that" bickering thats been going on.Shame we wont get a proper full fixture list though meeting all teams twice but hey ho.

We will see soon enough.I really hope we stay PL this season, if peterboro drop down and ipswich as well we could have some great local derbies with some ATMOSPHERE. If its EL , well i think it will be a shame with the league in such a mess, but will try to keep an open mind, see if i can afford it, and hope i dont get fed up with the repetition and blank weeks

well said, canadian star, well said.

You almost had mer convinced then "easternwolf", right up until you said "the el promoters have learned their lesson",

Certainly sounds that way doesnt it.Isnt it bloody ironic, in the season leicester open(75 ish miles away) and ipswich drop down (not far either) it seems lynn may be moving up and their nearest rivals(peterboro) havent yet declared their intent to race.Brilliant.Not.An 8 team league, woopy doo.Who is gonna put the air fence up every week, how much extras is it going to cost us, does this mean no more TT, why is dooly going(at least we would have 1 reserve/second string), will we get a decent team and not be whipping boys again and can we send shovlar the wrong way when poo come to town!

I wouldnt go as far as that, but the tail may be a bit long, especially away from home!

Too right it does, bunch of back stabbing 2 faced narrow minded t0ssers .They can keep their "elite" league.Tarnished, corrupt bunch....and breath.Be about typical though, if peterboro dont run and ipswich in pl we still wouldnt get a local derby!

Or his aussie cousin who lives in dorset ...... Sul,oh no hang on we had him a couple of years ago.

Surely no worse than the rumour that ipswich have signed danny kings argentinian cousin juan!

Yes, but a bumper speedway crowd is not as big as an average bank holiday stock car crowd, unfortunately

Hope so vog, shame lee smart has finished in the nl , well according to the star he has anyway.If plymouth move up there will be a couple of nl riders available there, and bournemouth , weymouth.

know this is going off topic a bit, and apologies to ipswich supporters for that but and its probably not a fair comparison, I used to go to swindon from early 70s as a little kid, through to early 90s with my dad, and BL speedway used to be brilliant, loads of banter, cheering atmosphere etc,in moved to norfolk a few years ago and after separating from the ex(hooray) started going to watch the stars, and in my opinion, and i know there is a 15 odd year gap, the RACING isnt as good at pl level, occasionally you get a belter of a race, usually when you get a couple of el old hands battling it out, a bit of track craft etc, but the other thing is THE ATMOSPHERE HAS GONE .Why? Thats what we need back, atmosphere, at the world cup event 2 it was incredible, my partner, not a speedway fan(working on that one) also said it was brilliant. IS cost cutting the answer,dont know, but El as it stands is boring and far too repetitive, a different team each week with a "wow got to go to that one cos so and so is riding" whether that be i dunno, edinburgh in town so lets go boo fisher, or coventry are coming lets go watch bomber, is what we need.Bigger league, more variety, more interest, bigger crowd, simples! Cut the stupid rules out, tac rides, stop ripping teams apart so supporters can get a chance to relate to a team, put dirt on tracks so racers can race and get out and bloody well promote the sport.Get it on local radio, give out free car stickers to anyone that wants to put one in the car and make people aware of speedway, no one will come along if they dont know its there.

And of course everything that has been written by or qouted by mr bartlett is all absolutely true, and there can be no doubt it is his side that should be treated as a true representation of the facts ?

Doesnt deserve to come back? Crap. anyone not considering signing tom on his average after the way he was riding again at the end of the season would be making a big mistake in my opinion.He has got to be worth at least 8 to 8.5 points a match, plus he is one rider the youngsters can look up to and take the p1ss out of( toms words at the na not mine!)Ok he may not be quite as potent as an out n out no1 (prove me wrong, go on tom)but got to be worth a team place.

personally let him go now whilst we have plenty of time and find another rider that would commit to Lynn week in week out . Personally, i agree with you on that one.Yes it would be great to see him race each week, but it is obvious where he really wants to ride. A certain young mr haines springs to mind who only really wanted to ride for wolves.

I am looking forward to watching him race next season too em, i was just looking at other options, ifs buts and maybes if you like, if another 5 pointer could be found the balance of the team could be altered maybe and not only have an improver for the season but an investment too,the funds from the sale of darcy must look good in the clubs accounts, as would the sale of any other "find" if there was one.

I know what you mean, but they didnt manage it with darcy! At least the club got a tidy sum for his contract after a year in the team

Seeing as things have changed a little this last few days, how about this one: Travis Mcgowan 9.09 linus Eklof 5.30 Emiliano sanchez 6.64 Chris schramm 6.37 Tom topinka 7.64 Adam Roynon 3.95 simon lambert 3.56 ____ 42.45 Before 2.5% reductions OR swap lambo for Darren mallet 3.90 ____ 42.79 Before 2.5% reductions Eklof, Schramm,Tom ,Roynon and Lambert/Mallet all capable of increasing their averages.

Seeing as lasse bjerre will now only be loaned back to kings lynn, would it perhaps be worth considering a new 5 point aussie in his place who would become an asset and use the extra 2 points elsewhere?NO offence intended but it could mean the difference between millsy or schrammy in the team (purely as an example).

Have to say that the promotion have dropped one here. When they said he was signing on for 2011, they should of had his name on a contract and as an asset. I also wish I could say I was surprised about Bjerre heading to Peterborough but I'm not For the good of the team I hope we look elsewhere. I don't see King's Lynn as being a feeder club for anyone, especially not Peterborough Bjerre is a cracking rider but now obviously isn't going to be the future of our club. If he was our asset, I'd happily bring him on then sell him to an EL team as we did with Darcy. That's how PL clubs have to survive, unearth a gem and cash in on him later. There's no guarantee that with Bjerre in the side it will bring success. He's a hell of a talent but did only average 5.80 in his 11 PL meetings. If he was our asset, you'd take the risk for the long term gain. As he's not, thanks very much, now don't let the door hit you on your arse on the way out And herein lies the biggest problem with being in the premier league, a talent is discovered and brought on but as soon as a certain level is reached they are off to the elite league never to be seen again.Ok there are a few exceptions, such as our own tom, but there is so little continuity, any decenty prospects are off,or pinched from under our noses!!Just out of interest, can anyone answer this: Why does a rider have to ride 12 "Official "meetings to become an asset, but another club can just come along and offer a contract to sign?

probably a case of "i want to sign for peterboro and you cant stop me, like it and i will ride this year, if you dont like it i will ride somewhere else"

Salt, pinch of and large spring to mind to take with this news until confirmed! Dan the man in an exchange with dooly would get my vote, but then again , so would moose.Rene bach though? hmm

If doolan has priced himself out of a return, how about moose? It doesnt seem like he will be back at glasgow, and after a season visiting relatively strange tracks could be a good bet for this season.Moose for no 1!!!!