mikebv

Just read this and checked the timeline when it appeared.. It said 22 hours ago.. It really could have said 22 years ago and many would stil have nodded in agreement.... How about starting with whoever becomes Champions gets their average used as the limit next year? An aspirational level to be attained by the rest.. And meaning the Champs don't have to release riders if they don't want to... And hopefully meaning their crowds, who have built an association with the riders who have brought success, can keep that so important emotional attachment that team followers desperately need..?

Thank you Mr Chunky, my good man. Kind words indeed. i will try and explain my rationale for said articulation. Your words took me back to a particularly bleak and grey night at New Cross a great many years ago. A night full of mist and drizzle (mizzle if you will), and one where I remember dear old Sverre Harrfeldt (a true gentleman), saying to me "Open that door for me will you I've got my hands full" as he arrived at the track carrying his leathers in a bag. We remained on me knowing who he was terms for a great many years. Many more than either of us would care to remember I am sure. Note "leathers", I said by the way, and black ones only too, not some garishly coloured garb that looks like they give no more protection than a common or garden wincyette nighty. As I say a true gentleman was Sverre, no tattoos or holes in his ears for him. In fact, as a case in point I remember Split Waterman one night at West Ham saying etc etc etc

Mmmmm. Interesting Iris123 and thank you, indeed, food for thought. I have a question and its a pertinent one. Is this service available via one of the true wonders of the modern world, that is to say, the telephone, perchance? And if that it is indeed the case in point, do Messrs WHSmith accept postal orders as remittance (in part or full) for said purchases? Personally I cannot wait for the Internet to be invented whereby I can eagerly, and enthusiastically, look forward to the day companies decide to sell their wares "on-the-line", as I believe the correct parlance may well turn out to be.

You see, you are giving up far too easy.. Simply tell Buster that as an Ipswich fan you know the only way for Ippo to get to the final is to prepare the track devoid of dirt.. Basically tell him that Ipswich need a billiard table type smooth surface with hardly a smattering of shale.. A 'gaters paradise' if you will... That way you can guarantee a track with six inches of loose stuff that you could grow taters in...

Plenty of riders, drivers, tennis players, snooker players, darts players and showjumpers have won three Grand Prix in their chosen sports.. And Lewis Hamilton has won many, many more than three.. You need to go back and tell her.. This young lady will feel foolish I am sure..

With no TacSub rides I would suggest ten points is doable.. Particularly if Ippo rip up the track and make it heavy... We saw tonight how Poole struggled until the track went slick so maybe Ippo need to take advantage of this.. At least it makes the 2nd leg interesting for us neutrals.. (As much as we are neutrals).. Fair play tonight to Poole for digging deep, and overall not a bad advert for the sport...

Think Ipswich need to make it a 'tad grippy' on Saturday. ..

If that had been Nicki P taking THJ out I would think there would be somewhat of a different understanding of the situation on here.. Good old Bomber...

Took a dive....

Becoming a rare occurance for me too...

My barber used to sing "holding back the ears" whilst he cut my hair...

Track slickening off.. Could be giving Poole a lifeline?

Bomber Harris flying again... (I presume the play offs dont impact averages? )...

No problems.. Poole have a history in making sure meetings go to ten races...

Must confess, I love watching meetings like this.. Simply because 'true racers' get a fairer end of the stick rather than the usual 'gate and go' fest that most bone dry slick tracks provide...

Middlo in a Huddlo, in a Puddlo...

Come on Ipswich.. You are going to blow a chance of a big crowd on Saturday if your not careful... Give them a chance...

Good job it's not a boxing match or the ref might be thinking about stepping in.....

Could be plenty of MX type block passes tonight as the leaders take the outside lines.. Follow the leader if not. .

The two Pirates didn't look like they fancied it too much there... Looks like the Witches have no such concerns...

Is the tide in or out?

I think he meant that there is no 8 point rule apart from that one....

Didn't anyone think of telling Patryk Dudek that it's the Final this week?

Game over... Every season there appears to be no point in going to watch Smederna till they reach the play offs..

The sport (in the UK), is now no more than a conduit for riders to earn the kind of money that justifies their outlay on kit... A system devised to provide as many rides as possible for individuals, with scant regards to the impact this has on any credible status of each league or the teams within them.. It won't change now I would suggest, as it cannot given how long this situation has been allowed to fester.. Basically riders riding for whoever, whenever, is an integral part of the business plan, and operating model, which then facilitates their participation in the sport in the UK.. Too many teams? Not enough riders? Either way, that scenario isn't going to be fixed anytime soon unless they try six or even five man teams initially to give themselves some head room to deliver a much more fit for purpose longer term plan.. No breath is being held waiting for that to happen I would suspect..