kelvinht

Norwich

woo-hoo....good news at last. Looks a strong team who will hopefully do well....can't wait for sunshine speedway, saddlebow road....

Guess Swindon are trying to cover themselves or more likely force Peterboro's hand regarding Hans....if they aren't allowed to talk to Bjerre one must assume Peterboro want him, therefore Hans is surplus to requirements....

NKI will be doubling 'across' between both teams taking no.1 rides for both the panthers and the stars. Where no.1 riders race in the same race the team that owns th asset takes preference, the other team gets to bring in a guest replacement for those races...except in heat 15 where his points are halved and laps 1 and 2 count for Peterborough, laps 3-4 for the Stars..... Think thats what the latest rule change says....

will add extra spice when the panthers come to the NA...

Good point, 'young' Michael used to keep the show ticking along nicely, big shoes to fill.....

Back to the rest of the team, for me Stead is gonna be the bargain of the season. He'll be getting regular rides d/up with Sheffield so should be sharp for his Stars matches. I can only see him going one way, and its not down...it'll be close between him and Mads for the 3rd heat leader spot all season

looks a well balanced team....me likey....according to twitter Alden isn't riding PL next season..

Assume thats another new rule that if your surname is Jensen they you belong to Peterborough....good job he wants to be known as Bech....

Just had another look at this, couldn't make my mind up last night when I watched the footage, but for me Neilsen was at fault. Coming out of 4th bend Adam was on the line and in front. Nielsen was on the outside and behind, but had more speed so came across Adam and tried to clamp him on the line coming out of the corner (which is why Adam looked across). Adam had nowhere to go. Still a racing incident though with no malice inteneded either way. Get well soon Adam

They were the obvious 4 tbh....MJJ may have snucked in but his performance in the GP challenge and suspect UK form probably blew that for him allowing Tai the nod to be the UK entry..

Can we fit Crumpy in now that he has retired from SGP?

Ditto...with teams permanently changing year on year there is no point to an asset base. Riders will stay with teams if they are happy there and fit the points limit, if not they will move on. No loan fees, no selling/buying fees, which at the end of the day can't be a bad thing for the less well off clubs...and the more wealthy ones will just make more money in the bank.

MJJ should have had two wilds card...NKI more than deserved it - hope he gets through to be a fully fledged GP rider next year

thought it was whispering bob harris....

NKI 8.79 Mat Szczepaniak 5.19 Mads Korneliussen 7.02 Simon Stead 5.79 Adam Roynon (d/up with Josh Auty) 5.37 Kevin Wolbert 5.03 Kozza (d/up with Richie Worrall) 3.73 Total: 40.92 However, think its time for an average increase to either 41.5 or 42.0....to try and improve the EL quality (assuming same numberof teams) then I'd be thinking we might want to keep Magic instead of Simon Stead - or if it went up to 42.0 Seb Ulamek...

So whats occuring down NA way...according to BSPA site this has been postponed...

or Adam Roynon (only just 23 by my reckoning)

was planning on going to POE as the season finished way too early - especially after the weather we had at the weekend. Be interesting to see who is in the U23 match.....may well have to go that instead and maybe even the 16-lapper...not been to that one for years (or ipswich come to think of it, certainly not since the track was reshaped/improved)

Its a shame in these circumstances that an all 4 back decision can't be made, although just because there was no contact meant it wasn't Holders fault...hmmm..... Although Holder didn't touch Sayfutdinov, you could see Sayfutdinov have to adjust his line at the last moment and with Linback right beside him caused the melee. If Linback hadn't have been there they'd have all got round the turn. Holder was certainly the catalyst in my eyes, but Sayfutindov was the unlucky scapegoat

we'll see Darcy again in the play off final after finishing 4th in the league, 20 points behind Poole.....

Interesting turn of events....certainly Tom isn't consistent enough to be number one, although his form over the final few weeks did improve drastically. If he does end up at no.1 it would have to be with Schrammy and Sanchez in the team to give us good all round strength. As much as I enjoyed the Nerminator a few seasons back, I don't think he is likely to be the answer either...unless he comes in in a decent average - he would be too much of a risk on a 9 point average. I'd personally rather see Ryan Fisher, of course we loved to boo him as some of his tactics appear a little dubious at times, but he is a showman and character and I'm sure we'd soon warm too him.....then we'd see all the decisions in a different light....

As Kings Lynn are in the PL, whenever they sign a young rider with bags of talent and ambition who improves quickly like Darcy or Lasse the best we or any other PL track will manage is a year or two out of the youngster as they are gonna want to move onwards and upwards. Lasse should hopefully improve his average next season so would be a good rider for any PL team to have next year....I'd much rather he ride for us for a season than go elsewhere in the PL. We will never keep these sort of riders for long unless we went Elite League so we just have to enjoy them and benefit from them while we can.

Not team related, but just read on the EDP site that World Team Cup is back at the NA again next season.... Notes to myself...get there earier this time (to avoid traffic queues) and remember where car is in the car park!

Dooly, Tom, Adam and Lasse are certs. I think Kozza could do with a year away so bringing back Schrammy or Sanchez is fairly certain - both would help beef up the team away from home. Wouldn't like to pick the final 2 - most of the obvious choices have already been mentioned, but would think Poole, Davies, Kerr are unlikely as we wouldn't get them away from their current teams. J Lo would be a risk after his big accident then year out. Eklof with the right head on would be a good choice, but would also be a risk. Not sure what average Christian Henry is on, but he ought to be a consideration as well if he is still riding? Maybe even Millsy on decent equipment...