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Must be honest montie, despite a current striking resemblance to good old Donald, I wouldn't be surprised if he was a bit like Geoff in his younger days

Classic! Although I am sure Donald has far more fun than what Mr Snackette does!

Meant to say NOT the reason the club folded... oops

NKI sensational today.... when in this form he is superb to watch.

Whilst he may of been expensive for Newport, he is most definately NOT the reason the club folded... it goes far deeper than that but lets not go into that on this thread.

Zagar class in that one.

I see no reason why he wont re-produce his Newport form for Rye, where he averaged near 10.5 from 30+ meetings and was the top PL rider in 2011. Banging in maximums home and away all the time. Maybe he isn't in the mood at Rye, who knows? All I know is apart from a torrid spell at a club he clearly didn't get on with in Berwick, he was a class apart for Newport. And wasnt just a classy rider, his influence and encouragement in the pits was tremendous as well. He was on a super deal at Newport last season, but was worth every penny spent I would suggest - he was a big influence in turning us from a bottom of the table team to a top 5 and KOC winning side. The guy is a quality rider... maybe he is just having a slow start for Rye.

Awful track.

Silver needs shooting if mellgren makes way and bowen/hawkins stay.

Well he averaged 6.5 in the main body of the team.... he is a fast improving rider who could be banging on the door of aa 7.5 average this season... he rides Rye very well too.

Didn't see his scores from number 2, 3 and 4 for the Wasps last year then?

The storys been done a death many times... I fail to see what Gjedde would gain out of taking Rye House for a bunch of mugs. Len Silver has a super record of being a good promoter to work for, so it doesn't make sense. The fact that Gjedde usually starts the season quite slow as Swindon and Reading fans will confirm may have more to do with it. On a positive note, Mellgren has had a fine start to his Rye House career and Silver would be mad to let him go when/if Nelson returns. I predict him to be a genuine heatleader come October.

and what reason would he have to do that?

Only someone like mr snackete would call signing gjedde a gamble!

Replace Hawkins with Nelson if and when he becomes available to ride in the UK. Mellgren will be a fine signing, like Gjedde he was superb in his stint at Newport last season. A true professional who is very young and will have a big future in the sport.

can someone post a link or pm a link to the s2 reepeat.... i sadly didnt get to watch it at 4am

Me too please if poss!

Gjedde is a top signing on 8.88... he was a sensation for Newport last season, finishing fifth in the final league averages after the start he had at Berwick was a fine acheivement. Not only is he mighty fast when out front, he can gather amazing speed when chasing the pack and some of the moves he pulled off for Newport last year at home in particular were outstanding... one that will always stand out was when Havelock tried stuffig him through the pit gate and he just kept it wound on to win by some distance. He will average 9+ no fear... and will be in the top 3 averages in the PL by the end. A cracking signing and one the Rye fans will take to very quickly.

Ippo would be mad to not try and sign lanham if poss, the guys class and was a massive scorer for newport in the second half of 2012. He is flying atm for rye though and if they want to keep him and he wants to stay there is sod all ippo can do, with frampton and neath both out i cannot see silver wanting to release him.

Leigh Lanham was a brilliant captain for the Wasps during his reign as captain as most will testify. I have seen plenty of both riders over the last ten years to know who I would prefer... Doolan sustained a nasty arm injury a couple of seasons ago and seems to of lost the edge... I am afraid you cannot blame a full season of mediocre form on machinery for a rider of Doolans expierience. Both Neath (by some margin) and Lanham acheived higher figures than Doolan last season which is the main reason why I would prefer both over him. You see it with some riders, riding superbly then one bad injury and its game over... you only have to look at Watson with Newport in 2004/5ish to see that and despite being a decent enough rider after his injury, he was by nowhere near the dominant number 1 he had been in previous seasons and I feel the same has happened to Doolan who despite a few years as KL's top rider, has suffered a bad injury and looks a shadow of the rider he was. Cant speak for Neath but I doubt you will find any rider who has raced with Leigh Lanham in the past 10 seasons or more that wouldnt pay him plenty of compliments... he is a superb team man.

Would you? Neath has an average 1.5 higher than Doolan whilst Lanhams has increased over the last 3 years since his first Newport greensheet average and he was terrific in the latter half of the season for the Wasps. Admittedly Neaths home average helps his figure no end but Doolans days as a top #1 are in doubt as his figures from the last couple of seasons show compared to previous form. I like Doolan but not sure I would prefer him to Lanham or Neath given the 2011 figures, greensheet or actual 2011 along averages.

Also shuts up the people that claim Bowden is too tight to pay for quality riders. It looks a tidy side, combined with Glanz's potential and Cockles solid form at the tail end of 2011, if Holder can maintain his solid 4.5 form and Franchetti comes on a little, it will be a top team! May get a cheeky bet on them at the bookies!

Lanham will give it his best you can be sure of that lets not forget the last two clubs Boxall raced for apart from Rye... Somerset were peed about big time as were Newcastle.

Still under 21 and already one of the best riders in the world. I reckon he could well win more than Crumps 3 world titles.

Thats funny as last season the line up was pretty good. Wright, Parker, Barker, Nermark, Fisher, Iversen, Howe, Screen and Smart as well as the 7 Wasps that started the season. THat is a top field for an opening individual event, as well as the home riders for the home fans you have 8 top performers there (and Lee Smart ) which I think is a good field.