Hamish McRaker

Is the "AFA" a speedway stadium which also stages stock cars and bangers, or the other way round?

It's been a wee bit quiet news-wise about Kim Nilssons injury and what plans Leicester have during his absence. Maybe a replacement has already been signed but couldn't be announced just yet??

I'm trying to focus on who are good team men, as opposed to individualists who don't have much of a team ethic. Riding on a poor track can be part of that, but it's more the team ethic thing I have in mind.

Kings Lynn and Poole?

I had the impression that Bjerre was instructed to finish second but decided to ignore it. He can be like that. Probably Morris had been given the same instruction. It would have turned into a farce with both of them trying to lose - reminds me of a boxing match in an episode of Porridge

Recent events at Kings Lynn had me wondering who have been the best team-men in speedway, the kind who take the lead and give it a go no matter what the conditions, ride through injuries etc, and on the other hand the prima Donna's who tend to just turn it on when they feel like it. Can two teams of 7 be found? I will start by nominating the one and only Chris Harris as captain of Team Men.

Congratulations to Mr Rossiter on making himself look and sound like a total prat. Still, it's not too difficult, what with him being 99% of the way there anyway As with the TV match against Eastbourne a few years ago, the track last night looked to have been prepared as to produce error and incident

Just a thought - did Mr Lyon go to hospital with Mr Allitt?

Other ways of earning a living are available......

Will Batchelor get a sick note from the Medic for sunstroke if it's too difficult for him?

C.Holder I think may be a quite complex character who can switch quickly from easy-going to awkward/difficult if something isn't right in his eyes. I imagine he can be difficult to manage, especially if the manager lacks good man-management skills. Holder seems to have got this way over the past 2-3 years and if he doesn't do something about it, nobody will want to employ him. Batchelor comes across as childish, someone who tends to blame anyone or anything except himself for his shortcomings or when the going gets tough. He would also be quite difficult to manage. Together they probably present a considerable challenge to manage, beyond the capability of the majority of speedway managers and promoters. Together they could also have a significantly negative influence on team harmony.

Would seem that K.Chapman has got some serious thinking to do, and needs to make crucial decisions within a short time. The future of Kings Lynn speedway is at stake, so he needs to get it right. No pressure.

Holder is only here because he has to be here, not because he wants to be

I suppose this is a consequence of SGP but I miss proper international test matches. With Poland now having such a dominant position, wouldn't it make sense for Sweden, Denmark and GB (and maybe Australia) to organise series of international matches, with a requirement for teams to have 50% under23 riders? Providing riders with the chance of gaining experience of this kind must be essential if these nations are to have any hope of matching the Poles? They need to co-operate

Rule 57a (subsection 3.2b) introduced for 2017 states:"Where an injury replacement is made for a rider with Ginger hair, the replacement rider must also have Ginger hair." Looks pretty much cut and blow-dried to me

.....for Lebedevs and Gomolski

You need to jettison Morris and Gapp.

Przedpelski is averaging about 4.8 for Torun this season from 5 matches. Greg Walasek (remember him?) is averaging about 5.3 from 6. Looks like Torun are preferring to use Walasek now.

Nicki Pedersen?

Natalie is great. But I get the feeling she is trying to flog a dead horse attempting to entice Nicholls to stray from the utterly banal and bleeping obvious. She is very professional in not allowing her frustration to show in that respect, unlike Perry who occasionally does. Pearson reminds me of a rather poor version of Murray Walker. His brain and mouth don't seem to be in complete synch. Tatum tries to play the James Hunt role apart from the hollering. And this thing with deliberately using the stock phrases is well past it's sellby date.

The new averages will give Leicester just over 1 point extra for rider changes. So a 7-pointer for Garrity is possible. Or a 6.14 -pointer for Bjerre. But who could be available? Especially with all the Saturday home fixtures in August.

Saw film of a World Cup final from the late 1970s the other day. On a big Polish track. England (GB?) stuck it to the Poles. What interested me was the riding style. Very much foot forward into bends 1 and 3 for the most part. Today, the riders left foot hardly touches the track. Are we back to the leg trailing era, or is it now a third era of riding style?

How very careless. Somebody has clearly slipped up with the averages engineering.

The future could be ginger

Gordon Kennett would be better than Edward. With what is available now,team changes are more like musical chairs for the sake of it. If Edward Kennett was chopped because he was struggling away from Rye House, why sign him? And as somebody has said, Garrity will probably be fit again before the August fixtures come along. Scaphoids are notoriously tricky though