Notenoughnerve

I'd have the same side as Fred Flange. Woofy, Bomber, Lambert and Cook. King is simply not good enough, Bomber can still occasionally mix it with the best and has an idea how to pass. He is good entertainment.

Well then Aces. When was the last time we were top of the pile? Off the top of my head, 2005? It does make a pleasant change.

how do you get 10-13 from three rides?

King would be a mistake.

More maddening than guest riders. If rain is around, just get on with it and get a result on 15 heats. Or as many as is possible.

If you're not saying nothing, then you are say something. And if there are four riders, they can't be on their own. Tungate is a real enigma. I've seen him be excellent at Belle Vue especially this season with Swindon, and yet he posts some shocking scores. Sedgeman was good at NSS this year too.

Absolutely spot on. Live sport is a wonderful thing, a much better experience. I think the team element makes it more exciting too and easier for a new fan to be hooked. I took two people for the first time to Belle Vue last night who loved it, and there were a couple of newbies near us who were up and shouting and cheering by heat ten. A good close meeting is a great night out.

Fair enough. I never thought for a minute it would be off. Three of us travelled with confidence from Yarksher, trusting how well the new track drains. And it was only Wales on the box!

I'm desperate for Belle Vue to have at least 2000 on every week. I was a bit surprised by the dismal turn-out against KL.

The meetings at Glasgow and Berwick were pretty awful. Especially the Berwick one. Having said that, both looked to have had better crowds than Lakeside on telly recently. And Leicester.

Just having a look a couple of pics I took from the back straight terrace and 250 might be a tad optimistic. The posh seats has about 100 in it and the only other block with many in it was C. A smattering of people besides that. Maybe 30/40 on the west terrace and however many were on the back straight. I doubt there was a 1000.

Really? Well you learn something new. I wonder what his thinking was.

"It looked like the weather and missing riders had affected the attendance. It's impossible to judge how many are in the grand stand when you are in it yourself but using the south stand as a barometer I'd guess the crowd was between 1000-1500" I think there were no more than 250 in the seats and I'd be surprised if there were a thousand there in total. I'd guess at about 800. Its a worry. The decision to take an interval was ridiculous. I love the new stadium, and I appreciate the work that went into getting us there, but I despair at little niggly things like that from the promotion.

He's a cool customer

Ok, I'll bite. I don't think it's beyond the realms of possibility that Zagar and Fridge would have scored 14 between them. Or did I miss a sarcastic tone?

I'm pretty sure Harris is one of the most popular riders on the circuit. He didn't score particularly well in the EL meeting at Belle Vue recently but was always in the mix. I know he was poor at the British Final, but I still wouldn't be too upset if he was selected to ride for GB. And there's the rub, good honest racer. And a likeable guy too.

What? Worrall was leading at the time. I was urging him to get off the track once it became clear the race was not being stopped, for that very reason. Odd sort of cheating!

I'm in the process of bribing the wife into going to Leicester this evening. Are there any decent restaurants nearby? Possibly Indian or Italian?

West stand for me too. My big sis is coming and she hasn't seen a meeting since 1975

It goes well with Jagermeister

And yet in the leagues where the stars are plying their trade, they are also struggling to some degree. Rather than nothing? The sounds smells and spectacle are still the same. The differences almost imperceptible. My preference is EL but having watched NL meetings this year, I'd take that over nothing. As would Cradley, Eastie and Brummie fans. Personal choice I suppose.

I really can't see once a fortnight meetings on a Thursday being the answer. Just one more step on the road to oblivion. Clubs should run on a night that suits them, but let's not get too hung up on 'big names'. It's not worth it.

In my opinion a fixed race night will be the final nail in Speedway's coffin. As somebody else has pointed out, we need a new generation of fans and that starts with families bringing the kids along. That's how I started and I then brought my lads as nippers. There were several Saturday night tracks, Belle Vue, Coventry, Cradley, Lynn, Bradford and I think Swindon. The GP series has gradually ended that as it increased in size over the years. We now have a situation where barely any of the World stars ride in Britain anyway, so I'd suggest biting the bullet and doing without them. Create new stars. It seems to me from reading countless comments that what Speedway fans want is regular weekly Speedway at a competitive level with a sustainable crowd in. A decent size fixture list with a bit of variety. In the name of the star riders, we have sacrificed the ko cup, shrunk the fixture list to nothing, and given up on pairs or 4 team comps. When BV had to move from Friday to Monday nights it was the beginning of a decline in attendances there. So let's get weekend racing going, with a family crowd, make sure Speedway still exists and if the money runs out in the higher cost foreign leagues then there will be something still going when the stars deign to return. Keeping Zagar NKI and Holder riding here clearly isn't going to save British Speedway

It's a full weekday service on the trains on Bank Holidays.

Looking on the telly, that didnt look a viable turn out for Lakeside..A few hundred at best. Was that just because of TV coverage or is that the norm this year?