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Just looked at Craig Instagram - video is still there to see on his story, I’ve taken a screenshot so have a still, if anyone knows how to take the resolution down so it’s a small enough file to post on here let me know how and I will post here, alternatively dm me an email and I’ll send it to you for viewing pleasure! His Instagram handle is craigcook111 - click on his profile pic in top left of the page and it’ll bring up the story with video where you can still see it if you can work it out! https://instagram.com/craigcook111?igshid=1ub1bay2tlgop

Great for Pieszczek to get himself a hatful, seems to be getting better and better, could be a key rider come the playoffs, such a togetherness in this team, everyone pulls together and even on off nights chip in with crucial point here and there, up the witches no reason why we can’t get something at Belle vue Monday!

As always on the road be happy to claim a point! Swindon seem to have settled a bit on their new track now, batch and Rasmus in fine form, reserves could prove pivotal in this one!

Or you know to a man we just wanted it more, worked harder, made better starts, are in better form, are a cohesive team working well together as one unit.....but yeah the track was prepared to help us that’s the reason why we won for a second time in the league at Peterborough this season!

Never been to Swindon, is it a muddy stadium? Just wondering in terms of whether I’d get away with white trainers or not!? not sure how good a level of guest Swindon will be able to get for Nielsen? He had a nasty one last night doubt he’ll be fit

So buster wouldn’t pay for Hans, cook and bomber but he’s going to pay for 4 continental riders to come over mid season...? Jesper b Jensen(monberg) is also 102 btw

You can swap reserves in for heat 8 it’s just protected from tac sub

Fantastic effort from the boys tonight, everyone getting stuck in and contributing, special mention for Danny Ayres, don’t think anyone would argue this level is a bit above his for the most part, but always gives 100% so 4 points and beating Scotty nicholls twice a big well done to him! another big 4 points on the road for the witches underdogs! How’s that league table looking!!?

That was a class move from grazjconek in ht3

Well kennett won’t be getting any points now he’s not even coming!! I had based it purely looking at the fours a week or so ago lawson 2 from 2 rides Eddie 6 from 2 rides! Having said that I’m sure Richard can and I sincerely hope he will score more than that, just looked at his score last time at pboro and it was 9 so hopefully he can do that again and offset the likely lower score of Ayres than what I expected Eddie to score!!

Bomber 9 Lawson 4 King 10 Heeps 6 KP 4 Kennett 8 Jake 8 think this will be tight and could go either way but these are very believable scores for all 7 witches to add up to 49 and all 4 points so feeing optimistic!

I’m aware this is your opinion in terms of top 20, I’m curious as to what the criteria is for how you work it out? Given that you use the term “current form” In past month Jake Allen has been out injured yet makes the list and in that time cameron Heeps has scored 9(a), 13+2(h), 17+1(a), 13+2(h), and not made the list!? not a having a dig I’m just interested how an injured rider can be in better form than someone paid for 57 points over 4 meetings!! im sure people have asked before, I’m just interested, for me if I were to do something similar I think it would have to be largely a subjective list based on my expectations of riders based upon my idea of what their current level is as a purely statistical is already offered by official averages! So for example Heeps would probably be at the very top of the form table given he’s been beating all sorts of heat leaders home and away! And for example luke Becker would be right up there given it’s his first season in uk speedway straight in the top flight and for me he’s far exceeding expectation, Charles Wright and Rasmus Jensen far exceeding expectations this year etc.

I’m aware this is your opinion in terms of top 20, I’m curious as to what the criteria is for how you work it out? Given that you use the term “current form” In past month Jake Allen has been out injured yet makes the list and in that time cameron Heeps has scored 9(a), 13+2(h), 17+1(a), 13+2(h), and not made the list!? not a having a dig I’m just interested how an injured rider can be in better form than someone paid for 57 points over 4 meetings!! im sure people have asked before, I’m just interested, for me if I were to do something similar I think it would have to be largely a subjective list based on my expectations of riders based upon my idea of what their current level is as a purely statistical is already offered by official averages! So for example Heeps would probably be at the very top of the form table given he’s been beating all sorts of heat leaders home and away! And for example luke Becker would be right up there given it’s his first season in uk speedway straight in the top flight and for me he’s far exceeding expectation, Charles Wright and Rasmus Jensen far exceeding expectations this year etc.

Glad kamikaze Bates is to be absent - seems to be causing more and more! I’ve always thought the boy has potential but not the right mindset im with taps could get another 4 point win but of course wouldn’t be unhappy with a narrow loss picking up a point, a point always has to be the minimum target! I don’t like the Heeps/king pairing at 3/4 I feel like they’re always going for the same piece of track on the outside when paired together, particularly at home and often get in each other’s way! To be honest the way he’s been going I’d have put cam at 5, he’s been beating everyone so would make little difference to him where he’s put

i actually think TJ has overachieved in past couple of seasons in top league.... his scores in top league have been similar level to guys who are consistently 8.5-9 point men in second division yet he's still really just a 7-7.5 man in champ.

riss and nicol in for proctor and lambert at kings lynn and as a result of his availability...... proctor in at pboro 28 day replacement for bwd

riss and nicol in for proctor and lambert proctor in at pboro 28 day replacement for bwd

Be interesting to see who’s riding in what position on Monday now the new averages are out... Harris goes back to 1 and kennett to reserve, with Heeps moving into the team. based on form I may be tempted to put Heeps at 5....! Lawson likes heat 1 and is a good trapper so stick him at 2, Danny KP 3/4 Heeps 5, rekindle his partnership with Jake riding at 7

I’ve never rated berge, always seemed to have a poor attitude to me on his Foxhall visits over the past few seasons - makes the start in one race and looks a word beater, misses the start and gives up in all the others! Couldn’t understand so many people on the forum raving about him being a potential trump card and people putting him in their team predictions/hopes at many different clubs during the winter

I mean in fairness they have down the years had difficulty with the temporary tracks rutting and holes appearing, but in recent seasons seem to have got producing a decent racetrack down to an art - but very different material used for the indoor tracks to that of one that lives outside exposed to the elements - the material they use for the temp indoor tracks wouldn’t work in the same way in a permanent outdoor setting. i’m not excusing poole’s track it’s frankly been atrocious for years and years now and could easily have been made better, but don’t think the temporary indoor tracks are a good or fair comparison it’s quite different

Naked hot laps, stealing the grading tractor, walking the length of the infield on his hands, handcuffing people to the flagpoles in their pants on their birthdays the list of escapades goes on! Parker was a true character and legend of our sport, get well soon!

Yeah can’t disagree that the track was mint and good racing all night, just thought the grading was excessive and the racing could’ve been just as good without nearly as many laps of the tractors! A long way home from Lynn on a Monday night and imo with little stoppages for crashes etc could’ve been home for 11pm rather than 11.40pm and seen just as good a meeting! having seen bomber ride Lynn a few times now in the World Cup and now get a max for us it’s seems mad to me that busters never had him in a Lynn team!? Seems to love the place

One question for the regular Lynn fans, is there always that much tractor racing? I’ll admit the track was very good last night but the meeting went on somewhat, was all but 10pm by the finish, only ever that late at Foxhall if we have crashes etc throughout

Ah just in from a great trip up to Lynn, brilliant performance from the witches tonight especially when 8 points down after just 5 races things weren’t looking quite so promising! Shame lawson king and summers weren’t more at the races and we could knicked a win! Surprised at just how poor summers was tbh, I know it’s kerr/lamberts home track but he was nowhere near them, he was never going to be banging points in like jakey but that was beyond poor. As was Lawson, he looked nervous on track tonight to me and bikes didn’t look fast. Lynn would always come strong with lambert and cook late on but what a ride from bomber to have the last laugh in ht15! anyway another 2 points happily gained on the road as the supposed “whipping boys” once again harness the underdog spirit and rise to the occasion can’t wait until we get a meeting where everyone is firing! up the witches!

In this instance don’t think it can have anything to do with his previous shoulder injuries, just a racing incident that turned into an awful looking crash going into the first turn with tungate, and 1 other, they got hooked and then all went tumbling it a big way - Tobi got a bad knee ligament injury according to Twitter