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He who pays the piper calls the tune.

And with 12 - 14 from the others, tantalisingly close to 40.

Don't whisper too soon! I think it will be much closer than many expect.

Let The Rapture begin! Truly.

Ove Fundin in to replace Kildemand ( too wimpish ) and Michael Lee allowed to come in at reserve ( reduced average due to injuries ). Passed on to me by ZR.

That is banter by the way for those who are unsure! My voice when I am there is still one of the loudest for - Go L A M B O Go! ( Lambert R. that is. ) The noise of the fans is one of the missing things this century ( moan moan) Real fans we were in those days, ready for at least a good shoving match if rarely a ruck - sadly now they could push me over in a trice and I can't pick up my walking frame to hit the Bees Buggers with!. Not that there any Bees Buggers to hit. And those fan-generated chants and bawdy songs on the coaches to away matches armed with sturdy banners! Those were the days!

Norfolk Born and Norfolk Bred - we are ( me too) and proud of it. No noisy squit like the Ispwich s**ts. Get Back Underground!

They still have wet dreams. Often very wet.

If it is posted by Zagar Racing you must know by now that it is most likely one of his odd speedway fantasies. Perhaps a daydream.

Which fact, if linked to the success of the NSS in attracting decent crowds - on any night inc Monday, perhaps indicates the even more pessimistic possibility that speedway racing in the UK now excites a tiny proportion of those willing to pay to see live sport.

Mr Webb, you know that us critics have so many more critics because we criticise often ( usually quite fairly ) and some characters are SO Beloved ( by one or two at Saddlebow Road ) that we get even more stick, should we criticise them, even if by accident. Even I didn't pick up on the fact that you might have slighted "my" Robert!

MF not really asking £500.000 for the promotional tights is he? Clearly doesn't want to sell up. A fairer price might be something like 5% of that. He must have taken plenty out as his due reward during the 'gold old days' of much bigger crowds.

Thank you, that clears it up perfectly for me.

If we call them A, B and C ( reading from right to left in the Japanese manner ) which of them faded?

When even riders, commentators and a team manager comment on the condition of the track, it is unacceptable. Let's see what the machine booked for Tuesday does to improve the track - along with presumably some new shale. Or is the blue groove going to become a permanent feature?

A home draw is a loss of points.

There is a quick ( but painful ) fix and the key element of it is to introduce standardised non-tunable bikes. This will put racing skills at the forefront of speedway racing once again. The rocketships must be put away in the shed if racing ( not 4 riders riding their bikes in a boring procession ) is going to attract a wider audience.

I did notice that one of the bumps popped up just where KT had been digging!

The meeting was held.

You must have all grasped by now that the tractor racing is, in fact, a kind of meditation for Buster, or therapy to allow him to recover from the stresses of controlling UK speedway - saving it ( some say ) from extinction. All of that comes at a cost and I don't mean of the financial kind. It is a mental battle dealing with all of the suspicious snipings and the only place Buster can refresh himself is behind the tractor wheel, The laps fly by and he is far removed from all of the horridness that speedway encompasses for him. And as we know the opinion of fans is also far from his mind ( in fact when out there "improving " the track those opinions are not in his mind at all ). Someone else said - due to the poor quality of racing ( and the tractor therapy for the boss ) "it’s once in s blue moon at Lynn for me as it just doesn’t feel worth £18. It’s a pity as I hardly missed a meeting for thirty odd years." And since the creation of the track for me I hardly missed a match - it was my beloved " Oh Yes!" place. Last night I preferred to watch the Live TV match ( which was appalling 3/10 ). That match at Poole showed clearly why it better not to show UK league racing on TV as it puts people off from going to see it in the stadium. That's what it does for me, except when it's from the NSS.

I was listening on Radio 7 Live to Pearson and Tatum's commentary and they made it sound really exciting.

That's POWER for you! The iron Man Cometh ( and rusts away slowly taking UK speedway with him.)

For some reason, even the "great" promoters care little for that argument ( even though I believe it is right ). Do they really know something that we don't and prefer to have a few in paying more per person?

Today's the day. Don't forget to check on the real "official" thread.

Move along now quietly Ladies and Gentlemen. There is nothing to see here.