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Be nice if it had also come up promptly on the KL website. Fans deserve to be better informed and as soon as there is news to impart. Only the cognoscenti are kept in the picture.

In his only point scoring race on Monday, Andersen looked more and more like losing it around 3 / 4 th bends. He made the same mistake each lap.

It seems not to matter which glamourous, well equipped new promotion comes into any UK speedway club as BMR did. The BSPA seem set on bringing down any "upstart" new promoters who join the downward spiralling UK leagues. And it also seems that nothing can be done to revive interest in league speedway here unless it centres on the weekend and at the old Premier League ( Championship level ). Riders riding here only should make up the new UK league structure. Clubs who feel they MUST run on a weeknight ( Wolves and Swindon?) should be allowed to but it is all a mess otherwise.

So is it set to be 2 Guests and R/R for the Stars on Thursday? Any news on Ty Proctor's condition? Or news on the Guest Reserve?

Clearly, the BSPA don't mind taking a financial hit from falling crowds almost everywhere ( and falling interest levels too ) from their poorly thought through decisions which alienate fans even further after every winter conference. Nothing, it seems can stop them in their lemming-like progress towards killing the sport in the UK - as we know it. They just won't listen - that has been achieved under Buster's rule ( or at least made worse). Eventually, they will of course say " I am taking away my ball and not going to play any more" and blaming the fans.

King's Lynn will do better on a Monday than on a Weds ( because of Danish &others away in Denmark ). Getting 800 to nearly 1,000 running against the World Cup England game was a reasonable result. I think a lot of fans -most of all want to see a full KL team ride. I certainly do.

Another nail in the coffin, hammered by the BSPA themselves. Track staff don't act entirely on their own initiative, do they?

Quite honestly it was so dire in terms of racing and passing, I felt we would have been justified in asking for our money back. If it had not been for the return of Robert it would have been a match worth about £2.50p.

Running matches against England football matches on free TV seems a no brainer but at King's Lynn and Wolverhampton they appeared to have paid the price. I was there at KL and there well less than 1,000 in the place I feel sure. Were no other dates really available?

Of those three I feel confident that only Shanes will do the job for you, if he is available. And after last night KK needs to be put over someone's knee and given 50 hard ones for being a big kid! I know in the world of today we can't do that but perhaps being sacked would do for cheating all then fans who paid hoping to see him race.

On last night's showing he is not up to the level required to be competitive in the Premier League ( before his crash ). I believe a change would benefit the team but KLS have a long held habit of leaving changes too late and of being too loyal to riders they have signed.

Woeful indeed were Rye House and their team structure needs a re-think for next season. Their veteran riders are just about past it away and they have little to offer lower down the team last night. Robson in heat 15 says it all. As for KK it's a good thing for him there is no retrospective action in speedway as he definitely brought the sport into disrepute. He threw his toys out of the pram after being caught out moving at the start in every ride. Cheated the paying fans as I have seen him score a brilliant five ride maximum around Saddlebow Rd in the past. He will never rise again to world class heights with that temperament. The return of the Prodigal Son was wonderful, both in the photo opp. with the British Championship trophy and on track later - There's only one Robert Lambert! Sadly the battle with the first England football match was lost as there were less than 1,000 people there and I don't feel it was because of it being a Monday. Better holding matches on a Monday with a full KL team than on Weds with several riders riding in Denmark.

How Rye House do tonight depends a lot on which KK turns up and which of the old warhorses are able to get into full race mode. Also, which of them can ensure their machinery is up to it, on the pacy Saddlebow Rd track. If Harris has got the right bikes he can still cut the mustard on this track and at his best KK could remain unbeaten. For the Stars, we need NKI to be something like at his best too!

The reality check is that if we hope for speedway to survive in the UK in a league racing structure , we have no option except to go that way. Do without riders involved in the Polish leagues ( whoever they are ) and hard sell weekend racing all over the country. That is the only idea that will work, as the first step to building up crowds and interest in the sport. The world has moved on and speedway has not,

Very little in the areas in which he was said to have expertise. Unless it is a slow burning input and will bloom over the next winter.

Don't forget decisions taken for the "good of the sport". Anything goes. I get it now, they have set their team but want to keep us all in suspense ( to generate higher ticket sales ).

Nobody else does it seems - far too early for the media team from KLS to spring into action. I think it's going to be that group from down south V this group from Norfolk, Cambs and Denmark. There doesn't seem to be much interest anyway and it looks like the bulk of regulars will watch the England match from the comfort of their homes.

We'll just have to dream on until the next Big Decision Making Conference takes place and try to hope that the Promoters all take and wear their Thinking Caps. They certainly didn't pack them last time. They won't be having a drink in the Last Chance Saloon, because it has closed down due to lack of patrons. Hmmm.

Has to be just under the 24 hours prior to the match before such vital information can be released. So this evening 8pm or perhaps after breakfast on Monday.

It's too much of an incestuous world where those earning well from the sport ( and I don't mean riders ) either don't want to or won't ask any tough questions. A case of don't bite the hand that feeds you perhaps?

Please, could we have news of the Stars team lineup in good time? If possible 48 hours before the match, even though we accept that injuries may be last minute decisions, taken by medical staff.

It's not just BV & RH who are suffering a downturn in attendances. It's swept under the carpet yet again. That ridiculous sounding scenario above might well become true, especially if the BSPA are locked into TV deal which demands a "top" league in the UK.

As sure as eggs are eggs, the current structure of speedway in the UK will mess up their careers. If they are good enough to get out then they should do so as soon as they are able. The problem of how you develop your career here as a young gun is a tricky one.

As you know my cheek was full of tongue. But I agree completely. The problem is how to identify THAT one. I thought I knew who he was ( but it could have been a she ) but I was wrong, as it seems we all were. We may have to wait until 2048 when all those involved, are long retired and willing to spill all!

Or perhaps a bigger group? Barely into double figures? I bet Poland had 30 there. I should think that riders need a minimum of four "backroom staff" each.