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I would have thought that rather obvious but perhaps you need it spelt out so.....DRY HOUSE. Or perhaps its a term used so often by critical mindless East Anglian "Fans" that those readers of such drivel actually believe such things. Perhaps there is also a clue in too many riders being unable to ride the track which taken with the dry house comment is plain for all to see. I hope that may have explained things so that you can discuss it at the Foxhole on thursday while watching the fifteen processions. I hope that my comment isn't misconstrued as a criticism of your home track

What Luke actually said was. Due to have the pin out in june or july, then it would take a month after that to get fit, he also added that he would wait and see how he felt about riding, so even if fit there is some doubt in his mind whether he wants to ride again, whatever he does i wish him well, you could never knock the effort he put in for us. Was also mentioned on the mic that Chris Neath would get a benefit meeting later on in the season

Ever been to Rye House? Try it one day i think you will find that Glasgow's inability to win at Hoddesdon has more to do with a lack of quality in their team rather than the stories about the track, put a class team like Somerset on it and you see a proper match with ...yes passing.

It's my personal feeling. Spoilt from years of having a proper sized league. All these filler competitions do nothing for me. Ask someone in a year what the competition we won in 2012 was and no one will remember. League Cup is nothing more than a filler in a season that is worryingly thin. Only the K O Cup is worth going for outside of the league. As far as winning the League cup is concerned, we have an exciting team when we have seven riders but there are several teams that we would not get anywhere near on aggregate mainly due to what is now a weakness at home.

Boring i know but all last season we wasted time with RR, didn't work then doesn't work now, ok we will get lucky at places like Plymouth but at top clubs we will be found out. Ben wasn't ready last year so what is different given that he has been thrown in without turning a wheel. Until he finishes a NL season with an average around 8 he shouldn't be used as we are wrecking any confidence he has. I liked the makeup of the side for this year as it has so much potential but why do we make the same mistakes year after year when injuries strike. Ok so the league has yet to start but there are too many ifs and buts regarding the return of injured riders just to plough on with rr and Ben. I suppose we will win comfortably against Plymouth and those in charge will be happy, but even they can't miss the fact that we are papering over the cracks.

Rye House v Ipswich April 1st https://secure.flickr.com/photos/harryward/sets/72157633173951198/

Ben really needs to show what he can do this season at NL level, i think PL outings will hinder his progress especially if he's not quite up to it and his confidence gets knocked. As far as RR is concerned we may be doing ok with it at Plymouth tonight but it's suicide to try it for more than this weekend. Enough quality around to bring in a replacement for a couple of months but past seasons seem to suggest we will carry on with RR shame i think this is a decent team with loads of potential and might surprise a few teams

Absolute tripe. Having seen both legs of this fixture which has an overall aggregate win for Rye a team that has massive potential. If we are bottom four (which is normal comment from this doom and gloom merchant) where does that leave the Ipswich As for the track look around at the postponements already, not due to the rain but frost the track after work stood up well and had decent racing. Three and a half hours is a disgrace but my concerns would be for the three injured riders rather than how cold the loves were before they toddled off home.

Decent performance from the Rockets who undoubtably have the scope to improve as the season goes on. Len Silver looked pretty happy and so he should given some of the expets views on his team strength. Good to see a few overdue improvements going on at the stadium as well

Harry Ward my name there for all to see, yes it has happened to me when i was critical of a far larger business than Rye House Speedway and it was a National rag, did it worry me no, why? Because i was convinced i was right. If you don't want what comes with having an opinion then don't comment. Simple i would have thought? Shadders is a big boy and i'm sure he can look after himself but once you comment in a forum or twitter or indeed facebook where shadders is registered with a face and real name you leave yourself wide open. You say he put silver himself on a pedestal and can be shot at, fair enough but dont distort the facts and if you had the remotest of knowledge about Rye House Speedway you would understand that for everything he has done wrong he does twice as many things right, well thats my opinion as a Rye House supporter since 1976. I will be critical when i feel the need but not for the sake of it. I hope that covers your observations or question Lioness

Yes forgetting all that ....why forget all that? as you say it contradicts what it says in the programme which is a rip off. So sod em i'll stay at home and they lose my twelve quid makes complete sense but thats speedway no wonder people lose interest. I can only get shafted so many times and i'm rapidly getting to that limit

. Mainly because most of the criticism is unfair. Yes he has made many mistakes far too many for someone of his experience but that said how can you take critical opinions from someone who doesn't actually attend meetings (Chris) As far as mentioning names in the press what is wrong with that? If Silver is mentioned by name so it should follow that by becoming involved then anyone with input can be named too, fact of life Far as i am concerned he got the admission costs wrong and should abandon the rubbish programme those are my only gripes with him. The 2012 team was a decent team, no league winners but certainly good enough to make the top six then anything can happen. No way could he foresee the many injuries he had nor the retirement of Frampton. He replaced the injured Neath with arguably a better rider whose meetings for us has been limited. In Garrity and Lykke he has two excellent kids ready for next year but i see no praise for that The track which has been the subject of many justified complaints is now devoid of dust and has produced some decent racing. He continues to have double header PL/NL meetings for no increase in admission, the three quid programme is optional. We nearly always have a second half and have now got some good kids in the NL team. Several points raised still seem to be about what happened in 2011 where Silver can't be held responsible for what happened to Boxall no way in my opinion can he be slated for doing the decent thing and bringing Boxall back when fit. everyone knew that Doyle was a temporary measure and fair play that he honoured his agreements with riders who were the starting team. Given the amount of stick he got from so called supporters i know if i were him I would have told people if they dont want to go dont. Thats all he said but people sulk, thats it no more than that. Most Football supporters dont like their clubs owners but that doesnt mean they sulk and dont go. As far as walking out on Rye he sold up when he wanted to for what ever the reason he was entitled to do so and quite clearly without his involvement today there would be no speedway. Perhaps thats what some of the Rye House supporters want, perhaps then they will move on to moaning about something else to occupy their time. He seems a very loyal bloke to me for several reasons but he has riders riding for him who remain loyal as they know he will support them when things go wrong and he pays them on time, he obviously took the flack for the Nelson Visa problems which it is now clear that was out of his hands and he was trying to protect the rider. But it is the few areas that he gets wrong that brings so much criticism which which i believe is unfair. As for saturday a loss by ten or more maybe but that will be wiped out on sunday i think

I assume this meeting is being run as a Mildenhall home meeting so why are the rain off tickets now not being honoured as per the Mildenhall website? Since the meeting has been moved there has been no announcement re the rain off tickets. I will feel royally ripped off if they are not taken for tonight

So many points thrown away by Rye suggested to me that they would have been happy for Ipswich to take all three points but so poor are the witches that they couldn't even manage that. With Gjedde at no 1 rather than an Ipswich rider guesting against Ipswich it would have been pretty embarassing for the home side.

Seen the names Kling and Lanham banded about throughout the season and one of them ok but both would be a disaster, both are capable of third heat leader status and with a big No1 in situ and strenght in depth would be ok at a push as second heat leaders but both together i reckon another season of disasters beckon. Seen enough of Kling to think he wouldN't improve much on his assessed average and lanham who has recently said he is very happy at Ipswich no longer looks the real deal to me. Think we have the makings of a very useful side for next year but really do need a top No 1 to round it off

Bunyan, Nelson,Garrity, Lykke and Mellgren are nailed on, i don't see Len deciding on the other two until he knows exactly what the format will be. Next season is too unpredictable to call so given these five are more than likely definite i think we!ll have to wait for the other two.

That was a decent meeting given it was against a very poor Ipswich team. Only Dakota North left with any pride. As far as the Rocket of the year garrity by a mile, not just for his racing but for his infectious enthusiasm without any of the shortcomings that were predicted by some Belle Vue supporters. Doubt that the daft old bugger who runs the club will get any congratulations for getting him to the club, making him feel welcome,keeping him level headed and assisting his progress just as he did with Woffinden and Sundstrom and likely will do with Robert Lambert too.

A rider generally rides for whoever he wants irrespective of who owns his contract but i would be surprised if he was at Rye next year. Regarding Lens facalties it has nothing to do with him who is at Rye on saturday, The situation has become confused due to the number of fixtures that Ipswich now have and they are now involved in a northern tour week with satuturday seeing them at Workington so as i understand it the fixtures were swapped to accomodate Ipswich. I can only guess that bolly refers to lens senility because of all the injuries and retirement that he has suffered this season seeing us end up at the wrong end of the table, that said he must be senile given that he still keeps speedway going at Rye with all the insults hurled at him Decent battling performance where we should have won. I thought i saw that Sanchez was supposed to be riding

Wasn't going to bother with but a last minute change of mind and a third trip kto Sheffield. We never get anything up there and i don't suppose wil will tomorrow either, be interested to see how Mellgren goes this time around

The cut off date came before rye throwing a spanner in the works by winning at stoke. Political decision to ensure the standalone teams stoke and isle of wight got through Probably lucky for len anyway as now we are in the pl losers tournament he would have struggled to fit the two extra meetings if the raiders had gone all the way How rye run their meetings cannot be compared to a much emptier fixture list at stoke. Given the 7 rainoffs some of which were double headers and the farce of the british semi final he did very well to complete the home fixtures. Once it became apparent that rye had a chance of qualification the cut off date could have been extended another 3 days without interfering with the playoffs. Poor show and how stupid the league table will look when the top four sides wont be in the playoffs...mockery

First time for a very long time that i have enjoyed a double header at Rye. nought to do with the wins but how well both meetings were run. Have been used to five hour epics but three and a half hours plus a few minutes was pretty good. You can only beat whats in front of you and nice to finish with a win. Whilst i agree its more meetings to watch cant say i relish another trip to Ipswich or watching them at Rye again, just too much. Not sure why doyle would have a problem with Len. Len named him as a temporary signing and doyle signed that contract, Len stayed loyal to his original team and doyle moved on. Cant understand why doyle wouldnt take guest meetings at rye, extra bucks for which he has been paid and he certainly piled up the points with plenty of effort Lambert still looks uncomfortable on the rye track but still a good performance, garrity the one shining star this season, Mellgren steady, lykke getting a nice average for next season and looked happier at reserve, bunyan remains for me disappointing and doyle again what a number one should be like and i would swallow my gripes about him last year and say yes please for 2013 Doolan again looked good as did Tully, but nothing really from the monarchs Thought the raiders were going to blow it keep throwing points away but came good in the end All things being equal a good night out worth the sixteen quid

With Garrity back and Connor Coles looking good this team now looks very good. Shame about the playoffs as given the current teams strengths we are now a match for anyone.

With Doyle and Garrity in the side i cant see anything but a rye win. Given that we have a few more meetings to go to in a competion that no one cares about and of course our grand finale. Season to forget more down to our injuries and the continued choice of RR. Than anything else.

When you have a team full of guests and using RR as Rye have i find it difficult to keep much interest. For me Gjedde hasn't worked, what with injuries, his Wife giving birth and his Fathers illness he seems more like a guest himself. Tonking for Rye House which is sad on a track we used to do so well on.

for me the worst meeting of the season year in year out. Especially the naff cheap formula Never have i read such a load of rubbish. Funny how you attacked me for hiding behind an alias and here you are having abandonned RMC. I have supported Rye since 76 don't recall ever Seeing you at an away match and yet you are giving a tonking to shadders who i don't know but do see regularly, one of a few i hasten to add that does put his money where his mouth is and travel to support the rockets. This season has been poor by Len Silver standards but as poor as it has been it cannot rival the depression that Russell bought to our club. As for the Hoddesdon area what a snobbish comment you make but then again an unsurprising one given the way you bored the pants off of the Rye faithful every week during your overly long stint as announcer.Also unsurprising is your return to posting drivel just amazed it took you so long. Here you are using a new monika have you still got me barred from contacting you as you cowardly did during your last stint on the forum. Do the regular contributors a favour and dont return, walk away from Rye...thought you did that years ago Harry ward...see no alias