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I thought the track had been watered well but the riders still couldn't get enough drive round the outside, the inside line is too good?

Guessing the guys simply don't want the hassle, the majority just aren't bothered about racing here anyway. Look at all the young aussies going straight to Poland, sad for us but we do need to push our youngsters on somehow. At last have read what Mark Lemon has said in the Star, that the Championship promoters need to embrace the rising star scheme again, to weaken Championship teams so there isn't the need for so much doubling up of riders but the encouragement/improvement of youngsters. He thinks at some point in the very near future that GB will be bereft of riders because we haven't trained them up basically. He thinks all promoters need to look to the future instead of today .....

We do not, we use Mondays and Thursdays! Yes our promoters have tried to accommodate other leagues, GP promoters, stock car promoters, dog racing promoters etc because actually everything can work with a bit of give and take, until Poland pi@@ed on the matches in all ways, looking forward to them getting burnt, may be too late for British Speedway though ....

So the Championship promoters would be happy to promote a league with all NL riders in would they whilst the Premiership have all the best riders prepared to race here? Bloody Championship promoters won't even embrace the Rising Star scheme! Are you coming up with the readies to pay 2/3 riders extra in each team to allow for injuries during the season and for them to train to keep race fit etc?

As expected.......

I didn't watch any GPs last year cos I wouldn't pay the money. This year I'm watching with a couple of m8s but I can take or leave them tbh, rubbish tracks so far! Won't bother with the SEC, what's that all about anyway. The SON will probs watch it to see how our boys do.

Same except I'm not a huge fan of the GPs, like to see our Brits do well .......

That's where the TV company have made a mistake imo. They ought to edit better ....

Why do you have to say anything about their other teams? They can see that speedway is a dangerous sport, you can tell them that there's not enough money in the sport to have squads so when one of your best riders gets injured or whatever one of the options is to get a rider from a different team to guest because without it your team is weakened and you'd definitely lose without them. You can explain that whilst our sport is this poor this is the only option ......

What's the point ..... I have absolutely no connection with Lublin! It's all about passion for my team for starters .....

Why would I want to look at Lublin ...... I really am not the slightest bit interested in any speedway but British Speedway m8.

Well that's great then ..... half an interview!

Has he provided an answer?

When they're racing for your team who cares that they race elsewhere? Not me .... Riders have been racing for numerous teams for years .....

I was hoping they would've got their heads together and made a stand but no ......

You'd think Chris Louis would try to do something about it, has he? Jeeeeez I know Lynn isn't like it was but it's a king to Ipswich!

God it was frustrating!!!

2 proper passes on the night

If you lose your home team, the team you feel most passionate about, of course your love for the sport wanes, only to be expected. Grading, I've always thought of this as making the track fair (not at Eastbourne and maybe Ipswich lol) and safe for the riders who I want to be able to give 100% every race, it's NEVER bothered me and it gives us time to talk about the race coming up, the race just gone, speedway in general or perhaps just life. Sorry if you've lost your passion for the sport, so glad I haven't

He had it the week before and scored 10+2, it just didn't suit the grippy track I guess ....

We had 3 efs to your none. We had 2 riders missing to your 1 and lost one on the night. Thomas LOVES a grippy track and NKI too tbh so I suspect they would've scored highly. The score was so close on the night that I believe we would've taken the win but for our injuries and efs. We'll agree to disagree

Excuse me for breathing!! roflmao

I guess so .......

Was that because their number 8 was injured though, Gilkes?

It'll be Jake, rules innit?