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On current form I'd fancy our chances against Glasgow, IF we get there.

Poor opposition = poor meeting. Some have mentioned 6 man teams to save money next year, if it means the likes of Kopopka don't get a ride, it could be a good thing.

The problem when Benny Bonkers rode for us was, CL liked to produce a track that was grippy on the inside early on, then the dirt would move out. Poor old Benny never could get used to this, he'd miss the gate in his early heats, go wide, and just go backwards. But it's different now, there's an outside line from the start, so BB should be ok. I preferred the track as it was, but only a couple of our lads could handle the grip, so now It's a lot easier to ride.

He as certainly a bit special on his last visit to Hoddesdon, I'm sure the locals thought it was a "super" performance.

If I had a wider vocabulary, I'd say our season is at a bit of an "impasse". Never thought my season could be over in August (except for Melbourne and Mildura). But can't make next week and I don't bother with the 16 lapper. Our hopes of making the play offs must have improved with Rye House signing the "superkid". Just hope we end on a high, and hope Plymouth fail in their attempt to catch us. But who really cares? My thoughts are in a Polish hospital at the moment, and not at Foxhall.

Not a bad Evening's entertainment. Shame we couldn't get the 4 points to put more pressure on Plymouth, but when you've got riders like Gino and Rohan attacking the 3rd bend like they're riding a huge track in Poland, then you drop points. But all round we deserved it, just hope No's 2-7 turn up for the Rockets when Plymouth are in Town.

All gifts gratefully accepted, we need them to scrape into the play offs.

That would have been a very valid point until we changed the shape of the track, It's "ok" these days. But after watching some awful crap from compost corner in the past 2 seasons, I can confidently state that Ipswich is longer the most boring track in East Anglia, our friends over the border have now got that accolade.

A statement echoed by many other clubs I'd imagine. Good rider, but certainly prone to the odd hiccup when it matters most.

Just hope the result goes Felixstowe's way in the afternoon. then I might not be minus 2 mates come 21-00 tomorrow night.

What's the water situation at Dry House these Days? Looks like a scorcher during the day, do we need to bring our own to throw on the track? Or just wear dust masks? Only joking, I assume the dust problems are just for Afternoon meetings, well I hope there are. After watching footy in the Afternoon, I'll be bringing along 1 or 2 who haven't been to Speedway for decades, it had better be good.

Well done Redcar. Just hope Nico and Danny are fully fit for Saturday. Nice to see Cam and Rohan looking sharp.

Well that's convinced me to go, (depending on tonight's results) COME ON YOU BEARS!!!

Don't usually bother about other results when I'm at Foxhall, but the score from Redcar will either finish our season, or (hopefully) extend until Rye House on Saturday.

I'm sure CL will try to get the best available, just hope there's a few choices. Can't understand why some fans say about "cheap guests", I wouldn't call CC and RW cheap. As we've got plenty of time we should get someone reasonable, but Stef's average isn't great, so it wont be easy to get anyone special.

Up until Saturday I was hoping Sheffield could be caught, on the assumption Edinburgh could get a result there this week. But now with Plymouth still having to go to Redcar and Scunny, Ipswich will probably have to get something from Somerset and Rye house this week. Certainly Plymouth are favourites now, and the Witches season could well be over by Saturday night. I hope it isn't, but it's looking bleak at the moment.

Plenty of times a Football or Cricket match has been delayed due to traffic problems, happened a few Weeks ago when Birmingham Bears turned up late at Old Trafford. Most of the riders would have come from the East. I assume a couple of other riders would have come the same route as Lawson. Had they been 20 minutes earlier, they might have missed it, had they been 20 minutes later they might have heard about it and diverted. But sometimes you're in the wrong place at the wrong time and there's nothing you can do about it. I sat on the crash barrier on the M25 a few Weeks ago for ages, I'd planned my trip, gave myself plenty of time, but if the whole road is blocked and the police are waiting for the air ambulance, and then the crash inspectors to do their bit, then you are stuffed!!! **** happens as they say. Now the good news (for me), I'm on holiday when the 2nd leg is due, so I wont have to make that decision whether to go or not.

Will it be the excellent R Worrall that rode for us last Thursday, or the very average R Worrall we saw on telly Tuesday?

Maybe that's part of our cunning plan then.

Knowing how difficult it is to arrange a cup match with our friends from the dump, we were probably offered this date or sometime in October. There's no way we'd have wanted to go without Danny and Stefan, but as they run the league we probably didn't have a choice. Not the first time, and it wont be the last. Having said that, as Peterborough proved, if over half your team is out, it can work to your advantage. Not many other teams riding, so let's hope our guests perform like the Panthers guests did last week. And really looking on the bright, (unlike our last visit) we wont have to carry a reserve who hates the place and is guaranteed not to score.

Surprised you haven't started one yet. But not looking good for this season, unless we can do a Peterborrow and beat Edinburgh in the cup, or Sheffield lose at home and we get something at Rye and Somerset. Clutching at straws a bit, but you never know.

Nice to see our reserves looking sharper and all round our gating looked more consistent. Were we better or were they crap?

We thought they were waiting for Wilko to take his helmet off (just to make sure it was really him), after his excellent showing in heat 3. Nobody has ever seen him look so smooth around Foxhall.

Not a bad Evening's racing. Babs only had one decision to make, but got it wrong. After a wet Afternoon it was nice to see a fair crowd again, I was expecting a lot less considering the weak opposition.

Might only be 3 hours to get here, but as we found out the other Friday, the numerous road closures mean a lot longer getting home, you've made the right choice. Light rain here in Felixstowe, should save the track staff watering the track.