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I wouldn't call it diluted, I'd call it sustainable, and that is what all the tracks need to be looking at or there's no way to build from anything else

hotel and flights booked for this, looking forward to it

I'd have Kenneth back. last rider Porsing/Jakobsen, both have the potential to top score at times how about Olly Allen & Dale Allitt as joint team managers?

so I reckon King, Lambert, K Bjerre, Rose, Kerr, Iversen + one other??

Darcy Ward used to ride it in his PL season for KL, scored rather a lot too

I wasn't after the averages, I was after what the opposition reserves scored at the Showground - and I've had a look .... v Somerset KOC - Jake Allen 9+1 v Somerset PL - BWD 8+1 v Edinburgh PL - Bewley 10+2 This is what makes the difference, when Peterborough lose at home it's generally helped on it's way by a big hitting reserve in the opposition.

how many do/did their reserves score

they did, just consistency was missing. Ulrich, Tofty, Busk, Simon, they all had good meetings and bad, and that's why the engine room is so important. as I mentioned before, when Kings Lynn were dominant in the PL they had a middle order that could be relied on a winning mentality will spread also, and it will pull along the lesser riders .. there's a winning mentality at the top, it NEEDS to filter through 1 - 7. the track needs to be made for the worst riders in the team to ride, the rest will cope

had a race winner with Cook, but with no reserves it made it harder .. Cook can only have 5 rides

a solid team means you are likely to always have a good reserve with any of the top 6 able to swap positions .. with teams coming to Peterborough and winning I think they all had a strong reserve which made the difference

basically the whole of this situation is down to politicians getting things wrong and not understanding what 'normal' people want. and if you think we're screwed, wait until USA have their election - the world will be screwed

but wasn't this rained off earlier in the season?

the thing is, we are constantly seeing the ELRC etc decimated because riders can't be bothered or whatever, and we're told that if it was National League riders would jump at chances of being in the big meetings, same as if the track is a bit iffy and the EL riders won't ride, we're told that the NL riders will just get on with it. With the forecast I've seen for tomorrow it will be interesting that's for sure.

in 1976 the equivalent of the PL was called the NL

I did put about getting home around 9, that's with roughly an hour to get home included. I know there are quite a few younger children that enjoy going to the showground, there is plenty of space to run around, and usually a bouncy castle, so to have them left at home would be a shame.

that's a shame, I was hoping it would go back to the 3 or 3.30 starts we had last year. with a 5 start it still makes it a bit of a later finish and not ideal for bringing the younger children, something we really need to be looking at to get the children hooked and keep wanting to come. with a 5 start we'll be looking at getting home around 9, and that's too late when there's school on the Monday

Sunday night meetings, or Sunday afternoon??

isn't Zach rather busy on Sundays with grass/longtrack?

it's not my money being spent on riders so I won't give any opinion regarding a 1 - 7, Ged will look after the club with a good team within the budget I'm sure, but IF it was my money, I think I would be looking at basing the team around Kenneth Hansen and Kyle Newman. Going back to the successful times at Kings Lynn in the Premier League, they always had a strong engine room and a great team bond, and it was these that ultimately brought trophies. With the averages of Kenneth and Kyle, they would be an amazing engine room

and that's why there's more drug testing going on

Layne Cupitt also switched to GTR

I think BSI need to invest in the type of fence used by Kings Lynn, it's not an airfence and doesn't lift when hit

pretty disrespectful to call NL riders 'wobblers', everyone starts somewhere and deserve a chance to progress

Sky will be asking for a referendum

with regards to the referee decisions .. we keep being told the throttle goes both ways.