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The new face is Rob Lyon, standing in for Alex Brady apparently

A bit difficult as we are allowed riders up to 6.45 and Bombers current GSA is 7.45

Anything above Andersen’s GSA of 4.96 would put him in the top 5.

No it isn’t but once entered (his reasons for entering are beyond me) I think he is committed, I think the late fixture switch was important because clearly he would have had his travel plans in place. Quite why riders who are well past their GP standard and riders that are clearly not up to anywhere near GP standard enter the FIM qualifiers is beyond me but their you go.

Pretty sure an FIM qualifier takes precedent over a Premier League fixture in any event, but this was a late re arranged match so Harris is hardly at fault for this one

Indeed

Good Question

Peterborough Panthers 2023 connection ?

For Prague that wasn’t too bad, decent racing with a few overtakes. For Woffy that was awful, just doesn’t look quick enough, Bewley and Lambert are both better.

Thanks for that Tim,

Jack Holder didn’t have any problems Thursday night, even when he missed the gate.

Anyone know when the draw for tonight’s GP will be decided

I watched the riders parade which showed the terraces as the riders went round the track, from what I saw the crowd looked dreadful, BSN showed the queues outside when it mentioned the delay, the main gate queue showed 30 at best which is why I mentioned it. The queue seen was just in front of the ticket office and at that point didn’t extend into the car park let alone the street, this was at the published start time of 7.30pm.

Well I watched it on BSN and it looked dreadful, I can only compare it to when we went to watch Peterborough there the other week and it didn’t look any better.

Would he hell, your team is based on King and Riss backing up the dynamic duo, when them or their replacements don’t turn up your vulnerable as proved by a solid 1-7 Wolves team, generally Batman and Robin get you home but it’s going to fail on occasions.

Well listening to Craig Cook recently it’s clear that the Witches tried him first to replace Riss, it must have been clear to everyone that Barker wasn’t the answer but that’s the problem with top heavy teams, King and Riss were important to the teams success this year. Wolves are riding well at present and now Becker is back a very solid top five especially at fortress Monmore, and with a free scoring reserve they are currently a danger to any team.

Laguta will improve, but not sure the rest of the team will.

I did enjoy watching Brady on the heat 15 interview, he has obviously been watching Hawkins when he loses, another smacked arse face. Not a happy bunny.

To be honest I think Peterborough are better, Lynn were dreadful tonight.

Yeah, about 30 at the most. Should start on time like everything else does

Unfortunately he isn’t the only one but your on the money.

Tungates last GSA is 6.61

It’s been very clear that Keith Chapman is the boss, the final say is his, CJ and Tomalin effectively work for him

The problem we have is our heat leaders are not winning races, that’s where we are missing out, generally guests and RR are just not cutting it and Iversen isn’t performing anywhere near what was expected. That heaps pressure on the middle and bottom order who are struggling to fill the gaps, Basso, Cook and Jenkins are fine they are still learning, it’s Worrall and Andersen who need to step up their performances but at the moment both are generally struggling. After 7 defeats the team’s confidence has deteriorated and the desire just doesn’t appear to be there with several of the more experienced riders.

Not sure where they were hiding then because the terraces were quiet and the seats stand was about third full, very few on the 3rd/4th bend and back straight, I stood on the first bend and even that wasn’t exactly crowded.