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I don't know of any Rye fan that believes that Simon Lambert shouldn't be released from his duties, not one. It's been weeks since he put in a half decent performance. Surely we'd have seen a change by now. With Garrity at reserve, and getting back to his best, it's giving the team a much needed points boost, but when he swops places with Luke Bowen (I presume) after next months GS are released we'll be back to square one. Having a rider that's scores next to nothing home & away is unacceptable. If it was a youngster in his first PL season you could accept it if you could see a week on week improvement, but Simon has been around for years and is going backwards.

When I saw the title of this thread I assumed it concerned the terrible beatings most teams receive when they visit the OTA

With the GP and two massive football matches on this could be one of the lowest attendances at Rye for a while.

You turned up at Stevenage week in week out. Remind me where they finished?

Nah, football takes a back seat when the speedway season starts. If you're so confident of a Hull win, how much have you got on it? You can get 6/1 with Ladbrokes

What have you been celebrating every other home meeting you've missed this year, Stevenage being relegated?Silly Ben

Rye House aren't running a NL side this year

Had a bit of a storm around half two, strong wind and rain. Currently bright, but with some threatening clouds to the south west. On the face of it the postponement looks to be a sensible decision

Heavy rain all day Saturday. Will be called off before noon

Does Lambert still race in Germany at the weekend?

Thankfully very few words

Ruthless by the Diamonds promotion, but should be applauded for trying to improve the side. Contrast that to Rye House who are content to track a rider who's average has dropped to under 2.00

Yes indeed. We'll be back in a couple of weeks (weather permitting)Can't blame the Sheffield promotion for attempting to get the meeting on. It was only a sudden shower on a bladed track that forced the abandonment.

Looks like a wasted journey for us. We're almost at Nottingham

That won't stop em trying

Now speedway is playing second fiddle to truck racing? The sport is going down the bog

Some tremendous clashes between the two sides at Rye. Same can't be said about the return fixtures at the NA, except for one early season meeting (can't recall the year, may be 2007) when we came very close to a win there, Danny King scoring around 17 points. There was another occasion when we came very close with Leigh Lanham as our guest, (again, can't remember the year), but mostly it was heavy defeats, so bad that I stopped going for the last couple of years that KL were in the PL.

Bit harsh on Doolan. He's not really a number one, just a decent second string these days. When Vissing moves to the number one spot it should take some pressure off him. I presume that part of the reason Kevin was signed was because he's a great bloke to have around the pits, much like the reason Rye House signed Simon Lambert. Fancy a swop?

Don't know why anyone is surprised at track conditions. It's always like that for afternoon meetings.

Rider replacement for a rider that's been sacked. You couldn't make it up!! Dick Barrie's gonna have a field day.

That's nothing compared to the reception I'll get when B4E reads this in the morning!!

Can't say that any PL side is universally disliked. We don't really have anyone close enough to Rye House to be classed as local rivals, but the team I enjoy beating most is Berwick for obvious reasons When I first started going in the mid 80's, meetings versus Hackney, Arena Essex & Mildenhall were always the grudge matches and although Wimbledon were a London side I didn't really get the feeling they were disliked when they came to Rye Not to mention some of their more obnoxious supporters

I thought we were bad there last week, but this takes bad to a whole new level!! Reports say the attendance was well down on last year. I noticed far less than normal last week, but put it down to the poor forecast. Have the Somerset public lost interest in speedway?

Another home defeat. Lewis Blackbird will be the Panthers match winner

Didn't realise this was a KOC fixture. Makes perfect sense to run it at the first possible opportunity. I s'pose I'll be heading up the M1 next Thursday afternoon