Shadders

Processional speedway with riders 30-40 feet apart at Berwick, or riders struggling to turn on a ploughed field at Rough Park... What a mouthwatering prospect

I wouldn't take any notice of what Tonga says

We are usually very poor at KL.

Apart from 2005 & 2007

For f**k sake... A week has gone by and the same people are still banging on trying to get the last word in... Sad, very sad... Jeeeez

Yep, that's where ours used to come from

Rye House are trying out a different shale as the usual stuff was unavailable. Was used for the first time in the last home meeting. Initial reports were favourable

Been to many Rye House meetings recently? Why do you use bold type and italics?

Except his average is over two points higher.

Kids these days have short attention spans. They ain't gonna sit there 6 hours a day for 5 days. That's why 20/20 cricket was dreamed up. Perfect for TV, non stop action and over in 3 hours. When I was a kid you couldn't get a public tennis court during Wimbledon and for a week after. Nowadays you don't have that problem, if you can find any.

It's the home teams prerogative to prepare the track to suit their riders, as long as it's safe, but let's not hear any more "dry house" jibes please. Ellis Perks hobbled past us, supported by someone, on his way back to the changing rooms. He didn't look in good shape. Kevlars were torn on his lower left leg

Go and see a chiropractor

A point will be massive, but it all depends on how we start the meeting. The first half a dozen heats will be crucial.

The usual Shovlar & Starman pre match doom & gloom. Guys, everyone knows it's all an act 😂 At home Rye are decent, away they certainly ain't!

Not at all confident. Poole by 12-14 points

Suits me fine. I'd rather go down there as underdogs

Two Rockets and a Bandit will be in attendance. Gawd knows where we'll be watching from We'll give that a go

Indeed, I'll be there. Only been to Poole once for New Year Classic the year Ben Barker won after Newport had closed down. Probably be my only away trip and penultimate Rockets meeting this season.

I'll be living up north by then ☹️️

You won't see Rye win at Poole if you turn up next Friday

Plumpton Road is an industrial area. There will be loads of parking there, only 2 minutes walk from the stadium and it'll also be easier to get away after the meeting. Last Monday was gridlocked getting out of the stadium car park

It's not an easy one to answer. I believe social change has led to kids doing less and less outside. Plus the expense of it all. Lack of exposure on main stream TV means that fewer people know about speedway and go to watch it, let alone want to take it up. Interesting that the demise of West Indies cricket had much to do with Caribbean lads taking up basketball instead of wanting to be fast bowlers due to TV exposure and the dream of earning mega bucks in the NBA. Similar with the rise of footballers salaries over here, with kids dreaming of being millionaires taking them towards football and away from motor sports. All you need is a pair of boots. I recently heard of a rider selling a second hand engine for £2,500. Not many can afford that kind of expenditure.

Rye House meetings are covered by T2TV

And there was me thinking we were certs for the title... damn!!

I suspect he would've scored more than the bloke who replaced him