Shadders

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

Agreed. He was gating and looked in control, apart from one fall when he fell under pressure from Scott Nicholls

Not the best meeting on newly laid shale that became greasy mid meeting after a short shower. It'll take a little while for the team to get used to it I s'pose. Anyone who questions Wells inclusion for Watt had that answered today. Gotta say Bates not being in the Lions side helped us greatly.

Definitely no dogs allowed at Rye House

Danny King is class around Rye, poor form or not. Don't think I've seen Gomolski at Rye, but I've seen Hall there a few times. Can't remember him impressing much

No post for this that I can see. Not as straightforward as it may seem. Looks like Leicester have strengthened. Not many easy Premiership meetings. Hard one to call, but I'd take a 7-10 point win. Weather forecast doesn't look great. Showers forecast from 1pm and on and off all afternoon. Let's hope the tracks in good nick. Afternoon meetings at Rye have a history of being particularly dull

Is this a wind up? Why post this?

You weren't mentioned by name, but if the cap fits... Was a very rare visitor to the EL section when Rye were PL. I was aware of your reputation and was looking forward to some verbal jousting. Seems I was misinformed. At least Starman gives it some effort, even if he's made to look a fool most of the time.

That's the one I was thinking of. Early season, so no panic. Not many will come away from Wolves with anything but their tails between their legs, especially now they've strengthened.

The vast majority of speedway supporters only attend home meetings. As long as they see their team win on their own track they're usually pretty content. To think some were calling for Robbo to be replaced a couple of weeks ago. Let's not forget Poole were tonked at Wolves by 20 points around this time last year, ex world champ Holder scoring three duck eggs