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Good signing, IMHO. Any specific suggestions on the "could have done better" front?

It's Harkess, not Harkness...

Sam Masters confirmed as the seventh signing.

That's a fair point, but surely there is nothing to beat instant advice in the pits from someone who is actually sampling the track conditions first-hand.

With a team of 30-plus riders, no. With a young, inexperienced and developing side, absolutely yes. Excellent team man, always ready to help out and pass on advice and also particularly good with the fans. I suspect Mildenhall supporters knew that already. Really good to see him back in the sport.

Yes, I think that would work with the two Danes together and he certainly gets on with Mads (actually I reckon you'd have to be a curmudgeon of exceptional attitude not to get on with Mads).

I'm not sure we'll get the answer to the Klindt/Skornicki debate this season anyway, Whatever the figures, I expect Klindt to average more with Lynn this year than he would have done with Wolves. His injuries clearly left him tentative at Monmore and I think a change to a bigger, pacier track with a bit more room to manoeuvre will suit him.

Couldn't agree more. I think the seventh man will be pivotal to Wolves' chances. Will be interesting to see if the management try to pluck out a newish face or go with something a bit more tried and trusted.

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Yes, good meeting. Clouds of dust later on but I suspect that even if water had been available, it might have frozen on track.

Alternatively, you could read my post. I don't have "some sort of problem" and I'm not "encouraging them". Indeed, I have taken no stance on the issue. You, in contrast, have had a knee-jerk reaction. I've posed a question; you have confessed to being unable to answer it and had a swipe at me in the process. Good work. Carry on.

And should he be successful in gaining a British passport and an ACU licence, what "appropriate action" would that be?

No, he's far from it....

Wolves, similarly, announced after the AGM that they were negotiating with Wells courtesy of Coventry. Promoters generally have a good idea, for better or worse, who they're after before the AGM and just need the points limit and any other regulations confirmed before looking to firm up the deals. It's only once they get onto Plans B and C (or beyond!) that the trouble starts!

Difficult, difficult. I would be surprised if Kus were signed, given his struggles last season. Against that, he was drafted in mid-campaign in a struggling side and found it hard to make an instant impact. I feel there's more talent there than he showed last season; he was very disappointed with his showings. I'm an unabashed admirer of Jorgensen: Very stylish rider, determined, a great 'can-do' attitude and the sort of character who seems to fit very easily into a team. I imagine any Scunthorpe fans who have strayed into this thread would say much the same. I really think this lad has a future in the top flight and would love to see him on the club books. New four-pointer: The regulation changes would seem to have put an end to the instant hero who comes in on a four and proceeds to tear up the track, but in recent seasons I don't recall seeing many of that breed ending up at Monmore anyway! As to Kling, I'm with Bwitcher on this one. He had an early run-out at Monmore some years ago in the Olympique and has always been decent at the Green. But that original promise hasn't truly been fulfilled and one has to wonder if it will. So, for my fourpence, and sitting somewhat on the fence, in the short term Kling and the long term, Jorgensen. Given that the points ceiling makes the sport in essence a series of short-term challenges, and bearing in mind also that Wolves will have a young and relatively inexperienced Swede at reserve in Thorssell, I'd go (reluctantly and with a guilty apology in the direction of Jorgensen), with Kling. Edit: Excellent post, Sandking, IMHO.

Sadly for one of the sport's genuinely great names, that appears to be something of a given these days.

Or, perhaps, be it the team manager.

Good points, but the counter-argument (and apologies for moving off-topic) would be: Why invest in a rider if there's no prospective long-term return, either in terms of club appearances or loan fees? Once you've got more than seven assets you can't offer them all a place anyway, regardless of the added pressures from the points ceiling. By invest, I refer to training school development and infrastructure such as mechanical help or aid with transport as much as actual cash. Edit: And perhaps to some degree, the current system and the points limit help keep the playing field a little more level than it would otherwise be in a free for all. I'm not proclaiming the status quo perfect (or even particularly good), but we should always be aware of what might be round the corner.

Use a smaller typeface to get all the names in?

Back to you, then, Romford Bomber?

Source?

As A Orlov indicates, from the originator of the thread. Having put JJR and assorted aliases on ignore (and if he'd be kind enough to PM me with future guises, thus saving me a little work, that would be appreciated) I must confess to a certain amount of amusement in being outflanked in this way.

Possibly too high to get a place full stop, unfortunately for him.

The two sides: Gary Patchett: “The referee had the best view in the house, called down to the clerk of the course's office and said blue (Nielsen) was out, although we saw no lights come on. “Chris Louis then entered the referee's box -- which he is not allowed to do, it's a sacrosanct area – and the referee changes his decision and excludes our rider in white, Adam Roynon. “It doesn't look very clever. The referee has changed his mind after he's been approached by a promoter from the opposition. And it's just not allowed." Dudley statement mentions BBC WM coverage: "You can hear the moment when Louis clearly influences the referee's decision in a face-to-face conversation by going to 2:50:00 and listening for approximately two minutes on the following programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zhkjc Chris Louis: “I went through the referee's box because I had to get to the video and have a look at it. “At that point he hadn't made a decision. I came back down and there must have been another five or 10 minutes before a decision was made. “He (Dave Robinson) put his head through the door and said: 'I haven't made a decision and I will when I'm sure.' “There was discussion; it was pretty brief. “When Rob Henry got on the phone to ask if a decision had been made, he (Robinson) said he thought it was Stefan's fault, he was looking at the video and he was going to make his mind up when he was sure. “He wanted to make his decision when the track had been cleared. Both lads were still on the track. It was a very heavy impact.”

Just got back home; congratulations to Mildenhall on their victory and commiserations to Dudley. Well done to the Lynn promotion for somehow getting a track rideable (-ish) by 8.12 and raceable later on despite the elements conspiring against them. Particular sympathy to Adam Roynon for yet another bad injury.