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I thought Kurtz was on his way during the winter the longer he wasn't announced by the Aces... I wonder if that was ever on the cards (especially with Lemon being involved)?

Ignored 👍😁

Broken ankle

That's really difficult to know isn't it... weren't they asking for people to tell them where they'd come from on socials? I saw a fair few familiar faces, riders, officials etc. And a lot of Bees and Panthers... not to mention Witches. It'll be interesting to see what the crowd is this Thursday, especially with it also being on BSN.

I think it's been really noticeable, to me at least, how things have deteriorated, in such a short space of time, since Phil Morris left his role. Already gone are the uniform way in which meetings run, the countdown to the parade mentioning all of the key sponsors, the key sponsor advertising boards and post match interviews being conducted in front of key. sponsor boards.

I think before bringing in more contrived rules... they should look at the current rules, instead of clobbering Northamptoningham with a no facility facility (absurd) for a rider that has not yet ridden they should allow a full facility especially if it can be proven the rider has actually signed a contract to ride... and if the sport is going to rely so so heavily on the guest system make sure that there are a pool of guests that are contractually obliged to guest. instead we have a system where it's totally up to the rider whether he chooses to accept the booking or not and even if he does he can change his mind at a moments notice... anyway that's getting on to a whole different subject! With Northamptoningham having around £75k on their hip after opening night they should have a bit of cash to splash... but as @paulnolan has already said the natives are restless, it's essential for any noobs to have a winning team, at least at home as they'll be lost before they come to love the subtleties of the sport after a few home losses. At the moment this is a carbon copy of Birmingham... but with crowds, but I fear they'll soon drop off and they'll be reliant on floaters, such as myself.

Klindt is not a number 5, not in a million years... Charles Wright is unattached, when he's fit to return, he's not the answer though, Luke Becker? One of the ex-gp riders? Wozniak, Michelsen, Vaculik, Janowski, Huckenbeck... Tungate, Nilsson, Thorsell, DJ Woffy... all the usual suspects. None of them are going to set the world alight but are more likely than not going to score more that the 2 or 3 points that Klindt is currently offering. Klindt did this a couple of years back when he got binned off by Oxford, or was it Lynn, or did he go from Oxford to Lynn, can't remember, but I remember him saying at the time he can't set his bikes up during the colder early months... which I commented at the time was not great to hear from somebody with so much experience... but here we are again.

Suspected broken collarbone

On form, this season, DT is 2nd in the averages on 6.44 (not including tonight) officially he's 4th ahead of Morris and Kemp. He may not even have broken his collarbone, apparently he was saying he thought he had but the medics were saying they didn't think he had... Mr Dickson said he should get it x-rayed. I thought Gilkes wasn't too bad this evening, he didn't get the points but was on the pace and in the thick of the action, not bad after nearly a year out. I don't trust much to luck, good or bad, if riders keep getting injured it's for a reason, much like riders whose machinery keeps letting them down.

Suspected broken collarbone for DT

Much like Birmingham, for the last couple of years, they're a rider short, everybody is riding a place above where they should be... there's no way on this earth that Nicolai Klindt is a PL number 5!

Northamptoningham basically fielded a Championship level team tonight and despite almost staging a bit of a mid meeting comeback probably would have failed to beat Scunthorpe on tonight's evidence.

... or carry on as we are 👉🙄👈

Delayed cleaning his bikes? Or finishing off plastering a ceiling somewhere 😂

Northamptoningham haven't brought the thousands of fans that they had last week with them 😂

Says R/R on updates 🤷‍♂️

Radio silence from Northamptoningham regarding Zagar... they catch on fast 😁

I'd give him a refund 😂

Cairns is poor, yet to win a race at PL level this year, there are far better RS's available

In the right mood Klindt and Zagar could have got 40 between them... or 2! Flint would probably be the better bet over Cook

Anywhere but Leicester he would...

Zagar just withdrawn from the Belle Vue meeting with an ankle injury

BVTV interviewer asking Klindt if he's going to make any changes... thank goodness 👏

They didn't start the parade until 12:03 Now waiting for the paramedic dealing with somebody in the crowd... 2 mins on now

Why can Belle Vue never start on time?