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Kings Lynn V Swindon 02/08/17


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This is getting ridiculous now! Fifty away from home without Doyley and Zach!

 

Swindon could go top tomorrow.

 

It seems nobody wants the fourth play-off place though.

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Well I went to support the stance Buster had taken and believe it or not was looking forward to it.

 

There were some good points and some bad. Think it's fair to say I was not impressed with the overall value for money, in that respect nothing has changed. It's two years since my last visit and it will probably be at least two more before my next.

 

On arrival was nice to be welcomed back personally by Cheryl (sorry for name dropping :P ) on into the stadium and as it was before just a massive expanse of grey. Whichever way you look it's grey - terraces, centre, stands etc. Apart from the advertising hoardings and I found it rather depressing to start the evening off. There was some music playing on the pa, think it was reasonably old cos I recognised the tunes and I don't do modern stuff. That was the sum total of entertainment. Buster was still going round on his tractor at 7-20 if that counts for others :P

 

I read the programme, grossly overpriced at £2.50 for what it was as I wanted to read Busters thoughts. Should have saved my cash cos I'd read it all before and the rest of the prog could have been copied and pasted from just about any programme of the last 10 years with just the names substituted.

 

 

There was absolutely zero atmosphere all night. The parade truck before the meeting the riders held one arm in the air as a gesture of waving. Now I know I was on the third bend and it was not densely populated but the folk on there had paid the same as folk in the stand etc and deserve some kind of acknowledgement. To be fair THJ did a proper wave as he went by. That should never happen anywhere, riders should be made aware that the fans, especially kids and there were several near us, need to feel appreciated. Yep that is a pet obsession of mine!

 

Parade on the dot of 7.30 and by my watch heat 1 started just before 7.45 so no complaints there.

Heat 1 and an awkward crash for Doyley so a long delay (no complaints there) and pretty obvious sadly that would be the last we would see of him this evening. Prior top the crash the first lap had looked promising racing wise but it was not to be. What followed for the next 13 heats was basically follow my leader except for one pretty good overtake by THJ about heat 4 or 5 (you can tell my attention was wandering :D ).

 

The Lynn riders did come right round if they won a heat but as for acknowledging the fans....zilch :mad:

 

I will give the newcomers credit, they certainly put the effort in, they never gave up trying nor did Kai. Auty tried to add to our entertainment with a perfectly performed somersault complete with bike at the start of a heat. Thankfully he seemed OK. They weren't helped it seemed to me by the track. When heat leaders who have won previous heats cannot pass reserves there is something wrong.

 

Buster had curtailed his tractor demos tho, thankfully with only one 4 or 5 lap stint. Seemed to me that he only graded the outside of the track tho, and the riders didn't ride the outside all night, certainly not on the 3/4 bends.

 

A big plus was no interval so well done on that.

 

We surrendered after heat 13 and as we went out we heard there had been a crash on lap 1 heat 14 hopefully all riders were OK.

 

They have a nice new big screen, why the hell don't they put the riders names on it before a heat?

 

They did seem to go thro the meeting fairly efficiently given the IRR being in operation and 2 races on the trot etc so that's a good point

 

Was it value for money.......NO

Was it good racing..............NO

Were the new riders trying....YES can't fault their effort.

Were the riders as skilful as in the past....Probably

Do the new super silencer/overtuned engines improve the racing NO

 

Will I go back to Lynn in the near future......not a hope

 

Sorry if my views don't please some people but they are honest. I paid my money and am entitled to my views., I've been told on twitter that the racing tonight was better than normal. If that truly is the case god help any Lynn supporters.

Wow, you are so miserable.

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I remember watching Musielak for Leszno, he was a class act back then and pleased to see him progress

 

As for this meeting...Kings Lynn have weakened their side and have been beaten by a Swindon side with effectively no Doyle.

 

Would Swindon have hit 60 with Doyle?

Seeing as the IRR scored 6+2 from JD's 3 programmed rides, and that Swindon got a 1-5 in heat 15, I struggle to see how Swindon may have hit 60 with Doyle riding...
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Well I went to support the stance Buster had taken and believe it or not was looking forward to it.

 

There were some good points and some bad. Think it's fair to say I was not impressed with the overall value for money, in that respect nothing has changed. It's two years since my last visit and it will probably be at least two more before my next.

 

On arrival was nice to be welcomed back personally by Cheryl (sorry for name dropping :P ) on into the stadium and as it was before just a massive expanse of grey. Whichever way you look it's grey - terraces, centre, stands etc. Apart from the advertising hoardings and I found it rather depressing to start the evening off. There was some music playing on the pa, think it was reasonably old cos I recognised the tunes and I don't do modern stuff. That was the sum total of entertainment. Buster was still going round on his tractor at 7-20 if that counts for others :P

 

I read the programme, grossly overpriced at £2.50 for what it was as I wanted to read Busters thoughts. Should have saved my cash cos I'd read it all before and the rest of the prog could have been copied and pasted from just about any programme of the last 10 years with just the names substituted.

 

 

There was absolutely zero atmosphere all night. The parade truck before the meeting the riders held one arm in the air as a gesture of waving. Now I know I was on the third bend and it was not densely populated but the folk on there had paid the same as folk in the stand etc and deserve some kind of acknowledgement. To be fair THJ did a proper wave as he went by. That should never happen anywhere, riders should be made aware that the fans, especially kids and there were several near us, need to feel appreciated. Yep that is a pet obsession of mine!

 

Parade on the dot of 7.30 and by my watch heat 1 started just before 7.45 so no complaints there.

Heat 1 and an awkward crash for Doyley so a long delay (no complaints there) and pretty obvious sadly that would be the last we would see of him this evening. Prior top the crash the first lap had looked promising racing wise but it was not to be. What followed for the next 13 heats was basically follow my leader except for one pretty good overtake by THJ about heat 4 or 5 (you can tell my attention was wandering :D ).

 

The Lynn riders did come right round if they won a heat but as for acknowledging the fans....zilch :mad:

 

I will give the newcomers credit, they certainly put the effort in, they never gave up trying nor did Kai. Auty tried to add to our entertainment with a perfectly performed somersault complete with bike at the start of a heat. Thankfully he seemed OK. They weren't helped it seemed to me by the track. When heat leaders who have won previous heats cannot pass reserves there is something wrong.

 

Buster had curtailed his tractor demos tho, thankfully with only one 4 or 5 lap stint. Seemed to me that he only graded the outside of the track tho, and the riders didn't ride the outside all night, certainly not on the 3/4 bends.

 

A big plus was no interval so well done on that.

 

We surrendered after heat 13 and as we went out we heard there had been a crash on lap 1 heat 14 hopefully all riders were OK.

 

They have a nice new big screen, why the hell don't they put the riders names on it before a heat?

 

They did seem to go thro the meeting fairly efficiently given the IRR being in operation and 2 races on the trot etc so that's a good point

 

Was it value for money.......NO

Was it good racing..............NO

Were the new riders trying....YES can't fault their effort.

Were the riders as skilful as in the past....Probably

Do the new super silencer/overtuned engines improve the racing NO

 

Will I go back to Lynn in the near future......not a hope

 

Sorry if my views don't please some people but they are honest. I paid my money and am entitled to my views., I've been told on twitter that the racing tonight was better than normal. If that truly is the case god help any Lynn supporters.

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