IainB Posted Monday at 08:22 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 08:22 PM (edited) 11 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Buster wouldn’t get away with his delay tactics on his tractor to get bomber more time in Poland and he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it here, it’s the little things Weak refereeing from Christina Pitbull... interval should be after heat 11 and there's a maximum time written in the rules between races. "Except when the Referee considers that there are valid reasons for delaying the start of an ensuing heat, the interval between the finish of one heat and the start of the next shall not exceed 4 minutes including the 2 minute allowance" I wonder what the reason was that the ref considered valid? Edited Monday at 08:28 PM by IainB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSmiler Posted Monday at 08:41 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:41 PM Decided to buy the BSN stream for this one and I'm glad I did. Probably one of the better meetings I've seen at King's Lynn. Chris Harris is just fantastic isn't he? It will be a crying shame when the time comes for him to hang up his kevlars. King's Lynn will be sad to see him out of the no.6 berth. A total gent and great racer to the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Monday at 08:41 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 08:41 PM Good win for Lynn, can't help but think they'll be buggered when Bomber moves up from reserve, can't see many of the others banging in the kind of performances that Bomber does around Lynn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted Monday at 08:50 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:50 PM Fingers crossed Ben Cook isn't to badly injured. Regardless of opinion & form, nobody wants to see anyone out through injury 🙏🏻 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted Monday at 08:51 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:51 PM Bomber still could get 6 rides with ht15 and a ts ride,when in the main body of the team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted Monday at 09:08 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:08 PM The result went the way many of us expected. Lynn might argue that the margin should have been greater, but that’s down to their rider’s errors, which is not bad luck. I still think that a decent (8 point plus) second heat leader is required for the Lions to make the play offs. Points from reserve continue to be a problem. We can’t read anything into Hagon’s 3 paid 6 return as all his points were from races where only three riders finished. Kemp will have better nights but what Hagon does to justify his chance at this level is beyond me. I would expect Dickson will be looking imminently for a replacement. Who’s better? Don’t know, but who’s worse and doesn’t deserve a chance? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted Monday at 09:09 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:09 PM We should have won that far more comfortably, Leicester are a pretty ordinary side and we threw so many points away yet again. Fingers crossed Ben Cook is ok, he looked a much better rider tonight after his first race EF. Track was a bit funky to begin with but once it settled down I thought there was some decent action. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Monday at 09:21 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 09:21 PM 8 minutes ago, Teromaafan said: Who’s better? Dan Gilkes imo, I hope he proves me wrong but I've not really seen anything from Sam Hagon, besides his U21 win, for me to rate him. He's got the name but the Hagon name is more famous for Speedway sponsorship than it is for Speedway pedigree, although Martin was quite decent on the Grass and Long tracks I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Monday at 09:24 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 09:24 PM (edited) 16 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: We should have won that far more comfortably, Leicester are a pretty ordinary side and we threw so many points away yet again. Fingers crossed Ben Cook is ok, he looked a much better rider tonight after his first race EF. Track was a bit funky to begin with but once it settled down I thought there was some decent action. Cook can't seem to catch a break in the UK at the moment (though maybe his wrist) Your boys were caught out by the track early on, not sure why it was prepared like that, if it was for Bomber, again I'm not sure why as he was riding it as good at the end of the meeting as he was at the start. Edited Monday at 09:25 PM by IainB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted Monday at 09:50 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:50 PM 2 hours ago, M.D said: Backing off in close contact again.. Someone needs to have a word with him.This is speedway and there is always going to be close or very close contact.Undoubtedly he can be fast,but he needs to be a couple of yards in front to get points.He spooked himself tonight when he nearly binned it (ht2) and basically stopped.Then when Lawson went by he was spooked again.I hope he can sort this side of him out because there is potential there for all to see. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKM91 Posted Monday at 09:52 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:52 PM 7 hours ago, foreverblue said: I think expectations are too high for Lawson he isnt a heat leader at this level. He’s usually a double figure rider at the Aston Flux Arena though, has been for 3-4 years now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler42 Posted Monday at 10:05 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:05 PM 9 minutes ago, SamKM91 said: He’s usually a double figure rider at the Aston Flux Arena though, has been for 3-4 years now I think he proved he was a good number two at Leicester last season, but it's asking a lot of him to be No 5 imo. Especially with the way the team has been built. Him and Klint should swap imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted Monday at 10:29 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:29 PM It will always be a problem with "strength in depth" teams... one pairing will always be a liability which the others can't compensate for. Most 6-7 pointers don't score 6-7 points every meeting, one meeting they score 10, next they score 3. Who is looking like they're going to reserve instead of Harris in May and who is going to overtake Cook for the #1 spot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted Monday at 10:46 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:46 PM Win for KL but at what cost? Leszno are fighting to get back to the top flight of Polish Speedway and they'll be furious tonight to a point where they could flex their muscles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted Monday at 11:09 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 11:09 PM 1 hour ago, IainB said: Cook can't seem to catch a break in the UK at the moment (though maybe his wrist) Your boys were caught out by the track early on, not sure why it was prepared like that, if it was for Bomber, again I'm not sure why as he was riding it as good at the end of the meeting as he was at the start. Nor me, it was all a bit odd really. Just glad we got over the line. Something to build on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted yesterday at 03:09 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:09 AM 4 hours ago, TTT said: Win for KL but at what cost? Leszno are fighting to get back to the top flight of Polish Speedway and they'll be furious tonight to a point where they could flex their muscles. That was my initial thought too.... I hope Ben isnt on one of those contracts that will cost him money if he gets injured riding in another league..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarBoy Posted yesterday at 07:50 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:50 AM 9 hours ago, Col said: It will always be a problem with "strength in depth" teams... one pairing will always be a liability which the others can't compensate for. Most 6-7 pointers don't score 6-7 points every meeting, one meeting they score 10, next they score 3. Who is looking like they're going to reserve instead of Harris in May and who is going to overtake Cook for the #1 spot? Looks like Harris will go to No. 1 and Klindt to No. 6. As much as I hope Ben is ok and obviously wish him a speedy recovery, it could be a blessing in disguise for Lynn if they can now bring in a genuine No. 1 to replace Cook and bring in a 5 pointer at reserve. 1. 8.00 assessed rider (replacing Cook) 2. Lawson - 6.74 3. Iversen - 6.64 4. Klindt - 6.13 5. Harris - 6.87 6. 5.00 assessed rider (replacing Kvech) 7. Boughen - RS Total - 39.38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted yesterday at 08:15 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:15 AM Good win for Lynn that was. 8 points down and home riders throwing points away whilst in good positions, they could have easily let their heads drop but they dug in and fought back well. Important result. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaddlebowRoad Posted yesterday at 08:22 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:22 AM (edited) 11 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Good win for Lynn that was. 8 points down and home riders throwing points away whilst in good positions, they could have easily let their heads drop but they dug in and fought back well. Important result. it was an odd match lynn really should have won at a canter but at the same time leicester ought to have taken advantage of the situation and will be kicking themselves for not doing so Edited yesterday at 08:27 AM by SaddlebowRoad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasta la vista Posted yesterday at 08:35 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:35 AM 44 minutes ago, StarBoy said: Looks like Harris will go to No. 1 and Klindt to No. 6. As much as I hope Ben is ok and obviously wish him a speedy recovery, it could be a blessing in disguise for Lynn if they can now bring in a genuine No. 1 to replace Cook and bring in a 5 pointer at reserve. 1. 8.00 assessed rider (replacing Cook) 2. Lawson - 6.74 3. Iversen - 6.64 4. Klindt - 6.13 5. Harris - 6.87 6. 5.00 assessed rider (replacing Kvech) 7. Boughen - RS Total - 39.38 There are no other riders in world speedway who would average 8:00 that are remotely interested in riding in the UK. Don't forget Sheffield need to find a top end rider also..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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