Victor Meldrew!

Well there could be only one reaction to Saturday night "I do not believe it!" After the boys returned from South Wales with all 4 points like a lot of people I thought the season really does start here. A 15pt max for Jordan and young Nelson flying it all looked in place for a comfortable home win. A look at the BSF will show I wasn't the only one. We were anticipating an evening as sparkling as a Steve Webb shirt but we ended up with a tour round Primark! How can a team fall apart so convincingly on their own track? Fair play to Newport and particularly Anders Mellgren a bit of misfortune might have turned into a big advantage there but we know we should still of been good enough to beat them. Talking to Jordan afterwards he made the point that at the moment the top 3 are carrying the team and looking at a few stats its hard not to agree. Between them Ben, Luke and Ritchie have had a combined total of 80 rides from which they have returned only 2 wins. When you consider that one of those was gifted by Mellgren's one error of the night on Saturday and you can see where part of the problem is.

We know all three can do better than they are at the moment. Luke is coming back off yet another nasty injury, Ritchie is adapting to a new team and Ben to a whole new way of life in the Premier League. With all that going on you need a bit of consistency and hats off to the top 3 in doing a pretty good job in providing it. That though also puts a lot of pressure on Nelson. When he performs (at Newport) we do well when he doesn't (at home on Saturday) we don't. All that said its far too early to push the panic button but it must be said Uncle Len wasn't tucking into his fish and chips with the usual gusto after the meeting on Saturday.