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Workington's top 5 look really good, Redcar really need to heavily outscore them at reserve to have any chance over 2 legs.

I thought Lynn had strong reserves pre-season, but they never seem to both go well at the same time. They are well below the limit, so could attempt to strengthen up there (if there's riders available to come in).

That was a really bad decision, Cook was doing ok at the time, so put him in - more chance off the gate that Milik off 15m, or give Flint his 2nd ride? Stewart Dickson did the same at Glasgow, giving Schlein a 15m heat & not giving Hodder his 3rd ride instead. Very basic mistakes being made (though not as bad as Peter Schroeck)

To beat Kemp, job achieved.

37 points is a decent score for Birmingham I feel. Don't think much more could be expected.

Not really, there would be no reason not to be honest. Oxford would just say Klindt isn't happy / wants a change & they feel Riss is a good replacement. By dropping Riss, Oxford are the "bad guys" not giving riders enough time / not supporting them when they are struggling etc. Don't see any advantage to Oxford announcing they dropped Klindt if he wanted out.

Good result for Edinburgh, but still expecting Poole to go through on aggregate.

For Plymouth I'd look to use Schlein or Howarth for Covatti. For Poole, the same two for Brennan. Normally I'd say Poole are strong enough to run with r/r, but as Plymouth are built with strength in depth, this may be the one time you done want Thomsen, Hagon & Perry to take 14 rides between them.

Won't be at reserve for long, but at corner track Lynn, could be a match winner for Brummies. Not expecting a lot from him tonight though.

Don't know why teams nearly always move r/r to number 2, especially if it moves your top rider to meet a RS. Would've been better with r/r at 3 or 4 imo.

I get 38.32, but the limit goes up to 38.5 in May, so it fits. I used Riss' converted Prem average as that is now his "most recent" average. It is a ridiculous rule, ignoring his last 20 Champ meetings, because he's ridden ONE Prem meeting!

It's easier to let the stigma go than win a match lol!

Good news for Brummies fans, I keep reading on fb that King's Lynn are going to get the wooden spoon lol!

I still don't understand the call-off. The weather was lovely, you can't just ignore one forecast & pick the one that suits you best. They had Lawson & Brennan lined up as guests, r/r for Tarasenko allows every rider an extra ride, so there was no reason to call it off due to the teams strength. If there was no facility for Tarasenko or Zmarzlik was his replacement I could understand the ruse, but still condemn it. But if King's Lynn are planning to call off every match when they may lose, they'll hardly get any speedway raced!

I normally think it's stupid to put r/r at 2 if it means your number one gets an extra outing in heat 8. Seems a waste of Musielak's ability putting him out to beat a "rising star". However Lynn have been so poor, it means they'll be more likely to at least reach 30 points now, so maybe it does make sense.