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Going. Glug. Glug. Swindon by 14. At least.

I don't need to see the consequence of their choice. Gate 2 was the best gate on the night. Ellis won from it, Musielak won from it, Perks scored a point from it. If the Swindon team manager hasn't figured that out he is an idiot. He needed 3 points to get a losers bonus point, so take the best gate and put your best rider on it. Swindon got a 5-1. That gets them nothing more than a 3-3 would. They had the best two riders at the meeting. The only way they could have scored less than 3 barring a mechanical disaster was to hand Poole the best gate. Poole needed to put their only rider capable of out pacing Batchelor & Doyle on it, in Kurtz & hope Holder can sneak past either Robin as they queued behind Kurtz. Utter ineptitude all around.

Well Middleditch is equally stupid putting Kurtz off 4.

Gates 1 & 3. Rosco a tactical genius you are not.

One would think with choice of gates one of Batchelor or Doyle will win heat 15 to secure Swindon a point.

Musielak, wake up. Robins need you to win heat 14 off the best gate.

That's it. Over. Musielak, Jensen & Ellis rubbish after reasonable first rides. Let Perks have a few rides, at least he is giving chase.

If Agertoft has an official average now is the time to say thanks, see you at reserve next year.

Batchelor & Doyle could be unbeaten by a Pirate yet Swindon could still lose. No back up. Gate 2 is a massive advantage.

Have seen on Brummies site now. Sidecar accident, fractured vertebrae, bruised lung & heart. Not good, fingers crossed no complications. Agertoft at reserve & R/R for Shanes. Big ouch!

Well I'm a long suffering West Bromwich Albion supporter. It was on TV so I should have realised. Don't know if Owlerton, Brammall Lane or even Hillsborough are north, south, East or west Sheffield. I think Hillsborough is close to Owlerton judging by road signs? Will try that route next time. Thanks.

I see, wasn't aware of that. So no Charles Wright Why? That will halve the entertainment.

Yeah, I should have realised Sheffield United were playing, didn't occur to me. As I don't know the area very well I was not aware the Sat Nav would take us past Brammall Lane. It seems weird that it gets us the exit the M1 at Chesterfield rather than carrying on. Not a complaint, there are no speed cameras on the National Speed Limit A road, where as the M1 has been "Smart Motorwayed".

Thanks, wasn't sure which team Ellis rode for. Brummies have fixtures on 28/08 (Berwick) & 04/09 (can't remember, recent rainoff, Scunthorpe maybe). So he could miss both.

The Dansk Metal website is bad enough to negotiate on a PC, impossible on a phone. Ellis likely to miss any Brummies home fixtures?