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Not just an entertaining rider but a great bloke too, backed by a top notch mechanic and a brilliant family. Keep it going and never change Mr Danny Ayres.

Indeed, a very wise saying, especially if you have a nut allergy. Did your dear departed father like the movie Forest Gump .... Life is just a box of chocolates, lol? EDIT: Just thought (whirr click), IF Ipswich & Sheffield make the Final, that's two Thursday night tracks....

Thursday 20th October being shown on the Club website as reserved for the Play Off Final.

Think he's worked on it quite a bit, but you will have seen more of him than me. Not sure if the wrist injuries have contributed to the poor starting technique?

I'd be surprised if the Rebels gain a 10 point lead at the OTA against the current Witches 1 to 7 particularly if Danyon is back fit and well. EDIT: But shows what I know, Sheffield have just knocked out Newcastle and I had them down as strapped on Finalists...

Love it J. Always rely on you to bring forth a chuckle. Can I suggest 1976, Inter League Cup, beating the consequently Double (and Pairs) winning Witches, and then Kings Lynn. Not a bad effort, especially against a full strength Witches side who, from memory, had to at least employ one TS if not more.

Yeah, really don't know baldy, he beat KB at the Showground but then lost to other riders he should've beaten. There's no doubt the injuries have had an affect and as he said after the Sheffield meeting he has never been able to gate in his life which is 90% of winning heats particularly these days. To be fair, he looked really good at Hoddesdon during the middle of the season and if the track had stayed like it was in June and he could have mastered turn 4, he would've been on a 7pt average - I think he got up to about 6.5 having started on 5.87 and rode the whole season as a third HL, but has dropped right off to 5.07 for October - which, imo, makes him a very decent PL second string for next season. Never a confident lad but not yet 21. The desire and potential is still there and maybe a switch to the Showground is what is required, as long as he doesn't cop a bad one like he did again this season, through no fault of his own.

Rohan enjoying his first match as Rebels No. 1 at Glasgow today: FEx,R,R,N

As far as I know, the Guest rule lasts throughout the Play Offs. Lets see how Jake Allen goes today, but he has been terrific this season, but hen the Witches have Sarj who has been briliant too and an unsung hero of the charge to the Semi Finals. BWD will be a massif miss for them.

In my opinion, with the confidence Rohan built up during the Australian season and with his Polish mechanic on board full time in Britain this year, he would have have had a decent season if based at Foxhall, but there is no doubt he is better suited to the OTA as a home track. And, I still don't see that Cameron would be any better with a bigger home track given the size of his home track in Perth, WA and given the excellent form he displayed at Hoddesdon up until the behind closed doors meeting at Kings Lynn when he blew his best engine and the huge gap in home fixtures. Anyone seeing him ride at Owlerton or Berwick this season wouldn't say that he was a big track rider.

Isn't the first leg at Somerset on Friday 7th and the second leg at Foxhall on Thursday 13th? So no chance of the Witches building up a big first leg lead at home? They will have to claw back any disadvantage from the first leg at Foxhall. Rohan moved to No. 1 in their Averages for October and, as far as I am aware, Jake Allen is riding at Glasgow today. Mason Campton and Ben Hopwood are guesting at Reserve for the Rebels at the Peugeot Ashfield Stadium this afternoon. Guests only allowed from teams not in the Play Offs as far as I am aware.

Who knows what the regulations will be for next season and how they will then be interpreted and changed and even, which league the Witches will be in next season. No reason to start talking about 2017 now when 2016 is still so much with us and the Ipswich 2016 Thread can carry on being the most posted on 2016 Thread on the BSF. Yes, Rohan has moved to No. 1 for October for the Rebels. Well done Romance - a quite brilliant season from you.

James Sarjeant. Much maligned but a Massif hero. Will be pivotal in the semi finals

Danny Ayres? James Shanes - no maybe not as he has turned us down twice? Would be tough ditching Joe as he was a catalyst for the massif improvement in the team - as were we. Connor and Danyon at reserve? I could buy that. But not for long, as Dan will be on a 6.5 before long, imo.

Propping up / bailing out the EL is not going to assist the long term future of the sport in this country and personally I would much rather see NL teams like Kent, Mildenhall, Buxton and Stoke survive and flourish as that is where the future of speedway in this country lies, imo.

OK thanks Gazc. Sarj has been riding really well recently and his 0,F,3,3 was crucial last night at Armadiddle.

I had thought that James Sarjeant and Nathan Greaves were Guesting for the Rebels, who have Rohan Tungate riding at No. 1 in the new Green Sheets.

No knocking Glasgow from me Gazc, a great club with some great supporters - including some from Surrey who have got a cow bell of mine! Just a personal opinion that Newcastle would progress over two legs on current form but, of course, you do have the incredible Mr Danny Ayres in your corner, and four riders in the top twenty of the PL averages. Should be two cracking semi final legs and the Witches would look forward to meeting either team in the Final - personally I would prefer Glasgow, particularly as I know the City well and have some good friends locally and would enjoy celebrating the Witches title win there, including a wee dram in The Pot Still, and combining it hopefully with a trip to Cappielow. Its always good to see the Underdogs taking on the Favourites in a final . (That of course has totally dismissed the chances of Sheffield and Somerset - two admirable teams who can never be discounted and would grace any PLPO Final.) After the start to the season the Witches endured, we are just happy to be involved still.

Did you take your lift to Armadale last night then baldy? You were noticeably quiet on here last night. Unlike BWD, he has not had to have the collar bone plated so there is an outside chance of him returning before the end of the season and he is making every effort to get back, including physio, laser treatments and oxygen tent sessions. There is talk of a run out "this week" and of course Birmingham have their home leg of their NLPO Semi Final on Thursday (with the away leg scheduled for Monday 10th). There is an opinion that he should not try and ride again this season from some influential people in his corner, but I guess it will be up to Dan himself to decide what to do. As laudable as Connor's efforts were, I don't think there is any doubt that Dan would have scored more points at Foxhall and maybe one or two at Armadale last night and, in my opinion, the Oak Tree would suit him and he would be looking at scoring some points there, particularly now that BWD is out.

Thinking of the flute playing lady again I think Bruv of Bruv, wink. (Love the amended signature by the way.)

As far as I know the 2nd Leg of the PLPO Semi Final v the Rebels is scheduled for Thursday 13th at Foxhall. No meeting Thursday 6th. EDIT: Confirmed on Witches Facebook page

Keep on Dreaming

Sometimes, the back door is the best way to gain entrance to the party.

So, the 2016 show rolls on for another two matches v the Rebels...

I think Newcastle will take care of the Weegies and it will be a Witches v Diamonds Final