2ndbend

King - looks fast but doesn’t know how to team ride. Hartel - looks ok should achieve at least a 5 average. Schlein - looks good should be riding at 5 Heeps - A bit better tonight but still needs to improve his gating as there is no outside line at Foxhall at the mo Covatti - Needs to be protected by riding at 3 or 4 Mountain - Needs to improve around Foxhall, he’s been here long enough now Hume - A bit better tonight, got in Heeps’ way in heat 14 but on the positive he stayed on his bike tonight and was practicing after the meeting Hawkins - has not impressed so far, got riding order wrong, doesn’t seem to have the ability to inspire the team maybe he’s to matey matey with the riders. It needs to change soon or it will be a hard rut to get out of......

So when will the management realise that we should have our strongest riders at 1 and 5.

I believe it's 40.21 and exactly the team I had come up with. If the limit is 45 then you could change any of the top 6 for a big hitter or change Danyon for a 6.70 rider and have Cam and Kyle at reserve.

Are the Witches not allowed a guest for Sedgeman as he's in the GP?

I rightly booed Scott for taking Nathan off in heat 1. Speedway bikes are only supposed to turn left not right. Thankfully Nathan was able to continue but still not a good move by Scott. In his last 3 heats he show what a good rider and guest he can be.

Hopefully the Witches management haven't missed a trick by getting a guest for Cam instead of Justin. Whilst I like Lewis Kerr I think we should have tried to get either Mark Riss or Ryan Douglas as a guest which would mean Rory gets an extra ride.

Is it just me or does Heeps ride well all night and then seem to come last in heat 15.

I thought the track was good last night, yes it had to be attacked but was a fair race track. Sheffield's riders seem to adapt to it quicker than the Witches riders. My only complaint would be that there doesn't seem to be an inside line which is frustrating as that was part of the reasoning for the track work in the close season. I didn't think the track was to blame for Nathan's fall, from where I stood it looked like he ran out of room.

Not sure if Kennett is the answer only seems to ride Rye House well nowadays and he couldn't hold down a place in their team.

So near and yet so far...... why is Sedgeman at 5? If the Witches want to win anything this season the management must be ruthless and replace under performing riders. There are riders out there that are not riding in the uk at the moment! We need someone who can ride away tracks - names that spring to mind Berge, Vissing, Robson, Busk Jacobsen, Porsing or even Allen. Have the bspa decided on the conversion fron prem to champ?

2.45 as you can't change two riders at the same time and combine their averages when total team averages are over 40 Sorry correction 2.67 as that is Connor's average now.

If 5.61 is correct who would you replace?

Speedway is all about ifs, buts and maybes and that is why we love it. Look at last night's meeting at Foxhall Heats 1 - 7 only 1 Witches heat winner (Danny x 2) Score 19 - 22 and in heats 8 - 14 only 1 Monarchs heat winner Score 46 - 37. Quite a turnaround.

What about just Swiderski in

Jake Allen - 5.96 / Kai Huckenbeck 5.14 / Adam Roynon 5.12 / Kasper Lykke Neilsen 5.16 & Ben Morley 3.85 / Dawid Strachrya 4.00 / Zach Wajknecht 2.63

Well Baldyman. I've never made comment on the make up of the side and I've always tried to be positive about all things Witches but my honest opinion is that we are to top heavy which has left us very weak at reserve. Both Danyon and now Nathan seem to be competitive and would have been successful signings. I think that our weakness at reserve was very clear when we brought in Justin and I believe that we should have changed the balance of the team then by bringing in 2 x 5 pointers in place of Nico and Connor who is really struggling.

Well Well Well where should the witches go from here. It seems that the fans that made the journey to Workington were not impressed with the lack of effort put in by some of the riders. Having not made the journey myself I am not able to make comment about the lack of effort but I am concerned with the lack of points scored hopefully all of the middle order riders had an off day and normal service will resume on Thursday. It needs to if we are going to continue to struggle away from home.

As Tungate has completed 4h & 4a in the Championship with an average of 5.09. You would expect his average to be 5.09 x 1.4 = 7.126 (7.13) so it could be a straight swap for Oystercard.

Can someone explain when the riders averages should change after they have gained their new 2017 average? Is it still monthly or is it more frequent? Example: MPT 6.98 to 7.55 after 4h & 4a (30/4) and then 7.55 to 7.84 (15/5).

I thought that the track looked smooth if you pick the right lines. It seems like the riders only had issues when they didn't attack the track and let the bikes run. With the new shape and material you don't seem to have to turn the bike so sharp which last night caused the majority of the falls.

I like what I saw of Nathan Greaves last night, it won't be his toughest test this season but at least he looks like a racer and was trying lots of different lines. He was in the mix in all of his races and made a couple of passes. In heat 15 he gave MPT a scare in bends 1 and 2. Well Done Nathan on a good debut and welcome to the Witches.

Should be a good close meeting tonight..... Hopefully Danny and Rory will have better nights, Kyle and Justin will keep improving and Cam will continue his great start to the season. IF all of this happen (Wishful thinking!!) the reserves will not have to much pressure on them. Unfortunately if it doesn't happen then it will be nip and tuck all evening. What will we get????

Ok thanks for the info. It's difficult to keep up with all the rule changes !! If they do, it's about time they stuck to a rule !

Lambert 5.25 and Bacon 2.00 out and Ayres 3.70 and Wajknecht 2.53 in

Covatti = 7.49, Hume = 2 and Spare = 0.39 giving us a total of 9.88 so how about Rasmus Jensen = 6.14 and Danny Ayres = 3.70 total 9.84 What would Toby Kroner be on?