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  6. Posted

    I think the Poles are strong and this format suits them.  A bit similar to GB in a round about way, I'd use Kolodziej.  However, I see the Poles like this. Bartosz is great, Janowski is top notch at Wroclaw.  Kubera and Dudek are gaters and Kolodziej is box office but not strictly a gater.  I'd use Kolodziej when Dudek and Kubera are in gates 3 & 4. 

  7. Posted · Edited by Shockster

    I'm not having a pop at Adam and Tom, but just don't believe they're good enough at this level. I'm not saying they won't do their best and I'm not thinking any replacements will do any better. We have at this time 3 top riders and we need 5. Take heat 1  tonight, it's Adams best chance from Gate 1. There's a chance he could gate and go, stick to the white line and win. I don't think that'll happen, but I'd be disappointed if Dan didn't win if replacing him. Why throw away a gate 1 opportunity?

    Would love to have egg on my face come tomorrow and be proved wrong.

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    8 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

    You''re advocating giving away Brennan and Ellis's easiest rides to Bewley, and throwing away the other Brennan/Ellis rides ?  :unsure:

    That seems totally backwards.

    If we're going to win we need Bewley, Lambert and Woffinden winning off any gate and then giving the best opportunity to Brennan/Ellis to pick up points in the other.

    You really want to give our best rider the best gates and easiest rides, and then throw our weakest riders to the wolves for no points?  

     

    Yep that's exactly what I'm saying.  Hope Ellis and Brennan do well, but realisticly they're out of their depth.  Don't waste the best gates on them. Sometimes you have to be harsh. It's not a time for sentiment.

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  11. Posted · Edited by Shockster

    If we drop 6 behind we'll be very unlikely to win as Tac subs are less effective in this format and in a best case scenario, you'll still be 3 behind, but possibly still 5 and that's if the Tac sub wins..

    As the track has given a massive advantage so far to gates 1 and 2, I see the benefit of replacing Ellis and Brennan when they have these gates by the No5. It means he has 4 rides from gates 1 & 2.  Brennan & Ellis who are unlikely to score anyway will get gates 3 & 4 unless we are 6 behind and then Tac Sub them.

    This I think gives us a sniff. :t:

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  25. Posted

    35 minutes ago, racers and royals said:

    For the umpteenth time- tac subs when a team is 6 points behind the leading  teams - 1 ride only per rider. Only up to heat 16. No 5 can replace another team member at any time and can have 5 rides plus a Tac Sub ride.( Same. Max as other riders)

    Was thinking about this and to me if you're going to allow Tac subs in a meeting like this, then would have thought to be behind by 4 would be enough.  6 in normal league matches enables you to get within 2 points with a 5-1, but a 3 point win here and the leaders run 2nd and you make up a point?????  Think the rule needs looking at if they want it to enable a closer match?

    Just my thoughts.

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