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I wonder if they'll use the r/r ride in heat one to give one of the reserves a feel for the track ahead of heat 2 maybe?

It does seem a strange one putting Ellis at 5, I can only assume they want to pair Dan T up with Doyle to take the pressure off a bit in 3 of his rides perhaps?

I feel like we can cover R/R at home fairly well... Doyle getting an extra ride is appealing and you could stick him in heat 5 up against the opposition's number 1 perhaps... Away from home, I would definitely prefer to see a guest *EDIT* Posted just after JamesB, but as you can see I agree with him!

What's up with Wojdylo do you think? He was flying last year!

After his indifferent start to the season - based on his usual astronomic standards - I’m expecting a big score from Emil tonight… should be a comfortable home win, but maybe not enough of a lead to make the bonus point interesting for the return

I think this is a great time to face BV at the NSS... They are not all fully dialled in at home yet and the Witches have riders who can definitely collect points and be competitive all night - I'd be a little disappointed if we don't snag the bonus point to be honest.

What’s the thinking with King and Ellis switching positions? Are they thinking there could be a benefit with gate positions?

Enjoyed the stream last night, great job Oxford!

Really interested to see how this one pans out... Should be a home win and I expect the reserves will make the difference for KL

I was thinking earlier, that it was a big surprise that Emil was on the receiving end of back to back 5-1s in this meeting... one for the statisticians out there, but this must surely be the first time it's happened to him riding for Ipswich?? Probably never happen again...

Masters always goes well at Foxhall and Douglas had a couple of good visits there last season, but I think the Witches will pick up most of the heat wins in this meeting, so can't see them being troubled...

Looking at the teams, I genuinely think this is a tough one to call... Leicester's 1-5 looks really solid, but Lynn's reserves could be a trump card... Narrow home win

Should be an entertaining opener... I thought 50 ish with Doyle in the side, but can still Witches edging it with a guest such as Nicholls... If R/R, I'm not so sure

From memory, I think the only team changes were direct swaps with 2 & 4, but I could be wrong...

Ahh… I think it’s about now that I should tell you all that I meant to type Oxford not Leicester… sorry all, my mistake! I do think Kemp will do well this year, but I was in fact referring to Oxford in my original post - sorry again!