Ace no.5

Yep, was just going to mention this. I don't really get what Swindon benefit from this IF BWD is 100% fit. At #3 last time out at Poole he beat KK, Worrall, Holder, Starke and Shanes. At reserve tonight (if he was 100% fit) I would have expected him to score very well...

The way I see it is this... Poole sacked him and now you're running scared.

Hoping this goes ahead as looking forward to watch some speedway on the tv tonight. Track man will have his work cut out though, some very heavy showers heading Poole's way. Hopefully the strong wind will help to dry it out quickly as each shower passes. Think it could be a really close meeting, I'll go for a draw.

3 minutes?

KK looked dreadful in his first heat whereas Barker looked fast. I'd have given the T/R to Barker as well! As it was, KK was a little silly in not conceding to Barker for the additional point coming off the 3rd/4th bend.

Bewley's injury the difference between a point and 0 points tonight but hey ho... Need to try get a little home momentum now on Weds and Fri heading in to the playoffs...

Any word on why Bjerre pulled out of the 2nd meeting leaving Somerset in doo-doo? Edited to add just read the other thread about it!

I believe it was the medic that pulled him out of the meeting. Tungate wanted to ride.

Seeing as the IRR scored 6+2 from JD's 3 programmed rides, and that Swindon got a 1-5 in heat 15, I struggle to see how Swindon may have hit 60 with Doyle riding...

BV back from the brink with 3 consecutive 5-1s in heat 13 through 15. 6 points down to 6 points up. Great character shown. And for the 3rd home match running we have a rider score a paid/max.

Hope the riders aren't thinking like the OP. Complacency can be a killer. The Lions mustn't be taken lightly.

Hope he does.

It was to the part of the grandstand next to the pits. Where most of the original "banter" was coming from. It happened. I guarantee it. And it happened again after his 2nd and 3rd rides...

I didn't really listen to the announcer, he was telling us it was going to be a "sensationally close finish to the meeting" after heat 14! He didn't incite the crowd either. There were a decent number booing Tai from the off but as soon as he gave the birdie after his first ride the numbers multiplied.

Thoughts? I think that over the 2 legs this could be a classic. I'd like BV to keep any deficit to within 6-8 points maximum at Monmore.

Course he did. Win some, lose some. That's sport!

Only if BV and Wolves meet in the playoffs eh BWitcher? Don't think any incitement from the BV promotion was required if I'm being honest with you...

A LOT of people were expecting him to go through the card unbeaten after what he did at our place at the WTC. He got 5-1'd comfortably and then got beat by a reserve on his T/R! Something wasn't quite right with him. Judging by his comments when interviewed in the pits we did get to him. More interested in talking about people booing him than the races!

Exactly.

IF that's true then yes that is way over the top. But I was booing Woffy. We got to him. It gave my club an advantage. He then called me "scum" for booing him?! Deal with it. You're a pro-sportsman! There may have been 1 or 2 mindless idiots but to generalise to that extent is way OTT by him. Someone also said earlier in the thread that he will still have huge support at Cardiff. Yes he will but his numbers are dwindling extensively year on year.

That's a shame and I disagree with Pete Adams. Surely a 2 legged affair is very different to a one-off match. The injustice of losing when you've scored more "real points" than the opposition is horrendous! I will never forget the Reading vs Peterborough final of 2006. Peterborough won it 95-94 on aggregate despite 3 (!!!) Tac rides all winning their races (2 away, 1 at home). They got 9 extra undeserved points! In real terms Reading won that 2 legged affair 94-86. Huge injustice.

I'm amazed that this person (Claret73) thinks that us Aces fans are "bad losers" and we apparently think that we are "entitled to win"! I've seen very little of that on either of the 2 finals threads. A lot of congratulations to Wolves and I don't think I've read anywhere that we are "entitled" to the win. People debating about the league/playoff format etc but no Aces fans saying Wolves didn't deserve it or anything like...? The Tai issue is something completely separate from Aces fans being "bad losers".

Law of averages would suggest that the team at home in the first leg will have a leaf and try to defend that lead. Team away in the 2nd leg tend to have to try and make up the gap. So what you suggested originally hyderd would be hugely beneficial to the team at home in the 2nd leg. Either it needs to be available for both teams on a match by match (not aggregate) basis as it is now, or preferably not at all in 2 legged matches...

Was just about to say exactly the same. The only target for the T/R is for that one rider to win the race and get double 3. The other rider is only scoring single points so yes, an 8-1 would be nice but as long as your T/R gets 6 points you have achieved the maximum available. No issue with T/R over these 2 legs but I would also prefer there to be no T/R at all in 2 legged meetings.

I'm not arguing. Wolves are champs. I even said it myself with regards pressure last night. When the pressure was on in last year playoff finals we struggled. When the pressure was on in leg 1 vs wolves we struggled. When the pressure was OFF last night we were excellent as our guys were riding for fun effectively. Wolves had nothing to gain. They'd already won it in most people's books. However, after the Tai 4-4 all of a sudden we had a realistic chance again. Pressure back on? Results went downhill. Now I've obviously got to give some credit to wolves riders for that but I also question the BV performance under pressured situations.