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    Danny King for Kyle Howarth? How does that work? Has King been particularly bad this year or has Howarth been particularly good?

    Howarth's average is 6.79. (Green sheet issue 15.) Danny King's average is 6.72. I do however agree, there is a potential advantage to Wolves here. A telling fact is that Kyle (who has had a very good start to the season) is Wolves' 5th highest average rider whereas Danny King is Leicester's number two.

    As you know, selecting a guest can often give you an advantage if you can choose well but can also put you at a disadvantage if the choice is extremely limited. No two riders are exactly the same, although I did see Ivan Mauger guest for Wolves once in the absence of Ole Olsen and the outcome was exactly as you might have expected.

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    Next Monday sees Pooles first meeting in nearly a month as Pirates head to Monmore for what could be a very entertaining fixture. Start time of 6 pm so guessing the Wolves management are hoping for a lot of kids to attend before school next day.

    Andersen, Kurtz, Klindt and Newman all go OK around here and the guest at number one could also help keep it reasonable close. Someone like Harris perhaps?

    Rye House are at Leicester at 2pm. Certainly possible for Harris to get to Monmore on time but not ideal from a Poole point of view. Otherwise Belle Vue and King's Lynn only teams not in action. My pennyworth would be a phone call to Kenneth Bjerre.

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    Food for thought. Two of my favourite tracks in the 70s were Hyde Rd and Saddlebow Rd. I did wonder more than once which fans (in some seasons ) enjoyed the more exciting racing. I am thinking of a number of years when Belle Vue had all conquering teams but enjoyed very many landslide home wins. Scores over 50 were very regular. I watched Wolves there many times and a score of 26 was comprised Olsen 15, Hunter 5 then 2, 1 etc. The racing was not brilliant. King's Lynn on the other hand won nothing but saw close results and, presumably, closer racing. I guess in an ideal world you would have both. But speedway has never existed in such a place.

     

    One further comment on last night: I wont be the only Wolves fan who can remember teams in the past with more than three guests!

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    Olsen taking the Golden Helmet from Ivan in 1971 was the first match race I saw. Ole lost it later that year when he was unable to defend it due to injury. If memory serves, Ken McKinlay inherited it at Oxford. Ironically, Ole regained the Helmet at season's end in identical circumstances. In later years, the hardest I saw him ride was against Phil Crump in a third leg at King's Lynn when the format changed. It was the very early days of Phil's 4 valve engine and he was probably quicker than Olsen..... but lost. Perhaps, in essence, why some riders reach the pinnacle of the sport.

     

    Great memories in any case.

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    Masters & Thorsell were both awful in Dorset, not much better in Manchester. The fact that Kurtz was unable to complete a lap of Monmore, Buskowski was also utter pants & Lindback far from brought his A game. In the semi.

     

    Wolves will be tragic away from Monmore next season.

    You should check the facts before posting such sweeping statements.

    Thorsell had four rides at Poole, scoring 8 points. Masters also had four rides, scoring 6 plus one bonus.

    'Awful'?

    Not really.

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    Best top 3 probably, not top 5. That said in the play-offs Thorsell & Masters were drivel.

    43 points plus 6 bonus were their combined totals across the four meetings. (Remember Thorsell missed the home leg against Poole.)

    Or, if you prefer, they both averaged 7 points overall.

     

    Perhaps you and I have different definitions of 'drivel'.

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    I personally think Matt Ford is too "hands on" with his business and needs more staff who have expertise in certain areas.

    Loads of missed opportunities to increase the revenue stream. Online shop? Nope. Why not? Rather than have a simple online shop which could be setup in a day, the shop opens on a morning before Christmas to buy a present!

    Much stronger online presence.

    Social media improvements.

    Ironic perhaps that Wolves have just posted details of their 2016 online shop. Not the first year either.

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    I would much prefer PK to be an honoured rider at next season's Olympique. A one off appearance at the (probable) very end of his career would draw fans in and allow the club to pay tribute to one of its' very, very best servants. No pressure to 'improve your average', just a final chance to applaud a true hero.

     

     

    And he can bring his brother back : he was magnificent as well.

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