Sheffeild are 9 race points ahead.  Its impossible that Ipswich and Sheffield finish on the same league points and the same race points. 

Ipswich must have a bit of a concern that the engine room no longer has Dan T to cover them, like he has done several times this season... Adam Ellis at reserve will be key, and "should" be a difference maker over two legs...

Spot on, Honesty is the best policy. Ipswich haven't been right since they lost to a King's Lynn side that featured Simon Lambert in the 1-5. The team riding order is a mess which is making things worse now imo. Dan Thompson having to ride at No.4 due to Danny King who needs protecting at No.2 is a tough ask on the young lad who clearly isn't 100% fit. Then Doyle has to switch to No.3 to protect Thompson as Brennan is too hit and miss which then breaks up the Emil/Doyle partnership in Heat 13.

I still wouldnt be confident at your place even with that, and the big ifs are Blodorn, Cook especially away and the reserves, i know weve done well in previous play offs after not shining during regular season matches but i think this season we have too much baggage in the engine room and at reserve. I think Witches will be a different proposition next week than they were last night.

I know the North South league has been mentioned many times. I fear the biggest issue there is just that some riders will want to ride in both & there will be a time when both teams the rider is in will be racing on the same night then an even bigger problem is on our hands. I know earlier this season a team came to Oxford for an NL level fixture & one of their riders was missing so they used a guest as per the rules. The rider they were using had an average in both variations of this seasons NL leagues & the higher average ment he could not ride in place of the injured rider as his average in that league was higher although lower in the other league.

To be fair, they only had 123 slots in 41 collective Monday and Thursdays, (giving GP week a miss), to complete 82 meetings... And that was with no September meetings planned as well... They must have reserved the 41 slots not used for the KO Cup and the odd Thursday that Poland took.. Better safe than sorry..... They were actually very lucky that Oxford were not in with a chance of qualifying as otherwise it would look even more ridiculous...