Lots of excuses being made for underperforming EU riders imo, British tracks require skills while Polish carpet rugs don't. Polish carpet rug tracks make a cluster of bang average riders look like GP superstars but if you get those riders on a technical British track that requires actual skills then most of them will get exposed by riders like Richard Lawson and Sam Masters just to name a couple.

I can talk about any track, mainly because i have nothing to do with the preparation of the Poole one! 

If King's Lynn look to replace Scott (which they absolutely shouldn't), couldn't they just move Rushen to R/S & find someone more experienced at No6?? For me, wait for the 1st/2nd set of averages to come through and if someone is to be replaced, look at the No2 spots.  While we're in the KO Cup matches it has to be a stick with what we've got. 

Who will fill in for Iversen in the engine room I wonder, I’m guessing he’s still out 🤷🏻‍♂️ it will be a toss up between Morris, D Thompson, Howarth, Rowe and Flint I assume, with Aces and Witches riding the same night…  

Ashfield, tomorrow night. 7:30PM (UK time)/10PM (Tehran time). The forecast does not look good. Prediction, should this go ahead: Glasgow 49, Berwick 41, me to cringe at least four times when the presenter says ”Lively Leon Flint” and the announcer to give the wrong time twice, incorrectly confirm the score four times and say the wrong rider won the last race six times. All of which will be supplemented by music more suited to an 80s gay disco than a sporting event.

I had similar concerns over Steve Worrall in 2024. 3, 3, 2, 1, 0 was a typical scoreline sequence for him. This is why I think we brought Howarth back. I feel like he’s got the mentality and aggression for heats 13 and 15.