Put this in wrong thread.  

Brennan looks completely lost and down in the pits. Feel for him at the minute. 

So after my last rant, i decided to sit back and see how the team performed. Against Ipswich they fought back to a last heat decider, which has to be said, seems to becoming their forte only to lose in the last heat. But there is fight there. after tonight match against Belle Vue, have to say they fought well. BUT. Batch must go, have question either his resolve or professionalism. Now i've never been on a speedway bike, let alone on a track or raced. I can only go on what i see. Thought we were going to get well thumped by The Aces, so 5 points is good. However, Batch seemed to manage to throw points away. Either with what appeared bike trouble (not the first time) (professionalism) or interest (resolve). Now i could be way off the mark. Getting rid of Batch may not solve the problem, but if we got Jeppesen back, at least he has a future.

You’ve GOT to be kidding here surely? Absolutely. The riders had every right to be unhappy, Douglas and Masters weren’t even remotely interested in their first outing and who can blame them.  Correct. It was absolutely dreadful conditions in the opening heats. The grade helped slightly after the second heat, but it still took a good few more heats before it settled down properly. Brennan, Nicholls, D Thompson all rightly critical of the conditions in their interviews. 

Riders missing for pathetic reasons and going unpunished is a much bigger issue that needs fixing. Teams being allowed to sign riders knowing full well they will only ride in about 50-60 percent of fixtures (Klindt) is another and there are dozens of other rules and regs that need sorting. The guest facility has been around the whole near 30 years I have followed speedway, it sometimes works for teams other times not its the way it goes. Same as R/R. I kind of see your point, I am one of those that think in football that if a player has gone off genuinely injured they should be allowed to bring a sub on to replace him when they have already used all 5 of the allocated subs but that wont ever happen.