Am I right in thinking getting the inside gates early in the meeting is a big advantage at Sheffield?    if I am correct winning the toss and getting gate picks could well play a sizeable factor in how close the witches can run Sheffield, either way I think Sheffield will win at home but gate picks could see either the witches make a good start and potentially run them close or the Sheffield boys hit the ground running and build a big lead from the off

The big word here is. IF. Mark is not known sensible team choices. Cheap choices yes. Sensible ones  maybe not so.

https://www.leicesterspeedway.com/News/Details/5769 Full preview from the Lions website here, but the short details are as @tellboy posted above. Sounds like Howarth OK to ride and Joe Thompson is probably the best choice whilst Gilkes is out.

Looks a no go 40 mins walk to bus stop there and back shame 

I feel like you put those one of those 2 in place of say a cluff this team comes very competitive especially at home.    could be the difference between play offs and no play offs.

A part of me thinks it’s a clever move, if we win then it’s all credit to the riders and Richie for changing the numbers. If we lose it’s an excuse that we tried something but it didn’t work out and we’ve learnt from it.