Fair enough but even so the line up is hardly top quality.    Harris has quite obviously been off it this year and without looking at his average I would say its well down on last season. 

I think that was said in the heat of the moment, I spoke to Mitch and congratulated him on his performance, he did apologise saying that he didn't realise the full extent of the situation, he didn't mean to upset anyone and looked cut up about his faux pas. Again congratulations to the monarchs, deserved the win, I hate the nasty comments on here from some of the both sets of fans. Give credit where credit is due.

Chis Harris has qualified by being in the top 4 of a qualifier where as Pace got a wildcard so not quite the same 

What’s up with Doyle, did he crash in SGP on Saturday (not watched it), or has he aggravated old injury? 

Poole could be waiting for erik riss to come back and take his place at Oxford,meaning Eddie Kennett would be available  Hence the reason Poole have more fixtures left than anyone else!

Very much this as well. None of us know what is being discussed in the pits between manager and riders. Track conditions change during the course of a meeting. Musielak on this occasion looked quick early on, but by time heat 13 came along and the track completely slickened off, he ran a last and looked slow. It’s conceivable that he felt the conditions weren’t suiting him by that stage. As you rightly say, there’s lots of factors that come in to play that affect riders selection. Track conditions, machinery issues, illness, all sorts.