GeneralMelchett

He's no doubt frustrated - what's that saying 'Be magnanimous in both victory and defeat!'

Brennan was excellent - he was the winner for them in my view - when I saw him at Sheffield in may or June he only won heat 2 scoring 6 from 7 rides I think

HLS!

Disappointing result for the Tigers but feel the ref got the big calls right!

Sunny start here - as the crow flies I am about 1.5 miles from the track

Not been to Monmore Green for years but one of the best meetings I ever saw was the 2005 Playoff draw with Ipswich and then Max won the ride off!

How much do they get to keep? out of this they have to pay bike costs and mechanics?

I fully expect him him to score 12-15 or so of course an EF or crash could ruin it but i've seen him ride there admittedly it was 2015 or 16 but he wont be scared to have a good go! Tigers need a couple of early heat advantages then its game on, Zagar wasnt all that when i saw him at Owlerton earlier this year and Brennan struggled as well, the key man is Kurtz if he shows up and scores well the Aces might well nick it!

Frank Ebdon for one!!

In their own way both sides will feel happy - Sheffield will feel that can overturn the 12 points and BV have a lead to defend on Thursday which given all the carnage is at least a lead. If the tigers start with a couple of 5-1s then it will be very interesting a BV scored 36 when I saw then but anything can happen on Thursday. One things for sure on current form Lambert is by far a better option than Fricke!

For my money Lambert is better than all of them, but you are right matches are won on the track not on forums or on paper! Form can go out of the window on the night, or a crash / EF can affect things for either side! BV got spanked the time I went but I do expect Lambert to ride well with the caveats of the above

lets put it this way - had it been the wifes birthday last night id have been plenty annoyed had i traded 'brownie points' to attend that! maybe I will hope for a rain off and restaging

He is and when he rode there previously he was nowhere near as good as he is now! Sheffield and the NSS are his kind of tracks - and agree great progress for the Tigers this year here is hoping they have a decent 2023 also that I can get down to a few more i particularly enjoyed the home 46-44 over Wolves in June or May

A fair few top riders do struggle at Sheffield but I don't expect Lambert to be one of them, I have seen him ride there and he went well on that occasion. Will be rooting for the Tigers for sure - sadly can't make the Thursday home leg as itas the wifes birthday they have these the wrong way round! So good luck Tigers - we have seen some cracking playoff finals over the years lets hope this is one of them!

Gate 3 always been a graveyard at Owlerton

always disliked it - it adds the square root of sweet FA!

complete contrast to when I saw Wolves at Owlerton in June or was it May - Mountain scored 3 I think and Becker about paid 9 or 10 - Tigers sneaked a 46-44 win - I hope the final is good as this hasn't been great! I lied Mountain got 5+1 but Becker was 9+1 (checked thanks to the updates site)

I’d say so last time I heard JG was residing at her (late) majesties pleasure whilst Lambert has done ok for himself in speedway

Seen Fricke once at Owlerton this year he got 3 I think - two duck eggs in heats 1 and 6 On balance I’d say Lambert the stronger option scrap that Fricke got 9 from 5 (1,1,3,2,2) I confused him with Sam Masters above who got 3 (R,R,2,1) for Wolves in their 44-46 defeat! still think Lambert the better option (just)

I hope so one of the things i like to see is good riders blasting round Owlerton at full pace with some passing thrown in for good measure!

very droll - I will be interested observer at Owlerton in the final (should the tigers get there) as the one time I have seen Lambert ride there he was good!

as the saying goes lets see him do that on wet night at Stoke!!

I think its worth reminding ourselves of how much better 2022 has been than 2021 for the Witches - certainly the playoffs have a been a blow but a team built around Doyle could be good for next year!

Good to see Lambert back in the UK (regardless of circumstances) - will he be back next season tho? Witches tried in the opening half of the meeting but fell away badly as the night progressed - they were out of it and it showed sadly! If its a Sheffield v Bv final I will certainly attend the Owlerton leg

thats kinda how it used to be in the olden days of the 80s finally got round to watching this on catchup - was away at the time feel the Witches threw this away a bit after a good start 9-3 after 2 heats they should have kicked on but didn't. Congrats to BV - I recall someone saying Zagar should be binned after the visit in the summer - well good job he wasnt!!