GeneralMelchett

to be fair to Worrall (i dont have really any skin in this game or a view on him) whilst he is paired with Basso he will struggle to get heat wins so the best he can hope for is 2nd or 3rd and to avoid last place. No he isn't a no 3 but thats what you get for taking him on that average and putting Basso at 4. in his rides last night he was 3rd in a home 4-2 (beaten by King) 3rd in a home 4-2 (beaten by Doyle) 4th in a 3-3 (beaten by Sayfutinov and Hume) 2nd in a 3-3 (Beaten by King) With the exception of his third ride I'd say he did Ok and by that I mean losing to Emil was to be expected but maybe not to Hume - he did make a mistake that let them both through. Lets hope NP is ok, last thing anyone needs is their no 1 injured in the opening heat of the opening meeting, I remember it happened to the Witches in 2006 or 2007 when Mark Loram crashed badly.

good to see that having seen many top sports stars in wide range of sports there is nothing quite like seeing the very best show off their skills, I do remember seeing Nicki P ride for Newcastle in his first ever season 98 at Owlerton - you could tell he was going to be good! last season I got to see Doyle at Owlerton and Foxhall and he is a top class rider too. The last time i saw Emil he was landing one on Nicholls in cardiff!

Am planning on coming to this hopefully as well weather permitting! looking forward to seeing Dolye and Emil v Nicki

Crookes me on top of the hill overlooking Owlerton - raining again now - it’s variable and mixed weather for sure edit 4pm almost and sun and clouds we might be ok

Ok belting it down now

Yes totally - last night it really belted it down from about 8.30- midnight and possibly later - 7am it’s bright sunny and windy- perfect track drying weather of course just two weeks ago sheffield (Owlerton probably not) was under 2-3 foot of snow!!!

Ok bright and windy right now - maybe we will be ok - narrow home win for me

Feel the weather will win this one, been raining since early evening and is set to overnight and into tomorrow.

I must admit over the years the production on sky / eurosport often uses multiple camera angles which I am not a fan of - i like to watch my speedway from a fixed camera like I watch a meeting from one place only, very often they change the camera angle just as something interesting is happening!! I am going to pay for a meeting and see what its like and then decide form there!

Witches opening match V the Panthers last year was a poor 40-50 home defeat - they struggled against them at Foxhall all last season needing the super heat or whatever its called to secure the win in the summer - still think a narrow home win this time

rubbish news as the season is about to start! Wishing him (Jack) a speedy recovery - Anders Rowe for me as a replacement!

About 25 years late but maybe better late than never - let’s hope all the aspirations are actually realised!!! Let’s hope he is ‘allowed’ to be effective!

He’s a frustration for sure - there was spell last year when about June - August time he had a great run of form at Foxhall - his playoffs form was disappointing!

100% agree with this - very pleased i would have really felt for him had he not been recalled for 2023

Have to admit when he signed for a Sheffield I was quite keen to see him ride - I actually saw him ride at Owlerton in his Newcastle days over 20 years ago - shame that season never happened!!

People post all shorts of gibberish on twitter, have seen a few posters on here posting very different stuff on there!

As I said earlier this will be cock up rather than conspiracy - in other words just bad timing given how much support the U.K. is given Ukraine do you really think we have nefarious intentions here

Yes one would think all the delays are due to that

Well from an Arena Essex perspective - it’s all good - now shall we ask for a Hackney Wimbledon perspective

Thanks

What’s Humes average? I think he might not fit given the posting from Presenter on the team building thread

It could explain why we have been talking and speculating for so long without an announcement until now

To be honest agree - I would have been reluctant to release any news until it’s 100% - maybe the permit is either in process / been told it’s going to happen - who knows

100% certain it will cock up rather than conspiracy but at least it gives the offended brigade something to get exercised about - I am sure many including on here could not actually tell you the date the invasion started unless the press helpfully reminded them - besides as far as I am concerned this all started in 2014 anyway

It was very prescient of Emil to take out a Polish Licence in 2010 and citizenship - clearly he knew all this was going to happen 13 years later!