I think we have to admit Scunthorpe are the form team and should win. Kemp is in great form, unfortunately Newman is not, if Rowe was at reserve I would be more confident.
You are correct BV didnt replace Fricke before the play offs, they replaced him during the play offs, they had a guest for the first leg of the semi and Lambert for the second leg. You cannot do that now, you also have to use the same guest for both legs but that rule goes back a while.
No I expect most fans dont even know who their number 8 is and very few teams turn up with a number 8 even if they are using r/r and now you can use irr . Hodder is only their for the experience , Lemon won't use him unless you have the unfortunate scenario of a injury to a reserve and if he didn't ride you would only have 3 riders.
I tend to agree, Emil and Danny would likely get more than Harris, Rew and Riss would probably get similar if they are used cleverly so overall probably safer bet.
If Tatum spoke with Doyle on the plane how could he have told him he would be looking to return at NSS when he wouldnt have known it was off tonight at that stage