Yes but both Worrall and Covatti were going pretty well and Worrall riding better than he was earlier in the season, so in my view r/r needs to yield at least 6 to compensate. NBJ on the other hand wasn't going well so anything over 2 would be an improvement on his likely score.If Becker scores 7-8 then that is comparable to what I would expect from Covatti..
Bit of a no brainer to have Becker I would think , may have already been booked to cover NBJ. Starke hasn't ridden well lately but last night holding off Berge was vital so he was definitely up for it but I think Etheridge is a better bet at the NSS.
And reported broken ribs for Covatti, so both out for quite a while, maybe the season I would think and I wish them both a speedy recovery , Had broken ribs a couple of times myself and it is very painful. They were both scoring pretty well too and will be a big loss to the team.
I can't imagine he has been released, he has only done 7 meetings we would have as much or more points to play with if he rode his 8th meeting and he has a meeting for his championship team at the weekend.
Unless Belle Vue make changes in my view they will do well to make the play offs despite their current position. Ipswich are having a good season and will have strong reserves whoever is at reserve. Reserves win meetings. Swindon need to get at least one decent reserve and so do Belle Vue if they don't then they will struggle.