BWitcher

I'd disagree personally and believe that Rider Eligibility over rides any reference to IRR. It clearly states a rider must have three rides and the only time that can be ignored is through an injury in that meeting. It is quite clear that this means if a rider is injured in the meeting then the three ride rule is waived and other options can be used.. i.e. IRR or reserve replacement. Tungate was not injured in the meeting so as PER THE RULES he must take three rides. It is 100% crystal clear. There is nothing in the IRR rule to state that the rider eligibility rule should be ignored.

Where is he inputting? It states that a rider must have three rides unless he is injured in THAT meeting. For a speedway rule, it's pretty clear. The referee's interpretation is just asking for problems... perfect for teams with riders like Troy Batchelor who might decide they're not up for racing on a particular night, instead of being stuck with them for at least 3 rides, can claim a previous injury and replace him the rest of the night after his first one.

I don't make the rules, but if a rider refuses to ride for you he is with holding his services and that is usually a 28 day ban.

That would incur him at least a 28 day ban surely?

Bless, Only abusive to racists. That's how I've always understood it as well Fred, pretty clear that IRR was not available last night. I'd like to add my congratulations to Leicester, in particular Nicolai Klindt who rode his heart out to get a 21pt maximum in a recent home meet, only to see Leicester miss out by 2 pts at the end. I was concerned a similar thing was going to happen again last night, but this time they saw it through.

Except PK exits Turn 2 wide most of the time..... but yes, a very good signing.

Just re-read your post and this part shows the mind blowing hypocrisy of it! So basically you're saying if you agree that a rider is boring, you have no issue... but if you don't, it's offensive? Staggering. If that is the case then 'Boring' applies more then ever to Richie Worrall. Sense of humour required...

I think you'll find most people wouldn't be bothered in the slightest. Only those looking for reasons to be offended. I can categorically state it wouldn't bother me one iota if someone decided I was boring and it doesn't bother me one iota that you do. Given your previous post I'm actually glad that you find my posts boring. I'm going to break something to you now, which it seems may be news to you.. Speedway has a very small following.. do you know why? Because the overwhelming majority of people find it 'boring'. They're not being offensive to speedway riders, they just aren't excited by the sport. Silverbee has provided a brilliant service for a number of years on the updates site and injected humour into his service which is enjoyed by many. That service may well end now because of quite frankly pathetic individuals like yourself. If, as has been alluded to, Worrall has complained about the reference, then he's worthy of words that actually ARE offensive.

What an absolutely pathetic post. Finding something boring is a subjective opinion. What one person feels is boring another will find exciting. Disagreeing is fine, but being 'offended'.. time to grow up.

I did say back when we signed Bech and everyone was all excited... he has a habit of going awol.

Is PK's average 5.51? If so, as another poster mentioned earlier, I think that is below Howarth so he will be lining up at reserve on Monday??

Welcome home PK!

Scored 9 from 4 rides against Leicester. Edited to add. His scores this year At home: 3 0 2 2* (heat leader) 0 2 0 3 (heat leader) 2 3 3 1 (reserve) 2* 3 3 1 (second string) Away: 0 1 1* 1 (at Coventry as heat leader) 0 1* 0 (at Coventry as heat leader) R 2 1* 1* 2 (at Leicester as reserve) 1* 2 1* R (at Poole as heat leader) 1 3 0 2 (at Swindon as heat leader) 0 1 1* 2* ( at Lakeside as second string) Home form hasn't been that bad. Away has struggled, particularly the two Coventry meetings.

I think I need to be honest here... Last night I was shouting profanities at Bech to get off the inside line so the reality is I did feel the same as other posters on here. It's only this morning that I looked at his races and realised he drew the short end of the stick... normally he'd be facing Kerr or Mear in two of his rides, almost guaranteeing him another couple of points.. 6+2 from 4 would have been deemed as ok. As it was, the home track specialist Bridger was at reserve.

And I thought Peter Adams makes some crazy decisions. That would have been an insane decision to make. Again, Bech was against Kennett, Bridger and Jonsson in his first three races. After Heat 1, no Wolves rider got near those three, apart from Heat 15 when Bridger was taken out by his own team mate. In his one race against other opposition, i.e. Nilsson and Lawson, both good riders, Bech had a paid win.

Meeting should have been postponed in January. Shocking.

I'm not denying that.. but they were beating and passing most of the others on the Wolves team with ease also. The line being used last night I don't think Bech has every really rode, he was always more of an inside man, rather like how Kim Nilsson tends to ride the track. His final ride he did ride very well, but as you say, more would have been expected.

I expected more from Bech last night, however, looking back, it's not all that surprising he didn't score more. The only Lakeside riders he actually lost to were Kennett, Bridger and Jonsson and they had the beating of pretty much the entire Wolves team as it was. In his one race against Lawson and Nilsson he got a 5-1 with Lindgren. The anomaly of Bridger being at reserve made things look much worse than they were.

The forecast was for rain tonight back in January.

I wouldn't say awful. Been somewhat disappointing, but not awful. Old school average of 6.40.

Well that wouldn't be a very successful tactic at Lakeside. In fact that's what some of the Wolves team were doing.. and getting passed over and over.

A poor example of speedway? Race after race of overtaking, riders going from last to first? Clearly it's you that need the glasses.

As for the meeting, excellent racing, partially through good riding from Lakeside and even more from braindead, inept riding from Wolves who reverted back to type riding the wrong lines over and over. Edited... as Odds On has confirmed he had the lump earlier in the meeting

I'm really not sure what is going on on this thread. Some people have stated they don't watch second halves.. (personally I did in most cases).. and it's been pointed out that the majority of fans don't stay for them either so it's not a game changer in terms of bringing in fans. Somehow that has been turned into an attack on people who organise second halves and the reason for British riders not being successful! Nobody has done any such thing. Staggering.

This post is so factually incorrect it's staggering.