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I could definitely see why she excluded Zmarzlik but was very surprised it wasn't all four back. She needs to have been convinced that Zmarzlik was trying to have Iversen off as we can't have exclusions every time riders bang elbows and somebody comes off. Certainly a brave call.

Shame the track is so slick, although no surprise of course. Milik is an absolute wrong un.

Apart from those who also run NL teams, training schools etc.....

I don't see how anybody has been made to 'look a fool' if there are rules in the rulebook which directly contradict eachother.

Better would be fair enough, 'head and shoulders above' isn't.

There is only one person who thinks Ellis is 'head and shoulders' above Bates and they are a Poole fan which unfortunately dilutes their opinion. Hope I'm wrong but the selection of Ellis over the British U21 champion and the rider who is joint 4th in the World U21 standings smells a bit of Poole old boys network. Hopefully Ellis won't be called upon as he will be way, way out of his depth, as Bates would have been. Great experience for them to be involved though (they should both be there in the pits).

Would have been Bates at reserve for me but the other four pick themselves IMO. Hopefully Bates will be involved, like Worrall, for the experience.

Having seen him a couple of times at Lynn he seems a bit too 'safe' if you see what I mean, a bit like Max Clegg. Too keen to stick it round the inside in a neat and tidy fashion rather than go for it a bit more. Plenty of time left in his career to develop a bit more belief in himself and come good, the talent is certainly there.

I expected much, much more from Wajtknecht this season. He's young enough to come good but has been a huge disappointment in the PL.

Half the problem is the type of shale Lynn use, it is so high in clay content that even the smallest amount of overwatering from the sky or the bowser and conditions can become unfit very quickly. We got covered on the first bend during heat one on Wednesday and its was difficult to remove the blobs of muck from your clothes or skin so sticky it was. Can't imagine getting plastered by it on track, no wonder there were such enormous gaps between each rider.

I think all parties had good intentions; the riders all gave it a go and Buster tried to get the track raceable. The problem is that it all took far too long, there needs to be some kind of procedure/protocol for a rain affected track instead of people standing around arse scratching. There was the best part of an hour from the rain stopping and heat one starting in which time a couple of riders from each team could have tested conditions and track work been done. We could all have been home before 9pm.

Absolute shambles. Fingers will be pointed in all directions and to be honest whether people blame the riders (none of them were interested in continuing), the referee, Buster, Rosco or whoever the fact remains that speedway has absolutely no idea how to treat its customers. Complete waste of an evening.

Quite right, we'd not have met if it wasn't for the 2009 PLRC!

The wife and I will be in attendance, what better way to celebrate a wedding anniversary

I'm no fan of foreigners riding at reserve this season but it seems to be the making of Lewis Rose, good on him.

Each to their own but I have little interest in seeing Hancock gating his way to the vast majority of their points, would rather see what the Germans can do on a track which should suit them.

Why is Wilkinson not riding?

Fair enough, hadn't seen it posted already or wouldn't have done so myself.

I was under the impression that number 8's could only appear in the top five.....

Quite amusing to read some saying Glasgow shouldn't have dropped Barker, but then others saying Ipswich shouldn't have dropped Kerr for him. Is Kerr really better than Bach? All much of a muchness IMO. Not a fan of the jealousy posts against Glasgow's money, its a good thing that somebody is putting that kind of finance into the sport somewhere. They are still going to lose meetings along the way. All a bit playground to take the mickey when they do.

All three Danes have been very disappointing this year.

All seems unnecessarily complicated.

Bates is the British U21 champion and the second highest Brit in the World U21 standings behind Lambert so can feel very hard done by if he3 doesn't get the reserve spot. Like King he has produced in the big meetings this season, a good reason for both to be included.

A good opportunity for Tom to show what he can do.

Is Howarth's average really lower than Lambert's? Wow.