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Why on earth did Perks have four rides?

This is a clash between two poor looking sides and as such could go either way.

Makes no difference is he races here or not, he is going to be our leading SGP and SWC rider for a few years yet. FWIW I think he'll be back riding for Wolves in the next two or three seasons but I wouldn't blame him if he doesn't.

Sidney has got a thing about Auty.

Tai Woffinden doesn't owe British Speedway anything as far as I'm concerned, if he feels its best to cut down on his riding and travelling then I don't blame him for cutting the UK out of his schedule at all. He has to be the first name on the team sheet for me as our one truly world class rider.

Is there a good reason for AJ's absence or is there some pee taking going on?

60+ for Monarchs

Don't think it'll be 60 but should be a comfortable passage through.

No need to shout! Would it not have been dangerous to grade loose stuff onto a bare racing line after 15 afternoon heats? Maybe Peterborough should receive praise for stepping in and replacing Castleford at the last minute.

Not keen on Botham myself. Atherton & Gower use too much jargon. Bumble is great and Shane Warne is pretty good when he has been involved. Nasser decent too.Paul Allott is probably the most irritating of all.

Don't think he was burned out, was our best rider in the Play Offs. Wouldn't be surprised if he was trying one or two things out last night with Lynn up there in a fortnight. Bet that pleased Norrie

Mike, Twitter is probably designed for mobile use but can be used on a computer too. Once you get used to it it's easier than Facebook to use I find for news and updates etc. Certainly worth having a go with!

Well done Young Stars

Great to see Newman among the points again. We need the FTR's to be scoring big points in the PL.

Good test of Sheffield's credentials this, an away match at a track where they traditionally struggle against a side who look one of the weaker ones on paper.

Most of the riders he has beaten have been PL heat leaders or second strings or full time EL, with a few PL reserves in there too. I think its realistic to expect him to at least maintain his scoring from last season and while he is doing that in the EL he certainly isn't in the PL.

There are other teams too! Sheffield and Peterborough both look capable of winning it to me, and I would never write off Somerset.

Newman is beating more than just PL reserves for Poole.

And Newman.....scoring hatfuls for Poole but poor at Sheffield & Rye this week.

Top heavier than Jordan

The bloke is a clown.

If P'boro ride like that again at Somerset they have every chance of winning there. Always a tough place to go but the Rebels don't look quite as strong this year.

There has to be something better than the guest system we currently use. Ideally a rider should only represent one club in any given season. Squads would be best but a guest pool sounds like it's worth consideration too. High time we had a group of people with a bit of foresight running things!

What a strange looking scorecard. Has Holder had once crash too many and lost his mojo? Rory guesting at 2 for Poole farcical on so many levels and Newman showing once again why he should have been graded much higher on the reserve list. Can see Poole breaking Lynn's winning streak record from last year at this rate. With a bit of luck they'll have run out of steam by September too.....

Most teams have 'plenty of Armadale experience' but I don't see too many getting 40 there this year. Edinburgh have once again built a strong side and with a tricky home track they should go through the card at home with few problems. Expect plenty of 60's once Clegg & Branford very into their stride.