dabbsjoe

what is the point in naming a 10 man squad and having 5 riders present at the track on the day of the meeting if 1 of them can't be used as a proper reserve. joker should either be scrapped or if it's kept should only be used if 8 or 10 points behind so that you can gain ground on the leaders but not draw level with them if they were to finish last in that heat

could say the same for a few other riders. Bridger and Barker perhaps

still can't work out how Wells isn't in the USA team, especially as on the day of announcement Fisher was posting on his facebook talking about how he's been struggling this season

reading the article in the SS about it, sounds like Leicester had a bit of a game trying to get in contact with him all day and that he only contacted them with a text.

wolves were a 5 man team themselves last night as well

I'm guessing the only explanation is that the scores removed from his rolling average were less than the scores added to it.

I agree to thinking he'd struggle but not to the extent that he has been. his average for 2015 is 3.20 problem now is I don't see him scoring any better at second string position

Thorsell is the worry for me, his 2015 average from 5 matches is 3.20

Scott Nicholls chose not to ride in the EL one year, yet even now after he's decided never to ride for GB again (and with good reason why he won't) is still in some quarters being called for to be in the team. Woffinden made a choice not to ride in a league so what, anyone that saw the documentary he did with Sky would see the type of strain not just Woffinden but all riders put on there own bodies and health to ride in all leagues. Maybe for what he was earning from the EL after expenses he realises it isn't worth it. He isn't the first and he won't be the last

I actually think naming Thorssell so early was actually a mistake for us. His average was over inflated due to riding as second string all last season. This has left us with 2 riders in heat leader positions that should be second strings. it's not coincidence that our best scorers are Wells and PK in the second string positions.

I guess we'll see on Saturday if he is or not

just needs to be more consistent with his gating and he will be ok. I think he'd have been doubling up this year until the visa issues

they struggle enough to run an 8 team league

mine arrived yesterday after having to order online. WHSmiths appear to have stopped stocking it in the city centre now and also at home.

We were a 2 man team last night but at the same time Coventry had a few riders with off nights.

from the talk in last week the only riding order news was Ricky Wells at 2 and Peter Karlsson at 4. the rest is still to be decided.

How does Lambert match up to what Woffinden was doing at his age ?

wasn't that Darcy !

at least they have entered the competition. the experience can only help Manzares development

if that's correct then that pretty much sums up the professionalism of the man

I'd say his whole handling of this situation and his attitude towards it show how things usually get dealt with by BSPA and how a serious issue like the visas was handled originally by them

I like how he had absolutely no response to one person once they pointed out the FIM regs.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that someone at the BSPA was allowing all this to happen, surely they should be removed from the position they are in and replaced with someone who is capable of doing the job how it should be.

what do they do for the 2016 season ? all home matches in the second half of the season ?

I like the playoffs, but I think the organisers could do something about the league that is maybe similar to the nfl way of doing things in that the league is split into 2 divisions (north and south perhaps) and that top 2 from each division progress to the playoffs. would have been ideal a few seasons ago when we had that stupid fixture list where you race some teams four times but some only twice.