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I really liked thar format. Would be especially useful in the National league.

Totally agree with you there, as good as Nicholls has been doing lately, everyone will have a poor score eventually. Plus having seen how well some of their youngsters go round their home track, it's no shame losing to Ingram et al round Scunny.

Been very hard to see news of this match from Plymouth. Announced they were looking for a guest for King, on their website announced r/r but nothing on FB. Then this morning, still hadn't seen the result posted by Plymouth? Especially at a time then the Speedway GB site appears to be having issues (not posting results).

Has to be Jepppesen for me, his 4.48 average just fits below PHB. Would strengthen Witches quite a bit imo

Strengthens Glasgow imo

I'm not sure about both guest choices. Is Foord better than Pedersen, Hagon & Hodder taking r/r rides? Is Perry better than Kennett, Wood & Ritchings taking r/r rides?

Yeah anyone suggesting that is a bit of an idiot, as you say Poole could've replaced him anytime. A conspiracy theory, would've be Poole preferring to use r/r when they had strong reserves & telling Bowes to take his time with his comeback?

I wouldn't call it a disaster, not even sure it's a 5 horse race for the play-offs. Lynn having dropped 4 points at home (none scored away) and Witches having gained 2 points away (none dropped at home) is a great position for Witches to be in. My first thought was, its a great result for Lynn, as they try to avoid the wooden spoon. Don't really know what's happened to Brennan? Not the form I expected.

Can't see that happening, his current converted average would be 10.69!

Shame for Bowes, never like to see any rider get injured, but this is now an opportunity for Poole to replace their weakest rider, while maintaining their "morals" of not dropping a struggling rider! Gilkes replacing Bowes when he regained fitness would've been their best option, I always said it should be Gilkes vs Bowes for the team spot as Newman had done a good job when he came in. Now I think Lasse Fredriksen could be worth a shot, wasn't doing great at Berwick, but he'd ne at reserve for Poole, so could only expect his scores to improve. Tobias Thomsen would be my first pick if he's gonna be fot enough, could always wait for him to recover & use guests in the meantime? Think I'd prefer to keep Beau Bailey for 2027 (on a lower average) rather than him come in now & raise it up. Team should be good enough to win the double without him.

They have longer than that, I believe the rules would let them use guests for the remainder of the season, not that I'd expect them to do that of course.

Even if you want to look at more than just stats & I agreed MPT should be doing better, I did think he'd do a little better and weren't happy with his efforts when he doesn't make the gate (I've not seen him this year, so can only comment on his scores / average) I still maintain it'd be hard to find a better 6 pointer racing at number 5 (unless Scunny signed Kye Thomsen). Scunthorpe's management not being smart enough / ruthless enough with Pickering's average drop is what's costing them imo. Although they're currently well placed after picking up 3 away points, could be even stronger.

I don't like them, but if they have to do them, should be at every round not just some of them.

I don't remember reading it was an temporary injury replacement, which would mean Tobias could only return to Plymouth at the management committee discretion. His avers would be too high now anyway. But he would fit to replace Bowrs at Poole 🤔

Kemp's statement doesn't make sense! Cook started on 7.99 & went up to 8.39, Kemp signed for Workington on 8.07, which was his converted Prem average. Kemp finished last year on 8.08 in the Champ. So the rule must be only 1 rider above 8 at the start of the season?

Surely not? I'd expect Poland to flex their muscles & tell a rider to drop a league to ride there (most would). Anyway, my comments about Wright & Klindt were bases on the 8 point rule. But if Klindt's already riding in 4 league, Wright joining him ar Redcar wouldn't change anything? Unless Poland "allowed" because it was a temporary gig?

If that was the case, wouldn't he have had to drop a league when he signed in Poland then? Like when Doyle dropped Sweden to return to GB.

Why not? Edit, just seen your reply. I don't believe the answer is accurate, maybe the Redcar TM made a mistake?

While I think Batchelor has pretty much scored want you'd expect, Zagar for Batchelor is realistically the best option to strengthen up.

IMO Lambert is better than Fredriksen & is doing an acceptable job at no 3. Biggest question mark at the moment is what to do with Wright & Klindt? If Fredriksen replacing Lambert left enough space for Wright & Klindt, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but that's not the case.

That was the obvious move to make.

Can they not just keep Jenkins till Battye is fit, then Battye replaces Fedriksen as he has a lower average than him?

September 2nd is the next available Wednesday when neither Oxford or Poole have a match. Is there a cut-off date ahead of the play-offs? Do they have an "off racenight"?

As a neutral, it's a very disappointing result. Partly I don't want every new team in the Prem to finish bottom (then no one else will ever step up) partly because it makes the play-off fight a complete non-event.

I had a similar thought about the GPs, that wouldn't even be considered a tough move. Don't know why Etheridge was getting so upset?