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Then a brilliant change to give Wood more rides, then an odd decision to give Vale the r/r ride, meaning Wood won't get 7 rides 🤷

Ludicrous using Rowe as a tac sub in heat 5, meaning Masters won't get one. Masters looked comfortable in heat one, Rowe all over the place in heat 3!

I wouldn't call it a massive blow, win or lose Poole will make the play-offs. If it was a KOC tie, then I'd say that!

Not a fan of clubs swapping their riding order & ruining fans programmes, don't think it should be allowed (Riss moved from 3 to 2), unless it was a mistake by the Monarchs promotion. After all, every rider gets 4 programmed rides.

Taken the sensible option, got a long future ahead of him, no point riding in these circumstances.

There would be other riders having to miss out the Champ if that was the case, no Dan Thompson, no Zach Cook etc. Guess the league would have to be a lot weaker if they stopped using riders who race in Poland.

Should be a decent win for the Monarchs. Does anyone know if Riss is 2nd or 3rd in Oxford's averages? Has the same ave as Rowe, but it's the difference between Masters getting a r/r ride or not!

It's possible to believe Oxford have a poor lineup without there being better options. If the poster had said "why pick these riders" or "there must have been better guests available" then you'd be right to question the post!

Probably on a par with last year tbh. He gets lots of criticism, but still averaging above 7.

Think this should be a comfortable win for Glasgow. 50-40?

From the pictures I've seen, the track didn't look that wet. Big issue for Ipswich now, is the next time it's wet fans may be out off travelling, not wanting to risk another wasted journey.

Fancy Poole to win this one, top end go well here & stronger with r/r for Bowes.

If a rider has aspirations of making it big in Poland & reaching the GPs need to leave the Champ behind. I applaud any rider with the guts to give it a go.

Yeah I read that too, just saying his facility could run out before he returns.

Be tough for any club to fit him in on his average now. Too high to replace injured heat leaders (Cook, Kildemand, Dan T) even temporarily.

As i understand the rules, even if Bowes being injured off track doesn't count as a "speedway injury" Poole would still be able to use r/r only difference is Bowes would get a 7 day suspension, which only strengthens them more. As for Riss, I believe Oxford only gets a 28 day facility for an illness, so needs to return soon or it's a 75% guest right?

Makes Poole far stronger

Feel that's a it harsh, it not like Sedgmen ran a 1.5 ave in the Prem, he's been a 4+ rider before. You also have to manage your expectations, if they have 4.28 available to replace Castagna, that translates to a 6.42 Champ rider, so Sedgmen is "too good" to replace Castagna.

Really good guest

From my predictions I would say Redcar & Berwick doing better than expected, Glasgow doing worse than expected, all others on a par.

Harris is miles better than Thomson? Clashes went 1-1 at Glasgow before a Harris ef, Thomson beat Harris 2-0 at Northampton, which is virtually a neutral track, Thomson currently averaging 9.54 in the Champ vs Harris 7.67! Can't compare Prem aves, as the KOC didn't count.

When Jakobsen gets a new average, currently below 3.00, they'd have 2 more points to play with to replace Vinnie (if it's a long term injury). Would have to wait till June to do that, then to my surprise saw Workington only have ONE fixture planned for the entire month of June!

Still looks a good team even with Bowes underperforming. If it ends up being Bowes & Cairns at reserve, that's a decent pairing. Of course if they brought in a stronger 5 pointer than Bowes, the team would almost certainly win all the silverware, but I think they're still favourites to even with a struggling Bowes. If Gilkes stars for Scunthorpe, will they rue letting him go (I never would've dropped Newman), probably not of they keep winning.

I agree, same with riders signing for Poole, even rookies know the expectations results, as these clubs are (nearly) always fighting for trophies.

I don't expect r/r to cover Dan adequately, although maybe wouldn't be as bad at home, but there could be times when appropriate guests can't be sourced, but what I definitely can't imagine is Monarchs finding a rider of Champ heat leader status, willing to cover Dan for a month or two.