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Consider the alternative though, riders for Kent, Mildenhall etc, could guest in any match, but if Colts aren't allowed to guest against the Aces, they'll have less chances to guest as an RS. Seems odd that signing for Belle Vue Colts could limit your Prem chances?

His system shows the flaw in using 4 or 5 year old averages for GP riders!

I personally hate the drone footage shown in the GPs, by all means show it after the race for a different view, but please not during races.

Redcar wanted Jenkins this year, but he went where he got paid more (nothing wrong with that) so a team's assets mustn't mean much?

Completely forgot Poole were racing today, guess I'm not used to clubs reaching the play-off final & then racing another qualifying match lol!

Ben Cook would have been a good choice imo Edit: forgot Poole were racing tonight

They've had similar ideas in the past, but it means club finishing second can get 2 big play-off crowds, whereas table toppers only get one big crowd! Plus the team that gets a bye are not as race fit as the semi final winners

That's the whole point of play-offs, the top 4 have an equal chance of being Champions. I don't like play-offs & think top of the league should be Champions. But it's what the clubs voted for, so 1st & 2nd can have no complaints.

Sheffield replaced Holder when he was injured. He's free to race in Poland & the GPs.

If Sheffield had two riders in mind they wanted for the final, the best option would be to "drop" their second choice tonight (as they are 99% through) and go with their 3rd best option, the use the second best pick for the final. That may be what they are doing with Lawson & Harris?

I understand your point, but if you can pick "horses for courses" during the season, why stop just for the play-offs? Plus there's the +5% at home rule, some riders could guest at home but not away!

Whatever to he ruling is, I'm sure in this situation if the Wolves riders told the ref the track was safe, it's unlikely to be abandoned early

Why are some people so upset Edinburgh didn't have a guest for Cook? it's not against the rules, r/r is allowed whatever the situation. All year long I read comments about too many guests, now complaints teams aren't using guests lol!

Good stuff, must have read my comments lol!

For the integrity of the sport (don't laugh at me) it really should be run. I don't know if Workington have season tickets, but if they do, they'd be missing out on a match, so would any sponsors expecting x amount of meetings for publicity. Not to mention young hungry British youngsters wanting track time.

Totally agree there, even with Tarasenko getting an r/r outing, the reserves still have to take 10 rides between them, Poole's reserves are going better. Gotta fancy Pirates for a big home win & narrow away defeat.

Poole aren't winning against adversity, they'll win because they are stronger than Glasgow & clear favourites imo Yes Tarasenko is on a daft average, but Poole or Oxford could have signed him too! If we struck off everyone who came up with idiotic rules, there would be no-one left to run the sport lol! Stop pretending Poole are underdogs to 1) give yourself an excuse if they lose, 2) celebrate a triumph against all odds when they win. Many tried that tactic with Scunthorpe & I didn't believe them then either. If you REALLY believe Poole are the underdogs, I'd say you should have more faith in your team. Since dropping down Poole have won everything (7 man competitions). Poole are the best team in the league!

I too was wondering why the Kent match is taking so long to be announced, no Champ matches this Saturday, so could have raced without missing riders

You called that one correctly

Would you rather see Josh Pickering get an extra ride or watch Troy Batchelor? (who could be the strongest guest option)

Good point, run that meeting on Wednesday if it's too short notice to plan the play-off final

Maybe they should have waited till after tonight's match to announce the re-staging, if Glasgow lose at Redcar, Oxford may have been willing to turn up with half a team?

Obviously it makes sense for both clubs to be a full strength (baring injuries) for both the fans in attendance and the "integrity" of the sport. But why have a cut-off date that either means, clubs racing understrength or after the cut-off date? Nothing against Scott, but should the Championship play-offs be held back because he has another job? What if Lee Complin needs to work on Tuesday, can it re-arranged again?

This bit confuses me: It had been ruled that all Play-Off group fixtures must be completed by October 1. In accordance with this, the Tigers management had offered to run the restaging this Friday. However, Oxford were unable to accommodate this due to rider availability. Therefore the next available race night was Tuesday and that has now been confirmed. Does that mean cut-off dates are not set in stone & only applicable if clubs don't have riders missing? So I'm assuming next year a club is allowed to refuse a date before the cut-off date of any competition, as long as they have riders missing? So really the rule should be along the lines of "all Championship fixtures should be completed by 31st August unless clubs are unable to accommodate this due to rider availability in this situation clubs can run on the next suitable date for both clubs"

When Scott signed a contract for the GPs he must have known there was a chance of a Saturday match taking place, either because of rain-offs or racing Berwick. So I assume there is a contingency plan for fixture clashes. I don't think Oxford should be able to refuse the date because he is missing, especially as Redcar rode at Oxford with missing riders. Plus other riders have second jobs, but still make all their matches. I'm not saying Scott isn't good at his TV job, but him missing the match isn't going to stop people watching / hurt the show, but missing the Oxford match could be a travesty for the Cheetahs, so I'd imagine he'd prefer to be there.