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szkocjasid

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  1. I'm Cook's defence after his first ride (after which he may have sussed out the track) he only lost to Douglas!
  2. While the play-offs, especially finals can bring in big crowds, which I why they're here to stay. How many fans pick & choose their matches throughout the year as they are less important, especially for clubs guaranteed to be in the top 6? We'll never know but it's possible the play-off system lowers attendances during the season?
  3. Harrison has a 6.80 average, was never going to stay at reserve with that kind of scoring!
  4. Don't see any chance that will happen, even if Bickley wanted to sign, I wouldn't go for him because the team would have to be nearly 4 points weaker than they currently are!
  5. You wouldn't last long in Speedway of you got upset at a friend / family member getting dropped, especially one who's dropped 4 points from his average. That being said I can't see Harry getting dropped now he's on a 3.00 average.
  6. Comets have to take some of the blame for not replacing Harry when he was on a higher average, could even have kept Dugard when Harrison came back in. Of course their policy may have been - everyone is in the team for the season regardless of form - if so credit to them for that attitude, but it does mean less chance of titles.
  7. I'd say absolutely zero chance! While it's unfortunate the way the fixtures work for some teams when it comes to Speedway, nothing you can do about it. Belle Vue need to improve their away form to win leagues, but their strong home form should always keep them away from the bottom places.
  8. Can only see a home win & a Pirates bonus point, most interesting part of the matches will be if Poole can win at Berwick.
  9. Very true, the daftest example I can think of in recent years was Robert Lambert due to be missing a Newcastle match the day after an international, choosing to ride abroad instead. As he was racing in another meeting - no guest was allowed. Then when the other meeting was postponed a guest was allowed as it was a day after the international!
  10. It's possible every single Glasgow fan & the management would all agree that Hume is better than Nowak - but it's irrelevant as that change would've meant Glasgow were over the limit. If you're going to declare Hume should have been in the side (easy to say) then really should point out the other changes needed (much harder to do).
  11. I've not looked ahead to remaining fixtures, but Belle Vue are not out if it, if big outsiders. Of course any teams going to Berwick will Habe a tougher time now they've signed Boxall.
  12. I do find comments like this hilarious, (whether it's a joke or not still funny to me) Poole won home & away to Oxford in the BSN, knock Oxford out of the KOC & just because they lose the away league match (could still win the bonus) people have made such a big deal of it. I guess because Poole have been so successful over the years, I means more to the opposition when they beat them?
  13. I've neve understood the phrase doctoring a track, I mean it's the same for all riders in every heat. Of course a home club should set it up to suit their team, why wouldn't they? Even if the gates aren't even, all riders still have one of each gate. As long as the ref ensures the start grids are treated equally throughout, the rest is fair game for me!
  14. I'm 99% sure it doesn't (unless they're not replaced) otherwise a teams riders will have ridden more than 30 rides between them.
  15. They should do that every year for all the rules. Often a new rule is thought of to fix an issue, bit will create a problem elsewhere, it seems they don't always consider the downsides!
  16. As @Cast1rn points out a simple solution is to make unnattatched guest riders matches count to their averages, like what they do in the National league. Despite any pitfalls mentioned I still think using an unnattatched guest is far more logical than a rider guesting for a rival & potentially putting his own team out of the play-offs / bsn semis etc
  17. Ipswich should have signed Kemp or Rowe as soon as Thomas was injured. Then they should have signed Kemp or Rowe when Joe T was struggling. But now they've signed Dan T, with Kemp & Rowe elsewhere - I don't believe there's a better option than Dan. He wasn't the strongest option when they signed him, but now he is! Stronger options have signed elsewhere - so I wouldn't be looking to replace him.
  18. Tape touching / 2 minute exclusions don't count towards your average (unless you're not replaced)
  19. National League riders can guest (mainly used to replace reserves), but dropped riders like Ty Proctor, James Wright & Jake Turner can't. I'm not sure how it works with someone like Max Clegg?
  20. I'm sure Danyon would have stayed of asked, but Edwards was never leaving Redcar. Would also have been 0.47 over the limit.
  21. I still cannot understand suggestions of a replacement for Dan T, I think he's have a good season as RS. Middle of the table of rising stars 2023 aves: Kemp 4.75 (5.25) - 4 matches only Gilkes 3.90 (4.50) Flint 3.69 (4.63) Jenkins 3.40 (4.30) D.Thompson 3.20 (3.77) Edwards 2.67 (3.24) Rowe 2.29 (2.29) - 2 matches only Mulford 1.57 (2.12) J.Thompson 1.18 (1.65)
  22. Riss only had 3 matches at reserve, so shouldn't have made a massive difference, depends if those 3 matches were in his last 10 fixtures how much it upped his average.
  23. Don't think transfer windows would work, with teams racing different amount of matches each month, do you go by fixtures raced or dates? Then what if you have an injured rider, can you replace him outside of the transfer window? Last year in the Prem showed how that can be problematic. Three simple changes I'd make are, 1) all riders get a minimum amount of matches before they can be dropped (6/8?). 2) as riders get a 28 day ban for leaving a club, I feel it's only fair a club pays a rider for 28 days after he is dropped (unless signed by another club) 3) allow riders without clubs to be able to guest. It's rediculous that Paul Starke could ride for Plymouth's rivals when he was in their side, can ride for Birmingham's rivals, now he's in their side, but couldn't guest when he didn't have a club!
  24. Who would he have replaced though? Both second strings had lower averages & Glasgow were very keen on their top 3. He was unlucky to lose him team spot, but don't know who'd they'd have swapped round to keep him in?
  25. Logically every rider should try to finish behind a guest when getting a 5-1 or 3-3, lowers their average, but doesn't affect the guest
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