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Actually Workington have shown they can. 3 wins out of 3 with Harry out of form.

I thought it was a really good interview

What do you mean? I merely said if they drop Harry hope he gets a 4th match!

Actually happened very recently. Belle Vue vs Oxford when Killeen got injured in heat 1.

I'd like to see Workington give Harry a 4th match if they were planning to drop him, lowers his average so he could find another team. On current form, with a 7+ average he could find himself unemployable.

Number 2 starts off against the two number ones, so a weaker second string s likely to start off with a 0 or 1. Maybe Bailey's confidence was shot riding at 2 & then couldn't pick himself up for the rest of the meeting? I guess Hume is much more used to heat one, as he's had many rides there with Ipswich using r/r for Riss? Number 2 would normally get an easier ride in heat 8 (though not against Ben Cook on Friday obviously).

Bailey was doing terribly at number 2 at the start of the season, think he scored about 1 point in heat one in the first 7 matches or something like that. So defo made sense to me to swap Bailey & Hume round.

Basso upper his average from a 5.00 assessed to an 8.5 ave & got over 6 in the Prem. Were you expecting more from him?

It was the same price as a normal Champ & NL match, but they didn't get to see 30 heats. Can't call that excellent value for money myself!

A quick glance at the fixtures shows he'll have a 2.00 ave till July 19th at the earliest. No matter how much they may improve, am certain Complin & Pijper will remain at reserve all year.

Teams could put their top two riders at 1&2 if they so desired!

I'm sure there's been matches when both reserves were injured in heat 2

Ablitt's situation at Poole is no different to his current spot at 6 for Scunthorpe, doesn't get heat 4 or 8 racing at number 6. He did get a 4th ride at Glasgow though, as the match was lost, something he rarely got at Poole even when the match was won.

That last part wouldn't work, as many 2.09 riders who improve their averages from 3 to 4 will be dropped for the next batch of 2.00 riders. I'd certainly be happy with the number 7 having to be the lowest averaged rider & not being allowed to get dropped in heat 8.

Think Workington are favourites for the double, Complin, Pijper & Crang are all former Berwick riders, so should go well. Really rate this Workington side, partly because Harrison was at reserve, but they did well enough without him at home.

Poole (strengthened by r/r) to go through. Should be very close but can't see Redcar winning by 6+

Are you referring to the Fours? Didn't he release Jack Holder to race in Poland for a fee? I'm kinda impressed tbh, these days Poland would just take the rider & GB has chosen to give up their priority on certain race nights.

Mulford isn't actually in his first season, first full season - yes. I wouldn't be looking at any replacements as I don't believe there's any better unnattatched 2.00 riders out there. So I'm sure he'll get plenty of time.

Only slightly, 9.38 to 9.15.

I wouldn't say Mountain belongs at reserve, he's been a solid second string for a few years now, only dropped to reserve because of team changes, not poor form.

If true, that's a big mistake by Drew imo

What @arnieg said, after their exploits with Leicester in 2022, expected them to carry on in the same vain for Plymouth

I had Redcar top, so happy with that. Then Plymouth, Glasgow, Poole, Scunthorpe & Edinburgh in the top 6. Glasgow & Poole doing what I expected as top 6 teams. Scunthorpe started like I expected, but since their changes doing far worse than I predicted! Plymouth doing far worse than I expected, top 2 not showing their Leicester form. Edinburgh also not doing quite as well as I thought. Of my predicted bottom 3, Oxford have impressed me, getting more points from their bottom 4. Berwick doing as expected (apart from unexpectedly winning at Edinburgh), while Birmingham probably doing worse than I expected & I predicted them for bottom lol!

That's a bit of a daft comment really

Where does he say that? I've not spotted it