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The question shouldn't be "can Simon score what Josh could" but "who is available that could score more than Simon"

While there's plenty of guest options for Worrall, perhaps Plymouth want to give their own riders some track time?

As Berwick fans should be, I personally would love Glasgow to lose, but can't see it at all!

Peterborough aren't fielding an under strength side, they are built to the points limit & using r/r for a missing rider, no one could possibly prove that King would outscore r/r! Assuming Sayfutdinov isn't available, this is the strongest team available to them (until they sign a new number one).

Any reason Panthers aren't using Sayfutdinov as a guest?

I'm pretty sure that won't happen, all Berwick can do is score as many points as possible at Glasgow & hope other results go their way imo

Craig Cook via Twitter "Personally I felt good bike was working well then to finish with 2 mechanical failures was a bit of a rubbishter but that's speedway." Alex Harkess via the EEN "Craig Cook has been ill all week - he started well but his energy ran out and he couldn't hold onto the bike any longer."

A very simple alternative is you can't guest against a team in your own group, there would still be up to 6 clubs to choose guests from (depending on fixtures).

While you never want to see a rider injured & I hope it's nothing serious, at least Edinburgh have good options for guests. I'd recommend Schlein at Oxford & R.Worrall at home (if needed).

My thoughts exactly, never want to see a rider injured, but it probably strengthens Poole!

There's so few matches in the Championship this year, it should be easy to arrange fixtures to avoid the football if they needed to?

This group is an example of what could happen in the play-offs, one team (Poole) have already qualified but another (Plymouth) still have a home match to race. Could be tough to sell that to the public - racing a play-off match once you've been knocked out!

I'd assume when the Bullets have matches the selling point would be you're seeing future Bandits, but to not even give them guest bookings removes that theory! Not saying it was Berwick's fault but 2 of their most promising riders last year Pijper & Harrison went elsewhere. Obviously I'll still give credit to Berwick for entering a NL team.

I don't think you can judge Plymouth on their trip to Poole, that could be a regular score for the Pirates, the home loss was a worse performance imo

But if they can't afford Zagar they will have to eventually sign someone!

I disagree, no point in throwing money away, especially for a rider who averaged 5.68 (6.53) away from the NSS. Zagar isn't a superstar who can't command any fee he wants, so I'll give credit to Peterborough for now giving in to his demands. Batchelor or Craig Cook have to be the best British based options if they can't find a top foreigner!

Birmingham can afford to loan their riders out, they had no chance of qualifying lol!

To me the "whipping boys" would mean losing by 30+ every away match & 10+ every home match, Birmingham aren't THAT bad!

Common sense would dictate they should be kept apart on the semi finals, but this is speedway, so you never know!

So what do Redcar fans think of Jason Edwards guesting for group rivals Scunthorpe & potentially knocking out Redcar? Although with how the results have gone - Plymouth, Oxford, Edinburgh & Berwick having all lost at home, I'm pretty sure both Scunthorpe & Redcar will qualify from the group!

It does seem strange having a NL team, and not using these riders to cover missing reserves.

I was gonna make a similar comment lol!

They can use a 2.00 guest, doesn't have to be from NL (Stoneman has already guested for Mulford).

In this case it wouldn't be so bad, as long as Glasgow beat Berwick at home they will qualify, so Ace racing for Berwick isn't an issue. It was worse with Edwards helping Scunny to a win at Birmingham, that could certainly hinder Redcar's progress! However it would have been a very simple rule to implement, you can't guest for another team in your group!

I think what matters is if the rider is replaced, bring a reserve in for a tapes or 2 min exclusion & it doesn't count as a minimum ride!