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He only has to do better than Vuolas to strengthen the team.

I think everyone knew that pre-season. Would have been impossible to be as strong with the points limit. Despite losing to Plymouth they're still one of the top 4 clubs in the league imo. Biggest difference to last year, is they're amongst the favourites, rather than clear favourites.

Looking at Plymouth's May averages & Klindt's current ave, when Klindt completes 6 matches, Plymouth would have 8.68 points available to replace Cluff! I don't know if there's any heat leaders out there available, but could certainly strengthen the team. That figure will change depending on how many Klindt scores in his next 3 matches, question is can Cluff improve enough to keep his team spot?

Birmingham should've taken the change to talk to him about riding over here regardless, maybe they did?

Can't see Hagon doing well in the top 5. I'd move him to 2, Kemp at 3, Hume at 4. Easier to use Kemp in heat 15, if he's not been in the previous heat imo

When they race Oxford

Yep, agree with that.

I'll get lynched for suggesting this, but have 2 "rising stars" then you only need to fill the other 5 places instead of 6.

Not sure why Gusts only got 3 rides when Killeen got 6. Especially as Gusts finished ahead of Killeen in heat 12. Wouldn't make a difference to the score, but still worth giving Gusts a 4th ride imo.

Looking at the May averages, if Birmingham dropped Vuolas they'd have 7.20 available to replace him. While I don't know where they'd find a heat leader from, even a rider with a 4.51+ allowing Jeppesen to drop to reserve would make the team competitive. That's providing Zagar returns.

If guests put them off, they never would've agreed to show the sport

I totally get what you're saying about Zischke, but bearing in mind it was his first season a 4.71 away average isn't that bad. Had he been 6.71 at home, 4.71 away & 5.71 overall. People would be calling that a decent first season for a new foreign rider. Because he averaged 9.38 at home, it makes his away average look far worse as you naturally compare them. The NSS would seem the ideal track for him in the Prem, not had a great start to the season, could be because he's coming back from injury? But do feel Aces have one of the weaker reserve pairings. As for Rowe, same with the whole Sheffield team, will be interesting to see what they can do away from home. Mind you even if they don't win away, home from will guarantee a play-off spot.

I know Speedway often has daft rules, but I can't imagine there'll be a rule where you have to add 5% & subtract 25% to work out the average available for a guest. I'd hazard a guess that the + 5% at home rule is only when a full facility is allowed.

Will that not make the racing duller?

Can't agree with that take on things. Zach has been flying, so if a poor performance is him scoring 5+2 (including two 5-1s) then I'm sure every Poole fan would be delighted with his improvement. Sounds a little like you're trying to deflect some blame away from Kerr. Now I'm sure he tried & I'm not suggesting he should get dropped, but even Kerr's biggest fan would have to admit that wasn't an acceptable performance. The last part is very true, the result hasn't cost anything, Poole will still make the BSN semis.

I would think most neutrals would want a Lynn win, keep the play-off chase alive.

I can understand fans being "certain" Ipswich will finish top & Oxford / Birmingham finishing in the bottom 2 positions. It's reasonable for some fans to rate Belle Vue higher than Sheffield or vice versa, but I've seen nothing so far that would make any fans feel one of these teams is clearly stronger than the other?

Comfortable win for Leicester surely?

Many fans who can't go may be prepared to buy a delayed stream, but it certainly shouldn't be at full price.

Think Grahn would do a good job there too. My choice would be to find a new 2 pointer & keep a strong reserve all season. Should be looking to re-arrange the KOC ties ASAP, while Palovaara is still at reserve imo.

I wouldn't, if you replaced 6.5 & 2.0 riders, with a 4.5 & 4.0, then Palovaara is no longer a reserve. Maybe if there was a 5.1 & 3.3 option, it'd work out? Not that I would drop Kye anyway, far too early in the season to choose to drop someone imo

Cheers for the info, never knew that rule.

That's a tad irrelevant, there'd be no evidence a team would've won with a different heat selection.

100% agree, if they don't want to ride in heat 15, then find another club that'll let you pick & choose

I wouldn't agree with that reasoning, he's been a Champ heat leader for about a decade, so shouldn't need time to settle in. If you think the team would be stronger with Zach or Anders at 5, by all means do it though.