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Well Birmingham keep talking about getting into the play-offs so clearly the management rate the side!

Richie is certainly an Armadale expert!

Kemp would be in the team & Mountain at reserve with those changes.

Comment from Laurence Rogers on the SpeedwayGB site: “Using the BSN Series to regain match fitness is important as the main aim is progress in the league, which gets underway in a few weeks’ time, to get into those play-offs.” How is this supposed to get fans in the stadium? Admitting the match that is the same price as a league match, isn't as important as a league match? Birmingham can still qualify!

Glasgow should want Edinburgh to win, increases the chances of a Scottish derby in later rounds, imagine the crowds!

Well done Plymouth

Can't help but think it's a negative riding order by Plymouth, Howarth gets his extra ride in the weakest heat (8), for Plymouth to win, I'd suggest they need Howarth & Barker to be consistently beating Poole's top riders - not their lower end! That being said, Poole don't really have a weak bottom end!

I don't think it's a case of other clubs not being bothered, just not willing to risk a rain-off or suffer a poor crowd! Look what happened at Stuart Robson's farewell - they were certainly "bothered" & made every attempt to get the meeting on - end result, hundreds of fans travelling for it to be called off!

Great guest, could be 3 wins for the Bears!

While it's a blow for Oxford with Nathan Stoneman getting injured, r/r still gives them a strong looking teams with Jenkins, Atkins, Scott & Killeen all able to get an extra ride (or more in Luke's case).

Maybe it shouldn't be simple? Surely giving the sport more credibility is more important than making it "simple" to find a guest? Might even encourage clubs to look for replacements than reply on guests? Using Edinburgh as an example, I wouldn't even look for a replacement for Pickering, no matter how long he is out for, with his average there are plenty of available heat leaders to guest for him! Nothing to do with lack of available replacements - I think guests would be stronger, so why not use them?

On paper this Lynn team should be competitive, a lack of a number one shouldn't be an issue if you've got 6 riders who can score 7 points each week! Not sure why they are doing so badly? Obviously missing a strong reserve today, but should still be doing better!

Don't be silly, they could possibly go the whole season without losing a match in the Champ!

Speedway fans. Some will support their club no matter what, other just want to see as much Speedway as possible. Both should be applauded imo

3rd heat leaders at the start of the season: Chris Harris 7.40 (7.59) Luke Becker 7.11 Adam Ellis 6.75 (6.89) Palm Toft or Kasprzak 6.86 Ben Basso 6.81 Danny King 6.41 (6.57) Charles Wright 6.26 (6.42) Basso was on a par with most of the third heat leaders this season, can't use his team positioning as an excuse!

If he wants to become a world class rider, which I'm sure he does, he can't stay a second string forever. However it's early days, can can still reach his average this season.

That would be an acceptable excuse for Peterborough fans if this was announced on advance, but they had him programmed to race until Wolves was cancelled & Harris became available to replace Pedersen. What were Panthers planning to do if Wolves wasn't cancelled & why lie to their fans? As he is riding on Tuesday was always going to miss the Plymouth match, so it's only Panthers fans who can feel peeved!

Kelsey rode 2 league matches for Newcastle in 2021 averaging 6.29, also rode 2 for Kent averaging 1.71. Overall average would be 4.00 but once Newcastle dropped out of the league their matches were null & void, so he'd revert back to his starting ave.

Why isn't Nicholls an option?

Less effort in picking Leicester riders & going for a strong team! R Worrall 7.97 J Sedgmen 7.04 M P Toft 6.76 D Thompson 5.09 C Vissing 5.00 C Mountain 4.72 J Thompson 3.27 Total 39.85

Quick attempt at a combination of this year's & last year's team, but it came agonisingly over the limit! Kyle Howarth 8.36 Richie Worrall 7.97 Justin Sedgmen 7.04 Jake Allen 6.30 Dan Thompson 5.09 Joe Thompson 3.27 Connor Coles 2.00 Total 40.03

I think guests will be stronger than any replacement Edinburgh could find, so no point even looking imo!

I'm under the impression that Ellis could sign on his Champ average as his Prem ave hasn't changed, but come May 1st he'd be on a converted ave

His average wouldn't go that high, as he'd be carrying 10 matches from 2022 with a 5 point ave!

Guest options in May for Pickering (5.92) would be Bellego (5.80), Brennan (5.72), Blodorn (5.50), Howarth (5.40), Kerr (5.27), Andersen (5.19), Lidsey (5.16) & Sedgmen (4.98). Or sign Nicholls or Cook?