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Previous a guest or r/r was allowed for any reason. Then a rider missed a match because he had "no equipment" & a stronger guest rider was allowed, cue everyone being up in arms & rule was made stricter! Not 100% sure who was involved but may have been Connor Coles & Mildenhall?

I wasn't comparing Kemp to Flint (who I think is a better rider), however Kemp's ave has gone from 3.82* to 5.58, whereas Flint's has gone from 6.40 to 6.83 so statistically Kemp has improved more this season! Flint clearly has done better than Kemp, but he was already far better than Kemp, who has actually closed the gap a little this season! *2021 rolling ave used for Kemp (as he only had 4 matches for Edinburgh), otherwise final aves used (not rolling).

Imo Basso is only at number 1, because he's been riding in a second string position all year (till Wednesday) even when he was going better than Brennan & Ostergaard, riding order was never changed! If he was given a shot at number 5, two things could have happened - got used to harder races (heat 13) to prepare him for the number 1 spot - or dropped more points leaving Cook at number 1. I don't know why most team managers refuse to make changes to the riding order throughout the year based on who's on form?

No doubt would still score 31+, but I'd always take a number 8 if using r/r

But now we're using a 10 match rolling aves, early season matches are no longer counted (when Kemp was scoring well at reserve) bearing that in mind, it's impressive he's kept Zach at reserve!

Kemp's 2022 average will be his highest season ending average yet. That's improvement!

Richard Andrews missed the match at Armadale & he didn't get a ban!

If that's true, does he get a 28 day ban for witholding his services? Miss the end of the season for Poole?

Fredriksen in the top 5, has a better ave than Hook at reserve, if picking one of them has to be Lasse for me!

At home I'd agree with Cook at 5 & Brennan at 3. But at Poole could have been considered damage limitation, if they expected both to struggle in heat 13, leave Cook at 3 for an easier heat 12? Another option would have been Brennan at 3 with r/r at 4 (Cook 5). Knowing how strong Ben Cook has been at home recently, putting r/r at 4 would've meant Brennan getting his extra ride on the easier heat 14!

A NL side as a 2nd team will always be poorly attended compared to a NL side as the only team. Could get more fans as there is no senior side to watch? Wether it's feasible financially, I have no idea.

I'd certainly be disappointed if they scrapped the "rising star rule" one of the few good rules they've brought in recently imo. If there were two new teams (can't see it happening myself) I'd imagine the points limit would be lower to share the riders out?

Disagree with that comment, think both Hume & Mountain have progressed this year too. Plus Jack Thomas was going well for in his first Premiership campaign till he got injured! Get rid of the "rising stars" and these promising Brits may end up getting dropped. With all the issues with Brexit & Polish rules, it makes sense to have rules encouraging more Brits in teams.

Glasgow's key men for me are Brennan (gets a r/r ride) & Starke (could get 7 rides at reserve) and the will definitely need Bailey to beat Ablitt every time they meet!

I think because Edinburgh have been running for 70+ years people are more concerned about keeping the club alive in the short term. If they get a new stadium NL team will be racing again too.

Could the Edinburgh Monarchs run NL speedway out of Glasgow? Less dates needed, cheaper to run & keep the name alive?

I was gonna say the same thing, except Poole lol!

Yes, you understood what I meant

I'm sayinh Klint or Pickering becoming available to guest rather than Basso or Nicholls guesting is what would strengthen Belle Vue. Fricke didn't come into my equation as the postponed match didn't make a difference to his availability!

For me the "rising star" rule works so well in the Prem. So naturally they'll get rid of it!

Jakobsen doesn't have a rolling ave (is using his 2018 ave) so could really do with missing Lynn's last home league match to keep him on a 5.04 ave for 2023. Like Coventry did with Przemek Pawlicki in 2010?

So Wolves vs Sheffield being postponed could strengthen Belle Vue for their clash against Ipswich - astonishing how things can work out in speedway!

I feel for Robbo, especially being a Rye House fan. But Glasgow needed to race as soon as they can (rider availability withstanding) with the trophy final & potentially a play-off final to race too!

Well since the exact same thing happened last year with Poole sitting waiting for the Leicester vs Scunthorpe QF to be completed, I can't see why it would change now! If they didn't learn from their mistakes last year, what makes you think they'll learn from them now? Not a fan of play-offs (think league leaders should be champs) but if there here make it top 2/4/8/16 etc. qualify!

Would it not make sense if before heat 10 only the winning team could ask for a track inspection, then after heat 10 only the losing team could ask for a track inspection? That way you'd know it was due to track conditions & not hoping for a postponement / declared result!