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Because if the Russians being banned, this year we have 4 x seeded riders, 3 x qualifiers, 7 x wildcards & the european champ. It's far easier to get a wild card than qualify these days!

Because that theory failed against Poole lol!

I do agree that could have come into play & chosen another rider.

When Glasgow drew at home to Poole, Ostergaard was picked for heat 15 after a 5-1 in heat 13, despite not being a top 2 scorer. Maybe because of this Cook wasn't picked for heat 15 despite a heat 13 5-1? Seems unfair on a manager if he's blamed for copying a heat 13 5-1 pairing one week, then blamed for not copying a heat 13 5-1 pairing the following week?

Don't understand Cammy getting blamed for using Hume in heat 15. Paid 8 from 3 rides, only lost to Harris before heat 15.

Not sure I understand that comment, if it's the top 15 riders in the world, someone has to finish last. Doesn't mean that rider isn't world class!

Disaster for Kent with Alcock injured at Scunthorpe. Alcock was averaging over 8.5, but they'll only be able to use r/r (Halder & reserves) to cover him! Get well soon Joe!

Pre-season I would have said Jenkins had promise & isn't a bad number 8, but so far this season averaging 2.57 (3.43) for Redcar, so an odd choice for me!

Can't see anything other than a Leicester aggregate win

The 3 home & 3 away rule is only used for assessed averages (Basso), riders with rolling aves would get a new ave even if they only rode 1 match.

Five wins from 6 meetings, surprised you aren't impressed with Sheffield so far!

That may be the best idea, adding the scores to teams total. Means there's a reason for the RS being in attendance, there in case of injuries to top 2, but also get 3 races, so not travelling for just one ride!

Can't see Monarchs having much of a chance of making the top 6 tbh. Once Sarjeant goes into the top 5, whilst using r/r Fredriksen & Hook would need to take 11 rides between them!

Totally agree with you, any rider who comes in to replace an injured rider, could have been picked in the first place, so no advantage gained.

If 4-3-2-0 is used for pairs events to encourage team riding, why is it not also used in league matches? Teams ride as pairs in that too!

Last year they changed the guest rules, so you had to use an unattached rider, but that was abandoned after one season & are allowing guests again.

Should that not be weather forecast permitting?

It's a bit of an odd choice as Jenkins certainly hasn't been scoring well for Redcar do far this season, averaging 2.57 (3.43).

If you draw lots, they could come out in Alphabetical order

I was wondering the same thing, have any matches been raced yet?

But not the second part lol!

I can't say that should make a difference. Ostergaard has the 2nd highest average in the team so could easily be the number 5 rider, Basso can wins heats in the Prem so should be able to handle number 3 and number 4 was easier than number 2 with Ben Cook scoring 0. I think Glasgow are very strong & should be good enough to beat any team (Poole included) at home. They just needed to stops Poole's lower order from scoring so many (easier said than done) as Poole's top 3 are the best on the league.

Yeah that's not a bad idea tbh,

As Poole are the best team in the league by far, you have no worries about being beaten at home this year now surely?

Not sure why that would be the case? Riders race for different teams in different countries, so a change in riding order shouldn't affect them much!