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Given the amount if money Birmingham lost this year, paying even the sane rates must be regarded as "silly money". I fear for the club if they pick an expensive team & get no extra bodies turning up!

I disagree, to get closer racing you want the gap from the top riders & bottom riders to be closer together.

Jakobsen will use his 2018 5.04 ave in 2023 because he didn't race enough matches this year to get a new ave, there is no alternative. If last night's match had counted towards the rolling aves (as it should have done) he'd have raced his 6th match & have a 7+ ave for 2023. So it seems Lynn calling off a match very early for forecasted weather that never came, will help them greatly in putting out a stronger team for 2023!

Not suggesting Lambert is lying, but there's no way he would have missed a Torun match for this reason!

You'd expect Leicester & Poole to have wanted as many of their riders racing as possible in this match. Leicester riders to help the crowd & Poole riders to get track time before play-off / jubilee league finals! So I'm surprised Nick Morris isn't in the Wolves pairing. But all the others, who could be there are there. IPSWICH: Jason Doyle, Danny King, Anders Rowe KING’S LYNN: Richard Lawson, Richie Worrall, Jason Edwards PETERBOROUGH: Chris Harris, Benjamin Basso, Jordan Jenkins SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Adam Ellis, Connor Mountain WOLVERHAMPTON: Luke Becker, Steve Worrall, Joe Thompson BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Matej Zagar, Tom Brennan.

If Lambert had only agreed to ride on the play-offs, transfer shouldn't have been allowed imo. No other ruder in Britain is allowed to pick & chose his meetings & decide league & pairs matches are below him.

Horrendous way to treat the fans, once it was known Robert Lambert would be missing, should have publicised it!

They didn't really nominate anyone. The reigning British Champion got the wild card

Blodorn's converted ave would be 8.18 (5.45 x 1.5). Don't think he'd reach that tbh

I wouldn't feel bad in the slightest, the promoters collectively voted in the play-offs, in the hope of some big crowds & a meaningful end to the season for clubs around mid-table. In doing so they gave up any right of the winners of the "qualifying league" to be considered unlucky if they don't win the league! Or even to be considered the "most deserving" winners. Imo if Poole finish 3rd & win the play-offs they deserve to be Champs. However I would personally prefer no play-offs & the table toppers to be crowned champions.

Ha ha ha, made me giggle

My understanding of the rules would be, Tungate wasn't an injury replacement for Riss, as he had a higher average when he signed. So making a double change to stay under the points limit has to be a "tactical change" surely? Can't see how they are allowed Riss back in this instance. I know it doesn't really matter, but the rules should be clear, easy to understand & followed correctly!

King's Lynn advertised tonight's league cup final as their most important match of the season. I find it hard to consider the competition important when it has been ignored for 4 / 5 months!

A situation that has occured before, but still happens!

It's hard to make suggestions for the 2023 team when you don't know points limit etc. But I do feel it would be too soon for Ace to move into the Champ. However if he tops the NDL aves then he could get chances throughout the year. Certainly worth him being the unofficial number 8 though!

I disagree with the Bickley comment, after his first season at Workington, he's always had a 3+ ave. Plus he was a top NL heat leader before moving up. The form of riders like McGurk, Ablitt & Freeman are better examples of riders moving up too soon!

I agree, but then why agree to 3 legs in the first place? If a one-off on a neutral track would be poorly attended, why agree to that at the AGM? Could easily have said highest runners up & ran 2 semi finals! Can't understand how issues have only arisen since qualifiers were finished?

While nothing was announced pre-season, the 3 team tournament has always been 6 rider teams (could always include a non riding number 7). So this can't be used as a reason for pulling it! So Poole would always have been favourites in a 6-a-side final! Not that there's anything wrong with that, a fit Edinburgh pairing would have been favourites for the pairs & when the 4TT was run, teams with strong top 4s would be likely to do well! I don't ever remember a team pulling out of the fours or pairs (unless through injuries)! Assuming Glasgow are allowed guests - no reason to pull out!

From memory I'm sure all 3 clubs were praising the decision to have a 3 legged final! So I find it odd that this change would have caused an issue. Not sure why the clubs would agree to this if it would cause fixture issues! I do feel rules should bit be changed mid-season however & should have stuck with a one-off final!

I totally agree of it was announced that they had another season, no one would be complaining. Just think it would be wrong not to admit if beforehand that's all!

If Edinburgh have agreed to be back at Armadale in 2023, it wouldn't be fair to call the Scottish Open the "farewell to Armadale". Wouldn't be right to try & get a big crowd under false pretences. As for Glasgow I think the days of lots of away fans turning up are long gone & home crowds are what keeps clubs going. But especially with no Edinburgh, Berwick or Workington, it would be the perfect time to step up! No point Glasgow saying they'll only move up once they've won the Championship. May as well just admit they'll never move up lol!

I don't really believe rumors until I see an official announcement. But find it very hard to believe a club could qualify for a final & then pull out of the competition! I'm sure I read that Leicester wanted to host their leg on the August bank holiday weekend, but Glasgow didn't agree to the date (riders missing). That suggests they wanted to win the competition. If they are pulling out, why would they have been bothered about putting out a weak side two months ago? Best punishment I can come up with (if it's true) if any club pull out of Jubilee league, then they are banned from the following season's play-offs! If they don't qualify - ban rolls over till they next would qualify! That would ensure all 3 clubs race in the final!

As Worrall could still be at Leicester next year in the Prem, I see nothing wrong with Plymouth announcing his signing for the Champ

At least two of the clubs have had blank dates since the finalists were known, so there's no good excuse for leaving it till the end of October

1) is there anything wrong with that? 2) I'd rather be champions, than considered the best team (but not champions)