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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.

Every single 2.00 Champ rider is also a NDL rider?

Actually it was Plymouth HL = 22 PTS Poole HL = 19 PTS Both teams has their 3rd heat leader riding at 4. Regardless Kerr has to be the one who would shoulder most of the blame for the loss.

It seems a shame a rider wanting to step away from the Champ has to miss NL/NT matches.

While I agree with that idea, at least in this case I think it's suits Berwick if Edinburgh win on Friday, gives Berwick the best chance of winning the group (however unlikely).

Good points, so far Marson has ridden against teams with strong reserves. I'd wait till he's ridden against fellow 2 point riders before calling Poole a 6 man team.

From Oxford's socials "We showed resilience with a mid-meeting fightback, but Sheffield closed out the meeting strongly to take the win" They scored one heat advantage all match, does that count as a fightback?

100% agree, I remember a previous Edinburgh vs Glasgow 13 heat match (in the 15 hear era) but many riders weren't interested in the second half, so it got forgotten about in the second leg. While I'm not surprised it happened tonight, they shouldn't advertise top 4 riding unless all 14 riders agreed beforehand.

Given Ipswich scored 67 & 65 in their first two matches. To "only" score 60 against a Brummies side with a reserve guesting for a heat leader, must give Birmingham fans some hope for the future (against weaker opposition).

Not the worst ever, I've seen Schroeck & Cami Brown make even poorer decisions. But this level of team managing makes Sam Ermolenko look like a Peter Adams or Neil Middleditch! I would've thought it would be very easy for the new Birmingham TM to be better than the previous one?

I can understand why they did that, but feel it would make more sense for a former "rising star" to have the 2.5% reduction after a team declaration, keep the same ruling as every other Brit?

Can anyone explain how Anders Rowe's average has changed? He had a 3.91 average for April, so should be at reserve with the double changes, but he's listed in the top 5! The only thing I can think of, is that because they've redeclared the team his 25% reduction is no longer used? Is that a rule? Would it make a difference if it was a Brit with a 2.5% reduction? Edit: just noticed Lewis Kerr finished 2024 on 4.89 but starts 2025 on 4.77. So can someone explain why he gets a reduction but Rowe does not? So as things stand it appears every single non "RS" Brit in the Prem has an average reduction, except for Anders Rowe!