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Having seen a clip of heat 11, that race definitely should've been re-run for Barker moving at the start. Can understand Cami being angry at that one. Of course that then means, no tac sub in heat 12.

Without knowing the rules for next year it's tough, but no harm in having fun predicting teams. Troy Batchelor - 8.38 Paco Castagna - 6.97 Tate Zische - 6.96 Antti Vuolas - 6.29 Connor Bailey - 4.97 Paul Starke - 3.50 Ace Pijper - 2.93 Total - 40.00

If I was a Workington fan, I'd want Starke back.

Indeed, whatever the points limit is, Workington would want Zischke back.

I understand your point, to a degree I can agree with you, the later heats may have been different, especially heat 15, although I'm not sure why they wouldn't try when they get paid for points money. However Cami says the referee cost them the match more than once, even using your "butterfly effect" theory - Glasgow may have done better in heat 15, they also may not have. So whatever way you see it, still can't say the ref cost Glasgow the match imo.

Comment by Cami on the Glasgow FB page. "We feel sick. The referee has cost us another meeting again. We are absolutely scunnered" The referee didn't cost you the meeting "Jack Smith was in front of Baek in Heat 5 and she said Jack wiped him out which was a lot of nonsense" If ref excluded Baek, Glasgow have 2 more points. "Then Jordan was winning Heat 14 by a mile and James falls off. The referee then re-runs it after three laps despite Jordan being well ahead" Why should the ref give Glasgow the benefit of the doubt when their own riders fell off? "The race is re-run. Baek falls and the race should have been stopped then. But he actually hit Jordan who then lifts and careers into Joe Thompson. Then she puts both Plymouth riders back in the race" Heard different versions of this, but wouldn't have changed the result. "I also asked her about Ben Barker clearly moving at the start of Heat 11 but she said she didn’t see anything. I said she could look at the replays on TV but she wouldn’t" Can understand why he's unhappy, but if the ref didn't see anything, do they need to look at the replays just because a team manager wants them to? “But she looked at the replays of Heat 14 three or four times" I'm guessing the ref thought it needed another look & wanted to make she she'd made the correct decision. "We should have gone into Heat 15 in a last heat decider at 42 each" No you wouldn't, because the heat 12 5-1 with Harris as a tac sub wouldn't have happened. "We would have won that meeting tonight without those poor decisions" Nope, not true "We never gave in all night. I waited to do the tactical substitute and that paid off" As explained earlier, wouldn't have been able to do a tac sub of Smith wasn't excluded. I wonder if Cami would've gotten the blame for not using a tac sub the one time they had a chance? "It’s a long way down for bad refereeing decisions to cost us the match" It's a long way down for your own riders to cost you the match.

But it could come back to haunt them, if Belle Vue needs guests & the other teams return the compliment of not allowing Aces to use their riders.

I was about to question your first point then when I read the second realised what you meant lol!

Heeps is really Oxford's 3rd heat leader. As Boughen has struggled recently, I'd be moving him to number 2. Sadly finding the Poole / Scunthorpe / Oxford clashes with each other as the least interesting of the season in terms of results, no matter what happens all 3 will be in the play-offs.

I'd like to think a team manager would never tell a rider to lose on purpose to gain a tac sub, but you never know. If the ref saw heat 14 the way you did, final score would've been 48-41 or 47-42. Like you suggest, Glasgow just not good enough on the day from the bottom 2 (or 3).

I wouldn't even call him a decent heat leader at NL level. His average isn't great in a far weaker league than last year, currently averaging 6.29 against a starting ave of 6.08. Probably expected him to put 2 points on his average, given the weaker league. It's hard to know when's the right time to step up though. Perry (7.75), Hodder (6.44) & McGurk (6.08) all struggling. Max James (5.90) doing a fair bit better. Harrison (6.86) only slightly higher in the NL last year, has done fantastically well, while Tigger (6.34) & Pijper (5.81) started above 2.00 in the Champ while having averages lower than Perry & Hodder last year in the NL.

Looking at the updates, the result would almost certainly have been the same if the controversial decisions were called the other way. Heat 5: Baek excluded instead of Smith 4-2 to Glasgow, meeting now tied 15-15. So after heat 11 the score would now be 35-31 Heat 12, no tac sub allowed, so 3-3 (Pearson 4th instead of Harris 1st) score is 38-34. Heat 14: Baek excluded for not being under power when Jenkins falls, 3-0 to Plymouth. Score is now 43-38. Final score 48-39 instead of 49-40. Glasgow cam blame the ref for being poor, but not for costing them the match.

But Edinburgh didn't need to race at home on all these Fridays to fit the fixtures in. They possibly could have been left blank in case of rain-offs / progress in the KOC or BSN? But would seem harsh to stop other teams racing on a Friday just so Edinburgh could have a spare date they may not have needed.

How is it in the day of the match it's not known if Plymouth are using a guest or r/r? Do teams not have to declare their side 3 days early? Looks unprofessional when the Speedway GB website & Plymouth's own FB page don't know the line-up for tonight.

Chapman calls off home fixtures because it might hurt his crowd, probably less bothered about away meetings. If Plymouth wants to race, don't see how Glasgow can call it off, especially as it's Plymouth's "normal" race night.

Workington favourites for me, can see them winning home & away vs Berwick.

I know they've had poor crowds before, but what if they had 5 weeks of NDL racing in a row? Fans knowing they've got a month off may turn up in greater numbers, possibly?

What facility do Lynn have? I must have missed that? I was expecting Basso to return once he started riding again? EDIT: just seen the post. I'm surprised it didn't finish with King's Lynn have been informed that if Mr Basso competes in any other events during this period the facility will not be extended after the 28 days and will end on the 2nd September. As of the 2nd September, if the facility has not been extended then Mr Basso must return or be replaced. As that's copied from what they said for Kurtz.

Might it have been wise for the Bullets to remain in the NDL then?

It was the Championship promoters collectively who voted for the amount of fixtures they're racing. Can't blame this on the Premiership clubs.

Probably true, with only 4 teams in the play-offs, no need for an early cut-off date.

Losing by 6 points away isn't struggling at all. If Poole are good enough to win all their home matches by 8 points, which they are, then they'll still win every trophy going!

Probably strengthens Glasgow tbh

If he has a new doctor's note assume the faculty will continue.

Brilliant point. Delighted Emil isn't too bad, great news.