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The only argument I can make for not making a change, is that a lot has been made of a close knit group who have a great team spirit and they’re all helping each other and they don’t want to upset the applecart while things are going so well.

I have to agree with Baldyman here. You should never rest on your laurels and we clearly have a rider that is not up to the job. Peterborough have strengthened up already and you can bet your bottom dollar somebody will sign Cook in the not too distant future on a bargain average and they’ll suddenly look strong whoever it is. Things can change very quickly and you could easily be in the position at the end of the season saying what ifs. Too late then. Why not improve further if the opportunity is there to do so?

What a great picture!

Lawson is doing everything expected of him. He isn’t a Premiership heatleader and never has been. He’s a solid middle order 6 pointer and that’s exactly what we’re getting. Hes doing fine.

Think it was a big missed opportunity by Wolves in all honesty Steve. We made numerous errors early doors and were missing our key rider. When Wolves kept getting their noses in front I thought that was that. Any away point is good, but I’m sure most Wolves supporters would have seen this one as a missed opportunity.

Definitely. He as much as anyone helped with the win tonight by pulling off a couple of great rides just when it looked like the meeting could get away from us. He came good just when we badly needed it.

I dunno about that Baldy, that was definitely the case with JL in charge, less so with CL. We’ve even tried to make changes when we weren’t allowed to

He only rode one track well, and that was Swindon’s big open track which he loved. They’ve even shortened that now and he didn’t like it the other week! His Away form has always been rubbish. He has a 6-7 point average solely due to scoring heavily on the old Swindon track. He’s a weak link and it could end up costing us a successful season if we don’t act before his average drops.

Totally agree but can’t see too many options?

Not for me. We do need to make this change though. We’re so close to having a real go and it would be shame to waste it because we didn’t act when needed. Someone said previously that Heeps and Allen will remain at reserve a while longer, but that’s not going to be the case long term. We simply can’t lose that reserve advantage because I don’t see Bellego being as potent as those two down there. We have a little break now, a change MUST be made if we’re serious about having a real good go.

Get in. Got away with one there! Silly mistakes early on and badly missing Allen we’ve done incredibly well to still pick up 3 points. Very encouraging. The team isn’t far off being genuine challengers we just need to make one team change, and get Allen fit. Thankfully we now have a little break.

Have to agree. Put in a decent replacement for Bellego and get Allen fit and this team is genuine challengers. Heeps/Allen is a deadly reserve partnership and remains our strong point.

Track was awfully tricky though to be fair. Was always going to improve once it slickened off

Anyway, been plenty of overnight drizzle and forecast is for a dry day. Should make for a decent race track hopefully. Still concerned about the loss of Jake, he’s been a pivotal factor in our strong start to the season and for that reason I think it could be very close either way tonight.

Must admit I’ve thought twice about it! Can understand those that have BT sport staying at home. I’m expecting a poor crowd tonight I don’t think they’ve done enough with this golden ticket thing. Needed to do more IMO.

I’m sure there’ll still be a few of us “lemmings” in attendance.

And only 3+1 At Newcastle this evening. Bang on form!

Good to see Drew getting to grips with riding in the main body of the Sheffield side so early. A great 11 points including a pass on Kevin Doolan which is no mean feat around Berwick!

Totally agree Badge.

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I doubt anyone would go that far Baldy. IMO they were probably the least entertaining of our home meetings so far, but they weren’t terrible. Mind you I thought the Swindon meeting was pretty good, which Shrub attended and thought was poor so like you say, everyone is going to have different opinions. Neither of the two away meetings I’ve attended this year have been better than anything I’ve seen at Foxhall. And I have to say, that goes for the majority of last year in the Championship too.

Which two did you see?

Couldn’t disagree more. Respect your opinion though

I don’t see any “attack” on Poole at all. Like I say, he seems to me to make valid reasonable points but hey ho.