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I was told that had changed this year but obviously not. Thanks Beerhut, but I would still swap Rory & Nico round.

He didn't look fast all night and was almost passed a couple of times up the inside.

Congrats to the Panthers who adapted to the new track better than the Witches. Do the riders not watch the other heats as the Witches kept on riding mid track and getting passed up the inside. I agree with beerhut, when the meeting finished early which is likely to be the norm with the new rules, there were 5 Mildenhall riding getting some laps in but no Ipswich riders. I understand they were probably p***** off with losing but with the lack of track time, they should've made an effort to try things out. It's not as if we have regular fixtures this year, but don't get me started on that. As I understand it you don't have to have your number 1 in the averages riding at 1 in the team this year. I would put Danny at 5 with Rory at 1 and Nico at 3.

Looking at the weather forecasts can't see either meeting taking place

Race suits look good again, but what happened to the new club badge, seems to be the same witch as last year.

I thought the whole point in changing the race days of both leagues was to avoid the clashes with riders riding in both leagues. Then they reduce the amount of fixtures when they could have regular meetings every week except obviously when they face a team with the same race night. It might lead to more fans lost to the sport as the meetings are so spread out. No wonder more riders are pulling out of the sport in this country as how they can make a living out of it with less and less meetings.

The SGB website has been changed in the championship KOC section today but not in the fixtures section. How can it be reported on the SGB site one way after the AGM and then 2 months later be changed. Another case of pi$$ up in brewery syndrome.

Have Peterborough pulled out of the KOC as fixtures have Lakeside against Ipswich and not Peterborough who they were due to face in the first round.

Agree with everything not impressed with the fixture list with the big gaps in home meetings. Promoters don't seem to want to put individual meetings on anymore. Not sure going straight into League Cup meeting is a good thing as could always do with a challenge meeting to start the season. If Chris couldn't get a complete Premiership team to come couldn't he get a Premiership select team to come including some of our old riders like Nathan, Kyle, Scotty to name a few. We were due to face the winners of Peterborough & Lakeside in the KOC but looking at the fixtures those meetings are not planned, so have Peterborough pulled out of the KOC?

Says a lot about you when you are telling him to STFU. This is a forum and as stated if you don't like what you read put him on ignore. If it was any other club than your team you would be complaining. Ged broke the rules and made money out of it and the little slap on the wrist would probably not stop him or somebody else doing the same in future.

Bit like all the brits in the Poole teams over the last five or so years, only had them at reserve because it was a rule.

The team should start around Cam, Nathan & Danyon but Please no Kyle Newman as he is one that keeps giving us MR INJURY & MR RR. Too many crashes over the years and locks up too much at Foxhall.

Ipswich should get shot of Stephen Foster after he interviewed Nathan before heat 13 last night. Nathan looked like he had got his head clear again and was riding better after the heat 6 crash. Then he gets interviewed by Foster and the prize idiot asks him about the crash, what happens next he goes through the tapes in heat 14. Yes the record books will show that Peterborough won the KOC but it shows why they didn't make the playoffs as they only beat a team comprising 2 heatleaders, 1 second string and 2 reserves over 2 legs by 4 points after we lost Rory & Danny after 1 race of each leg. The Ipswich team can hold their heads high for the way they kept on battling.

Extracting the Urine.

We had up to 9.01 to replace Rory and go with Ty Proctor on 7.38. Should've gone for Nick Morris 8.72, Richie Worrall 8.58 or Richard Lawson 8.62. Ty Proctor has scored 7+1 from 5 rides and 8 from 5 rides in the two meetings this year, need a bit more tonight if we stand a chance.

Looking at the official averages there really isn't a lot of choice for a replacement for Connor. Apart from Sarj, Josh Bailey looked the next best. Is James Shanes' Premiership average too high now to replace Connor?

We certainly like doing things the hard way. Lets hope that's Danny's poor meeting out of the way and he's back to all guns blazing for the final. Well done Rory and to the reserves on their contribution.

Except in the last GP when Zmarzlik did exactly the same thing. Ref made a brave & correct decision. Just because you missed the start you can't go turning into someone in the hope of a rerun with all four back. I think they wanted to hit Edinburgh hard from the start knowing they couldn't use the TR so didn't matter if they went more points up. Backfired a bit with a good ride from Erik Riss to get a 3-3.

They did mention that, just not your one at Foxhall. I'm just glad none can be used in the playoffs.

No mention of the TR on the Edinburgh report which helped them win at Foxhall. I think a lot of fans are happy that there are no TR in the playoffs.

Are Wolves really going to release 4 of their riders for the meeting at Somerset. It doesn't matter to Somerset as only Cam from the two teams rides for them and he is currently injured. If Edinburgh are at full strength then I hope Ipswich will be or it will be a total farce. Would be nice to get some clarification from the Witches camp what the line up at Edinburgh will be.

So if Cam is ruled out of the play-offs we should go with RR for him and get a guest for Justin, as Justin drops to fifth in the averages on 6.17. Going with RR for Cam allows Rory to have an extra ride. Looking at the averages two riders stick out as potential guests Jake Allen 6.08 or David Howe 6.17. Other options are Ryan Douglas on 6.08 or Bradley Wilson-Dean on 6.00 but not sure how fit he is at the moment. IMO one of the first two would do a decent job. Cam should only come back if he is fully fit as we can't afford to carry riders if we are using RR.

They add 5% onto the riders average when using a guest at home, but not away. Cam's average is 6.93 but at home they can use a guest up to 7.28. Lewis' average is 6.95 so they wouldn't be able to use him away as his average is more than Cam's.

Yes, they don't want to see the home team lose !!!

Go back to 6 rider teams & 16 heats. That's 18 less riders needed.