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The Great Britain Speedway team have said that.

I wonder if that’s influenced by there not being a suitable replacement.

He should be applauded for being honest. Barry and everyone else at the club has repeatedly stressed the positives changes the promotion has brought to the place, so it’s not like they aren’t doing. But when things haven’t gone to plan, the fans have appreciated his honesty and realistic assessment of the situation. Too many speedway promotions shy away from negatives and fail to address these and just spout a lot of nonsense to the fans expecting them to believe every word that everything is fine. Barry is a lot more down to earth and in touch with the fans to fob them off like that and for that I am thankful.

Will these car parks get filled up quickly or is there plenty of space?

That’s true. I meant if Lyager came in temporarily for Nielsen. It depends how long he’ll be out for.

I noticed that after I posted. I thought he’d use the Championship average he got last season of 7.10. Lyager would be an excellent option but wouldn’t you want to save his 7.00 average (which would probably go up if he came in this season) for another year when he can do a full season?!

Jorgensen looked a potentially decent temporary replacement for Nielsen, but now that won’t happen seeing as he’s singed for Redcar.

Does anyone have any info on parking at the NSS? Where is best and how much is it?

Rutherford is back practising so maybe he can cover for Pavitt.

A convenient use of R/R here...

Gutting for Nielsen & the Scorpions.

Leon Madsen! Why is Nicki unavailable anyway?

Yeah a big risk against a powerful heat leader trio plus Newman. Now Nielsen is hurt tonight so another battered and bruised to take an R/R ride. That’s if Stefan is ok of course.

Hopefully he is actually fit and not risking further damage!

It’s nothing to do with commitment. His 28 day temporary signing has ended.

Interesting shout but his average is 0.11 too high.

I bet some don’t even know it’s on.

What did he say?

The issue with R/R is it only needs someone to crash and withdraw and you’re in a mess. Even if someone is having a poor meeting, like Garrity did, against stronger opposition you can’t expect the other main 4 riders to score as strongly week in week out.

Best wishes to Mitchell on recovering from those horrific injuries and this incident highlights how integral the paramedics and crew are at tracks that so often go under the radar.

How can Extance’s average be 4.12? He last ended on 4.48 and signed for Eastbourne last year on 4.48.

Obviously no-one told Plymouth that average lowering doesn’t apply to the National Trophy!

Verge started at number 2. It’s not made much of a difference tbh. Yeah Tedham & Portwood will certainly face easier reserves. As to this meeting, I can see another Mildenhall win.

I get the impression that the Dugards want to win the league first.

Fair enough. I was taking into account Shield matches.