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Yeah I definitely agree but Connor seems unsure as to who that seventh rider is.

Use guests and pick the best of the bunch depending on which track you're at?

Correct as Lakeside vs BV in round 1 hasn't even been scheduled yet! We know 2 semi-finalists (Eagles & Plymouth) and the other quarter-final (Stoke vs Mildenhall) starts next week.

It doesn't seem that long ago that I was here for an NL meeting with both Lambert and Ellis at reserve! Not they're in the World Cup team.

Milik & Kus Wells & Manzares Fricke & Holder Cook & Harris Lindgren & Lindback Madsen & Bjerre Bogdanovs & Lebedevs Emil & Laguta

That's a similar scoreline to what I thought. But then with it not being a league meeting and a losing bonus not up for grabs, some could become a little demotivated nearer the end of the meeting? Having said that you see less of that in the NL and with Ayres in heats 13 & 15 you're guaranteed effort.

Do we have confirmation that Lambert is fit to ride?

I guess it depends on your point of view. For neutrals like us, it looks like the guests even it up a bit more with 2 riders who know Arlington. But for a Kent fan you want to see Kent riders.

It looks a decent meeting, but Eagles are already 6 points up. I can't see Kent winning by 7 or more, even if they keep it close throughout.

He was given a chance when 2 other preferred riders were unavailable. He was allowed one meeting to attempt to prove surely, rather than using someone unattached to the club.

You obviously missed my sarcasm 😉

Fair play to Jason Pipe for a detailed and honest explanation of events.

Concussion I think.

Yeah true. I'm not saying it's not harsh on Kelsey, but I think he and others understand the move to strengthen the team.

A good move for the club and Kelsey has spoken about quitting over the past week anyway so I'm assuming it's amicable. Plus he's still going to ride in the challenge and individual fixtures at Smallbrook this season.

Yeah, surely the majority were already there and were just getting frustrated/bored.

Taylor seriously strengthens the Brummies and they're not out of the play-off race by any means.

On July 1st, Hurry will finally get his 11 point average 😉

Yeah Williamson was a massive loss. Buxton lost by 14 and Williamson could have scored 12 from 5 (8 more than Bickley so a 16 point swing), to give Buxton the win. But you can only beat what's in front of you!

Yeah that too. You can't blame the promotion for not attempting to strengthen up.

Who's available though? And Coles' average is showing from 5 meetings, rather than 4, for some reason.

After a convincingly impressive win at Stoke, you should really be beating a Buxton side missing Williamson. Of course it'll be much harder than in some recent years but nevertheless another away win and the play-offs should be all but confirmed by this evening.

JPB was classed as withholding his services as he got a 14 day ban which covered his Birmingham meetings too.

Shanes was on a 2.00 then though and what's the second rule allegedly broken?

It is true and very good sportsmanship!