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Go to around 20;30 and Troy tells them that he has now a British passport.

Troy definitely has a British passport he mention when he was a Guest on the podcast with Scott Nicholls and Shane Childs.

Batch is riding only for Sheffield. He has stated that he is having problems with the bike and not feeling right on the bike. And I do have degree of sympathy for him. But in the past we have had riders who have suffered loss of form, and they are back on the track after the meeting trying to sort any problems they have. From what I have seen so far this season he has a bad meeting packs the bikes away as soon as he finished. No sign of him going for an after meeting spin to try and sort out his problems.

I believe the top league in Sweden ride on a Tuesday, its the lower leagues ride on Thursday. So any rider that we would be looking at to replacing Batch would be available on Thursday's.

Ipswich are our nearest rivals for a Play Off. They have ridden 6 matches at home and have lost 3 of those matches. What we need to try ensure is that we don't lose anymore meetings at home to pip Ipswich. Providing Jack Holder is back sooner rather than later, I believe we can achieve this by replacing 3 riders. Those that needs replacing are; Troy Batchelor Forget , the likes of Nicki Pedersen won't be available until the Polish play offs start, and to be honest we cannot wait that long. Forget Vacilik, his Polish club will make the Play offs and he GP commitments and won't want to ride in the UK. Forget Barker or Kennett, not in the best of form, and frankly I doubt that they would be any better than Batchelor. Possible replacements Rohan Tungate could be a possibility, he has been released from his Polish club, could be issues with visa's, but if we can get over could possible do a job for us. Niels Kristian Iversen, could be a possibility rides for the same Polish team as Tungate, but the likelihood is that he too will be released but it would depend how or when he is fit as he has been injured. James Wright We need a reserve who will score decent points at home. Simon Lambert is scoring well this season, and he rides Sheffield well so he would my first choice. Ashley Morris is another we could consider. Josh Bates Time to stop using Guests for Josh, if he is not coming back for the next meeting then we need to get in a new permanent Rising Star. James Shanes would be my choice, would be capable of matching or bettering what Josh would be scoring. If Shanes is not available then how about bringing in Dan Thompson.

Don't know where you are but I am at Wisewood and not heard any thunder.

Palm Toft is based in the UK, as far as I am aware. Andersen and Ostergaard fly in I think but would imagine that they will be exempt.

Definitely feel for Sedgy he nothing wrong really, but at present Josh Pickering is on a different level.

Interesting.

Have Tarnow dropped him?

So my first meeting back in the stadium for this match. My impressions of the meeting. The first 7 heats were pretty much gate and go, and Kings Lynn were getting out of the gate far better than we were, and were deservedly getting the better of us. I think we were hampered by the fact that we had lost arguably the best rider or one of the best riders in the league, and a number 1 rider who is not riding anywhere near to his ability. Not quite sure what is with Batch lack of rides, machinery or attitude, possibly a combination of all 3, but if we are going to progress to the Play offs. The problem for us is that there is a lack of available riders to replace him so basically we are stuck with him, but you could feel the crowd are starting to get inpatient with him, and that is not good for the rider or club. Thankfully Ellis, Howarth and new boy Pickering, and bit of back up from our Guest rider Danny King, were hot and they basically got us through what would have been a disappointing loss. The Pickering signing was a Masterstroke, not only is he a good rider he is very entertaining and I can see him been a fans favourite as the season progresses. Kyle Howarth seems a different rider and seems to be showing great form. Adam Ellis has proved over and over again that he was an excellent signing and I only see him getting better and better. Dan Thompson showed plenty of promise, I don't think he is quite ready for the step up to the Premiership just yet but next season with more experience I would like to see the club give him a Rising Star place. James Wright I am not convince he is the right man for the job, and I think we should be actively look around if his performances don't pick up for a replacement. Overall a good fight back from the team, but as a team we need to vastly improve as it is Peterborough next week and this time Bomber will be riding at reserve, which is pretty scarier. And if Jack Holder is missing then we need to chose the best possible Guest rider available to us.

He rode well. He was a little of the pace in his first ride. He was gifted a point in the second ride, but was on the pace The third ride he did really well beating Kerr who was all over him and stopped him passing him. The fourth ride he was an the pace. Overall he did not disgrace himself and show plenty of promise, I not sure that he is quite ready for an Rising Star in the Premiership full time, but this season I would like to see us give him occasional runout with the view to giving him the Rising Star place next season.

Josh Pickering shows the clubs intentions to make serious challenge for the Play Offs. I have been following his scores this season for Edinburgh, and his scores have been as good away from Edinburgh as they are at home, which to me is a massive plus. Feel a bit sorry for Seggy but simple fact is that we are replacing a rider who is reserve for his Championship side for an heatleader in another. No brainer really.

Guests have and always been part of speedway. I have seen Guest riders give match winning performance and some where they have lost matches. To be honest if Josh Bates is out for the season or any length of time I would prefer a new rising star to replace Josh. If that was the case then I would go for Connor Bailey or James Shanes.

I will take a guess at Lasse Bjerre.

Is there a doctor in the house.

The best thing that could have happened for rider and club.

Maybe Roscoe would welcome Bates at Swindon.

Who would be paying for the privilege.

Anders is on the Rising Star programme, so I would say that yes this could be done . Would be ruthless management, but very clever.

I think that we need to be on our top form, and as it been pointed out Troy Batchelor needs to show more, if we are not then I think that Aces will come out on top. Clever move by the Sheffield management to get Anders Rowe in as a Guest for Josh Bates. Anders is still on the Rising Star list, the fact that Ipswich choose not to use him as a Rising Star is irrelevant, but you do have to question how well they thought out the Rising Star Scheme, to me it appears to have been cobbled together with very little thought. But what's new.

Piss poor performance from us tonight, and we need to see some improvement rapidly especially away from home. We could well be seeing the axe swing soon unless performances get better. Sedgmen and Wright must improve and they could well be on their way out. Think that we are stuck with Troy Boy Batchelor, even though most of his performances have been well below par. There is a young Aussie guy up in Edinburgh called Pickering could well do a decent job for us. If we can scrap our way into the Play Offs maybe we could replace Batch with Nicki Pedersen (if his Polish commitments have been completed). But the top and bottom is that we need to vastly improve. Peterborough certainly look the surprise package of the League and proving alot of people myself included wrong.

Is that egg on your chin.

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Rode for both Sheffield and Redcar at Berwick in 2019. Sheffield 5 rides 2 points , two 3rd places and three last places. Redcar 4 rides 5 points, one win, one 2nd place and two last places.. Both riding in the main body of the team and riding the number 2 position in both meetings.