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I bet Tai won't be too busy testing his bikes when it comes to representing himself in the British Final though. I think the problem is because he is a great talent, he has become to believe he is team GB. He definitely has the Aussie arrogance. I am looking forward to watching Lambert who is already showing huge amounts of talent & maturity at only 17. Thanks to Rory for stepping in as well.

Lakeside's downfall was that they decided to keep Ellis when they had first choice in the second draft and could have gone for Rose, Sarjeant, Starke or Bates.

Confirmed now as Robert Lambert & Rory Schlein. Rory really is the guest of the year 😄 Does this mean Rory can now ride for us in the SWC if he wanted to?

The main difference was the reserves. Even with Boxall replacing Ellis, I still stand by the statement I made at the start of the season. Lakeside easily have the weakest reserve pairing in the league. With riders like Newman, Garrity (although not sure Havvy knows) Blackbird, Auty and Kerr you always have the option to replace 1-5 rider in a race if they are struggling. I don't think Lakeside have a strong enough reserve to do so.

A meeting can't be called off just because riders are missing. Swindon went to Lakeside with a team of guests. As stated before, The way Leicester have been riding, a team of guests might do better. There is now no rain forecast so can't see this meeting being called off.

True, however wasn't it Tai who took to Twitter wanting to know why he wasn't allowed to ride in this meeting and making a huge deal of it. Then once Rosco goes to a lot of effort to make it happen, Tai decides at short notice, that he will not just test his bikes for the GP (that is a couple of weeks ago) surely he could have used them in this meeting to test them. He's ego has grown a lot over the last couple of years. I personally hope he isn't made captain of team GB in the World Cup as not really a team player, has really let Rosco down.

Yes had not long heard the same although nothinv confirmed. He really would be the king of guesting then lol.

Lots of talk of it being Rory

Aaron Summers has said he's Leicester bound tomorrow. Assume he's is place of Mikkel.

@AJROSCO: Fuming is not even close to how i feel at the moment, I've been well and truly flipped over #savage 😡😡😡 Tai has really let Rosco and team GB down esp when he's pulled out to test bikes for the GP that is still 2 weeks ago. Can't see Rosco making him captain for World Cup now. Credit to Robert Lambert for stepping in at short notice. Looking forward to watching him and hope he has a good meeting.

What happened in the last half of the meeting? Poole had a 16point league but ended up with a narrow win and taking 3pts. Shame Lakeside's fightback hadn't been sooner.

I bet Lakeside are wishing they had booked Karlsson instead of Rory.

Surely not. How would that help team GB. Robert Lambert should be given the chance

Good decision to call this off. It is currently heavy rain in Coventry. Pouring down.

If he pulls out during the meeting then only the riders below him can take his rides which means Blackbird and Starke.

Really. Wonder why Dakota North isn't riding

He only has the Swindon fixtures up until 1st June on the calendar on his speedway site. The other months are jam packed with other fixtures but none of them are Swindon's.

Where was it announced he would be here longer as on Twitter it did say until 2nd June? Any idea how long for? Good news for Swindon if he's been confirmed as staying.

After all the fuss Tai made about team GB not being able to ride in this meeting, I would be very disappointed if he has pulled out, when he's been given the chance to be part of it.

Nick Morris guests at Number 1 for Coventry. He has started the season in good form but a tough position to ride in. Any word on who is guesting for Leicester in place of Walasek and Mikkel? (Imagine Rory will be one of the guests)

If he is only staying for a month, is it really worth having one made?

There's been light rain in Coventry for the last hour. The sky is black. We have had a lot of heavy rain over the last few days. This might be a good thing for Swindon as the track would have been very wet and we all know Batchelor and Co don't really like it wet.

Bomber is riding for Coventry

Wouldn't imagine it will be run by then as not many free Friday's this month due to Storm fixtures. With Troy scoring poorly I would have preferred to face him tonight.

Weather has been sunny so far today but there are a lot of dark clouds around. I'm actually hoping it rains now lol. I would rather meet Swindon with an in form Hans Andersen.