dontforgetthefueltapsbruv

All will be well for you lot on Sunday when the patched up walking wounded Witches arrive for you to gain revenge with a home thrashing of your own

Not sure of the extent of Dannys break yet The swelling was too great immediately to be able to tell on the spot

$/#@$×=#@$!! All the best Danny

The regs do indeed make no mention of serious illness or emergencies relating to family members and I agree therefore do not cover Richatds situation Equally Lakesides statement makes no mention either and so was incomplete and open to scrutiny It didnt need to give details but just be accurate. It implied his illness was the reason. It shouldve explain it was compassionate dispensation. No one wouldve argued with that or demanded further information in those circumstances

Witches need to improve vastly on the shield performances (home and away) to stand any chance Confident of seeing improvement but not so sure it will be vast enough Can see a lead of only 6-8 being overhauled by a Hammers 12+ win

But it was there! The statement was 'Lawson misses Berwick due to illness' The reg states 'non speedway injury - 7 day suspension from day of meeting' Therefore it wasnt naive or stupid to question the fact that the suspension was not invoked The statement maybe wasnt inaccurate but certainly was incomplete and open to scrutiny

I had to do a double take - at first I thought it was gate 1 at the showground from last year Witches visit

Questioning the position was perfectly acceptable given the specific change in the regulation over the winter concerning riders missing meetings due to illness The statement wasnt (in hindsight) inaccurate but that is only confirmed now that the full facts have come to light It was certainly not half witted to do so particularly given the regular ongoing manipulations that are sadly endemic in the sport It would be naive to take on face value the statement from almost any club in the land!!

The regulations stated (and still do!!) that only league meetings count towards averages The decision to include shield meetings has been added post season start and a supplementary reg is pending Without this change Nico would still be 7.49 and a guest allowed Exactly when the change and by whom it was sanctioned is a mystery. Certainly seems that it was not expected by our promotion.....

Revised green sheet averages have already been released 4 home 4 away no longer being applied (apart from non 2017 riders) Back to 20 meeting rolling averages including 2017 meetings

In the Championship home and away once league format will mean 20 matches

Not allowed NB - its nearly 11 am and there have been no regulation changes announced today so this one could be due

No guest allowed as Nico is no longer a heat leader following the 1st (well 2nd!) revision of the green sheet averages through the beginning of this week

Apparently the sample will reduce by 2 each month to reach 20 at the year end Last year the final figures were on 36 meetings and it was felt dropping nearly half at the first review would not be right

The issue of this first set of revised green sheets has been shambolic to say the least. Shield or no shield meetings included 20 meetings then 30 meetings All these changes after teams had declared their sides for this weeks meetings before now finding out guests are not now allowable in some cases or no longer elligible in others

A quick return to Foxhall for Lakeside who will be looking to repeat their win in the Shield and set up a date with the pussycats Difficult one to call partly due to the announced line ups from the website preview likely to change following the shambolic release of revised green sheet averages in the last couple of days Proctor listed as guest for Nico but the new listings ussued today see Nico drop to 4th in our line up meaning only r/r is available I can see us prevailing with a win on this home leg but doubt it will be a lead big enough to see us through overall in the tie

I would suspect not anymore Nico now 4th in Witches list following the shambolic release of the first revised green sheets

There is now a revised release covering 30 meetings!

The change today is that rather than a 20 meeting sample it is now rolling over 30 meetings! Have also corrected the anomaly I ststed re Covatti Vissing etc...

Revised list has been issued today which sees quite a few changed for a number of teams!! Lindgren still at no1 This most recent list includes 30 meetings rather than the previously stated 20 meeting sample I would say you couldnt make it up but clearly someone is!

Shield matches included (carpet lifted) Supplementary regulation in production (brush)

Another bizarre point is the non change for the likes of Covatti and Vissing who despite having at least the 4 home 4 away retain their current average until they reach 20 meetings Only those assessed it seems are revised after 4 home 4 away.....

Even though the regs state league matches only!!

Opened up fine for me from the menu drop down Looks like shield meetings included after all despite quite clearly stating in the regs that its league matches only!!

Now 7.62 after first green sheet revision Grondal drops to reserve too