As with many of these meetings where it appears it should be one sided you hope that the visitors turn up with some fire in yheir bellies.
If the Tigers can make some starts that will test the Witches and make for a much better meeting.
I expect 55 points from the Witches.
Probably the same visa issues as others also.
I believe if you didnt have one issued prior to the old one expiring then you have to wait 12 months before you can reapply.
I think the biggest shame if/when Woofy wins is that some will delight in diminishing his acheivement claiming it was only down to injuries to others.
That would be far from the truth IMO. Not withstanding the fact that despite his position comfortably ahead of Hampel and Pedersen it is not unassailable. He still has work to do.
I can see the jist of the arguement - if the speedway was cheaper perhaps more would attend. If 3000 turned up at £10 that would be better than the current 1200 at £15.50.
However the bangers are less frequent and these 'bumper crowds' are for Id gues 3 or 4 of the meetings each year and not weekly for a 7 month period like the speedway.
The hyper extension of his right leg looked horrible - there is bound to be some ligament damage at best.
Hope it is not as bad as first reported. Most would want Tai to win the title but not because of something like this.
There is a benefit to the Rebels in that Josh and Nick both got another look at the Foxhall track by taking their guest bookings.
We have meetings this month at Edinburgh and Newcastle so the same applies for those.
I can understand the cut off to avoid manipulation going into the play offs but rather nonsensical to prevent teams from replacing genuinely injured riders.
Sadly this is potentially affecting all the top 4 teams in the PL and could allow a poor Worky to sneek the title.(sad face for first bit but with tongue in cheek smiley for the last bit)
Dates announced today.
Both teams now with injuries to cover (lets hope there are no more in the next few weeks)
Still expect a humdinger of a tie and too tight to call this far ahead.Will keep my powder dry on a prediction until closer to the first leg.
Up the Witches!!
All the best to Ben for a full and speedy recovery.
A big blow to our end of season hopes.
Its a measure of how good our season has been that an away draw at a less than favoured track seems something of a disappointment tonight.
Still 2 more points though.