dontforgetthefueltapsbruv

Forecast is for more rain in the next 4hours as well.

Didnt the Witches have 3 fallers in point scoring positions in the early heats?? Seemed to me they were always in control and once the tie was won just went through the motions. Agree the Witches will need to be right on it all through to have any chance tonight.

Any news as to whether Mat is fit for tonight? If not who is available as a guest?

Glad to call this one right. Bring on the final!!

Beautiful day down here in Suffolk - I hope the sun has reached Edinburgh by now also. Whatever the result would be best to see it won and lost on a well preparedtrack rather than a weather affected lottery. Up the Witches!!

I think Comets will sweep the Witches aside easily in this one unless they suffer problems in the first meeting.

Precedent set in Elite League then and first leg stands!!

Even without Dak the Witches will be confident of holding on but it is in no way a foregone conclusion. The Monarchs have shown time and time again they can be formidable at home. The first 5 heats may well set the tone and the Witches need to be no more than 6 down at this point to put the pressure on the home side. The Witches to hang on - just!!

Well if it is the Nordic GP and not a Finnish one........

Is the round planned to increase the series size further or to replace another? ie Will it be the Finnish GP or the Nordic GP.

There are indeed many other factors but most costs woukd be the same in PL and EL.Rent insurance licences etc all the same. Yes points money is less but even if that was £5k a meeting that would be offset Sky money. So that may as likely mean that these asset sales balance the books rather than boost any potential profit.

In theory yes all are equal.In theory all matches would finish in a draw. In which case why exclude certain matches as averages are a theory as to how good a rider is.

Would you say that average crowd levels have dropped by 200 or more since Nicholls was sold?If the answer is yes then thats £50k+ each season of reduced revenue so its not hard to get through that sum of money.

My view is that it should be all matches or if you start to exclude competitions that dont include all teams/even splits then it should be league matches only. Using League matches only would also stop manipulation of any early season competition(whatever the name or format) in preparation for the league campaign.

But it was split in two so each team didnt ride each other.And my the team Ipswich will ride only 1 less team in the KOC than the League Cup but those dont count towards the averages. I believe all teams took part in the KOC so the Plymouth reason doesnt fit there.

Thats what I was saying to a mate last week who was convinced they did. However there is no more reason for them not to count than the north/south split League Cup fixtures from the start of the season that do so my mates view is not completely stupid albeit wrong!

Does this competition count towards the rolling averages? Anyone know the official line?

Keeping a dog in a box thats just plain cruel!! No wonder the poor thing was going beserk!!I changed my mind about Mr Ackroydhe obviously makes bad decisions!!

Perhaps he realises refs can make mistakes and he was lucky he made the right one this time! :-)

Or he was so sure of his decision he didnt need to look at it over and over again!

Congratulations TNT and thanks for all your effort in putting it all together. The one that got away for me as I tossed a coin between Jonsson and Gollob for the last round - if only eh!!

One big difference - the guy on the floor got up and won.

Another Mr Magoo!!Holder ran wide you say - very interesting view considering his front wheel was on the grass going into the corner!

Nice night at the pub Mr S? Hope you found a friend or three to celebrate with.

Anybody got any tumbleweed? Urgently needed for this thread!!