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Simply can’t fit them in.

Don’t worry, when Bomber got the choice he often chose the wrong one. Eventually he realised it was easier to choose heat 15!

I’ve heard his average will be something like 8.60. I don’t remember the details of how or why, but I’ve been told he won’t be on a 5.

If it's 36, we are really talking about a different league. That's not the Championship as we've known it.

Given this is the Championship forum, I'll assume that league. Plus, I still don't think we will go up. I'd take: Bomber, Claus, Lee, Ace, Danyon. I think Ace is a given. Lee's been much better with better equipment. Bomber will be in demand but I hope he chooses to stay. Claus still has a great average. Danyon has a good average and was great away from home for us last year. Not sure what that comes to and what's left.

I never would've guessed so many people would turn up!

Sedgy and Marcin weren't replaced because of performance issues.

Champions! Just about to drive home from Ashfield to watch it again on BSN at home

Being serious, I don't think playoff matches should be allowed to finish with less than 15 heats.

Just get Ace to fall off every ride and take ages with the paramedics... no one will think it's unusual

Did you write for the Daily Sport in a previous life? It's about as believable

Well, that's fair enough, although I feel a stronger team manager would tell him to go and do it anyway, as he had a better chance of scoring. Just give him a pritt stick for the shoe.

That's not the rule. They are eligible to take a ride. It's not a requirement. If they so choose, one reserve can take all four (although you'd then need a reserve switch in one of their own).

No Cami, you're wrong.

Our scoreboard is frequently slightly wrong. Never trust it!

They don't have to take a ride. The rule is you must take three rides. R/R can be dished out however you like, within the 7 ride constraint, and the 1-ride constraint for eligible reserves. There is no 4-ride minimum.

No passing at Glasgow? Not much tonight, but I can't think of any track in the UK with more passing week-to-week.

It's not over. We have Cami.

Agree Ace was lucky. Decent start but we usually do.

Don't think he's here. Injured last night in NDL action and withdrew.

Nonsense.

Yeah, flexibility disappears as soon as riders ride elsewhere. Which they all want to.

Vissing still R/R tonight. Think he is still going to be present though.

I was hoping it would look better. It's not raining at the moment. I took a detour past the track on the way to work and the pavements are still damp. A few puddles in places. No idea what's been done to the track though.

Ace is young. Sometimes he panics and overlocks. Hopefully he grows out of it, but it’s part of the growing pains. He can be very fast. Easier to coach a fast rider to stop crashing than to coach a slow rider to be fast. I wish he had grown a little more over the year, but he’s still got a higher average in meetings this year than Ablitt, Hagon and Killeen, none of whom get the stick Ace does. He was always expected to be firmly at number 7. He was never going to get any higher. The bigger question for Ace is probably why his National League form hasn’t been better.