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Predictions for tonight anyone? Australia for me.

AUSTRALIA are a great bet to win tonight' SoN Final imo. (3 Rock Solid Team members who all know the NSS very well and I just don't see Australia running last places on the night) GREAT BRITAIN (Brennan's form has dropped off a cliff so it's down to Bewley and Lambert only, Lambo was shambolic in the British Final and he's known for bottling the starts in crucial Heats like he does at the GP's, Bewley's not been gating all year but he's been passing riders around BV but tonight he's up against much tougher opposition, For those reasons I'm happy to take Team GB on tonight even though I want us to win) POLAND (How fit is Zmarzlik? For him to fly Home to get treatment suggests it's a bigger deal than it's being made out to be, Dudek hasn't had any competitive laps around the NSS in this years SoN and he's only been brought in after Janowski was dropped, With these negatives I'm happy to swerve Poland) DENMARK (Too flaky for me to a point where I could easily see them getting 7-2'd on a couple of occasions against the better sides) SWEDEN, GERMANY & LATVIA (Nowhere near good enough to be in contention for the win)

Huge pressure on Rew to continue his good run of form now. Crucial that the Witches finish top in order to avoid a trip to the NSS in the SF's. BV poor around Foxhall but Monday might just be the turning point for them if Rew doesn't put up a dozen+

Between 4:00 and 4:30pm

I don't know who's more delighted, The Polski's, The referee or Kelvin.

Yes.

Buster normally throws a tantrum and threatens to take his ball home if he doesn't get what he wants (An extended facility for Tobi) and the higher ups normally cave in. Expect a U-Turn if KL don't get a permanent signing in.

Polski's favourites then because the ref will always side with them when it comes to decision making. Poland and Ukraine are far too buddy buddy, It's like having a Greek team race with a referee from Cyprus.

That's us done for tonight. We'll have to settle for the Double this weekend instead of the Treble.

Is the Ukrainian the ref tomorrow night as well?

I think it's only fair that the playing field gets levelled out by having Vladimir Putin referee the rest of Poland's races tonight.

Ukrainian's and Polski's always sticking together. Should never be allowed to ref again if it costs Sweden the gold.

Polski does a Harry Kane and the ref buys it.

Don't really need them at British tracks because our pit bays are a stone's throw away from the track (Oxford and Sheffield for example) where's Poland has a fair amount of walking distance from the pits to the track.

What on earth is the rider in red doing? Had plenty of time to react then instead of hurting himself.

Damn it Dan. That's probably going to cost us the Gold medal.

Top ride by Norick in dreadful conditions.

Flint left one of his pit crew hanging big time lol.

Fans were never going to be queuing in numbers at those prices.

Correct.

No point in signing any newcomer to the UK that's not named Zmarzlik. Foxhall isn't the easiest track to ride and any newcomer would be at a disadvantage away from Home when seeing a track for the first time and you can't afford that considering you'll face top opposition in the crucial meetings. Musielak has to be the priority, If a deal can't be done then a Guest is the way to go because you can just book track specialists for Home meetings, Whoever finishes 4th is no threat whatsoever because they're all poor sides, Then for the Play-Offs you can book Lindgren or Fricke to guest if Oxford pip Leicester to 4th.

Iain B has got some competition tonight when it comes to top level banter.

You win. I cant beat that for banter.

7 Team Final so I'd do this. Seeded to the Final (GB, Poland, Australia, Denmark and Russia) Only 1 SF with the top two going through to the Final (Sweden, Germany, USA, France, Italy, Czech & Latvia) Get rid of Ukraine, Slovenia, Norway & Finland altogether.

Bring back the Ruskies in place of an uncompetitive nation.