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Agree and thought the race should have been restarted.

Going back to 1965, the last season without guests, some teams notably Long Eaton and Cradley were getting murdered regularly at home and crowds were only saved by the novelty of former NL teams appearing on their track for the first time. Nowadays it would be financial suicide.

Does the 75% rule apply to Rider Replacement ? This would reduce Dans figure to about 6.6 or thereabouts, meaning Sedgmen's average would be too high to take a RR ride. Haven't worked out exact figures but the principle applies whether tonight or later in the season.

Whose bright idea was that? A really poor call that may cost us in the first couple of months.

Indeed! but it highlights the unnecessary pressure being put on our younger riders, many of whom don't cope too well with it. CB and PL have a lot to answer for.

And where is this level of expectation coming from? Cami Brown in December 2025 “It’s sensational that we can bring in Mario who won a gold medal for Germany in the Speedway of Nations 2 last year. He’s one of the hottest prospects in world speedway."

Might be wrong but I don't believe CB gets to make these kind of calls. Someone described him as the Meeting Manager and that's possibly the most accurate description of his role. As for SD, that ship has long sailed.

A lot of pressure on the reserves. A successful team needs riders to improve their averages. Chris and Kyle are unlikely to but Leon certainly will converting BPs for finishing behind Dan T into actuals. KJP looks likely too but will run up BPs - 5+3 is a good score but it's still only 5 points. Mario is likely to be a project, so we really need Freddy and Sam to score well and Cami needs to be decisive in splitting their rides into five and three when necessary.

Morris is a good choice of guest for Leon on Friday and possibly Jason Edwards for the away leg. However cover for Mario seems more problematic. Have we really listed KJP as the higher of our two 5.00 riders? It's a very poor call if we have, meaning the RR rides are taken by KJP with the reserves sharing the other three. Guests are very limited as there are surprisingly few in the 4+ category particularly on Friday when Redcar (Pijper, Mulford and Scott) are already riding, leaving Simon Lambert and Kyle Newman as options, not great.

Good question! There doesn't seem to be another Cooper Rushen on the horizon so I guess it's "stick" rather than "twist". Freddy had a whole season at Berwick in 2024 as there was no answer then either. Really 2026 is a make or break year for him and Sam Hagon too. As there are no obvious replacements, by implication the same is true for Tigers season. Interesting times!

With the league looking so competitive this year, I'm not sure we can wait till August. Indeed making the playoffs isn't a given. Edinburgh and Berwick are likely to be the only tracks he sees twice.

Same situation arose in Friday night's meeting where Hodder kept his place in heat 14 despite being pointless. While it seems Cami Brown is reluctant to make changes, it was the right call.

Would think it may be a late decision as all the riders are at Berwick on Saturday and will have arranhed to stay in Glasgow tomorrow night.

I'm sure he'll have had practice laps around Ashfield , unlike his Armadale debut and will put up a better performance. Will he like Berwick, a big fast track surely something he's used to, though Marcin Nowak was spooked on his first visit there.

Dan has now got Polish commitments and will miss some Saturdays, last Saturday being an example, so while he may well outscore Chris, Glasgow have made the right long term decision.