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That would be some commitment 28 years after I last attended a Cradley fixture. I've moved on.

Hopefully Ipswich knock Wolves out the playoffs.

Kurtz rode well, Wright was riding well, Zagar had a moment early on, Fricke had a few moments and that's your lot from the Aces. Blodorn I can forgive he doesn't ride tracks such as Monmore often but Etheridge & Brennan were equally awful.

Pickering will make the meeting more interesting but I don't think he scores well on his Monmore visits. Didn't say I had, just had a quick look at http://speedway-stats.co.uk/. I did look at the GSA's before starting the thread to see if Ace's line-up would need to change - was Zagar still #1. Should have checked program I suppose as believe averages are listed, but after reading what I want it gets shoved in a pocket. Thought this morning's meeting was one of the poorer offerings entertainment wise this season which is a shame because the crowd in the Grandstand was the best of the season. Aces were generally lackluster with the exception of the reserves & Fricke Blodorn deserved an extra ride instead of Wright in heat 14 & if eligible a heat 15 outing also, easily the most impressive Ace on show. Wolves just don't have the fire power to win at the NSS against this Aces team, Masters did all you can expect of him, Fricke hunted him down to take victory on the line in heat 13. Becker was the best visitor, the 0 on his scorecard was unlucky, he wasn't gating really and in heat 12 had nowhere to go. Kurtz was as wide as anyone went (3/4 towards the fence), Blodorn was hugging the white line while Kemp.was trying to cover both lines to Keep both Aces behind. Morris was poor, Worrall started Ok but faded, Flint was gating well.& riding a decent line just didn't have enough speed to keep home riders behind him.

Both were decent this morning! Flint deserved more points than he got.

I assume Worrall has a higher current average than Douglas then? Sure that wasn't the case when I looked at Speedway Stats this morning.... but that did have Fricke as highest in Aces averages.

As Wolves used Masters as a TS earlier, Wolves could have used Masters as RR in heat 14.

The Zagar & Brennan, Wright & Kurtz pairings opening two rides were awful. Nick Morris (awful at the NSS) winning heat 6 with Zagar & Brennan nowhere near him, then coming out a heat later to be passed and comfortably beaten by Etheridge? Next Morris outing Drew Kemp was faster and had to keep switching off to avoid hitting him. Brennan only got a paid win in heat 8 because Blodorn (Aces best rider so far) was so forceful when passing the Wolves pair he couldn't help but follow him through. Be harsh if Becker doesn't get a R/R due to Masters taking one R/R as a TS, Becker is easily quickest Wolf after the start.

Anyone else getting a whiff of average reduction?

Last chance saloon for Częstochowa to win the league with this team as Swidnicki & Miskowiak will be too old to be at reserve next year I believe, whereas I saw somewhere that Zmarzlik is on his way to Lublin for the 2023 season, presumably in place of Hampel. G Laguta has ben missed by Lublin allot lass than his brother has been missed be Wroclaw. Torun have also been missing Sayfutdinov for the season and you'd have to think he'd have been their #1. Wroclaw do need a refresh. But so do Leszno. And Gorzow need to replace Zmarzlik. And to have any chance of staying up Grudziądzu need to strengthen. If FZG do get promoted you'd think Torun would need to replace Dudek as he'd be n his way back there. Could be allot more movement of riders than usual in Ekstraliga next year. Doubt the situation with Russia will be known any time soon, if it is still the same surely they can't allow RR for another season.

Fricke, Douglas & Worrall all expected to rofe

Is Worrall likely to be fit? Zagar 0.04 ahead of Kurtz in averages so remains at #1.

R/R in operation for both Flint & Douglas at Berwick last night.

Having said no reported injuries from last night I've just seen the clip of Fricke & Miedzinski. While he carried on to win a later heat Fricke will surely be feeling sore for a few days.

Sounds more like Carson Corridor when Tatum says it, confused my Dad!

No reported injuries from last nights fixtures according to sportowefakty or updates, but Douglas didn't ride for Scunthorpe. Zagar had a poor night at Zielona Góra (6 from 6), Becker got a paid max for Łódź.

The evening fixture is on EuroSport. Can Belle Vue continue their run of handing out drubbings at the NSS or will Wolves win in Manchester again, the league "A" fixture was the first time the Monmore men had lost at the NSS for some time. Suspect it has been a long time since Belle Vue won at Monmore? Will Worrall & Douglas be available after being injured at Foxhall last night. Zagar & Fricke are in action in Poland this evening (FZG v Bydgoszcz), which I assume eWinner 1. Liga playoffs as they're the top two teams after the regular season. Kurtz & Becker also in Polish action this evening Łódź v Krosno. It seems like these are the semi-finals, Łódź finished 5th below Landshut (I assume Landshut are banned from enter PGE Ekstraliga? Like Daugavpils before them)? Fricke is of course involved in the Wroclaw GP on Saturday night. No line-ups for Polish fixtures later this weekend as yet, but unlikely any rider in British Speedway involved in the Ekstraliga playoffs except Doyle. Wright (Redcar) & Flint (Berwick) will both ride against Douglas (Scunthorpe) if he's fit this weekend in the only two Championship meetings.

May have been 49-41 but not much more. Wolves are not going to win meetings when the team only wins 4 heats all night and their reserves are weak. Kemp, sadly not it seems.

Any news on restaging at Owlerton?

Why no Zmarzlik for Lejonen tonight?

Was Ok... Most of the highlights came via Becker. Musielak & Howarth did enough to get Tigers a point against a lackluster Wolves.

The drizzle seems to have stopped where I am at least, no other rain forecast for tonight but I can't imagine the track will dry out much. Very cloudy so little chance of that great yellow blob breaking through.

I'll be surprised if it goes ahead, drizzle in Wolverhampton most of the afternoon.

Torun GP is first weekend in October.

I'll see how I feel tomorrow mid-day. Early start for me, plus my aforementioned 2022 annual Owlerton pilgrimage was rather disappointing.