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Blimey, Rob G must have a very powerful crystal ball to know at the start of the season that Cookie would have been missing on Sunday through a bad back. Or that Sarj would get hurt. Who else was missing, Jenga? All the best Rob

No date as yet. All the best Rob

Ah, the wind-up merchant is back. Sadly, he's not a very good one. All the best Rob

I don't think it had anything to do with the BSPA. They simply seem to have turned down Ippo's illegal team. At the end of the day, it is down to the promoter to know the basic team-building rules. All the best Rob

It is simple. A multiple team change is actually a set of 1-for-1 changes all being done together. You can stay above the points limit, as long as each 1-for-1 change is legal. I can't see how it can be much simpler. All the best Rob

The rules are simple in terms of multiple team changes (e.g. 2 for 2) and have been the same for years! All the best Rob

Then who? All the best Rob

Tungate & Jacobs? How??? Jacobs' average is clearly above that of Connor Mountain? All the best Rob

If Ippo were doing a 2-for-2, did they realise that both riders had to have a lower average for the rider they were replacing, or if not, then they had to come back under the points limit? Something has clearly gone wrong. All the best Rob

Blimey, still not a sausage; not even a quick explanation to the delay on twitter. All the best Rob

Was it 8pm today or 8pm tomorrow? All the best Rob

I make it 5 All the best Rob

Him and Worrall are just mates, I think. Why shouldn't he help out one of his friends? All the best Rob

If it's him, then I'll come and stand in the middle of the Massif at the EWR in a couple of weeks and boo him very loudly. All the best Rob

The bookies often get it wrong. Denmark - with Nicki out injured and Kildemand out of the frame due to not being 100% - were nowhere near second favourites. Denmark are now facing a re-build, as they also did after Nielsen retired. All the best Rob

Advised Worrall before the World Cup, and was in his pit crew for the World Games. I think we can already see Woffy can inspire a rider in a way that Rosco simply can't. All the best Rob

Not according to the rulebook. All the best Rob

He hasn't. The deadline for putting in team declarations was Friday. It's already passed. All the best Rob

Blimey, so they only told Sedgmen after the transfer cut-off date had passed? That's ruthless. All the best Rob

Shovvy, what nonsense. Woffy has always been a team player. And he still is. He's been advising Steve Worrall. Woffy was a brilliant team-rider right from the off. I remember him team riding superbly for Scunny at Oxford with Joe Haines in 2007, when he was 17 and Haines was 15. He's quite entitled to complain, when he feels the team management is not up to scratch. He's a professional, and if he feels the team manager is an amateur, then he should say so. It's been 28 years since we won the WTC. Time for a change! All the best Rob

Who knows what Woffy would do if they gave him the chance he is asking for? After all, when New Zealand won in 1979, Ivan Mauger's bikes were out in 14 races out of 16. Interestingly, Mauger refused to ride for New Zealand in the WTC between '75 and '78. In his case, it was a protest over the qualifying round being on a Sunday, when we wanted to be on the continent riding in lucrative Longtrack bookings. When Mauger committed, he always committed 100% to win. He wasn't in it to come second or fourth or whatever. He was in to finish first. Woffy is the same. He wants to win. All the best Rob

Nielsen has taken over Denmark at the time of a re-build. He's therefore the ideal man for the job, because any incoming riders could hardly have a better example. GB scored 15 paltry points in this year's final. Woffy could have scored more than that by himself. And he could have advised riders like Cookie and Lambert, who struggled badly, regarding set-up. It's no coincidence that Steve Worrall, Woffy's mate who spoke to him regarding set-up before the meeting, did OK. How can Rosco advise riders how to set up a bike on a Polish track? Did he ever ride on one? If he did, I doubt if he ever scored points on one. All the best Rob

PLEASE note that today’s meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway between the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions and the Workington Comets has been postponed, due to bad weather. Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey explains: “We were battered by the rain during the night. The track is already soaking wet, plus there are heavy showers which are going to hit us at some point during the afternoon. “The track won’t take any more water, so it’s sensible to call the meeting off now (11.15am). The last thing I want is for everyone to make a wasted journey, and for the shower to hit when everyone is in the stadium, and for supporters to go home wet and miserable. We will always take the fans into account for any decision.”

MEETING OFF!

I'm not sure if stone last in this year's final is anything to brag about. I certainly wouldn't describe 15 points in 20 races as 'outstanding' - quite the opposite. As for last year, it was far more down to Woffy than Rosco. Take away Woffy's 19 points and we would have again finished a poor last. Our other three riders scored a paltry 13 points between them. I can't see how Woffy can do any worse. Give him a go! All the best Rib