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Being a regular exponent of this on here, you should know

Especially as the Edinburgh Promotion agreed to Poole being first on, despite the fixture being announced originally as Birmingham as the sole vistors, who you would expect to be the opener for this rearranged double header. No doubt the Pirates will ragdoll the home team in the opener, & will probably also supply Lawson as the Brum guest for the second match. Considering the Monarchs have persisted with the lowest 2 pointer in the CL since 9th June & show no signs of altering this, despite their reserves recording one point between them in last Friday's gubbing, Birmingham should be able to also win here. There's quiet a few home fans disenchanted with how our Promotion appear to have given up in trying to improve both the team & the track latterly. With the matchday admission prices for Friday being £35 for Adults, £33 for Seniors, & £31.50 for Students, think quite a few of the non-diehards will give this meeting a body swerve

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Here's hoping Craig gets his impounded bike back before the British Final on Monday.

When Borke was introduced on 9th June together with Wood, the impression was that DW would be a temporary replacement until a more promising 2 pointer could be recruited. Since then the likes of Sam Hagon & Luke Harrison were recruited later by Birmingham & Redcar respectively, and 2 months on we are still no further forward in bringing in a competitive number seven. It's unfair on Dayle Wood who is out his depth in the Championship and also short changing Monarchs fans knowing their seventh rider will trail in last in his required three match heats. I wonder how much effort has been made since 9th June to find better or are the Promotion content to go with this cheaper local option for the rest of 2023?

Jacob Hook on BSN pointed out that as Roynon was passing Wood, he made contact with Wood's front wheel with his dirt deflector, causing Wood to lose control of his bike. As previously mentioned on here, this was confirmed in a replay of the incident.

F.A.O. those puzzled by Gary Allan's ht2 decision @ Armadale last night to exclude Roynon

If you look @ the previous Greensheets (Issue 20) they state Oxfords Actual averages are wef from 2/8 & have Jenkins @ 5.33. As current issue 21 was issued on on 3/8, Jenkins has his current GSA as 5.33 and surely supersedes column C which was effective on 1/8. If not, the BSPL statistician has made a pigs breakfast of Oxford's current GSAs

Column C is weighted Home average for a rider being replaced by guest, where the guest's actual GSA (column A) applies, in Jenkins case 5.33

No he is NOT according to current GSAs - Castagna (home) 5.44, Jenkins 5.33

Bowtell/Jenkins/Gilkes for Castagna & r/r for Thomson.

Who do you think we should have tried to get if available?

Brennan is with Lodz in Poland, so I would expect he has bikes available on mainland Europe in addtion to his UK based kit.

On BSN website now advising meeting postponed due to track waterlogged. Appears Glasgow were justified in early postponement, thereby saving all intending to attend of a wasted journey.

Serious question, have you ever personally asked David McAllan if he thought Morris intentionally fenced him?

As it was filmed by those producing Glasgow home match videos at that time, who IIRC had a fixed filming location, you would expect them to have been aware of "dodgy camera angles" ? From personal experience having been at live football matches, I've been convinced that the ref made a wrong decision. When I've later seen the same incident replayed on tv, it has been confirmed that the ref's view was correct. Given that the Morris incident happened in a split second , perhaps you and the other eye witnesses imagined what they saw, given the serious consequences of the incident. As they say, "the camera doesn't lie".

Suggest you look at youtube video of the incident ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvIm7EiRYu8 ) and freeze on 1:02 - 1:04, and it does not appear that Morris is allegedly looking over his shoulder. FWIW a friend of David's told me that David did not think that Morris intentionally meant to fence him.

As an aside IIRC, when I went to the 1977 World Final @ Gothenburg, the track was wet & the 3rd & 4th bends particularly. The Swedes brought in a jet car to blast exhaust flames over the area, followed by a helicopter hovering over with its down draught aiding further drying. It certainly helped!

Just a word of caution, this is not yet a done deal. It would appear some have missed the following from the release on the Official Edinburgh website:- "Since then, informal discussions have continued and have now reached an agreement in principle for the Monarchs to remain at Armadale Stadium for 2023. "This is still subject to the formalisation of this agreement and confirmation of final details which we will continue to work on in the days ahead. However, we have an excellent relationship with the Cochrane Family and believe that this will conclude positively."

Are the Thompson twins really going to ride in the double header @ Mildenhall today, given the number of major crashes that have occurred there recently, often being attributed to difficult track conditions?

As it has already been announced that Leicester are moving to the PL, this does not apply. Whether they can prise Morris away from Wolves, Worrall from KL & Howarth from Sheffield, is a different matter. Howarth might be on Tigers wish list, always assuming the Facennas' have not been sufficiently scunnered by the BSPL, to continue running next year?

Cookie came up tonight to Armadale, did an interview of his time with the Monarchs, which was appreciated by the home crowd who gave him a round of applause. Pity some of the pond life on here can only gloat on the negatives.

In the Championship if you have one of your 1 - 5 missing due to injury, etc. you are only permitted a guest if his GSA places him in your top 3, if he is 4 or 5, then it's R/R instead. Are the rules different for the Premiership? Even if they are, your choice of guest would be restricted to King's Lynn & Peterborough riders or eligible Championship riders not declared in the Premiership.

With Edinburgh unlikely to run in 2023, expect the BSPL to try to exploit this & coerce Tigers to join the Premiership. If the Facennas agree, don't expect them to be offered any assistance in assembling a competitive side from the current PL members who will prioritise their own self interest.

Good to hear WLC are still helping, despite the numpties alleging "brown envelopes" & "corruption" of them, without producing a shred of evidence to back this up. Apparently one house builder reviewed the site and considered the land unviable for developing for housing. I believe there was suggestions of historical ground contamination of the site due to the dumping of waste slag earlier from a then nearby foundry.