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Agree , see you next season all the best.

I think you will find it was Olly`s choice not to be considered for a lot of heat 15`s in matches that had been won.

Summers got his points on the back of Sam falling off surely, he was on a tactical as well so it would have been three for him. Allen would almost definitely scored double figures in the first leg,an effortless max against you in the league. Brady`s first look at your track on that day, at the time of his injury he was FLYING and fell chasing an 15 point max. Well done though and congtatulations.

Great show from Somerset last night but as I said in an earlier post I feared that the loss of Brady and Olly could be the undoing of us. It's always dodgy with guests especially at No 1 as we found out to our cost in 2012 and it appears that Kennett was pretty awful from the comments on here. Great stuff from all the proper Rebs in the way that we have battered just about everyone this term at our place. I hope Summers can at least get into double figures tonight for us, safe journey up to all who are travelling, win or lose it's been great following the 2014 rebels this year.

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Bad omen for the Rebels losing their No 1 rider and skipper in the play off final again. Olly Allen is pretty awesome around the OTA a comfortable max when Edinburgh were last in town. I suppose it's what Eddie Kennett that turns up, ditto Summers up at Edinburgh. How good would the Monarchs be feeling if Cook missed both matched. The other five Rebels will scrap for every point but the pendulum I feel May have swung back to Scotland again.

Good point but sedgy and frick will score better than Steve at our place, it's pretty even I think tbh

Bad news for Steve after a great season.Is that the first Monarch injury this year, not sure. That evens things up a bit cos I think Steve and Brady are on about the same averages , so six against six then.

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Precisely , so Rebels at a disadvantage going into this IMO eg Pontus and Olly have withdrawn from meetings since Brady has been injured. Pontus smacked the fence very hard the other week against Ippo,so not sure if he is 100%.

If Olly is anything less than 100% then it's curtains I think. With a full strength team including Brady I would be mega confident over two legs. Brady is already a non starter but I still fancy us however without our No 1 if ear we could miss out just like we did in 2012 when we lost Doyley, sorry Scunny fans you would not have had a prayer if he had been riding over the two legs.

Hey Chris did you miss the bit in my post that said " Get a half decent team" which would mean pretty much any of the guys ypu mentioned. Luke said in his bit in the Star roughly that when riders got it wrong coming off the second bend the Rye guys would take advantage as they either over cooked it or slid off,I`d call that home advantage.

Which goes right back to a comment I made yonks ago about pretty much all riders enjoy racing at the OTA ,you cannot say that about most other tracks where riders do not like riding there,so a home advantage is greater. Since the dreaded camber has been sorted at Rye their home form has dipped and teams are having more joy there than in previous visits,Luke Bowen eluded to this in his recent article in the Star and intimated that Len may try and get the track back as it was. Don't do it Len imo the racing has been the best I have seen at Rye , I know a lot of results have gone against you but get a half decent team next year and I for one will be making a few more trips over there. Home die hard supporters may dis agree with me but I would leave it as it is.

Hmmm you thought the OTA was boring,can I suggest a visit to the doctor or try watching another sport lol

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Fair comment you see them more than me,I was just responding to how they performed last night.

I wouldn't be too hard on the Ipswich team this 2014 Rebels team are all very very good around the OTA,even without Brady (fastest time this season) and Pontus. Edinburgh next up who were beaten by 22 against a full strength Rebels team,their worst defeat of the season I believe. It will be very hard I think without a full team against the table toppers.

Good meeting last night in front of a good sized crowd. Stand out moments for me were heat 4, Morris getting 2nd on the line from Worrell,ditto Morris getting 2nd on the line from Heeps in similar fashion. Hawkins needing eyes in the back of his head to stop a hard charging Allen from getting past in heat 6. Todd Kurtz coming out in heats 8,10,11 and 12 which resulted in four 5-1's which destroyed any notion the Witches may have had of an upset and finally Morris and Allen slipping through the tiniest of gaps in heat 13 for yet another 5-1. Two nasty looking accidents involving Pontus and Gino early on hope they are both ok soon. As usual always good to meet up with friends down at the OTA .

Looking forward to going to the OTA tonight , weather in Herts at the moment very nice I just hope it`s the same down there. Always enjoy meeting up with old friends whenever I get the opportunity to go down so I`ll be in the bar after (shock) . Safe journey down to any Witches making a similar journey.

Sort of agree and disagree with the gating and first bend thing, how many times do you see FTG at say Owlerton for example and in previous seasons Rye House. Call me biased but if you are at the at the first bend on any track at the back it's hard work to get past. Where the Rebels have it Sussed is if they are out gated and find themselves poorly placed they normally no where to go to gain position exiting the second bend, quite often you hear of Rebels "left for dead at the tapes" but by the second lap were first and second, or my favourite from Statman "Morris was stone last from the tapes" then chased somebody for the rest of the race finally getting past off the final bend ha ha.

I know of only one rider ( James grieves ) who has stated that he does not like the OTA and he won the Pairs with Screen. We have been doing very well at our place this year because we have been better than anyone else. Have a look at Statman's excellent descriptions of races on the updates site to how many times the Rebels win races from behind. It's not over until the fat lady sings, anything can happen on the night as it did to Scunny at our place and us at Ippo. Agree totally, Edinburgh champs for me whoever wins the play offs.

So in your opinion if Joe had been able to finish both legs Edinburgh would have won,doubtful but I respect your point.When the Rebs tanked the Monarchs in the cup semi , Joe got 7,and in the PLPO r/r for him scored 6, he may have also scored less than that we will never know. Wrighty got taken out by Wilko last night, but hopefully he will be back next week, no such luck with Brady though. No Doyley in 2012 almost certainly handed the play offs to Scunny. For what it`s worth IMO Edinburgh are the champs whoever wins the play offs.If we get through and are up against the Monarchs it would be nice to win (of course)but as I said for me Edinburgh have been the best team this year,the table does not lie. Yes

Well done last night by the Rebels, hope Charles isn't too knocked about and also Ash Birks.

We always seem to pick up injuries at play off time, hope Charles can make a speedy recovery, and good luck to Kyle tonight.

Can`t see that myself, comfortable win for the Rebs, Allen,Morris , Wright and Aspgren will be too much for the Scorps.