Cliffeboy

Somerset get stick for being quite strong in their team selection and replacing riders who are under performing. Len is very loyal to his riders through thick and thin but it don`t win you matches. I think picking another off form old favourite in Kennett put them on the back foot before a wheel had been turned. Bunyard, Garrity Bowen and especially Boxall all seasoned "Rye Guys" and all poor especially away from home. Where are the Kings, Sundstums, Woffindens that regularly used to grace the Rye teams just a few years ago.Match ups between Rye and Somerset used to be real tear ups. not one sided slaughters.

Feel a bit sorry for you mate, a long way to go for that. I going to try and get down for one of the play off matches, later on if I can. I`ll see you tomorrow and hopefully it`s a better match who ever wins. PS It`s pissing down here.

Can you blame them, the Rebels are rather quite good this season at home.As Robbo said "It`s better riding with the Rebels than against them at the OTA".

Catch up with you Saturday Shadders.

Nice early start for this one as the newly crowned 4`s Champs take on the Rockets. It should be a comfortable win for Somerset as their home form this year is probably better than last seasons incredible form. Nice to see that Nick has sorted out his mechanical gremlins that have been hampering his scoring lately,and also that Olly and Pontus appear to be over their respective injuries.The ace in the pack this year must be the rise and rise of Charles Wright who just gets better and better and has been a solid second string home and away. The Rockets are not having the best of times at the moment but hopefully their new look line up with Anders Mellgren ,an old friend of ours, can put on a good show. Safe journey down to all supporters who going , I`ll be at the starting gate on Saturday with the travelling Rebels for the reverse fixture.

Thanks for that RH92 great stuff

Not sure if you were at this seasons Pairs meeting, the Rebels were better than Jason and josh last year IMO, no last places until Nick came off gifting it to the Monarchs. Not sure if Cook would have made that much of a difference, quite a lot of passing on a very quick OTA strip.

More like nicking tbh.I thought we had a better chance of winning the 4's last season than the Pairs, still you can't beat bad luck can you DB lol.

If that is true will Olly miss the fours on Sunday. Bad news for the Rebels if so specially as we lost Doyle last season,which I think probably cost us the title,no disrespect to Kyle Newman or the Monarchs.

Ty Proctor released by Wolves who were highly critical of the Rebels management going for Nick Morris. Feel a bit sorry for him as that injury has really snookered him. As I said at the time it`s all about results I hope Ty can rebuild his career at Sheffield.

Oops, I stand corrected, possibly the ultimate insult then ha ha, a bit difficult sometimes on here,not the first time I've c**cked up in this manner!sure it won't be the last, must be the weather lol.

Ok, not going to quibble over one month tbh, still the youngest No 1 in the league and an elite league leader to boot.His away displays have been a bit shaky as I pointed out, however I notice from the Rebels latest stats that he is averaging 6.95 with bp's away so far this year which is not poor by any stretch of the imagination. I'm guessing you are an Ippo fan and I see from your stats Worrell is only 0.3 of a point in front of Nick away. When we consider home form however Nick is 3 points better than Ritchie. I do take your point though that it is a bit odd that he seems to have an issue with Foxhall, in contrast I have seen him a few times at Rye where he has been quite brilliant at a track where away riders tend to struggle a bit.

What in the first 50 m, no much better when our boys are chasing lol

All this critism of Nick Morris is rather harsh I think. The lad is 19, probably the youngest No 1 in the league. His away performances sometimes have been a bit shaky, but it is also a bit of horses for courses and the Foxhall strip clearly gives him a problem.Earlier on in the season somebody on here said that Nick "is no Jason Doyle", let me tell you at 19 Doyley was "no Nick Morris" either.He is also holding down a heat leader spot for Rosco over at Swindon so he can't be that bad. I think his own success over the last three seasons has sort of caught up with him a bit, maybe this is the year when he levels out a bit. For me the Rebels will be there or there abouts at the end, and Ippo will be one to avoid obviously, but looking at our away record in general we are not doing too bad,and I think nobody really would like to come to our place over two legs.

I would imagine you will face a very different Somerset this time. In the first match we lost by 12, but Josh only came up with 6 from 4 starts as a guest which was disappointing to say the least. Pontus is back and he registered 14 last time,but missed the embarrassing cup defeat. If our boys have their gating boots on could be a goodun.

This should be a good one, the diamonds are showing a bit of form at the moment and the Rebs have not had a fixture for two weeks. Morris and Allen were unlucky last week but were the highest scorers on the night. The Rebs will be bolstered by the return of Pontus Aspgren who has been scoring solidly all season. I think the Rebels will win by 10 -15 points.

Great day out again at Cardiff,sore throat cheering for Woofy,well done Greg popular winner I think.

Sorry I stole your thunder WM but there have been a few comments on here recently about how slow as Rebels are in getting our home games up.You need to be quicker out of the traps..........

Rebels take on the Bandits on friday with both teams not at full strength. Pontus Aspgren needs another week for his injured wrist to recover and the Bandits will be without Matty Wethers and maybe Matej Kus. The Rebels did ok with r/r last week ( a max ), so no great dramas there.Apart from a slight hiccup against Ippo the other week the Rebels have been smashing up everyone at the OTA at the moment, another win here again I feel by at least 15.

Oh so it might now be Somerset's fault that Ty is having a poor season,I refuse to believe that.Have a little look at Beastfromeast's post.Still waiting for your source over the Berntzon thing.

So as I said "if" Sheffield decide Ty is under performing and release him in your eyes he has been dumped.I would have thought that any team manager would not change a team that he believed was doing ok because if it goes wrong it makes you look a bit silly. Where did you get this business about Berntzon then.

thThank you for that Lewy. Just a couple of questions for you. Is the reason the rebels pay more money to the riders is that they can.When the Rebels first started the track was just about all that was there,it is doubtful that they were paying "top money" then.Over the years the club has grown has a healthy fan base,an excellent clubhouse and a track the majority of riders enjoy.If I was a rider and an employer offered me good money and work on a track I liked I think I'd take his hand off.The only clause for me as a rider ( not unreasonable) is that I perform to the required standard or else I maybe replaced.I'm not sure loyalty comes onto it tbh because the rider is quite happy to take the money while it is there surely.At the end of the day this is a sport and you sink or swim by results, start performing badly and you will inevitably lose a bit of your support, most of the clubs that are not performing well at the moment are the ones that are not or haven't got the money. You are right it isn't rocket science after all.

Explain in greater detail please as to how this cheque book speedway works and which riders are we talking about?This is a genuine request as I would like to know, thanks.

Think you made a bit of a rickett there Cliffeboy old chap, Tigers absolutely battered tonight 60 again for the Rebs.