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4 hours ago, HGould said:

If you get off at Great Barr J7 M6 it's literally a straight couple of miles down the hill past Alexander Stadium. 

One of the easiest to find. 

Much easier to find than Glasgow, Edinburgh, Redcar as an example. 

Armadale Stadium is easy to find once you realise it’s 25 mile from Edinburgh.!!!

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1 hour ago, GiveusaB said:

From B'ham forum...new averages from July 1st gives us 4.78 for a replacement for the injured J.T (out for 6 weeks and not likely to make much of an impact on return, based on previous performances...)

Paul Starke on 4.44 ???

In a heart beat.

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48 minutes ago, The Dog said:

So how bad did it rain at Birmingham tonight to get the U21 meeting cancelled? 

A completely justified decision. Started bang on 7.30, no parade, clearly determined to get it run. But too much spray hampered visibility. Winning times of 66 seconds [season fastest 57]. If it had been the 'big boys' probably wouldn't even have started.

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8 hours ago, The Dog said:

So how bad did it rain at Birmingham tonight to get the U21 meeting cancelled? 

I got the impression from the announcer it only went ahead as the kids just wanted to race. They gave it a good stab as well, unfortunately the constant drizzle and rain finished it off. No tannoy on bend one though, first time I've stood there and you can't hear anything.

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1 hour ago, Deano said:

I got the impression from the announcer it only went ahead as the kids just wanted to race. They gave it a good stab as well, unfortunately the constant drizzle and rain finished it off. No tannoy on bend one though, first time I've stood there and you can't hear anything.

Lads were not given the option prior to heat one it was photo and get on with it . Two minutes came on and away they went. Personally think it was the wrong decision as the rain was constant the meeting was never going to finish especially on a 20 heat format where riders have back to back races at heat 4 8 12 and 16 . After heat 4 some wanted to continue others didn't but personally think it was right to stop. Think the sport dodged a bad press bullet yesterday if one rider got hurt riding an unfit track the neigh sayers would be having a field day 

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19 hours ago, GiveusaB said:

From B'ham forum...new averages from July 1st gives us 4.78 for a replacement for the injured J.T (out for 6 weeks and not likely to make much of an impact on return, based on previous performances...)

Paul Starke on 4.44 ???

I make it 4.73 available for Joe T. Either way Starke has a 4.86 ave so doesn't fit.

Is it worth giving Max Clegg a shot, likely to score better at reserve, especially now he has NL racing. Either that or you're looking at giving Jake Turner a go?

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9 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I make it 4.73 available for Joe T. Either way Starke has a 4.86 ave so doesn't fit.

Is it worth giving Max Clegg a shot, likely to score better at reserve, especially now he has NL racing. Either that or you're looking at giving Jake Turner a go?

If Max Clegg is signed, Joe Thompson could be forgiven for thinking, "You couldn't make this up". Joe was released by Scunthorpe (against their own wishes, if we believe the reports :blink:) in a move that brought Max Clegg into the team. Max was then subsequently released, rather quickly, to bring Drew Kemp into the side. Now you're saying that he's a possible replacement for Joe again.

Don't worry Joe. That's racing. Yeh, right.

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33 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I make it 4.73 available for Joe T. Either way Starke has a 4.86 ave so doesn't fit.

Is it worth giving Max Clegg a shot, likely to score better at reserve, especially now he has NL racing. Either that or you're looking at giving Jake Turner a go?

Or, could there be a double change, with both Thompsons being dropped?

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9 hours ago, GiveusaB said:

Or, could there be a double change, with both Thompsons being dropped?

It's about time the young kids got protection from being dropped all the time, then bringing in older journey men who have not made the grade all these seasons!! 

How about having a rising star at No 7 all year, and a under 24 brit at 6, and another under 24 brit in the team, bit similar to what Poland do 

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37 minutes ago, Neila said:

It's about time the young kids got protection from being dropped all the time, then bringing in older journey men who have not made the grade all these seasons!! 

How about having a rising star at No 7 all year, and a under 24 brit at 6, and another under 24 brit in the team, bit similar to what Poland do 

Please can you refrain from talking sense on this forum 

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38 minutes ago, phillwhitewasmad said:

Please can you refrain from talking sense on this forum 

Many supporters talk sense, but the clowns in charge just Bury their heads in the sand and wonder why the sport is dying on its ar#e

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7 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Can't see why they would look to replace Dan, he's hardly ridden a match for Birmingham, so not had much of a chance to prove himself. 

Not saying it's something I'd do/agree with, but just looking at options and if there's not a suitable replacement for J.T, then the manager would have no choice but to look at other avenues.

 

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If they were to replace Dan, it would be to fit in a rider (who?) with a higher average. But then they would have to replace Joe with a lower average: but they already have one 2-point rider (Sam Hagon), which wouldn't work. Dan at least deserves a good run in the team.

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