Witches1998 Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 13 minutes ago, DJC said: I'm sure he posted on socials a few days ago that if Ipswich top the league he's got a clash with play off dates... just checked, Play offs in Poland are 8th and 14th so should be fine He posted that Monday would clash with a Swedish rearranged fixture but that the Ipswich Semi would have priority 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Witches1998 said: He posted that Monday would clash with a Swedish rearranged fixture but that the Ipswich Semi would have priority I knew I wasn't going fully mad, just couldn't remember where and what side would have had priority! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 4 hours ago, arnieg said: Because you asked a question, which is answered by para 7 of the press release "The other play-off semi-final, to be staged in week commencing September 15, will be between Leicester and Sheffield, with the order of legs to be decided by positions in the league table following Thursday’s fixtures." Clever wording there though, because 2nd/3rd isn't certain to be decided by Thursday's fixtures, just that they'll base the order on the positions after that. I think the rules say there should be coin toss surely🤣 Edited 3 hours ago by SPEEDY69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 37 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: Clever wording there though, because 2nd/3rd isn't certain to be decided by Thursday's fixtures, just that they'll base the order on the positions after that. I think the rules say there should be coin toss surely🤣 The Oxford v Leicester match tonight is off now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 28 minutes ago Report Share Posted 28 minutes ago Seven teams, riding 12 home meetings meant eighty four matches in total.. If you started in April and finished by August end that is 43 Mondays and Thursdays combined.. 43 Monday and Thursdays on which to run... Take out the GP week and that leaves 41 nights for UK Speedway... Six teams racing twice per week, one home and one away meeting, (which is perfectly feasible given fixed race night priorty was the reason for having them), and that would allow a maximum 123 matches to take place during that 41 evening timeline, (3 matches Monday, 3 Thursday).. We needed to complete just 84 matches, not 123.. And that would still have left September completely free.. Given those munbers were so heavily stacked in their favour, and even with the KO Cup, (which starts at the QF stage), and Poland just using the odd Thursday whenever they saw fit, the optics of a "professional sport" not completing any league, let alone its "flagship league" doesnt look good does it? Some tracks went three weeks without a meeting, which, given you can make lifetime habits change in just 28 days, that is also a risk to its attendance numbers, let alone league completion... Loads of fixed nights on which to race, yet we will still have meetings potentially ran after the winners of the same competition have been declared.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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