StevePark

Currently Sheffield, Redcar and Ipswich all ride on Thursday's, so they, I presume, will have to find an alternative race-night?

Taken from the Diamonds website: Sunday's proposed line-ups: Newcastle Diamonds: Robert Lambert, Ashley Morris, Stuart Robson, Ludvig Lindgren (captain), Steve Worrall, Ben Hopwood, Alfie Bowtell Workington Comets: Craig Cook (if fit) (captain), Max Clegg (guest), Mason Campton, Rider replacement for Thomas Jorgensen, Ty Proctor, James Sarjeant, Ryan MacDonald (guest) Redcar Bears: Aaron Summers (guest), David Wallinger (NL Guest), Charles Wright - Rider replacement, Jonas B Andersen (captain), Josh Auty (guest), Max Clegg (guest) , James Sarjeant (guest)

and number 8 Gavin Parr

And the point of having a team manager would be?? At least with the 'old' tac sub rule, it gave the managers flexibility and made them think about things, unlike now where all they have to do is work out when/if to switch the reserves around, or bring them in for a top 5 rider who is under performing (unless the team is using R/R, of course).

Away goals in European Club football when the tie is a draw on aggregate

Like he did with Stevie W and the Belle Vue fiasco... oh, no, wait a minute....

45 appearances in 1985 suggests otherwise (4.78 average).

16.5.1 A Team may utilise a "Facility" to cover the absence of a Rider(s) who: f) is sick or carrying a non-speedway injury for which a Medical Certificate must be supplied to the SCB within 48 hours of the sickness / injury occurring in which case the Rider may only return within 7 days (including his Team’s next home Meeting) with the express permission of the MC. However, failure to provide a Certificate will nevertheless result in the mandatory suspension of the rider’s SCB Registration for the next home fixture. NB. The BSPA MC cannot overrule the suspension.

I have it on very good authority, that's wrong. For a start Bates average is 6.55 and Proctor's average is 7.38 (Howarth's is 8.62), so he can only guest for Howarth and not Bates. Palm Toft was booked provisionally on Friday, but Robert has said he will be there tonight, so Palm Toft is no longer number 1.

Read me post above yours!!!

Rumour is that the Sheffield website is wrong and Robert L rides tonight.

Sadly, it looks as though I can't defend him anymore.

Easily remedied at the start of the season then, either sign for Newcastle and not a Polish cub, or sign for another Championship team that don't ride on the night the Polish team do and not a Sunday track.

Seeing as he's British, he should be obliged to put his British club first, that's what I'm saying. I don't think so, no. Otherwise we could have used a 'proper' guest (no offence to Josh).

What about it? All I'm saying is (playing Devil's advocate) that a UK rider chose to ride in Poland, instead of his UK club. He took that risk when he signed for Newcastle and his Polish club at the start of the season. He knew there might be a chance of a fixture clash/ fixture clashes at the end of the season.

Yes, but he chose to ride in Poland, rather than for Newcastle, his UK club.

Only because it rained when he was in Poland and Josh Embleton was due to be number one and also he would have missed the Workington home match had that not been called off shortly before the start, mind.

With 8 of the teams being based in the North (9 if you want to say Peterborough is also 'north'), then it's common sense that the Championship Riders Championship should be on a 'northern' track, surely? (I know it's not you making the accusation, by the way).

Allegedly...

Or made a genuine mistake..

You're choice, but see my post #24 on the matter.

..... and ride for us tonight against Sheffield...

All I'm saying (or at least trying to!) is this. I don't know if he was genuinely injured for last Monday's meeting or not, and I suspect, neither do you, for definite. To some, clearly, he's taking the Mick, but, and call me old fashioned too here, I'd rather give someone the benefit of the doubt, until it's proved for definite, otherwise.

There were 14 teams in the league then, there are only 10 teams this year, don't forget According to Redcar they are not in the country.

Those who are riding tonight are in it due to injuries/withdrawals from those originally it therefore hadn't originally qualified, so there is a massive difference to the RL situation. I'm not entirely delighted he missed last Monday's match (I wasn't too happy that I missed it as well!!), but, providing (after he rode today) he's there tomorrow, can we not give him the benefit of the doubt that he aggravated his knee injury (once the adrenalin has died down it's amazing how often you realise you've hurt yourself) and, after originally thought he'd be out for two weeks, he has recovered enough to ride? We just seem to knock riders (sometime legitimately, sometimes not) too easily, without knowing what is really going on.