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Spreading himself a bit thin isn't he!?!?

Where's this rumour come from out of interest? Seems a curious move for Andre to me

Just thinking, could the R/R being at 5 be down to the fact that Facu was only declared as not riding on the day of the meeting ie after the team was declared programmes printed etc?

They said that about Stead and then he was signed the following day...

It would probably have meant given Koppe 4 rides on the spin at the end of the meeting if we didn't give Knight 5?

Been fine all morning, just had a shower in town, but looks like its passing over now and think the forecast is good for later. Don't think there will be any problems based on what we've had so far.

An interesting match up, if Sheffield (minus Albin) continue from last week we should be ok, any drop in that performance could see us come off second best again. Here's hoping that Koppe's and Haines' upturn in fortunes wasnt just a flash in the pan Mod Note: PLEASE remember and put meeting dates in headings. Thanks

Regardless of whether or not it has to be inspected, doesn't the problem remain that there isn't enough time between the dogs finishing and the speedway starting to erect an air fence due to the size/length of sheffield's bends?

If you wanted to.... You could say that 3 points came from a tactical and 3 points were gained in heat 15 in which Sheffield decided to leave their top 3 scorers on the night in the pits... It was like a different tigers team tonight! Koppe looked smooth and fast, Haines looked like the rider that was so successful at no. 2 last year (?!?). For the first time in a while we made the opposition look like they were the away team. Just need to get Jake back to where he was at the start of the season and we will be sorted! Has to be said, Andre still looks stylish on a bike and somebody will get a bargain in Roynon (if he can stay fit)

To be fair if somebody started putting people off coming to my business when times were hard, I'd probably make a comment about it. Think it's time that this incident, that has been blown out of all proportion, should be put to bed.

Where / when was the criticism of the post, I must have missed it. Didn't agree with all of it, but nothing offensive. Well done Leicester, a deserved win. Thanks to Ollie Allen, a great guest that undoubtedly put it all on the line in his 5 races. Guests sometimes don't give 100%, but not the case tonight. Hall's team riding in heat 14 was probably a highlight, but even that went ** up on the run to the line. Hope Bjerre is ok after his nasty looking tumble.

Correct. Sheffield promotion have already said that the earliest they could possibly make a change is mid June - think somebody else calculated it to be the 20th to be more exact (rain offs aside). Could be an interesting meeting - if its gate and go racing then Leicester will be in the driving seat, if the track is raceable Sheffield should edge a win.

Doesn't Ashley Morris ride for Dudley? If so I would expect him to prevent any home side maximums.

He finished 2010 season on 5.97, I would guess that after reductions it would be around 5.5

On the replay it showed that Garrity couldn't get his front wheel on the ground in order to make the corner, Koppe tried to turn and was left with nowhere to go. Definitely not Koppe's fault, just an unfortunate racing incident

Interesting to see how he gets on. Doubt that he would want to do a full season unfortunately.

Klindt could be a concern for you - whilst he should blow away the opposition at this level, he hasn't been what you would call consistent of late. With 3 riders seeing the place for the first time you shouldn't, in theory, have any problems... but as we're away from home you can expect Wells to bang in double figures, with Allen and Hall capable of copying him we make at least make you sit up and think. Albin and Haines should like a track similar to Sheffield, but neither have done overly well over the last couple of meetings. Koppe has shown glimpses of the kind of speed needed to do well at the OTA, but tends to have come to grief whilst showing them. If Knight can pop out of the gate in front he should be able to cause some problems for those behind. Overall I think the rebels will end up with all of the points, but hopefully we can show some of the early season form that enabled us to take points from both Scunny and Leicester away from home

Fairly sure that the Aussie visa problems originate at their end of things, not the British end

I thought Tai signed for Wolves and was then loaned to Rye?

At least from the way this reads it looks like Sheffield, or more specifically Hoggy, can be absolved from any blame of 3 rider races - the SCB, to my understanding, is separate from the BSPA managment committee. It actually reads that it was the Aussie team manager who was at fault for giving dodgy advice. I would guess that the alternative to the 3 rider races would have been for Nelson to ignore the ban, to have ridden and then had his results expunged from the records at a later date, probably meaning that Sheffield would have had a much closer result. Knowingly or unknowingly, Nelson broke the rules and was penalised as a consequence - in the grand scheme of things it probably won't matter as you'll come to Sheffield fired up and we'll be facing another Redcar scenario (especially given that Hall and Stead are both on the injured list).

Charlieboy - we had no choice but to go for R/R, can only have a guest for your no. 1 (unless we signed a replacement and redeclared the team)

Not sure Hall would have made a difference on this occasion. Skidders may have got a few more save for taking a trip on to the dog track in his 4th ride

Hats off to Redcar. We were rubbishe (Stead and Haines aside) and they deserved the win. Sweet Jesus but Dyer is good!!

Seb Alden?

Still dry in town