bringbackHalifax

Just checked and Steve was top scorer for Poole in playoff final and tonight from 4 rides Rich got 7 and Steve got 7. The whole team lost out by losing Anders and not getting his points from rr and every year it is hard to beat a team who have strengthened during the season and finish with a team whose starting averages mean that team could not have been built at the start of the season. Speedway has always been the same.

Championship for next season going to look different. Two big hitters max, low ave, 38 for 7 riders and so far, no Basso, Brennan, Pickering, Douglas, Morris, poss Worrall R, . All heat leaders, Worky or Northside stepping up to replace Birmingham, Team building going to be very tight for 5 and 6 point ave riders. If all true

Who would have thought Claus could be back now Sheffield have completed their fixtures with a match winning guest for Claus. predicted this last week.

Need to simplify averages, a guest should only be allowed up to 80% of injured riders average. Maybe utilise RR more and different. This is not about Redcar, more about the accumulation of the last few weeks

Almost as many guests as Sheffield

Leon Flint is the guest

Didn’t mind in the semi final when it suited Sheffield

What average is used for Jye to guest for Vissing ?

And the 2nd leg of the show piece semi final last Thursday was what. A disgrace win at all costs ………

Lambert 1 and only done 3 meetings in Uk

Sheffield track and weather was awful for semi final but suited them so no complaints. At Wolves in first leg Howarth binned it on turn 2 but got back in, then in ht 11 Lambert out of control took off Howarth on 1st bend and got all 4 back. No complaints from Sheffield then. Steady being a prat . Not a clue. Hard to believe Team GB look to these two Stead and Allen to steer us to greatness.

Dan backing off the throttle way too often and way too long. Will not make top 6 here. Lambert is in via challenge 100%

The rules were meetings must be completed by end of September. Redcar forced to go to Oxford last Sunday cannot be undone so it’s Saturday or bust. No extensions at this late stage as not fair on Redcar

Interesting all 4 back when Haworth ditched it on bend 2 and no exclusion when 1 rider knocked off his team mate Sheffield trying to win the same way they said was wrong when losing last yr. its within the rules but moral and spirit. Not for me. Robert Lambert is now the most successful play off rider in British speedway and he hasn’t ridden 10 matches outside the playoffs in Britain in 4 years. Hope Ipswich win it now. Sheffield will be praying Vissing doesn’t rule himself fit for Thursday or next week as that would be a mare for them.

He won the funny hat again

Vissing won’t be back this season Sheffield and Glasgow both stronger without him. Tara and Tom get to cover and a guest for Sheffield

Horrific decision

R Lambert announced as guest for Woffy who is injured on Monday but fit to ride on the Sunday ( the day before ).

Tai may be racing in Sweden on Tuesday if he comes through Sunday ok

The loophole that needs to be closed, ( I thought it already was ) is if an assessed rider starts riding in one league then immediately his average for the other league is multiplied or divided as per the current conversion rate. start in prem on a 5 then champs is x 1.5 start in champs on a 5 then prem is x 1.5. I thought this was the rule now so same average cannot be used in other league after 1 meeting.

The priority for championship teams , British riders is Britain. Charles was added to the squad when Pawlicki was injured but he came back early. Then the fixture v Glasgow was announced, prior to Woffinden crashing at Cardiff last weekend.who Charles is replacing. I agree a great opportunity and a lot of money, borrowing equipment so no outlay, but a dangerous precedent for championship speedway in Britain.

Biggest problem is the blind sided fans. 1st running Douglas on Worrall bike but had a rear tyre issue ( faulty tyre ) so slows up and coasts around. Tobi comes a cropper and ref put red lights on immediately Douglas was on inside of fourth turn when Pickering who raced on despite red lights on halfway down the back straight. Doughy always under power and not lapped when red lights came on. Charlie boy and Steady excitable and dreaming. Great rant on pits phone by Steady. Ref did his job spot on. in rerun on Worrall bike but with his own back tyre.

The hotels all knew the date before we checked in on Friday and when we tried to speculatively book next years, the prices were high but they are high for all weekends in August

If weather has been poor Mr Swales is the man who can.salvage a meeting for you. Well done Johnny. Full credit to the riders for giving it a go. Willy bottled it. Semi wasn’t first bend bunching, so an exclusion should have occurred. The final was not first bend bunching. A rider lifted, was out of control and took out an opponent. Charles should have been excluded. Hollow and shallow victory, but rode well in rerun. Ironically Bomber left Charles room on the outside, I wonder if positions were reversed would Charles leave some room. I have my doubts. Feel for Ben Cook who was best rider on display.

The world has gone mad. Fans are not cheering at the fallen rider, they are cheering for the gain for their team as a result of the incident, like when a top opposition rider goes through the tapes. It’s happened at all tracks and has been happening for the 52 years I have been going to speedway. It does not mean anyone wants to see a rider hurt though.