stevebrum

Thanks for the info. Thanks, thought I was going mad! I don’t remember ever having guests for second strings unless you had more than 1 rider injured. With the right rider should be advantage Aces next week.

And if you don’t have a team to support or has closed down? quick question on the guest for Cook. Have the rules changed to allow guest for any missing rider? thought it was only your number one or reserves?

It’s up to the track curator to decide what happens to the track. I know this as a fact because I used to track staff at Birmingham and we weren’t allowed to rake from the fence under the curators orders. We were only allowed to pull the dirt from the fence a few inches after the match. Granted it might be different at other tracks. Rakers are under the curators orders. Just catching up on all this. Aces were the better team. The Tigers took too long to get into the meeting which cost them big time. Holder(s) both of them cost the team big time. Jack seemed content to team ride Howarth 3 times. The wrong decision when you have big points to pull back. Harris of course has a stormer following his efforts on Monday which was defended because he is only a 6 point rider. The Lions will need to do better next week if they want the crown.

Yes, indeed!

Having now seen the original Facebook post from the mother (and replies) and then reading JHR response and those who were there it’s pretty obvious they are making up a story to get Jack in trouble. absolute disgrace. If I was Jack I’d share her post so everyone can see what defamation of character looks like. such a disgrace for this excuse of a family.

Although play off Harris can often perform miracles which is why he is number one choice as guest. It does make me giggle however because if Harris has scored double figures (and again on Thursday) he will be hailed as a super hero and almost expected of him yet when he has a poor meeting the excuses come out and point to the fact that he is only a 6 point rider these days. As previously pointed out out he scored 7 on his last visit to the NSS and beat Bewley, Lidsey and Cook. obviously he got a hatful in last years play offs. People seem to make excuses for him when he doesn’t score well which I find very odd.

5 points from a 6 point rider is pretty bad. How? Everyone says play off Harris always raises his game and brings his A game. as previously proven he can decidedly below average. He won’t rank the NSS as his favourite track that’s true however he was supposed to be a Monmore specialist!! 5 points from a 6 point rider is well below par. On his last visit he scored 7 and beat Bewley, Cook and Lidsey. These are riders he has proved he can beat.

Decent enough meeting that certainly livened up in the 2nd half. Will 12 points be enough? pickering bike issues definetly cost the Tigers big points. Howarth was pretty bad. Play off Harris a big let down. Reminded me of his performance for Wolves one year. My money is still on the Tigers but they will need to be all on it on Thursday. The Aces will be pretty happy with 12 points tho.

Congratulations to Leicester who are lucky to have got thru. Looks like Sheffield will maul them in the final. Ipswich did themselves proud for those performances over 2 legs. Turnbull is a complete embarrassment.

I don’t think that counts tho as super heat points don’t count but only determine the result. for me they only count if they are official heat points.

Exactly. Although Britain won’t stand up to the Poles but UK has priority on a Thursday even tho the Poles expect us to relinquish riders.

Bjarne Pedersen holds the record with 22+1.

Just caught up on this meeting. Well done Ipswich, I hope they hold on to the lead. Leicester were poor. Ipswich are so severely weakened it’s a great result for them.

Only just caught up on this meeting. A decent meeting with a close scoreline to keep it interesting. However why the nonsense at the start talking about who finishes top and that Leicester could go top with 2 wins only for the Morris interview talking about why Leicester were given top spot and yet no mention of the fact that they now cannot top the table? Speedway really does make an embarrassment of itself.

Well done the Brummies on an away win. Gotta feel for the Witches fans as they can’t get a win anywhere and are bang out of form carrying too many injuries. Every other team will be fighting for top position to face them in the PO’s.

Coventry?

Depends what you define a legitimate injury tho? Pulling out with the old cracked ribs line or too sore can often be disputed when they ride for their Polish team days later. riders who have clearly taken the mick like Pawlicki and Musielak and others need strong actions however it’s that fine line between genuinely injured for one club but not another. Tricky one. I wasn’t really referring to RR more specifically being absent through injury then riding elsewhere in the same week. Those planned meetings I accept when there is a country clash. Those only tho. It just all smells a bit funny. I’m sure he will be racing in a Poland tho!

To be clear, you can’t have riders deciding which meetings to do. That’s not credible or fair in the slightest. And no, rider replacement or guests isn’t very credible neither. what is ‘riding within himself’ have to do with anything? Riders can get injured at any time and are often riding within themselves because of it. Not a credible reason neither. riders missing meetings IS an issue, that’s the issue! No other country teams would allow you to just miss a meeting to suit and nor should the UK accept it. The silence from official sources is even worse. what is the valid reason why Kurtz was missing on the night? It’s a question that needs answering because he has already done it this season with zero penalty. (Yes we know all the circumstances why before anyone points them all out). We cannot accept that riders can just go missing and it not be an issue. Particularly a meeting that’s live on Eurosport, and one that showed he racing during the day in the same country. Just barmy.

How poor are the Aces away? Shockingly bad. The usual meeting at Owlerton tho seems it’s the usual fare of little passing. Good to see the Tigers so dominant. Gonna be tough with rr or guest for Woffy tho in the play offs. Very silent on Kurtz, is he picking meetings again like so many taking the wee this season?

They already have this season. good win at last for the Brummies. Would have lost with p000wlicki.

For 10 straight seasons! No issues with his commitment.

Thanks for the parking advice all.

Hoping to make a trip to the NSS for this although not a fan of daytime racing. All parking advice greatly appreciated.

Spent a chunk at reserve for easier rides last season. Now riding as a heat leader in the leagues weakest team but the strongest league strength in a decade. that 0.05 improvement is massive in real progress terms. Will be a steal on that average next season.

Just like Wolves did with Woffy then.