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He usually comes to grief on the first turn for whatever reason, and has done a good few times.

Unnecessary and prolonged delays only succeed in irritating the paying public. If the rule is 2 minutes and they got 2 minutes whats the problem?

They'll need to tell him he's getting the sack before every meeting to get anything out of him!

Young riders needing guidance often rely on experienced ones to help them improve. That rarely happens in struggling teams as the riders are under pressure and become largely focused on themselves. With a bit of coaching he may well prove to be decent but its too early to tell.

Not the best choice from BSN to screen this one. Cook, Basso and Ulle were imperious whereas Nicol started the way he finished last year. Everything about NCL has already been said above, Complin ran out of steam pretty early, something he'll need to fix as a reserve. Berwick will be much stronger opposition nxt week.

Amazing how long we took to work out Sedgmen.

And he then left us for Workington.

Rusty self destructed not too long after this having been saddled with the future world champion label at Derwent and also suffering health issues by which time we had happily banked the money for him and Aidan Collins not long before. Worky were renowned for throwing money about during this era, quite ironic when you read some of the comments now from that neck of the woods. Rusty came back to us around 10 years later and was decent around Ashfield averaging about 7 overall.

Almost everyone can ride Belle Vue but not Newcastle, Edinburgh, Leicester, Ipswich etc. Its at these tracks he needs to learn his craft IMO.

Wish he would ride NL and increase his skill set on technical tracks. The more rides the better next season.

Good move, around August they started asking for a ridiculous amount of personal information they had'nt previously to buy a ticket. The first meeting after this change the pay at the gate queue was snaked round the car park. Never did get a reply as to why.

Joey Ringwood was ok during that era of sign anyone from overseas that can stay upright for four laps. A second season would have benefitted him though perhaps he didnt want to come back. Jayden O'Malley was too young when he rode for us and being in a crap team was under pressure to score points, like everyone else. A year or two later in a stronger team and with a bit more nurture he may have made a go of it. Riding once a week just isnt enough for riders wanting to develop.

He needs NDL experience at a technical track if possible, to enhance his skillset and become a better all round rider. Almost anyone can ride, or quickly learn to ride the big tracks.

Need to learn to ride laydowns first .

That would be a tragedy for Berwick if they have fallen for that nonsense. See Glasgow 2018.

Riss isn't reliable in 13 or 15 when the heat is on. Can't see improvement in him from what we've already seen.

Cook summed it up at the end, if we cant go through with a 22 point lead we don't deserve to be in the final. Only cuffing the 0131 made the perishing cold bearable. Strange atmosphere tonight, you'd never have known it was a play off. All eyes on tomorrow night, we surely cant be as bad as last week.

Outdoors standing the limit is 4000 before Covid passports. Even then they are only checking larger crowds at random despite the narrative.

If we are to stand a chance tonight it starts from the gate. The most important part of a race at Armadale is between there and exiting bend 2/back straight. Come out ahead of them and you force them to make passes which few will other than Masters and Pickering. The other is watching each heat, seeing the track change and reading the racing. When the Monarchs are hammering round the outside at speed in the later heats yet Wells and Nicol persist at a snails pace on the dead inside line, wtf! Time to stand up, all of them.

Worst team lost, cant go there and not gate when there is nigh on no passing after the second bend. Nicol and Jensen were bike lengths behind going into turn 1 in their early heats. Needs sorting for tomorrow.

No problem.

Reading the press release the groundwork has already been laid for Rowe not to be there, and there's Thomson getting one of his rides as well.

Strengthens Leicester allowing them to choose guests up to 8.36. Hansi not exactly set the CL on fire.

The 2 minutes regularly timed out in several heats and the riders were still not coming to the tapes. Inconsistent refereeing is one of my pet hates. MacGregor usually has none of it and excludes someone early on. It quickly changes rider behaviour. The worst refs let some jump starts go and call back others, sometimes in the same meeting!

Should have been more, Sam seems to lose the plot if he has a poor first ride even if there is no pressure. Pickering must have been the only person in the stadium not to see the post ht13 track grade, watching him rip the throttle off Worrall's bike in ht14 thundering into corners trying to ride the boards and going backwards was a joy to watch. On another day he would have got double figures riding the only way it seems he can but the sign of any decent rider is being able to read the track and adapting to it. Thomson on the other hand had a very impressive show and must be nailed on for a return on 5.51. Sixteen points makes it comfortable although you never say never with the 0131.