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I had a similar thought about the GPs, that wouldn't even be considered a tough move. Don't know why Etheridge was getting so upset?

I think it's shaping up to be an interesting end to the season, different clubs in different competitions, instead of the situations where the same clubs met in multiple competitions. The play-offs could involve Edinburgh, Glasgow & Scunthorpe, all who have been knocked out of the BSN & KOC. A club like Redcar struggling in the league, still in the BSN. Berwick vs Plymouth in the KOC final, when's the last time either club made any final? (Not counting the Young Shield for "also rans"). It should make it easier to organise the play-offs, as we don't have the situation where say Poole were meeting the same opponent 2 or 3 times in October trying to fit the matches in, partly because of the BSN & KOC not being left to the end of the season, well done BSPL for that forward planning 👏 Although I can still see the play-offs being delayed as some clubs have ridden so few league fixtures, but still have a quiet few weeks coming up, will the weather is poor in August, leading to play-offs being raced in October?

Big result for Edinburgh against one of their play-off rivals.

Having just seen the clip, don't think Rushen did anything wrong, could understand an all-four, but wouldn't disagree with an Etheridge exclusion. No excuse for Etheridge's reaction, should've been thrown out of the meeting.

for maximum rides yes, for minimum rides no

This is one that could go either way, r/r should suit both teams. I fancy Poole to just shade it.

Soon to have a better reserve pairing than Poole 🤭 Redcar have been a tough team to judge this year, missing a "2nd heat leader" but great reserves

While I'm not a fan of forcing riders to move clubs & think it's up to a club if they want to build top heavy or strength in depth, teams without top heat leaders rarely win anything (not since Peterborough's Dad's Army team) so can understand the desire for it. If the top 6 averaged riders got shared between the 6 teams, it shouldn't water the product down, especially if the points limit isn't lowered. The Champ had a rule to share out the number ones, no-one missed out (I believe Klindt didn't want to start the season in the Champ).

That team does look pretty decent. The advantage of the change is a top rider gets 5 rides a match normally, but the weakest reserve only needs 3. So a 9.00+2.00 should score more than a 6.00+5.00? If they went this route, Senna Summers would be my choice of reserve.

Even if the decision was made to let Dan go & sign a rider who'll turn up every week, you'd still want to sign the best available option surely?

But Leicester aren't in the Prem to "get the kids in" that's what the NL is for, they should pick the best riders for the Prem.

How would guests work if Edinburgh have to race at home, while racing at Glasgow, Scunthorpe or Redcar? 2 home & 2 away, would work if 1) they got rid of the play-offs, so no rush to complete fixtures before a cut-off date 2) clubs agreed to race on off race nights, but they'll get lower crowds 3) riders agreed to put British speedway before Poland / Denmark, making it easier to rearrange fixtures none of these will happen though!

Similar thing happened to Robert Lambert at Newcastle, I think he was maybe racing in an U21 meeting on the Saturday, wouldn't have gotten to Newcastle on time for the Sunday, so rode elsewhere - no facility allowed. When the Sunday match was postponed, they were allowed a facility because it was within 24 hours of his U21 meeting? Doesn't make sense to me as I'm typing it, but with Speedway's rules, I could be remembering correctly. 😬

All that would do, is mean more guests being used, a guest who was already knocked out of the Cup! Need a squad system to avoid this "issue"

Glasgow should be very relieved, Poole looked stronger without Bowes & Glasgow likely missing Howarth.

So if Lawson didn't have a Danish team, he'd either have to ride at Poole or get a 7 day suspension for a non-speedway injury. But because he has a Danish team who originally wanted to use him, he neither had to ride or get a suspension, how is that fair on all the riders who don't ride for foreign teams?

Biggest understatement ever based on his current form

I can understand the frustration, Edinburgh fans have experienced it to, but replacing a 6 point Prem rider with a 4 point Champ rider is not the answer. Now if Leicester said they'd prefer Lewis Kerr because he'd be available every match, that would be understandable.

Well done to Joe T for a good score.

Really hope that doesn't happen, would make the league a foregone conclusion (more than it is now). Although it would be interesting if Jenkins got knocked out of the Cup by Poole, then won it with Poole 😆

The SCB really need to look into this.

The averages would fit for a change next month if Poole preferred Jenkins / Fredriksen / Battye to Bowes. Think Berwick would be most likely to drop Fredriksen.

Whole Poole are massive favourites with Bowes in the team, won't be quite as dominant when he goes to reserve. I still expect them to win the treble, if they can get past Berwick. In the past they've strengthened up already strong teams, that's why I'm surprised Bowes is still there.

Think Poole are favourites, especially if using r/r for Bowes, with strong looking reserves.

Riders will want to earn money, so won't like being told not to guest. From a Berwick perspective, they could hope more regular racing will help keep the riders on form. There's so many guests these days, riders racing for one team, then against them the next day doesn't shock me.