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I don't know why people keep suggesting that Sheffield would let Leicester win (they've certainly been proved wrong) but even if Sheffield would have preferred Leicester to make the play-offs, I can't see riders willingly throwing matches.

Probably only if it makes them stronger? I don't think Brummies fans will be bothered given the scores being posted by the guests they're using

Maybe he was before he got involved in Speedway, but not now?

I can't remember which season, but it's happened in the Champ before, never in the Prem / Elite league from memory

It's not ideal, but Poole still have a chance to win the league. That's why 6th place needs to be prioritised imo

Maybe it's not so bad, as these 4 teams can lose every week & still entice fans with "we've got a chance of the play-offs if we win next week" in normal seasons, they couldn't have said that!

To me the priority should be ensuring the top 6 clubs are in the play-offs, rather than worrying about 1st / 2nd. After all, to be Champions you have to be able to beat any club over 2 legs, so why would you need an easier path to the final? That being said, given the fuss Poole would make of they missed out on top spot through no fault of their own, the BSPL may find themselves siding with Poole / extending the cut-off date again?

I thought that too, Edinburgh should be prioritising the Birmingham match before Poole to gain 6th place.

While that might seem sensible, it's not in the rules

Imagine Oxford planned a home Champ match the same day as the Chargers were at Leicester in the NL play-off, to stop Boughen racing against them lol!

I've said many times, Brennan at 5 leaves the team looking weak in his heats (especially now Complin is struggling) & I certainly would have put Basso at 5. It's been suggested before that Brennan & Vissing don't race well together, to which I replied - try Vissing at 2, Brennan with Nowak. But since Cami out Brennan at 3 with Claus at Poole & used Richie Worrall at 5, I can only assume Basso doesn't like number 5 / Cami doesn't want to split a successful Basso / Vissing pairing? Of course now Tarasenko is in the team, they have another option for the more difficult number 5 spot.

I'm pretty sure it would be 6.00 (4.00 x 1.5) regardless of his "actual" average his MA is 4.00. So no chance he could have replaced Roynon

How do you know that team won't win the league? We don't know the points limit yet!

Last year Tolley said they had a play-off team, this year Tolley said they had a play-off team. Maybe he rates some riders too highly, or underestimates opposition teams. But most considered Birmingham has a weak team signed this year. If I was a Brummies fan, I'd take any talk of a play-off side with a pinch of salt & just be happy to have a club to support. Hopefully enough fans feel that way to keep the club alive?

I'm 99% sure Connor won't be doing NL next year. Prem (RS), Champ & U-24 league should provide him with enough racing. However we don't know the league formats, so hard to predict anything really

There's always a chance any speedway meeting could be called off, weather forecasts aren't always accurate. Likewise clubs calling off matches due to forecasts, doesn't guarantee rain & matches might be cancelled unnecessarily

It was quite funny to read the many pre-match comments about how poorly Lynn would do. Credit to the ones who came out & said "I was wrong"

If you get paid twice as much in Poland (no idea what the difference is) it would make sense to use your best equipment there

That @davieb1 How long will be be around Not long I hope His posts are useless Now I would call that a very hurtful & out of order thing to say, so how do you think a rider may feel reading that? Very poor post, you can give constructive criticism or suggest stronger replacements, plenty of ways to make your point, without calling a rider useless!

What about rain-offs? A rider could sign - but their average changes after a postponement & then they no longer fit in?

I'll go for: Oxford 57-33 Plymouth

Think Belle Vue's missing riders will hinder them more than Workington missing Ace. Belle Vue 48-42 Workington

I've gotta admit I'm suspicious seeing the weakest rider in the league (Wood) injured & a stronger reserve guesting (Killeen). But what I can't understand is why Edinburgh haven't signed Killeen in place of wood?

Maybe Lemon thinks top 4 qualify?

But by that logic a team like Redcar that has its penultimate league match on 18th August, then doesn't race again till 10th September wouldn't be able to sign a rider after the 19th because he wouldn't be riding till after the 28th! So Redcar's transfer window closes 10 days before other clubs?