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100% agree with that, have seen it before (Pearson at Birmingham) with weaker reserves allowed their 4th ride in heat 12, when the match is still alive. No reason not to put in the stronger rider & if the match is won or lost before heat 14, give the weaker rider his 4th ride then?

Unless those falls allow Complin to take another race lol!

I'd say the exact opposite, Barker would be the first name on my team sheet without a doubt. I see no reason why his average would drop, besides you don't need all 7 to up their averages to make the play-offs. Look at Stevie Worrall at Poole for a prime example, Complin dropped his average for Glasgow etc. Apart from that, it may not be able to sign heat leaders racing on a Saturday night?

I'm in two minds about whether guests should get a medal, one one hand riders like Musielak got Sheffield into the play-offs, but once they start the league matches are forgotton, so you could say Tobi / Woffy didn't win the league, Harris & Lambert did. But it just feels wrong, getting a League winners medal, unless it's for your own team.

Of course they learnt from their mistakes, after a 10 match play-off system ended in November last year, they created a new 14 match play-off system! What could possibly go wrong?

Smith could only replace Pijper if Ace is injured, can't drop him due to thinking Smith is stronger

Couldn't agree with you more

It's very hard to pick teams with an unknown points limit, but for Berwick I'd be looking at Schlein, Flint, Knudsen (x2) & Coles

Lee could have taken 4 r/r outings, which would have meant Ace having to take 5 rides, but that would never happen as Brennan & Tarasenko were always gonna get an r/r outing. Wether Complin took 2 r/r outings or Pijper took 2 (or 1 each) Ace still only needed to take 3 races.

Just looking at the programme & realise Cammi Brown must be the jammiest team manager in Speedway, after making a horrendous decision to I give Pijper a 4th ride, gets a second chance with Complin in the re-run. If Pijper has finished 4th or fallen & not allowed in the re-run the match would have finished 50-40. I can only imagine the grief Cammi would have got it Oxford win the stupid heat, he's a very lucky man.

That would make sense

Heat 8 isn't a protected heat, both number 2 & 7 could be replaced by the number 6. Sounds more like a Prem ruling? I suppose heat 8 is protected against tac subs, which is a tad pointless, as it would have been legal for Basso & Nicholls to race at number 2 (wouldn't happen I know) plus clubs don't have to put their weakest reserve at 7 & even if they do, can still drop him from that heat.

Ipswich have put themselves into a good position, but it's by no means over.

He "only" finished 5th because he was behind two top-6 GP riders. Not beating top-6 riders shouldn't be a slight on any rider. Kvech also finished in front of riders like Lebedevs who got a wild card, Fricke who didn't make the final & Woffinden who didn't enter. So he deserves his spot ahead of many in the GP imo

But that's because there are 5 wild cards, the top riders don't need to enter the qualifiers so there's more chance of a "lesser" rider qualifying for the GPs.

Poole underdogs, you're having a laugh. They've won every 7 man competition since dropping down & have twice thrashed Glasgow at Wimbourne road this year. Bearing in mind Brennan doesn't go well round Poole, r/r for Vissing weakens Glasgow imo. Poole still clear favourites for me

When you have finals raced in October, you can't expect a perfect track, especially one that was postponed the night before. Just need to get on with it unless the ref says it's too dangerous to race on. Well done Ipswich, hopefully they can complete the job on Thursday.

Ace made his comeback from injury over the weekend, so Glasgow had no choice but to use him (even if they think Smith is better)

I agree with everything you've said, but read many comments saying Glasgow are stronger without him / won't want him back?

No one "should have a say" except Vissing, if he's fit - he should ride, simple. I certainly hope clubs would have more integrity than telling a riders to stay home as they're stronger without him, maybe I'm just being nieve?

I don't know why that would have to include leaving Berwick though. Could get a new track in the Prem & race in the U24 league in Poland, so will have 3 home tracks.

I think Glasgow would be silly to drop him, racing mostly at number 5 has left him with a low average, so scope for improvement in him.

But riders like Nicol, Ruml, Wethers etc who didn't get a team spot would likely agree to one team spot rather than staying home for another season. They need to make Speedway affordable for the fans, if that means riders have to work & race (some already do) then so be it!

I hope they don't have a strict 2.00 average for the number 7, as that just hinders riders like the two you have mentioned already. A similar thing happened in 2015, Edinburgh signed 2 x 3.00 riders (Branford & Clegg) when they didn't have to, then the following year dropped them both as they reached 3.5 for a new 3.00 rider (when a new rule came in).

I'd agree with that!