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Yep, a team can finish 6th out of 8, lose on the play-offs quarter finals and still win the league. Very unlikely, but ridiculous that it's a possibility.

After defending Pawlicki this season & expecting him to come good, that was just terrible. He should be ashamed of himself, really letting the Birmingham fans down. Shame they can't from him & are stuck with him for the rest of the season.

Technically Speedway is one sport where it should have very little effect on the team, as clubs can use guests. Obviously it's worse in Witches case as their top 2 are so good, now 3 of the top 4 are missing it's even worse. Easier for clubs to cover in the Championship as you don't get days when every club bar one is racing.

Now Janowski has come good, will be a great guest for a play-offs team as his average will be quite low.

Why did Schroeck give Killeen a r/r outing, meaning Riss couldn't get one, then replace Killeen in his last ride with Boughen who had just run 2 last places?

The problem with that, is the rider out in track first usually has an advantage.

It's even worse than that, a rider who actually qualified like Jan Kvech is ranked 15th but a seeded rider like Bewley is ranked 7th (or something like that). So if they were level the rider who got a seeded spot has an advantage of a rider who actually qualified!

Interestingly there's 6 riders who have ridden for Oxford this season, in this meeting, would've been 7 of Cookie was riding.

Great news, hope mother & baby are healthy x

Don't think Tigers need worry about the bonus point, they need to go to Edinburgh looking for a win of they're to make the play-offs.

Yeah, I agree with that. It's not a like a team is gonna sign a rider just to win the Pairs Championship.

Sometimes Poole fans amaze me, you praise your team all year, naturally as you keep winning, but you have ONE bad match & it's like you've given up already! I know not all Poole fans are the same before everyone tells me lol!

How did this U15 league go, anyone remember? How long did it last?

Personally I'd like to see more development series individuals. Maybe for 2025, teams that don't race in the NDL have to hold a device series individual.

I think there is a call for referees to make decisions based on how hard a rider moves over / hits another rider, rather than if the opposition falls off. It seems a rider can be incredibly hard, but as long as his opponent stays on - nothing is done. But someone gets lightly brushed (i.e Riss against Birmingham) and falls they get in the re-run. I would like the referees to really ask themselves, "could they have stayed on" rather than "was there contact". Then the reverse for over the top hard racing, if a referee thinks"if rider A fell I'd have excluded rider B" then should rider B not be excluded, even if rider A just managed to stay on?

Duplicated.

Options for Poole of Foord isn't fit for the play-offs, BSN, KOC (or at least part of them) Killeen (not play-offs) Roynon (if fit) Hook, Baek (if he gets a new average) Trigger, Coles, Pijper & Starke. Depends if averages fit in September for some (Killeen, Hook).

Jack Smith has a higher average than Pearson, so he'd be next in line if Rowe & Ivacic aren't allowed

I thought it would be 1 v 4 & 2 v 3, but it doesn't state that. However it also doesn't state top team gets to pick their opponents neither.

Prediction: Birmingham 44 Leicester 46. Honestly looking at the teams I'd have Brummies down for a 2 points win, but they have a knack of riding terribly whenever they look to have a chance, so can easily see them lose every match for the rest of the season.

Prediction: Belle Vue 52 King's Lynn 38

Normally it would make sense to sign a rider with a higher NL average, but like you say it's not always as simple as that. Last year Ace did very well in the Champ 3+ ave, but was below 6 in the NL. Foord was only a 6 point rider when Poole took him on & he's done very well. James has dropped to reserve for Leicester, but (just) hitting his average for Edinburgh, while Perry had the highest NL average of all newcomers but struggled with Poole, granted he was coming back from injury.

Not saying I wouldn't go for Pijper, but Springer on a 2.00 average seems a good shout too.

I didn't think this replacement was allowed under the rules, I make it that Glasgow have raced 15/20 matches (75% of their season). At that stage only change allowed is riders coming back from injury. Otherwise Redcar could've replaced Bailey with a 28 day replacement if they weren't allowed to drop him permanently? Unless Glasgow made the change on Friday night / Saturday morning before the Plymouth match, but didn't announce it till now?

1. Oxford 2. Poole 3. Workington (if Cook is riding) 4. Glasgow (if Rowe is riding) 5. Redcar