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Ipswich 57-33 King's Lynn

Belle Vue 53-37 Birmingham

Part of me thinks Ipswich could've gone with r/r give their riders more track time / earnings, as it's "only King's Lynn" in opposition. But I guess that would've left Nicholls available to guest for Lynn, so better use him to avoid that!

I think the problem is the RS criteria has lowered. When it first came in riders had to be below 6.5 in the Champ & 5.5 in the Prem (to fit in Josh Bates) but know if you get above 4.00 you no longer qualify. So while the Prem gets stronger, the RS are actually getting weaker. Next year Flint, Dan T & Rowe will likely be above 4.00. Are there 3 more riders ready to step up & replace them?

Perhaps Buster will keep finding "poor" weather forecasts & cancel every home match till Musielak returns?

Nope.

Starke could only replace Liebmann, so that's a simple answer.

There can be no doubt Riss has done better than King.

Narrow Berwick win, maybe 47-43

I guess the Ipswich preview could mention Musielak is Stars new number one / top rider, but after a fall last week his inclusion is unknown? At least that way Ipswich aren't guilty of false advertising.

That's a great response, not fair to blame the ref for following the rules.

I'd change it if I knew how

How do you find the ignore option?

While that looks to strengthen them, they lost at home with a Riss maximum. So maybe changes needed elsewhere if they want to challenge for the top 4?

This match is the perfect example of how difficult it is for the weaker reserve racing at number 6. Hodder wins heat 2, but doesn't meet another reserve. In his next two rides finishes last behind the Thompson / Vissing & Cook / Zischke pairings, then gets dropped from his 4th ride. Compare that to Jack Smith, beats Leibmann (x4), McGurk and a great ride to beat Batchelor. But also loses to Liebmann, as well as Zischke, Thompson & Vissing (as expected). Pretty similar standards shown by the two Glasgow reserves, yet Hodder scores 3 & Smith 8+1.

I get your point, but finishing 4th, is just as valuable as finishing 1st. Then just need to be good for 4 meetings. If they can sign a top heat leader, then that'll make a difference (I expected that rider to be Janowski). I thought the original team looked very good, so can't blame the promotion for getting it wrong.

After 3 defeats in their first 4 home matches, think I knew better than most regarding Redcar. Don't like to see teams struggling, but it's nice to go against the grain & be proved right (so far).

Not massively surprised, as I just don't think Redcar look that good. Don't think they are awful either, but look one of the weaker teams in the league to me. Great result for Scunny, as I don't see them dropping any points at home, so a great start to their top 4 ambitions.

Hardly anyone said Workington would get the wooden spoon. 99% of people said that would be Plymouth. But most people had them on the bottom 3, I'll give you that.

Many have said that, but where do the riders come from to strengthen the league. Quite a few heat leaders left the Champ, there's a few British second strings happy to do RS & Poland. The only way I can see the league being stronger would be to drop all the 2.00 Brits for 4.00 foreigners. Think fans will have to get used to a weaker Championship in the years to come.

I don't see Hagon scoring any more points than Joe, but I realise they are making the move based on more than just Joe's scores. After a great first match Hagon has had a few lower scores (possibly due to falls) and only scored 2 at Edinburgh tonight. I wonder if Jake Mulford would have been the better option?

Tough to know who to drop for Kerr. While Cook's on a low average, that's largely irrelevant, signing a 4.5 rider when you have 6.5 available isn't getting the best of an attractive average. If they could sign Lambert & Lindgren (not gonna happen I know) then Cook would be on a bargain average. Will be interesting to see what they do with all their spare points.

Are they a poor team though. Look odds on to make the play-offs imo. Leicester keep losing at home, Lynn & Brummies miles behind the rest. Despite the teams low average, don't seem to be doing that badly.

If that's the case, Monarchs have no chance imo

Totally agree, with Poole's top 4, Monarchs need Coles to beat the bottom 3 repeatedly.