Bash

We certainly like doing things the hard way. Lets hope that's Danny's poor meeting out of the way and he's back to all guns blazing for the final. Well done Rory and to the reserves on their contribution.

Except in the last GP when Zmarzlik did exactly the same thing. Ref made a brave & correct decision. Just because you missed the start you can't go turning into someone in the hope of a rerun with all four back. I think they wanted to hit Edinburgh hard from the start knowing they couldn't use the TR so didn't matter if they went more points up. Backfired a bit with a good ride from Erik Riss to get a 3-3.

They did mention that, just not your one at Foxhall. I'm just glad none can be used in the playoffs.

No mention of the TR on the Edinburgh report which helped them win at Foxhall. I think a lot of fans are happy that there are no TR in the playoffs.

Are Wolves really going to release 4 of their riders for the meeting at Somerset. It doesn't matter to Somerset as only Cam from the two teams rides for them and he is currently injured. If Edinburgh are at full strength then I hope Ipswich will be or it will be a total farce. Would be nice to get some clarification from the Witches camp what the line up at Edinburgh will be.

So if Cam is ruled out of the play-offs we should go with RR for him and get a guest for Justin, as Justin drops to fifth in the averages on 6.17. Going with RR for Cam allows Rory to have an extra ride. Looking at the averages two riders stick out as potential guests Jake Allen 6.08 or David Howe 6.17. Other options are Ryan Douglas on 6.08 or Bradley Wilson-Dean on 6.00 but not sure how fit he is at the moment. IMO one of the first two would do a decent job. Cam should only come back if he is fully fit as we can't afford to carry riders if we are using RR.

They add 5% onto the riders average when using a guest at home, but not away. Cam's average is 6.93 but at home they can use a guest up to 7.28. Lewis' average is 6.95 so they wouldn't be able to use him away as his average is more than Cam's.

Yes, they don't want to see the home team lose !!!

Go back to 6 rider teams & 16 heats. That's 18 less riders needed.

Probably been in his spank bank thinking about Jack Holder.

If as he states that his shoulder hasn't been right since the early season crashes why didn't he get it sorted earlier. Why has it only been brought up in the last week if it has been going on for so long. As proved on Thursday he is a danger to the other riders as he can't handle a speedway bike at the moment and shouldn't be riding.

The rerun of heat 1 was a bigger jump than the original start. We were all surprised it wasn't stopped and Bomber Excluded. Have to agree that it did seem to be the rider in white jumping all the time. Surprised more weren't called back.

After the meeting last night Danny did a few laps on Sedgmen's bike and it didn't look fast and sounded a bit flat. If Sedgmen can't handle riding the outside line with his shoulder he shouldn't ride at all as he is a danger to the other riders. We can't afford to carry him in the playoff as it is an existing injury if he pulls out during a meeting we won't get the injury rider replacement option. I would rather go RR as both reserves are doing a decent job at the moment. As I've said before if they are beating the oppositions reserves they are doing their job. Connor is improving and looks a lot more smoother in his riding & Nathan never gives up which is all that the fans want from their team.

As a Witches fan the only team I didn't want to see win it was Peterborough. Congrats to them, home track advantage certainly paid off in the final when the track was super slick. Couldn't believe what I was watching in the final from the Witches, they looked so good in winning their semi riding the wide lines. For some reason in the final they all started riding the inside line and were getting passed for fun, just don't understand why!!! After the farce of the Holder situation the fours should be moved from Peterborough to Belle Vue as Rathbone obviously doesn't give a toss about the shared events with his actions. You'll get just as good racing there and no home track advantage apart from a few individuals.

The only good thing out of this is Peterborough won't win the fours tomorrow. If Ged has taken a payment from Torun, it proves he is only thinking about his own pocket and if he is still promoter at Peterborough next year the fours should be moved to another track who's promoter cares about these shared events. What he has done has already affected the crowd level by what some fans comments on this forum are saying, which affects the payments to all the other clubs in the Championship and he is getting reimbursed by the Poles.

After we lost Kyle in heat 1 I thought we would struggle to win, but credit to the rest of the team they battled to secure the win and stop Glasgow taking anything from the meeting. Both reserves done their job again, as long as they beat their fellow reserves to me they are doing their job. Thought Nathan should've got MOTM. Lets hope Kyle isn't out for too long as he was one of our form riders at the moment. Off to Peterborough Sunday, can't see us winning it but who knows after Plymouth's win last year, as long as Peterborough don't win it.

Agree Sedgmen should be moved to number 2. Not looking forward to this meeting with what's gone on, we could get absolutely smashed. Lets hope not as we can't afford anymore dropped points at home after last week.

But you can change 1 rider like for like, but not 2 how is that simple. You build your team average up and have to lower it to bring two riders in, only in speedway.

Maybe it was Wilkinson & Jacobs 5.12 & 4.67 = 9.79 Sedgmen 6.69 & Mountain 3.18 = 9.87 As I said why you can't replace riders up to the averages of the riders being replaced doesn't make sense, but why make the rules simple.

What a complete balls up, you would think they would've had the changes ratified before telling the riders they were being released. Well this can go two ways, team spirit will be non existant or the two riders concerned start putting the points on the board. I think Conner was maybe down to the numbers game but if they thought they could replace 2 riders with another 2 up to the same combined averages, they should know the rules. I don't know why you shouldn't be able to but this is speedway.

Vissing & Hansen won't fit.

When it's states from 8pm, we could be waiting a while.

Whoever we bring in will they be able to ride in the fours at Peterborough?

All scoring well - Pijper?