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World Champions and world class riders 22/23 of age: Michael Lee Champion 22, Peter Collins Champion 22, Kelly Moran 4th in 79 world final 19, Tommy Knudsen 3rd 81 world final 20, Kelvin Tatum 3rd 86 world final 22, I could carry on all night! Take Connor Coles and Jack Smith last night, they looked a pair of complete novices. I don't know how long he's been riding but Connor is 30 years of age. Jack is 24. Do you think these two will eventually develop? They have rode most of their careers in the NDL. Now because the CL is so weak they find themselves riding in the CL outclassed on a regular basis, only beating riders who themselves are of NDL standard. The CL, we are getting told will most likely be weaker again next season !!! I bet the entrance fee won’t reflect on that though!

No get it right, the team have won trophies. Hagon's contribution has been woful in all three finals. To be fair to the lad he did win the u21 championship, but his form has dipped terrible in the latter part of the season.

Can it get any weaker!!!

Difference between natural talent and a young guy with tons determination. I know who I would like in my team and his name isn’t Boughen

Doesn’t matter how much talent you’ve got. If you've got no bottle then speedway is not a sport for you. I've seen plenty of young talent over the years. Lee, Havelock , Screen and Loram to name but a few. Never saw them shut it off going into the 1st turn. How old was PC when he had the run off with Anders at Wembley? 17/18. Rider today think they are still learning at 19. They have been riding bikes since they could walk!! It's Embarrasing watching the likes of Coles and Smith attampting to ride a speedway bike. Got about 20 years experience between them!!! I think heat 8 was a prime example of Boughen and Coles

The only rider who I think would have been a better shout than Smith is Paul Stark Ave: 3.45

All depends on what side Oxford put out.

I agree 100%, Using a junior in the final when you had the option of using guest is a most bazaar decision on Oxford’s management team. Not Jody Scott's faults and he did get invaluable experience, which could hold him in good stead for next year. So many people said using him and a very fragile Boughen was going to be their downfall and so it proved. If you consider, even with the early loss of Killeen and the poor meeting for Scott Nicholls, Oxford were still in the hunt right up to heat 12. That though proved to be the turning point. There was a glimmer of hope that after beating Lawson, Boughen would get the better of Cooke or at least get a second, but he reverted to type and couldn’t beat the Poole reserve and the 5-1 that followed sealed their fate. So how do they go about the Cup final? Same team, same result. We shall see.

Heat 2 was a bit like when Vinny Jones clattered one of the Liverpool players in the 1st minute of the FA cup final. Only this time Poole's Vinny made sure Oxford's trump reserve was clattered, with the end result 0 points for Killeen!😉

Let's face it, even before losing Killeen Oxford were always going to be up against it. Barring one ride and a bloody good ride at that Boughen and Scott over the two meetings have scored 4 and 5 respectively with Scott not beating an opponent. Add in Nicholls poor performance tonight, beating only the two reserves in heat four and Hagon in heat six. The writing was on the wall. Poole were there for the taking, but Nicholls and Killeen needed to be on it. Unfortunately For Oxford that wasn’t the case. Too many passengers. They will have do something different if they want any chance of beating Poole in the cup. Otherwise it will be the treble for the Pirates.

I think that last tweet is a bit unfair on Vinny. Yes the other two have been very poor. Vinny won heat two, beating Kiieen in the process, then had a good 2nd. He has improved, just needs to settle down a bit. Could be a good signing for next season at Poole

If as people have been saying that Boughen is riding with an injury. What are the options for Oxford? Is it R/R or can they use a guest? Having watched him last week riding for Scunny against Poole and tonight. He has scored 1 point in seven rides. Don't think Oxford can carry him on Wednesday and win.

He's made a few shockers this season, but that has to take the award as the most incompetent decision this season!!

I'm surprised he didn't put Boughen in heat 15!!!

Oxford would have been home and dry by now, if it wern't for Shorcks unbelievable decision to leave boughen in the race before. He will have to be sacked if they lose overall.

Oxford manger what a clown!!! I think everyone saw that coming. That could cost Oxford any chance of winning overall

Surely Killeen has to replace Bourghen in the next one

I can’t see Scott troubling the scoreboard in all honesty. I hope I'm proved wrong, but it could be the difference. We will see if he can match Foord over the two legs! As for Wilkes, he does get stuck in, but the opposition are a quality team. Lets hope Oxford can win tomorrow, so that the 2nd leg won't be a formality like the Scunthorpe meeting.

I think he would add to the GP unlike a few. Hope he qualifies

I wonder if Kelv, doesn’t know any other word than " I suggest" I think he would have broke his own record tonight!!!

I wouldn’t class the beginning of August as the majority of the season. As for developing. Until last Monday’s match at Belle Vue Hagon had hardly scored a point for the Lions in the last couple of months. From the beginning of August. Up till the Belle Vue match he had scored 5 points!

Dudek should have been excluded. What he did was reckless

Absolutely disgusting decision. Incompetence is not a strong enough word.

Who’s in charge of the track prep? Nice dry day and the track looks rubbish.

And bizarrely Janoski choose gate 4 !!!!