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surely the point is that rules should be followed. Whatcis the rule that states u get a facility for a rider racing in a relationship scheduled fixture in a foreign league?

Tbf shovvy was right. If wolves agree eld to release him there should have been no facility. If they didn't it should have been a 28 day ban.

The issue then isn't the existence of the points limit, but the level it is set at. But of course the issue then is filling teams to a decent points limit when promoters can't/won't spend enough to attract the top riders, and the haphazard scheduling also makes riders reluctant to ride in the uk.

It's ridiculous to argue that belle Vue are morally ok but not wolves. Both sides got a rider on a legitimate bargain average. Not sure why you'd say tai was "using" British speedway, I'd say British speedway did quite well out of it as well via increased crowds. FWIW I think the earlier cut off for team changes is the right move, but I'm not going to whinge about wolves making a change that was within the rules and struggle to see anything remotely morally wrong. I would say that every year an average should be assigned to all riders based on their performance in top leagues the previous season if they did not ride EL. But there is no such system and Tai had a recent average from a season he was world champ.

KL are the same. Basically their issue is Holder and to a much lesser extent Porsing. Batch and Huckenbeck have improved their averages,lambert and rose have done their job and Bailey was as poor as expected. Like Poole the poor performing number 1 has been the difference between scrapping for top of the table and struggling to make the playoffs.

The issue is basically that Kk averaged nearly 5 less than expected, throw in the heat 15 impact and you e got a 10 point per meeting swing.Newman averaged a couple less than expected and Klindt/Kurtz got injured and haven't been adequately replaced. Holder hans and shanes have done their job, as did Klindt and Kurtz before injury.

i would assume only 1 would go?. dont think Aces will be too much over the points limit. downgrading Bjerre to Tai might fit?

He''s going to have his fingers out now trying to work out how many weeks that is...

Seeing the thread title, thought this was going to be Jeremy Corbyn Fan and his Diane Abbott fantasies...

Suspect points will dictate needing to let Bjerre or fricke go next season. Or possibly tungate though I expect he will be on a still attractive average.

Are you speedibee in disguise? 😅😅😅

Hope both smith and bewley are at belle Vue next year, think both could significantly improve their average. Have to say Jack isn't as exciting as his dad was at the same stage in his career, but seems to be a better gater. Am sure averages will force at least one change, but hopefully we can keep the nucleus of the side for next year.

Exactly. There are no better options. Really enjoyed the meeting, Bewley looked superb. Why wasn't he given a reserve berth at the British final? Good effort all round by the aces, hope we can repeat it in the play offs.

So Steve if it isn't cryptic, what is he meaning by the skull and cross bones?

He obviously found it though, seems the operation was successful!

Can't believe Stars fans are disapointed in Batch. Surely you knew what you were getting, which was a Mardy Aussie who will whinge if conditions are poor, but nonetheless was a genuine heat leader on a bargain average. He's one of the top performers in the league this season based on average vs starting average. His behaviour and odd bad display is no surprise. So what is there to complain about?

He's won the world title 2 out of the last 3 years. He would have a better claim for wildcard than any other rider I can think of.

Sid how many people attend an NL match. How many attend a Pl match. How many attend Cardiff. That shows its not just about the racing, people want to see top riders and preferably they want a decent stadium and entertainment beyond 15 minutes of racing.

Doyle has been the best rider in the world the last two seasons, fancy him to win it. A couple of GPS now he's been lucky to scrape into the semis (case in point being gifted a point due to ef that was the difference to making the semis or not) and then scoring decent points in semi and final. Whereas those breaks seem to be going against Tai - a couple of incidents have caused roughly a 15-20 point swing between those two over last couple of meetings. I think Dudek will be 2nd, he's due a genuinely big score. Magic has been excellent but I wonder if there is the odd low score ahead sometime soon.

And of course Schlein riding for Australia has not precluded him from riding in the British championship.

Ref seems to be holding the tapes an inordinately long time.Shame we are not seeing Lambert from reserve, bit super ride by Bates.

Yes. But scoring badly, regardless of reasons, is still the reason he was dropped.

Riders complain about riding in wet conditions, fans moan about them.Rider is annoyed about not getting to ride in wet conditions. Fans moan about them. Surely it's a good thing that our best young talent is disappointed when a meeting is called off?

There's a pretty strong argument that he already is

Remember when John Davis guested for himself? As u say anything is possible and I don't see why a banned rider can't be transferred though obviously the ban should continue to apply.