stevethelion

Spot on, Lions website now shows the team for Glasgow away. Harris guests , Bates still included & R/R for him. Doesn't mention the team for Saturday yet, but surely would be stronger to use the R/R facility for Worrall & guest for Bates, with the added 5%, anyone up to 7.35 , which could be someone like Howarth, Heeps or NBJ.

His average was 6.42 when he was released by Edinburgh last week. But with the new averages being released anytime now ( calculated on the 23rd of the month), he could well have a different average which will be in effect from the 1st of August. But will start with 6.42 for the 2 meetings against Glasgow.

You can have a guest for 4th & 5th average in the team if you have more than 2 riders out, but then you would have to use R/R for the injured rider in the top 3, in this case Worrall. But it seems like it's Howarth for Worrall anyway, presumably he was booked before Bates injury yesterday.

Lions website says Howarth for Worrall, so that means it'll be R/R for Bates.

Strongest option I think, would be R/R for Worrall & if available, NBJ for Bates.

Will Ellis Perks be with the Cubs or the Lions?

Yes, don't know who gets priority? Just noticed it says, he makes his full debut at home to Berwick on Sunday, so presumably he must be riding for Stoke on Saturday, when Lions are at Berwick.

Joe Lawlor named as replacement for Jack Thomas.

I would think Stoneman stands a good chance of replacing Jack Thomas at Leicester ,they can only replace Thomas with 2.49 or less, so Stoneman would fit the bill.

3 times in his last 4 home meetings for Leicester, all in in 1st ride, to be fair the one in the Eastbourne meeting wasn't his fault, the 2 Eastbourne riders collided in front of him & he had no way of avoiding them.

When using IRR you can only use riders below the injured rider in the averages, not 1 above as in normal R/R , so if it had gone to heat 14 Redcar would have had to field just 1 rider, because like you say Greaves had taken 7 rides. But I suspect the Redcar manager realised that the curfew would kick in before heat 14 that's why they used them up. It was announced that the curfew was strictly 10.30 & it was then 10.29, so there was no time for the 2 minutes to go on. Redcar did deserve a point for their efforts, Charles Wright was fast & even when he didn't make the gate he passed Schlein & Douglas with no problem. Good effort by the 2 reserves too, especially Greaves, best meeting i've seen him have at Leicester. I think if Nicol hadn't been injured they would have ran Leicester even closer.

Going by Stewart Dickson's comments when interviewed at last night's Leicester meeting, it sounded as though Danyon Hume might be coming your way. When asked about Lions vacancy at reserve he said Hume's average was too high for Lions ,but understood he'd signed for a club not far away, which putting 2+2 together & Birmingham being the nearest to Leicester means he might be your man.

Stewart Dickson had booked MPT, but he snapped his frame tonight at Leicester, so now can't ride. Also now no Josh Bates after his crash. With 8 teams riding on Sunday Dickson said on his interview on the Lions facebook page that he had rung everywhere & was out of options. He did mention pre-meeting tonight that Wallnger was guest at reserve.

Apologies, thought you meant funny, as in dodgy!

No, his PL average drops to 5.84 on 1st July, which converts to 8.76 . Richie is 8.49, but drops to 8.25 on 1st July. The interview with Stewart Dickson on the Lions Facebook page says he will use guests for July, then see how Richie is progressing.

Why's that funny? Worrall's CL average is 8.49 , Harris 8.04. On 1st July , Worrall 8.25 , Harris 8.08.

Looking at the SGB averages a new set have been released today with Riss replacing Proctor, who has gone to Peterborough to replace BWD.

Richie Worrall off to hospital with leg in a splint at Poole tonight. Fingers crossed it's not as serious as it sounds. Hope Lions season isn't starting to unravel.

The press release just says he steps in for the 2 matches against Redcar, nothing about him being the man to replace Thomas permanently, but I suppose it gives him a chance to impress.

Jason Edwards replaces Jack Thomas, for the 2 matches against Redcar on Friday & Saturday.

I'm not that technical, haven't got a clue how to do that!( wish i was joking).

You've saved me a bit of typing there, as I was just about to post that rule. I think Stevebrum has read rule 18.10 first without reading 18.8 , which as you say refers to a team who may have 2 riders missing in which case a guest maybe used for riders 4 & 5 in the averages

The hand injury was the one that caused his withdrawal from the Eastbourne meeting, when the 2 Eastbourne riders crashed in front of him & he couldn't avoid them. I know the last crash was the one where he landed on his back at the start. But he did tweet that he was returning after resting his injured hand, so presumably that was the one giving him trouble & maybe he returned too early.

In the press release for last weekend's matches it said he wouldn't ride for Lions on Saturday ( against Edinburgh) because he was track reserve for the GP qualifier , but would return for the Lions match at Sheffield, he in the end did neither, but that would suggest he can't be far off returning. Josh as tweeted that he's ready to return after resting his injured hand & will be back on his bike this week( weather permitting).

Ellis Perks was withdrawn from yesterday's Lions cubs v Stoke meeting with a shoulder injury , I've not seen any updates on the injury today.