SteveLyric2

KK's and Doyley's Polish meetings are on Easter Monday, as I also thought Shanes' Grasstrack meeting is?!

Nick was heading straight to Peter Johns place to get his engines fixed - thats why he's withdrawn from guesting at Somerset this evening.

Interesting article in the Speedway Star this week about Svemo proposals for NEXT season. Possibly only One league; a salary cap; a major reduction on expenditure; 6-man teams of which 3 must be Swedish!!

Track staff are watering the track as we speak!!!

Assume Kerr is missing (for Scunny). Don't know about Shanes?

I said back in November that if Batch and Watt could 100% overcome their injuries and off-track problems as well as do well in the Aussie championships to get their confidence back, then they should both be worthwhile signings for 2017 - especially Batch on his low average. Both did do well over the winter but so far only Batch seems to be showing any improvement of form in the Premiership. As far as Davey is concerned I assume it must be mechanical issues as he is far more settled off track!!

Looking at the latest BBC weather forecast - we could be in for a slight shower on Friday morning/lunchtime!!

The majority of senior tracks are now on the slicker side due to the riders' machinery!!

At the recent Poole fans forum SCB's Neil Vatcher reckoned that Parkinson-Blackburn was likely to be 'the next big thing', although haven't heard him mentioned anywhere else officially!!

If only that were the whole truth.............?!

If it had been Poole attempting to use Schlein or any other rider in similar circumstances, this thread would have been 30+ pages already. With the league being far more 'even' this year, the final playoff places may well rely on racepoints difference, so I hope Schlein's scores from Saturday are expunged!!

Re the Schlein inclusion, its suggested on the Poole forum that SCB Officer Neil Vatcher said his inclusion was 'legal'!! No explanation as to how or why though. That presumes that a query was made but not upheld??!! It certainly needs to be clarified for the future as it is contradictory at the moment.

There is an official 'overflow' car park at the school next to the stadium - I assume this will be open?! Stadia UK has increased its car park admission to £2.50 as from last week!!

So what your take on the Schlein inclusion then Neil bearing in mind what is stated at the top of the 2017 Team Declarations page on the BSPA website 'Article 18.12.1'??

T/Rs are not allowed in any 2-leg aggregate fixture eg KO Cup, SGB play-offs etc.

Doesn't matter who they have in the pits really as most riders say the same old stuff no matter what questions are asked or by whom!!

I think Ellis Perks is a Poole asset?!

I think you are correct. This has also been raised on the Poole forum. Although 6.85 + 5% is 7.19 and therefore Schlein's average fits - it should not be allowed for a d/u rider. Hopefully Middlo will lodge a formal protest or wait til the end and have Schlein's scores removed and the meeting result changed?!

KK should be ok for Swindon as Gorzow are riding Easter Monday NOT Sunday - unless of course he is instructed to stay in Poland to practice??!! Just Kerr missing for the Pirates I imagine.

Well done to the Aces - much the better team in both legs. I don't expect this Poole side to do too much in the early season meetings while the averages are being sorted. As Starman correctly says so often - the League is not won until October and I think a Poole team will scrape into the play-offs when as we've seen before anything is possible.

Just in case you weren't aware the Leicester track has been reshaped so what Klindt - or any other rider - did in past seasons there is fairly irrelevant. Scoring 6 points last Saturday while guesting is a far more relevant comparison. Hans returning to where he got his big injury and KK still not firing effectively will see a close Leicester win imo. Still all these early season Cup and League performances could be part of a much bigger plan for when the team averages are revised??!!

Danny King guesting for KK on Good Friday. KK is in an official GP qualifier in Poland.

Ellis' average makes him a heat leader for Swindon. Averages were supposed to be levelled towards last season's Premier league averages, but Ellis didn't ride PL last year so should have been looked at differently' Anyway he'll be stuck with that high average whilst he's out injured.

Correct - unless the number 1 is also missing!!

What have King, Woffy, Ellis, Lambert etc got to do with BV v Poole? I am hopeful that Poole can put a decent performance together tonight - even though I believe the Aces will prove too strong. Hope I'm wrong but as long as its a good meeting for both sides.