It's been over 10 years since we dominated the 2nd tier. I'd imagine the bikes are more powerful now, with the power higher up in the rev range, possibly making it even harder to ride a grippy track these days. Plus we don't know if the shale has changed to a degree (different supplier maybe). The starts are so important here as we all know. Just look at the previous meeting against Boro. We trapped and did the same to them as Sheffield did to us. Ideally we need a change of shale, but we ain't getting that with the bangers in town. I very much doubt if its practical to have 2 types of shale, but that would mean re laying the track before and after every banger meeting..
With good access to the track, i'd have them practicing to try and sharpen them up a bit.. We need to do something. It's easy enough to see where our problems lie, apart from the track..
TJ starting av 6.35, up unitil now 5.14 (away 3.47)
Klindt ... 7.39 .. now so far 5.00 (away 4.75)
Freddie 5.14 but we know it was a 7 now on 5.41
And Josh was struggling in his 3 meetings before his injury 6.14 to 4.36 . I know it's only 3 meetings, but it shows how badly we have started as a team this season.
I'm not saying replace them all , just highlighting the problem we have to try and solve..