Remember the play off semi final against Oxford at Ashfield when he left Pijper in against Boughen. The pair crashed with Pijper possibly lucky not to get excluded. However he wasn't fit enough to go in the rerun and Complin was brought in. He put in a great ride which turned the meeting in our favour and took us to the final, the one we won. CB got out of jail that night.
Can see how you've arrived at this figure - 7.39 less Brit discount as per the final Green Sheets. BUT they are wrong! 7.39 is Nagels final figure and Flint is 7.13 which with Brit discount would be 6.95., Their figures have been transposed,.
May be bonus points should be the deciding factor, rather than heat wins. Afterall in a Golden Heat second and third outweighs a first place. Just a thought
Surely the meeting should be rerun, possibly on Sunday. It wouldn't delay the competition in any way as the final is likely to be at Poole on Oct 22 and either Redcar or Glasgow on Oct 24.
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Can't see ANY GP rider being prepared to ride in the UK on a Friday or Saturday night. Nor any other Premiership rider not currently doubling down - guys like Blodorn and Lidsey for example. If they wanted/were able to ride in the UK on Fridays and Saturdays this year I'm sure they would have found a Championship berth.
Nothing against them. Could have spent a couple of hours juggling the teams to make them more equal but tried to pick riders that had some association with the team. The point I was trying to show is just how watered down the teams would be. I'll ask again , how much would you pay to watch two teams at this level? And following on how much per point would riders expect. Can't see this ending well...but ending quickly!
Could swap Nagel for Howarth to balance things up. Teams are a rough cut to demonstrate how much the standard would be watered down, rather than absolutes . Can't see Sheffield being too pleased being shorn of their stars.