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Too late now unfortunately. Which is probably a good thing - stops Jody Scott coming in to replace Rohan Tungate.

Will Worrall not be back? Thought he was scheduled for return around August 10th? If he's not fit, Glasgow won't be taking third.

Heard a rumour at Oxford last night that Tom Brennan might be Premiership only next season.

1st: Oxford 2nd: Redcar 3rd: Glasgow Oxford's to lose. Nicholls and Masters are near unbeatable at home. Redcar and Glasgow to fill the podium. Workington in with an outside shout as they both have plenty of track experience - obviously depending if Batchelor turns up. Poole would surely be stronger with Tom Brennan, especially with how he rode last night.

Be interesting to see how Etherington does. Is this his first meeting in the NDL?

They've got Monkey World as well. That probably offers a similar level of entertainment for most Poole fans.

Yes, nice blue sky. Let see if it works... @Toady?

Exactly. A sensible take on the situation.

Do you dream of me at night?

Only you could agree with the Poole fans and think the Championship is better than the Premiership. I live inside your head so much that you'd argue the sky was green if I said it was blue.

My point is that the quality is significantly better. No amount of you claiming it's not is going to change that fact. End.

What's it like watching a GP rider race at Poole? Oh wait.... haha

Shovlar wants us to think he's been on a tour of Poole this morning, even checking out the stock status' at the cafes. What a plank!

Yep, it's just a shame you're missing out on the best action in the UK because Poole can't afford it.

Yeah, I'd love to know how it was dusty if the Sahara looked like the M1?

So, no dust at all then?

Said the person who has to deal with inferior quality racing week-on-week. Nice try, though. It's the second tier for a reason.

While I do agree to some degree, at the last count, there were 27 riders in the Premiership that are not racing in the Championship this season. Not all superstars perhaps, but there’s certainly more than a couple and the rest probably consider themselves too good for Championship perhaps.

I think you’re just used to an inferior product at Poole. There’s a big difference between the quality of opposition racing against the Cheetahs and the Spires at Oxford. You’re never going to get the wow factor of watching Richard Lawson compared to Emil Sayfutdinov.

Well said. Oxford were also beaten by Tarasenko and Glasgow over two legs, which meant they didn't make the playoff final. In fact, the aggregate score was closer than the final against Poole. However, I didn't see one Oxford fan complaining like some Poole fans - they simply congratulated the Tigers and moved on. It seems some (not all, to be fair) Poole fans love to gloat when they win, but simply can't take it when the lose.

Why not? Don't Glasgow stream meetings? Shame there's no fishing emoji.

While I do get what you're saying, and it's a good idea to stop it happening long term..... Oxford literally only used a guest in one match, no? A guest for Kerr at home against King's Lynn and then Cook was in for the Sheffield fixture. If they did all of this just to use Nicholls in one match out of a 24-match long season, it's a bit short sighted from the promotion. I wouldn't put anything past Peter Shroeck, but surely even he's not capable of being that incompetent.

But why should Oxford HAVE to replace a rider who is temporarily injured and will return to the team? Kerr was literally only out of action for the 28 days that Oxford signed Cook for, and then he came back into the team as planned. That's what the 28-day replacement rule was introduced for, and it worked exactly as it should. If Oxford had permanently replaced Kerr with Riss, Kerr may never have been able to come back into the team.

You can have all the theories you want, but Riss was signed to replace Klindt, and Cook was signed to replace Kerr. Oxford never dropped someone and didn't replace them. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/rowe-motor-oil-premiership/spires-move-for-riss/ https://britishspeedway.co.uk/rowe-motor-oil-premiership/spires-are-cooking/

Nope. They dropped Nicolai Klindt and signed Erik Riss. It was a direct replacement. Craig Cook was signed as an injury replacement for Lewis Kerr, who then returned once the 28 days were up.