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Only gone back to 2008 so far, but Poole 63 King's Lynn 27 in 2011 is biggest I've found with a quick look.

Anyone know what the most one sided result in a play off is?

Think that is a rather generous assessment.

But they are both a long way from being their nations' top riders. Lahti and Loktaev (who may be otherwise engaged at present) must be wondering what they have to do to get noticed.

The GSA gives you a headline figure, but not the whole story. For example who is better Jake Allen or Michael Palm Toft? Jake Allen 7.02 vs Toft 6.76 if we look at Sept Championship GSA, but Toft 6.87 vs Allen 3.24 If we look at Prem GSAs. Same rider, wildly different conclusions. Then consider factors like home/away splits, riding order number, how old the average is, and that's before we even get onto assessed averages. They are full of anomalies, but I'm struggling to see a better option, my conclusion is they remain the least worst alternative.

The exclusion of Jensen and Kubera from the reserve list does seem perverse. However I am content with the likes of Holder and Fricke competing in the challenge.These are exactly the sort of riders challenge contenders should be proving they can beat if they are to show they deserve a GB spot. Without them we just risk having more Berntzon, Cook and Kasprzak's squeezing in on the strength of one outstanding performance.

Wouldn't a cup final against Sheffield be preferable?

Although the Polish speedway press does tend to run with things that don't meet conventional journalistic standards, so hopefully it's not true.

Yes I live in the real world and understand how the legal system operates.

Yes please

The decision was presumably made by the BSPL to do a reverse ferret in the face of the threat of (potentially expensive) legal action.

But Berntzon v Zmarzlik or Laguta v Kasprzak turned out not to be unpredictable in 2021. They met 44 times in the series and Bart and Artem won all 44 encounters.

All the evidence is that BSF opinion on guests ranges from 'necessary evil' to outright opposition. I can see no love for them.

A lawyer hired by Belle Vue is not an independent opinion. I'm pretty sure the BSPL could hire a lawyer and get a counterbalancing opinion. Without going to court what Belle Vue are waving about remains just an opinion. Unless there is a judgement in a court of law (and I have seen no suggestion that there is) the legal position remains unresolved. You are the one relying on opinion, and that is a fact.

Belle Vue have not been proved right. All that happened is that they hired a lawyer to run rings round the BSPA (and not I should imagine a difficult task) and they backed down.

The very obvious difference is that the Woffinden team change was entirely within the rules s they were at the time whereas the Lambert one took place under a rulebook that supposedly was written to prevent such changes.

But a good opportunity for Aces riders to lower their season end green sheets.

If you want the GP series to be the best riders in the world then this has to be the correct set of riders. [Pending the reintroduction of Laguta and Sayfutdinov ] Creative choices for the reserve list.

They had the misfortune to be not very good.

Poole- Plymouth is often billed as a derby match - 118 mile drive taking 2½ hours! Edit: I see foreverblue beat me to it.

Until the Jubilee Trophy Final the following week (or possibly early November)

But last time the Lions went up midweek crowds were pretty gash, so it strikes me as a bit of a risk.

I am unaware of any legal judgement to that effect. BV simply threatened legal action and the BSPL caved in. That said it shouldn't be difficult for a decent lawyer to run rings round the BSPL even when they are on solid ground (as I believe they are in this case).

Sounds like the play-off final could be 29th and 30th if Leicester and Mildenhall get thru semis.

Yes you can have a guest but as Edwards and Jenkins are the only viable options r/r is a much better bet.