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Ok! I might go. Novel.

Wouldn't consider Basso or MPT a #1 Nicholls retirement?

Never really understood why anyone expected anything more than 6.5ish average from Pickering. He's not a CL #1, average less than 8.5 in second tier. Anything above 6 in top tier should be considered a bonus. Speedway fans are a loyal bunch, one or other will be enough, but not neither.

If Harris is off to Leicester. I am assuming Andersen will not be back. Is Basso the only 2022 Panther likely to return?

Castagna is a reasonable second strong in the Championship but he's never going to be any more than that! Thorsell be on 8.5ish average and his scores in Elitserien haven't been good. Unlikely. Woffinden said he'd only sign for Belle Vue if he only had to ride home matches. Signed for Vastervik in Sweden and will be in Ekstraliga, along with GP's that will be enough for him you'd think. Would Morris prefer to stay at Leicester?

The meeting at the NSS had better happen, my admittance was paid for in February with this rest of my season ticket

Not really sure why the meeting scheduled at Owlerton is the Monday & the meeting at the NSS is on the Thursday. Surely the natural order of things would be vice versa.

Do Ipswich have any meetings left?

Kurtz? 16 matches for Dackarna in Bauhaus Elitserien 18 matches for Łódź in eWinner 1 Liga. Plus whatever he did in UK, was his schedule this year.

I didn't think Owlerton produced bad racing last night but maybe the tension got to me, my only visit this year I can remember one pass. Last year I went twice and the Panthers visit was good, the Aces visit less so. I preferred last nights to anything I've seen from Monmore (only on the TV) since PK's retirement. Yes, Brennan came on leaps & bounds when paired with Zagar at 1&2, that was when some real NSS hammerings were handed out, towards the end though the two were starting to get in each others way. If Aces have a "rider of the year" award I think Brennan just edges Blodorn but no other rider would even be in the conversation based on what I've seen.

Guessing no way of knowing line-ups for a week.

So what are Lions hoping for? 1. B Kurtz 8.24 2. R Worrall 6.15 (=6.31/1.025) 3. K Pieszczek (can't find an average for him) 4. S Woźniak 5.91 (2016 GSA) 5. C Harris 7.40 (=7.59/1.025) 6. D Thompson 3.00 (??) 7. C Mountain 4.40 (=4.51/1.025, or do the RS's get some other discounted average?)

I was in Gorzow when a male British referee smoking a fag with his feet on a counter while being shown on the big screen in the stadium wrongly excluded Zmarzlik from a heat. Brennan & Blodorn did enough, just!

I don't really think British Speedway can ask more of its teams than the two legged final. Which was incredibly tense tonight.

Ask Mystic Meg, she'll know.

Yes, I saw fireworks on the TV while the trophy was being handed out & 10 riders were trying to squeeze onto a bench.

I'm unsure on the Musielak exclusion, need a better angle. Holder & Howarth have been poor for Tigers over the two legs Brennan rode much better than I expected and the racing at Owlerton has been much better than it has been when I've seen it in recent years.

Commiserations Sheffield Tigers. Couldn't go tonight due to medical appointment in the evening but it was tense enough watching on the TV.

Or good ride from Blodorn from the awful gate 3. Not that I'm convinced gate 2 is much better. Not using Zagar in heat 8 means Aces need a 1-5 advantage when he's with Kurtz.

So far so good for Aces but gate 4 has been an advantage and they've had it 3 times in the first 4 heats. If Holder was excluded Monday Kurtz had to go in heat 1 today. Ellis exclusion was frankly baffling.

Different times indeed, I used to enjoy watching Wolves at Monmore back then.

In my opinion SGP are planning a season without Russian's allowing Torun & Wroclaw to use ZZ for Sayfutdinov & Laguta again is denying two other riders employment.

Kronso will probably survive in Ekstraliga as Grudziadz are going to be abjectly uncompetitive.

Barely any passing at Owlerton after turn 2 lap 1 is complete these days.

Brady Kurtz to ROW Rybnik