Beowulf

I fully expect Ipswich to be the mix for the title (although you might need more from the reserves) and not my own team Wolves. Obviously, the pairs is a foregone concusion, so you can look forward to that. It was a an absolute pleasure to watch Doyle and Sayfutdinov last night, so kudos to Ipswich for bringing the latter back into the league. There, can we be friends now ?

Well funnily enough the referee agreed with my 'biased' opinion. So was the referee 'biased' ?

I have an opinion, sorry its different to your's but there you go. Surprisingly you might find that on a forum.................................

Dont they use the track covers on the greyhound track anymore ?

Perason must have watched 100's of rollers at Spoons with Gundersen.....................................

I've watched it back a few times now, and have to disagree with you, it was just a good gate. So was Schleins in heat 11 which was pulled back.

I think this will be a very tough match for Wolves. Doyle is a great rider around Monmore and hard to be beat. I ignore Emil's scores from long ago at Monmore, , they are irrelevant, a top rider. Heats 13 and 15 look daunting, and King also has been doing well. Ahead of the match I would take 46-44.

Line ups from the Wolves site:- WOLVERHAMPTON: Sam Masters, Steve Worrall, Rory Schlein, Ryan Douglas, Scott Nicholls, Zach Cook, Leon Flint.PETERBOROUGH: Chris Harris, Hans Andersen, Richie Worrall, Benjamin Basso, Nick Morris, Ben Cook, Jordan Jenkins.

Unfortunately I am of the pessimistic viewpoint. We have seen the struggles of Cradley to get a new track over decades. Whilst Wolverhampton Council may be sympathetic, I can't think of a site in Wolverhampton which would not raise objections from residents either relating to noise and/or traffic congestion. And they would be in their rights to do so.There are some houses near to Monmore Green, but I think there is a law which says you can't complain about a nuisance if it was already there and you move next to it. I wouldn't think that there are many residents locally who were there in 1928 !

I live no more than a mile from the track and yesterday I was working from home. There was no rain at all in the day or evening. Foreasts eh ?

The entrance fee is completely irrelevant, a 5 team league is totally unworkable.

Very handy.

The chances of that happening are virtually nil, the nearby experience of Cradley tells us that.

Where do you live, in the car park ?

And you are very, very predictable.

This could already be his season highlight. Expect him gone by June.

One good meeting out of three. You do know he has a history of inconsistency ?

Well Kasparzak most certainly was the key. I wouldn't expect that every week though.

With this being Wolves first away match it is difficult to say how they will do. As a starting point I would be happy with the bonus point. Kasparzak holds the key. If his home performance is akin to his away performances then Stars could be in trouble.

So have I, since his Ipswich days.

You must be mistaken, you have imagined those results. Monmore Green is a fortress and nobody wins there.

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· Kemp let go as he wasn’t really a team man, when things went wrong he would get quite down and insular. Kemp lives in Ipswich, but they chose Joe Thompson over him. Has talent but……………………… · Agreed to let Morris go to Leicester. Went down a particular path which probably would have meant having the best reserve in the league (with presumably Morris’ replacement not being as good), then Schlein contacted them. Thought about it over 3 days and then agreed to him coming back, resulting in a change at reserve. Zach Cook contacted them, and agreed to that move. · Schlein going to be kept busy riding in both leagues and having a full time drivers job with Hermes ( he had that when last here) · Adams helping Woffinden again and he is the lightest he has been for years ( Woffinden not Adams !) · Would not be surprised to see Thorsell back at some point in the future. · Flint had a lot on last year driving himself and doing his own mechanical work. Got a mechanic now to help him. · Need Becker and Flint to improve in order to challenge for honours. Becker in particular needs to establish himself as a genuine heat leader. · Every team needs a Steve Worrall, always helping younger/other riders with advice and equipment. Needs to start winning heat 8 though!

I once looked into this i.e. the 2 tracks nearest to each other. The answer, unless someone can prove otherwise, was West Ham and Hackney who were only 3 miles apart. So that could be said to be the biggest derby. Certainly Wolves v Cradley had a ferocity to it that perhaps wasn't matched elsewhere, and I have seen fighting at those matches.

Quite right, Shovlar's opinion is the only one that matters (in his own head that is ).