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For god sake. Another match where a no.1 will be missing. That's Lindgren, Holder and Kasprzak now... although some might argue that Kasprzak and Holder have been missing all season However this match has been in the calendar since the start of the season so why the hell there is a facility, is anybodies guess. What a joke. Not sure what signing the form has to do with anything?

Unbelievable day of results. The two sides fancied at the bottom of the table winning at the two sides expected to finish in the top 2. Strange old sport is speedway!

At least Hougaard won't be missing anymore due to SEC though

I'm hoping that means Hougaard didn't qualify? So if that's the case, I would say that means Somerset had the upper hand.

What a result. I bet the long journey was well worth it for whatever brave Rebels folk made the trip up north. The real Rohan Tungate has finally stood up. What a fantastic score and performance that looks to have been from our no.1. People continue to still write us off but if his form starts to pick up now, we could of easily turned over Swindon and Kings Lynn at home too but hey ho. Great to see a much better score from Starkey too. A fantastic team performance and one they should be very proud of. I think it's fair to say change(s) are still on the horizon but only after Rohan drops to the reserve berth - could cause one or two shocks elsewhere just yet.....

At the OTA maybe, but not at Belle Vue.

Would give Belle Vue an advantage that.

It'd be enough for us to win our home matches which has to be a priority this year. Two engine failures cost us beating Swindon and Craig Cook replacing Holder done us last night amongst other factors. If we had a good no.1 we'd of won all our home matches fairly comfortably.

Is there? The only way that would happen is by merging the Championship with the National League to free up Chanpionship riders to compete solely in the Premiership.

Bike problems two weeks on the trot now - that isn't good enough at this level. Can't gate for love nor money either it seems. He hasn't done masses wrong but it's a numbers game so he might have to be the one sacrificed to strengthen the team overall. I'm hoping he comes good as he can be brilliant to watch at the OTA.

Not to mention as I have already said, on the face of it it looks like an error leaving Shanes' last ride until heat 14 but it effectively won the match for the Stars - along with the brilliant Craig Cook.

Leaving Shanes in heat 14 was a match winning decision.

Like has already been said, the Kings Lynn manager made a right hash allowing Porsing to have 4 rides as he was beyond terrible. The worst rider on show, just shading that award from Rohan Tungate. It's worth noting that the Lynn manager kept Shanes in heat 14 for a match winning pass on Jake Allen out of nowhere. It's another loss that's hard to understand how we've lost, much like last week against Swindon. Felt like we were always in control but just lost out when it mattered. Congratulations to Kings Lynn but they really weren't that good. Craig Cook was a superb guest and backed up superbly by Lambert. Probably outscored what Holder would of done and full on effort, always a joy to watch is Cookie. Rose solid but not spectacular. Batchelor hot and cold. Huckenbeck seemed to be enjoying himself out on the wide line but Porsing was absolutely dreadful. For Somerset yet again Josh was outstanding, pretty much carrying on from last week but he had little to no back up. Charles done his job as did Graversen who was right in the mix again so fair play to him. However the rest were disappointing. The less said about Tungate the better on tonight's performance. It's an absolute disaster after last season just how he was to see how poor he was tonight. Not only is he riding an absolute lawnmower but he isn't making any starts, on the wrong lines and making so many mistakes. Even if he went to reserve it's hard to imagine him scoring anything. You have to feel he is under even more immense pressure along with Paul Starke to be given the boot right now. We are likely to get a hiding like most teams will at Belle Vue on Monday, but we can't afford another loss next Friday against a really strong Wolves side. The big crowds we've been getting will soon drop off if we do.

The meeting Hougaard has ridden in he has been brilliant for us. I just hope he isn't scheduled to miss a load of meetings because of SEC now. Hoping Tungate scores a shed load tonight. Would the real Rohan Tungate, please stand up.

I'm sure it is - but ensuring your no.1 and former World Champ is riding in just about every fixture has to be an absolute priority. Why on the earth both times Kings Lynn are at Somerset it's been organised when it's a Grand Prix weekend is just mind boggling.

Matej Ferjan did - He rode for both Slovenia and Hungary... and I thought Kylmakorpi represented Sweden in the last few years although could be wrong.

Joonas Kylmakorpi and Metaj Ferjan both switched countries in the World Cup. There was rumours of Emil Sayfutdinov doing the same too. Rory has British citizenship so can't see the issue myself. Sucks that Kyle Newman misses out somehow.

Of course it is - I was thinking he was on a 6.XX but that was before his multiplier in the old Elite League. My mistake.

No, that is wrong - the team would continue to build to 50 points with the relevant multiplier if they haven't ridden enough matches to get their new averages. It seems only individual riders could be reassessed within a team if that team has ridden the required amount of fixtures. I think the Adam Ellis example is a bad one as I've seen it said he only missed cup matches anyway and not any league meetings. Likewise Davey Watt as he has been dropped by Rye House now anyway. A better example is Patrick Hougaard at Somerset who missed last Fridays meeting. I would assume once we have completed 4H and 4A (or whatever the split is at the time) then Hougaard will attain a new average if we redeclare based on 3H and 4A where his average is likely to increase somewhat.

How is that a dig at you? He's made a valid point.

I don't know for sure but 4 weeks?

Didn't look injured when blasting around the Oak Tree Arena last night after the meeting!

At no point last season when I watched Rohan was he rubbish. He was only blowing hot for us last season. Unsure how all this average lark is going to pan out but every chance you could drop Rohan on his high average after he's done the required matches but before his new average becomes effective and then reintroduce him on his 4/5 point average for someone else. Just a thought.

He was superb for us last year too throughout the whole year - he was in my opinion the main reason we won the league. Looked a shadow of himself so far though. He was pretty ruthless on track last year at times but has looked very tentivie so far. Hard to disagree with that. The racing last night was out of this world.

You've contradicted yourself. Your post makes no sense at all. You know they won't meet their average but they need to be scoring their average??? Even if Tungate scores 8 he still hasn't met his average! And in 3 rides if Jan scores 4 like last night his average is 5.33.... well over what he started on for god sakes! As I said last night Starke was all over Bellego and Ellis when he fell and packed up when 2nd... IF he scored an extra 4 points his score of 5 doesn't look so bad then, we'd of won and everybody would of been happy. If only my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle though! There's being ruthless and then there is being stupid!