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Well I am not so sure you are right, Brum will have the best 2 reserves on paper, that 40 point limit will mean you can have Tom, Zach, and still leaves you with 16 points for the other 3, personally I would go for another 3 pointer, and use the 13 points for two progressive second strings. I don't know why the tactical rides have been done away with, but seems a pretty sensible agm all told, Great to see The Islanders and Colts back in the NL, except for reinstating Play Offs, never agreed with them, and never will.

The point I made earlier about James not beating Top riders, has to be taken in the context that I said it, when you are against another heat leader yes he can come from the back, but when up against 3 other Heat leaders its so much more difficult, as by the time you get past one rider, very often the other two are away and gone,.

Good NL signing is James Shanes, however there is one thing that will stop him developing past being an exciting NL Heat leader, and thats his gating yes its possible to come from the back against NL second strings and maybe one heat leader, but when you have to do it week in week out against PL riders its a darn lot harder, just look at Rob Branford and your own Ben Morley who i consider to both being better riders in the NL at this moment in there careers than James Shanes, they struggle to get points in the PL James would struggle even more, but he is an exciting NL rider of that there is no doubt.

Its to be hoped that they know when the AGM is then.

Needs to knuckle down, and concentrate on his on Track activities.

You more than likely have the best reserve pairing in the League, Tom will do a solid scoring job in the NL as he always has done, he definately wont be your No1, I'm expecting Zach to take on that role, Kirby has said he is taking a year out. I'm thinking Brum will have a good top and bottom end, and to that end The Judge will be looking to sign 3 middle order riders on an average that will mean two of them can drop to reserve occasionally, and the other can fill in as the 3rd heat leader.

Yeah Toms a good NL rider and value for money, and having been discarded by Cradley twice in three seasons Im sure its good for his moral to feel wanted.

The Dogs will continue, especially the Bags meetings as its income for Stadia UK, so long as they continue then the Tracks are safe, the time to worry will be if/when the Greyhounds stop running until such time as the new track/s are up and running. Personally i would say its more a case of believe it when you see it with this company.

My understanding is, Monmore only want Speedway on 1 night per week.

Yes this is the same guy, and the same company under a different guise these days, and the history of Bristol, Milton Keynes, Reading does not bode well for Swindon, I don't understand why PP has not already been granted, they have had long enough to sort it out by now, or is it that Stadia UK have become expert at engineering delays, just so that the houses are built first and there is NO need then to provide a Stadium so they can then demolish a ramshackle Stadium that could well be a Health & Safety risk by that time, and Clark Osborne, Bill Glass and there merry band of asset strippers can have an increased pension pot by then.

I n I didn't realise we had gone away, only that we were for sale.

Rider availability ? ie Tai.

Harlow Greyhound Stadium may well be interested in staging Speedway racing, but the likeliehood is that its much to close to Rye House.

The Wolves management need to do something drastic and quick, otherwise the fans will be voting with their feet, i realise the last 2 x 60 point Ommerings were away from home, but dearie me they should be doing better than this. The new 3 year contract with Monmore may be better spent in the PL if the present situation continues with being unable to Track a competitive EL Team.

Mate i dont care that you dont care, Im happy that Brum are doing well, an old mate of mine is Brian Buck, as you know its hard playing second fiddle to near neighbours, i said at the start of the season Top three would come from Mildenhall, Birmingham and Cradley injuries permitting, i wasnt to far out with that, i have said on other social media pages Jack Smith would be a decent addition to Brums seven, but it really looks like you dont need him.

Did i say there was anything wrong with it ? with regards R/R Brum were happy to use it with Zach at reserve oh and the mystery injury to Harvie when Brum rode at Kent again while Zach was at reserve, Drury has always been cute when it comes to the NL rule book. Josh Bates opted NOT to ride full time NL this year, Im sure there were Teams that would have been only to happy to have signed him.

See Brum and Eastbourne are not letting the Grass grow under their feet when it comes to quickly finding replacements for injured riders, there USED to be another Team that held the mantle of winning at ALL costs, seems we have been overtaken not only in the League Table, but in the win at ALL cost stakes as well, however well done to The Brummies and Eastbourne, it makes a change watching which Team will come out on Top.

So putting it another way; he had a fall, 2 x last places (3rds), beat his Team mate (1st season rider), and a genuine 3rd place (beating the Rye House No8), which breaking it down to hard facts totals 5 points which can be, and is very misleading taken at face value. However Danno is a nice kid, perhaps to nice to be a Speedway rider.

I note Danno Verge scored 5, but looking at updates more than half of them were gifted, he seems to have gone backwards from a not very high standard to begin with, Kent have nothing to lose by giving other riders a chance at reserve.

I take your point but I don't accept it, No1 can be covered by a guest, Ellis/Clegg etc etc, but there is a vast difference in Nathan Greaves rides being taken by (Luke Harris) in no way are they of comparable ability at this moment in time. Those who say it's only 1 defeat it's actually 3 meetings that we have lost now, and without Nathan we will continue to struggle, Yes I am a Cradley fan but I'm also a realist, as for making changes to the Team if there was a rider available who could cover Nathan yes sign him, as for other changes I really don't see the point in signing like for like.

Mdmc82, im unsure if your comment was tongue in cheek, Cradley had their second heat leader missing so had to rely on rr, then to suggest having both No6s out cancelled each other out is total bull*hit, as Brums No6 has barely scored a point all season, whereas Mikey has a 5+ av and would likely have taken 2 rr rides, so it was comparable to losing not 2 but 2+ riders. Well done Brum on a good win which has just about ended Cradleys League title hopes.

From what i saw of Jack Smith in his only completed ride, he gated well and was well on the pace, then he had an horrendous looking fall, once he has settled to the Kent track i think you will be pleasantly surprised, however due to the weakness of other riders he wont be long at reserve.

So I take it that you enjoy losing ? we dont need an excuse mate as its rare we get beaten, I realise you are biased as you have a connection to a rider who Cradley fans had reason to dislike. Harris for Greaves might make them stronger, well Luke will have to improve 100% on what he has shown in League meetings so far this season. Winners will come from Group A, Coventry to just win.

Jack Smith, looks like he will soon outscore your present tailenders from what i saw of his first ride, and once he gets used to Kents Central Park Track, definately should have been an all four back when Jack was nudged by Perks, not the only decision referee Allan got wrong on the night, Ht 13 Shanes got up for 2nd. Danno Verge was very dissapointing when one considers its his 2nd season of NL racing, he was slow from the gate, and slow around track, either his bikes are to slow, or its just that Danno is not up to it.

To all you guys that keep knocking Kelsey Dugard Kelsey Dugard, just check his average and compare with all the other No7s http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_8.pdf By my reckoning there are only two reserves with higher averages than Kelsey, they are Cradleys Mike Neale, and your own Georgie Wood, so to be ranked 3rd out of 20 aint bad, some people should be careful what they wish for.