Grachan

So are you going to say what Nick Morris has done wrong or not?

You could be right. I've tried looking up a few sites and it doesn't seem totally clear what their situation is on this. It also gets affected by earnings and so on. Personally I hope they are able to come back last year just for the stength of the league.

The cooling off period was scrapped in 2015 to give employers more flexibility, so as long as they don't over stay they shouldn't have any problems next year. http://www.workpermit.com/news/uk-immigration-changes-including-tier-2-visa-changes-6-april-2015-20150421

I agree with others that the only real flaw is the way they cut to a close up of the finish line to watch the leader go past regardless of whether or not there is a good race going on behind.

It will just end up as a load of uninformed whining like the rest of Facebook.

The only thing wrong with that is the lack of a 2 point win for a home win of 6 or less. I think that system worked better. Other than that it's a decent system.

At the end of the day, what is The Fours? It's little more than an open meeting in reality. And staged on the day of the Polish league. Imagine if the Poles had a Fours meeting on a day when there were British league meetings and demanded that the riders who ride in the UK attend. There would be uproar on here. Holder chose a league match over a meeting of little significance. He made the correct choice, and one would hope the same choices would be made in a reverse situation (such as with Doyle next week apparently due to ride for Swindon instead of in the pairs). Sunday is Poland's day. Everyone knows it.

The Poles have made it so that their league gets priority. British clubs (although I believe Poole refused) had to sign a contract to say that Polish fixtures get priority if there is a fixture clash.

The same with all clubs.

They'd be on a Polish visa as well. Should they make that their first commitment too?

Exactly what people are complaining about Poland doing.

I overheard people who would know talking about it, and Swindon paid 5 grand for Musielak. An increase of just 50 people a week on the gate through having a league topping side would pay that off, so I reckon he will pay for himself. I dont know if it was Swindon or Wolves' decision to make it a full transfer but it was sound business from Swindon even if he doesn't appear in the UK again after this year.

Yeah. We saw tonight at Leicester how much better off King's Lynn are without their Aussies.

Wow. That Lynn side is seriously weak. Chapman could be be responsible for the club closing down if they are putting out sides like that.

It's always in a year that ends in a 7. Or a 2.

Facing the right teams at the right time? It's the right time to be facing Swindon too. Doyle more out than in. Zach out for the year. Just as well Swindon haven't been at full strength themselves when facing everyone 'at the right time'. Mind you, is there a 'wrong' time to face Poole this year?

That, I believe, is a new club record for consecutive wins.

Shows how Rosco knew how to put a team together using this points limit whereas Poole went the other way and made a complete pigs ear of it.

Swindon have made complete mugs of everyone this year, and it's all very well people saying it's because they Mae changes but they have made fewer changes than anyone bar Belle Vue - and even lost out on their original assumed change to The Aces. Plus their sudden metamorphosis into a good team began before the signing of Musielak, with the Doyle and Morris-less win over Wolves so it's not onl because of their changes, although that has certainly helped. I do feel that that there is an element of Swindon doing well because everyone else is collapsing around them. How do you judge the best ever? In terms of the strength of the riders it's nowhere near. The league is very weak this year, but Swindon got the team building spot on while everyone else took the mickey out of us for keeping Jason Doyle. There were even Swindon fans, not so long ago, moaning that we probably wouldn't beat Glasgow in a relegation play-off. It's good to see us having a purple patch, but most of the opposition is so uninspiring that it's hard to get too enthusiastic.

An unfortunate situation, but Tungate announced himself fit and then withdrew. Too late to find a guest and Belle Vue were already using R/R so that wasn't an option. It's not stupid at all that he had to still take 3 rides. Otherwise any team with a high scoring reserve could just withdraw a poor scoring rider and give thevreserve loads of rides instead.

I never knew about Eric Boocock. That would have been weird. I always assumed Dag Lovaas had been a replacement for Bob Kilby, but with Lovaas formerly being a Reading rider I guess that makes sense.

Oxford v Cradley in 1975 - another walk out. Cradley walked out in the snow. I think it ended up 58-14 as Oxford went round on their own.

Nope. It was in 1975, I believe. JD signed for Reading and Oxford were granted a guest facility to cover for him. Who better to call on, eh?

Troy Bachelor.

John Davis riding as a guest for Oxford to cover the absent John Davis.