Grachan

No Jason. No Nick. No crowd.

I used to like the Sheffield "pizza menu". Because it was free.

The best refs are probably the ones nobody notices.

Ha ha. Yes indeed. I just did a quick check when I arrived at work and didn't check previous posts.

Have checked the rules. Reserve can also take a tac sub/joker.

Can a reserve take a tac sub or joker ride? If not there's a possible 6 extra points from Lambert by having him in the side.

I think you are taking posts the wrong way. Nobody is hammering Mike Bast. The issue is whether or not he is one of the top 5 Americans of all time.

Rosco clearly never picked Ellis because he rides for Swindon because he pucked him last year too, when he didn't ride for Swindon. He clearly believes in Ellis going from how pleased he was to sign him after Poole released him. The wisdom of not having Lambert at reserve is clearly something open for discussion, but I would think the theory is to go with your best 4 and work on the basis that nobody needs replacing in any races.

The issue wouldn't be with Doyle coming back in for Zengi, it would be because of the 6 point rider coming in

And good luck to him. But, to me, that sums up exactly why he never reached the same level as riders like Penhall, Sigalos and Autrey. Had he possessed the will to come here and take his career more seriously then, maybe, he could have been one of the World's best, but without doing that he never was. Other riders, such as Jeff Sexton, were also a match for European riders on the USA tracks, but there's a big difference between popping out and beating Ivan Mauger in a one-off meeting and becoming a genuine World Championship contender.

Spot on post Sidney. Echoes my opinion completely. Even regarding the sweepstake on the bus in 1983! To look at how god Bast was you only need to look at when he rode at White City in the Inter Continental Final. He and Penhall were out of their depth. Penhall did something about it. Bast didn't and would have remained at that level.

If you did that and used 6 points to replace Gappmaier, surely you wouldn't be able to bring Jason back in when he was fit as we'd be over the limit.

If Tai has dual citizenship, he has chosen GB and that is fine. If he did switch to Australia then that would be his prerogative. As long he only rode as Australian from then on. Likewise with Rory. If he has dual citizenship and has switched to being a British rider then I don't see what the problem is as long as he sticks to GB only.

It's not a speedway issue. What about Zola Budd? Basil D'Oliviera? I don't believe for one second that Rory's inclusion had anything to do with bums on seats. My assumption is that he has British citizenship but, for some reason, nobody seems to want to confirm if he has it. Likewise nobody seems to want to confirm whether or not Tai has Australian citizenship. Why doesn't someone just ask them this? Quite. You got there ahead of me.

Schlein does have a British passport according to what others have posted here. If true, he qualifies to ride in the British Final using your own criteria. You can change your nationality. The question which nobody seems to answer if whether or not Rory Schlein has, and is now riding as a British rider, or if he is still technically an Aussie.

So you agree that there's no problem Rory Schlein riding in the British Championship if he has residency and a British passport? Is there not one person out there who can just tell everyone, once and for all, if Rory has a British passport and Tai Woffinden has an Aussie one? It can't be that hard for a journalist in the sport to find out.

There must be a reason he was able to conpete. I don't get why it wasn't just explained what that reason is.

It wouldn't have been that difficult. All they had to say was that he has a British wife and citizenship (if that is the case) I'm surprised they didn't say that anyway.

Klindt became the rider everyone wanted at the start of the season by being rubbish in the PL. Now Tungate becomes everyone's most wanted by being rubbish in the top flight. Basically, if you want to get signed up you need to be rubbish - but not rubbish enough to be TOTALLY rubbish.

We are better than Rye, Leicester and Somerset. The others 4 are better than us and will be in the play-offs. Swap Tungate for Gappmaier. Same thing. Still better than those 3 and worse than the other 4. All we can hope for is to get some good home results to keep the locals happy. I think the signs are that if Adam scores a few we can do that.

Don't let him get to you, Sidney. We all know he's really a Swindon fan on a wind up. If you take no notice he won't keep coming back. They have said that riders can be reassessed based on matches they have had so far, so maybe a few more meetings for Poole could see him assessed down to around 5. Time will tell. As far as Swindon not getting Tungate it's hardly a disaster. Yes, he would have strengthened the middle but we only need a few extra points here and there and we can get the home wins. The performance against Rye House was good. Zak is improving all the time and with Adam and BWD showing they can put in decent scores too it's not the end of the World. Strange, isn't it, how key these 5 pointers are. Before the season it was all about who signed Klindt. Now it's all about who signed Tungate.

I believe Zengi is averaging about 4 for Poole at the moment. Maybe if he gets a few meetings in there we might be able to fit him in when KK comes back? How long is he in the Poole side for?

No. He is 0.08 too high. This is the problem with speedway in this country. By doing well at Belle Vue, Sedgy has ridden himself out of a job. Rohan Tungate will go there, get double figures most weeks, and find that he, too, has probably ridden himself out of a job next year because of his inconsistent away form. At least we can have R/R for Gappmaier now, and cover his rides a bit better than before.

To be fair, it wasn't a given right that we should have Rohan and knowing how well he goes at Belle Vue it's not really a surprise he would choose to ride there. I guess the real issue now, then, is whether or not Dany Gappmaier actually gets to ride in plenty of meetings. He does have potential when you look at his scores, but no point having him if he's not riding.

Tungate is brilliant at Belle Vue even when he is poor everywhere else. Not surprising he would choose there if the opportunity comes up, although he might ride himself out of a team place for next year if he scores too much. Is Sedgy too high to fit in at Swindon?