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Assume the Promotion were aware of the rules when they signed Polis? Given apart from Poole & Oxford, all other Championship tracks home nights are Friday/Saturday, the likelihood of clashes of interest for Polish riders is higher. Edinburgh are the only CL side to sign a Pole for 2025. Glasgow seem to have learned from the problem of signing European riders with Polish commitments, in the past, and wisely have opted to track seven Englishmen, with the added bonus of the 2.5% starting GSA allowance this Season. From a PR perspective, any newcomers or resident Polish fans who bought tickets because of the "Polish attraction", this might deter any interest in further visits to Armadale 😒

Was that taking into account the 2.5% GSA deduction for UK riders in their team?

Noticed you ignored his away average eh😁 To remind you it was 2.05 - hardly inspiring for someone who has been riding since 2013!

If you have the early bird discount option, the deadline is 31st December however.

Rather have James who could progress in a 2nd Season, than Coles who has been around for a long time & never made much progress.

and add Ricky Wells if not already mentioned

Very difficult replacing Killeen with a reserve guest of similar calibre. Choice might be restricted to Starke, Smith, Coles & Hodder.

You must have missed the coming together of Kvech & Fricke entering the 1st bend, which the slow motion confirmed, & led to MF colliding with JK. Seen this happen many times & the refs normally order a re-run with all 4. Should have been all 4 r/r in ht 3 when Rew was strangely adjudged the cause of the stoppage.

For Vissing, either Edwards, Kemp, Barker, or Rowe would fit.

You have take into account the GSAs each team were replacing:- Edinburgh : Sedgmen( 8.32) with Dan Thompson(7.28), Thomson( 6.86) with Joe Thompson(5.78) Glasgow : Flint(6.82) with Barker(6.32), Garrad(2.00) with Perry(2.00) Statistically, Edinburgh appear to have lost more potential points than Glasgow, but both sides were both restricted in their guest choices because of availability, & also the 7 day rule, in the case of Edinburgh. Only other options imo for Edinburgh would have been Kerr & Vuolas for the Thompson twins & also Vuolas for Barker for Glasgow.

Noticed Cookie withdrew @ Leicester tonight, apparently with a shoulder injury. If unfit for Saturday, Comets could get Josh Pickering as his GSA of 9.07 would exactly match Craig's with the +5% home meeting enhancement. Would imagine JP would be sensational round there.

Sam Masters is likely to be racing in Poland for Gniezno on Saturday & will Nicholls be at the Latvian SGP also on Saturday as part of the Eurosport commentating team? Let's hope they're both available at Glasgow on Sunday🙄

Already published that it's the Thompson twins for the Monarchs & Barker & Perry for the Tigs.

It's Kemp for Thomson, & Batchelor for Sedgmen, & Starke @ no.7 for Pirates.

Reported Kye Thomson received season ending hand injury in Sweden yesterday, so in addition to JS, will now be seeking 2 guests for Friday. Hopefully given longer notice, they will able to secure suitable replacements, having previously struggled to find suitable substitutes. Hard to envisage anything else than a comfortable win for the Pirates.