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Cradley V Birmingham Tpnl 21/8/17 @ Monmore Wood


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CRADLEY
1. Tom Perry © 8.52
2. Luke Harris 5.92
3. Joe Lawlor 4.40
4. Richard Hall 6.00
5. Danny Ayres 8.30
6. Conor Dwyer 4.27
7. Paul Bowen (G) 3.30
Manager: Will Pottinger

BIRMINGHAM
1. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn © 9.13
2. David Mason R/R 6.20
3. Layne Cupitt 5.36
4. Tom Bacon 8.23
5. Liam Carr 8.84
6. Alex Spooner (G) 3.00
7. Taylor Hampshire 4.71
Manager: Graham Drury

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Easy home win IMHO, presented on a plate when the BSPA allowed Richard Hall to be signed by Cradley. Imagine how different the landscape would have been if Birmingham had been allowed to sign Hall instead of Mason, and Mason ended up in the Cradley team. Yep, a home win, manufactured at BSPA HQ, thank you very much. No doubt all in the best interests of British Speedway, to boot.

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I reckon Hall will only ride if he's fit....he's far too experienced to take risks.....I hate to back against my own team, but I reckon Cradley will be pumped up for this one and will want revenge?

4 point home win!

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Thing is u could of got rid of Mason and bought in Hall but you didnt im afraid.

That assumes that anyone had any idea of his availability. If you ask the BSPA once and are told "no" then why expect anything different by asking again? In fact by that definition, ANY club could have signed Hall, and there are those in more dire straits than the Brummies. I'm sure that had there been a general awareness that he was "signable" many other teams would have joined the rush to sign him. Makes you wonder what deal was done behind the scenes to secure Cradley the favour of his signature.

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I might be making this up but I'm sure I read in last week's programme that Drury said we tried to sign him this season before we got in Mason but he was assessed as a 7.

 

Looking forward to tonight, should be a corker, we could really do with getting a point and anything more for the Brummies would pretty much end Cradley's chances you'd think, if Hall is a little worse for wear and Hampshire's bike works for all his heats then we might have a chance, but I'll go for a 48-42 home win.

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Richard Hall was the obvious first choice when we needed a replacement for Darryl Richings but the reason we were unable to sign him was because he had just signed for Peterborough which made him ineligible to ride in the National League. The rules were not changed for Cradley, and they have done well to get him to join them - especially now that his assessed average has been reduced to 6.00.

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