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1 hour ago, Doners123 said:

Plymouth have 6.98 spare with new averages. Should Eastbourne not finish the season and riders released,

 

id be going…..

1 - Pedersen 

2 - Rumul could easily be cook 

3 - Crump 

4 - Kheller 

5 - Lawson

6 - Edwards 

7 - Bowtell

 

still leaves 2.11 spare to use

could swap for example Cooke or zane for Tom Brennan or Kyle Newman.

 

other options could be riders riding in Poland that have finished there season and have not made the play offs no idea who I’m sure others could say.

 

suppose it depends if Plymouth have an outside chance of the play offs if Eastbourne pull out 

There is such a big gap between 6th and 7th place and Plymouth have done more meetings than some other teams above them that I think they needed to win at Brum tonight to stand a chance. Also they seem to like giving the away teams a league point which will not help them at all! 

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10 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

There is such a big gap between 6th and 7th place and Plymouth have done more meetings than some other teams above them that I think they needed to win at Brum tonight to stand a chance. Also they seem to like giving the away teams a league point which will not help them at all! 

If Eastbourne have closed , points will be deducted, Leicester will lose 7 points, then the gap is not so big.

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17 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

True but depends how it effects everyone else too! Leicester also have a few meetings in hand too though.

Poole lose 1

glasgow 4

edinburgh 3

leics 7

kent will possibly be in the best position, 1 point behind 1 match arrears and have to meet leics  h + a

Kent Leicester could well be on same amount of fixtures

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The thing is Plymouth effectively have 3 league meetings left. One home to Newcastle( which they should win), then away to Leicester and Poole. They have done exceptionally well at home this season giving full entertainment to the crowds who, I believe, have come out in reasonable numbers to support them.

Remember they were so late being accepted into this league they had very few riders to pick from so therefore brought several new riders who had never ridden British speedway before. In addition they brought in Bjarne and Jason who were great crowd attractions but on very high averages that would be almost impossible to keep up. Jason’s injury did not help and only now have their averages dropped to a reasonable level. I still think the Plymouth promotion did the right thing. Also poor Henry Atkins was lost before a wheel was turned.

Therefore, with nothing to fight for I feel the promotion will stay true to the riders that the supporters have got to love and build for next year knowing they will have no Bjarne and probably Jason but will have true averages to build on.

The promotion at Plymouth have done well and are establish a firm base for the future.

 

 

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I have to say that from Gary May through to every rider last night they were all very polite, well mannered and a credit to their club. They had all the time in the world for autographs and photos and were very happy and approachable. Crumpy was very busy with fans and never turned anyone away and chatted to everyone. I could think of a few that could learn a lot from his professionalism and down to earth approach. Obviously enjoyed his night too and his battle with Riss, laughing and joking at the end. For all the negativity in speedway, Plymouth are a massive breath of fresh air. 

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1 hour ago, Sherborne Green said:

The thing is Plymouth effectively have 3 league meetings left. One home to Newcastle( which they should win), then away to Leicester and Poole. They have done exceptionally well at home this season giving full entertainment to the crowds who, I believe, have come out in reasonable numbers to support them.

Remember they were so late being accepted into this league they had very few riders to pick from so therefore brought several new riders who had never ridden British speedway before. In addition they brought in Bjarne and Jason who were great crowd attractions but on very high averages that would be almost impossible to keep up. Jason’s injury did not help and only now have their averages dropped to a reasonable level. I still think the Plymouth promotion did the right thing. Also poor Henry Atkins was lost before a wheel was turned.

Therefore, with nothing to fight for I feel the promotion will stay true to the riders that the supporters have got to love and build for next year knowing they will have no Bjarne and probably Jason but will have true averages to build on.

The promotion at Plymouth have done well and are establish a firm base for the future.

 

 

We also have Glasgow at Glasgow, so we could still have a say in the final playoff positions with Glasgow, poole and Leicester all looking like top 6 finishers

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4 hours ago, lewy said:

We also have Glasgow at Glasgow, so we could still have a say in the final playoff positions with Glasgow, poole and Leicester all looking like top 6 finishers

Question is ,how are they going to get all these fixtures in before cut -off date.(as usual annual problem).

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5 hours ago, The Dog said:

I have to say that from Gary May through to every rider last night they were all very polite, well mannered and a credit to their club. They had all the time in the world for autographs and photos and were very happy and approachable. Crumpy was very busy with fans and never turned anyone away and chatted to everyone. I could think of a few that could learn a lot from his professionalism and down to earth approach. Obviously enjoyed his night too and his battle with Riss, laughing and joking at the end. For all the negativity in speedway, Plymouth are a massive breath of fresh air. 

And a nice set up down there 

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1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Lawson to Plymouth replacing Edwards!

 

Rather confused with this decision - not disputing that Lawson is a better more experienced rider then Edwards but Plymouth have no chance of making the plays off considering they are racing away to 3 of the top clubs where even with Lawson they have no chance of winning. Home win to Newcastle was nailed on whatever the team. 

yet this decision is going to cost (assuming Lawson is on £1.5k a meeting) around about £6k more than having Edwards for these meetings yet will put very little in terms of numbers on the gate for a single home match? After Eastbourne this seems poor financial management which is ironic given the main team sponsor!

Maybe this is linked to next year being that the novelty of Crump will have warn off and Pederson retiring?

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10 minutes ago, TwoFourSpeed said:

Rather confused with this decision - not disputing that Lawson is a better more experienced rider then Edwards but Plymouth have no chance of making the plays off considering they are racing away to 3 of the top clubs where even with Lawson they have no chance of winning. Home win to Newcastle was nailed on whatever the team. 

yet this decision is going to cost (assuming Lawson is on £1.5k a meeting) around about £6k more than having Edwards for these meetings yet will put very little in terms of numbers on the gate for a single home match? After Eastbourne this seems poor financial management which is ironic given the main team sponsor!

Maybe this is linked to next year being that the novelty of Crump will have warn off and Pederson retiring?

Hopefully you’re right and this is the first piece of the 2022 jigsaw in place. 

Mark consistently provides the best possible “product” he can. This is another example.
 

 

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