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On 9/11/2023 at 9:49 PM, foreverblue said:

Yes  they can use a  guest for their number one as can any team throughout the season, what you cannot do is replace your number one just for the play offs ;like Belle Vue did last season. R/R is not ideal, Wright would be a big miss for any team.

BV didn't replace their #1 "just for the play-offs", they replaced him when they had to because of injury. They used the same regulation that Sheffield and Ipswich had used to make an additional line-up change - and both the Tigers and the Witches abused that Reg when the "long term injury" rider came back to race in the Championship, but not for the Prem team. In Sheffield's case the replacement improved their team and the injured rider never came back. For the Witches, they brought the injured rider back for one league match, which meant he would be eligible for their 2023 line-up.

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It is a shame that the ultimate showdown is blighted by injuries but the real champions are those who topped the league table at the end of the regular racing season. The play offs have an attraction from a media perspective and the build up in whatever European league/country they are being raced generates some tribal following which adds to the atmosphere but when the end of season matches are subject to manipulation through the use of rider cover, it does seem to devalue the result. Let’s hope that the four teams taking place can put on a competitive show and notwithstanding the current crop of injuries, the final meetings are close and competitive events and fingers crossed regarding those hopefuls who will come to the tapes in 2024.

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Not read through all the posts so might be posting what others already have but how Mark Lemon can say they’ve been unlucky with injuries in the play offs compared to the other teams is ridiculous.

Sheffield have lost their best 2 riders & Ipswich have lost Doyley who is irreplaceable.

Yes The Aces have lost Charles & might be without Blodorn but they are not unlucky as Lemon put it.

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19 minutes ago, Crazy robin said:

Not read through all the posts so might be posting what others already have but how Mark Lemon can say they’ve been unlucky with injuries in the play offs compared to the other teams is ridiculous.

Sheffield have lost their best 2 riders & Ipswich have lost Doyley who is irreplaceable.

Yes The Aces have lost Charles & might be without Blodorn but they are not unlucky as Lemon put it.

To be fair to Mark the article was published on Sunday but Hayley spoke to him the day before and before the GP where Jason was injured. It was also before Tobiasz was injured on Sunday. I also think he was referring to the fact it’s been five times out of the last six that we’ve been hit by play off injury woes. 

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51 minutes ago, Crazy robin said:

Not read through all the posts so might be posting what others already have but how Mark Lemon can say they’ve been unlucky with injuries in the play offs compared to the other teams is ridiculous.

Sheffield have lost their best 2 riders & Ipswich have lost Doyley who is irreplaceable.

Yes The Aces have lost Charles & might be without Blodorn but they are not unlucky as Lemon put it.

Lemon means over previous years last year with fricke wright Etheridge 3 riders lost and year before kurtz when peterboro won 

 

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8 minutes ago, ouch said:

To be fair to Mark the article was published on Sunday but Hayley spoke to him the day before and before the GP where Jason was injured. It was also before Tobiasz was injured on Sunday. I also think he was referring to the fact it’s been five times out of the last six that we’ve been hit by play off injury woes. 

Fair enough then

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13 hours ago, Roger Jacobs said:

BV didn't replace their #1 "just for the play-offs", they replaced him when they had to because of injury. They used the same regulation that Sheffield and Ipswich had used to make an additional line-up change - and both the Tigers and the Witches abused that Reg when the "long term injury" rider came back to race in the Championship, but not for the Prem team. In Sheffield's case the replacement improved their team and the injured rider never came back. For the Witches, they brought the injured rider back for one league match, which meant he would be eligible for their 2023 line-up.

You are correct BV didnt replace Fricke before the play offs, they replaced him during the play offs, they had a guest for the first leg of the semi and Lambert for the second leg.  You cannot do that now, you also have to use the same guest for both legs but that rule goes back a while.

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2 hours ago, foreverblue said:

You are correct BV didnt replace Fricke before the play offs, they replaced him during the play offs, they had a guest for the first leg of the semi and Lambert for the second leg.  You cannot do that now, you also have to use the same guest for both legs but that rule goes back a while.

He didn't ride the 1st leg due to the legal dispute, Robert should been in the away leg at Ipswich. 

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4 hours ago, foreverblue said:

You are correct BV didnt replace Fricke before the play offs, they replaced him during the play offs, they had a guest for the first leg of the semi and Lambert for the second leg.  You cannot do that now, you also have to use the same guest for both legs but that rule goes back a while.

The point I was making is that BV used the "long term injury" regulation. The timing is irrelevant.
Each time I've brought up the fact that both Sheffield and Ipswich used (and abused) that Reg, people just ignore it, as if BV were the only "guilty" party.

I don't think you *have* to use the same guest for both legs - the Reg says:

"A rider may only guest for one team in any 2 legged tie (home and away)."

The wording was introduced to prevent the stupid situation of the same rider appearing once for each team in a two-legged tie. 

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1 hour ago, Call me wolfie said:

In other words he signed during the playoffs, not before them

Hi signed after Fricke got a season ending injury.  Which was before the play offs started, so no not during but before. 

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19 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said:

The point I was making is that BV used the "long term injury" regulation. The timing is irrelevant.
Each time I've brought up the fact that both Sheffield and Ipswich used (and abused) that Reg, people just ignore it, as if BV were the only "guilty" party.

I don't think you *have* to use the same guest for both legs - the Reg says:

"A rider may only guest for one team in any 2 legged tie (home and away)."

The wording was introduced to prevent the stupid situation of the same rider appearing once for each team in a two-legged tie. 

Yes I know as that is what happened years ago when Poole rode against Kings Lynn in an Elite League Final and it was decided that Morris had to ride for Poole in both legs and Ellis for Kings Lynn in both legs as it would not look good to have the same rider riding for two different teams in a high profile decider.

 

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36 minutes ago, SUPERACE said:

Hi signed after Fricke got a season ending injury.  Which was before the play offs started, so no not during but before. 

The rules weren't intended to allow it to happen hence the original attempt to sign him was rejected. It was only when Lemon threatened legal action because the rules were so poorly written that it was finally allowed. No one was allowed to due it in the years prior and no one's allowed to do it now. That's why it's such a sore point with many.

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48 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Yes I know as that is what happened years ago when Poole rode against Kings Lynn in an Elite League Final and it was decided that Morris had to ride for Poole in both legs and Ellis for Kings Lynn in both legs as it would not look good to have the same rider riding for two different teams in a high profile decider.

 

Which also put Poole over the points limit if I remember...

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55 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Yes I know as that is what happened years ago when Poole rode against Kings Lynn in an Elite League Final and it was decided that Morris had to ride for Poole in both legs and Ellis for Kings Lynn in both legs as it would not look good to have the same rider riding for two different teams in a high profile decider.

 

But having two Swindon riders riding in the Poole v KL final in the first place was considered absolutely fine....:D

I wonder why  companies who are none Speedway related dont sponsor the leagues..? :rolleyes::D

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39 minutes ago, Call me wolfie said:

 It was only when Lemon threatened legal action because the rules were so poorly written.

So finally, we can all agree he didnt break any rules then....

As they were "poorly written" they were open to "interpretation" and, therefore, "challenge"...

Just like all the "poorly written rules" have been brilliantly challenged and used down the years, ad nauseam, to gain an advantage by the likes of Ian Thomas, Len Silver, Matt Ford and probably many, many more... 

If you dont want subjectivity and ambiguity, then make the rules up using clarity and precision... .

Not hard to do....

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I often wonder what would happen if you had no rules about team building at all , just said each team must have 7 riders. Scrap averages completely for team building, jt retain them for statistical purposes. 

Some would say that the "rich clubs" would always win. Doesn't that happen now  ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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