Eastbourne boss Trevor Geer has accused his No.1 of not trying hard enough after another away defeat.

Matej Zagar scored just four points in a 55-35 reverse at Belle Vue last night as Eagles fell away dramatically in the last six heats.

Zagar was on the wrong end of 5-1s in each of his first three outings and saw his anticipated place in heat 15 handed to hard-working No. 8 Chris Schramm.

Eagles have made no secret they are looking to change their line-up and a new heat leader is top of the list.

Whether that means a new No. 1 or a rider to support Zagar at the top end remains to be seen but Geer is not happy with the former GP man.

He said: "We want a No. 1 the boys can look up to and Matej isn't providing that at the moment.

"He wasn't making the gate but I would have liked to have seen him at least trying from the back. That didn't happen.

"I wish I could say he was giving 100% but I can't. He is such a talented rider but we need more from him."

Eagles were on level terms after four races and still only 29-25 adrift after heat nine.

However Belle Vue then had 5-1s in each of the next three races, wiping out Ricky Kling's tactical ride in the process.

Joonas Kylmakorpi came last with Eastbourne's second tactical ride as Zagar beat Aces' powerful top two of Hans Andersen and Peter Karlsson.

Impressive a win as that was for Zagar, it was also a case of too little too late.

Along with Lukas Dryml, the slow-starting Slovenian was again on the wrong end of a 5-1 in the opening race.

Schramm, in for the injured Dawid Lampart, won heat two and Kling, as rider-replacement for Cameron Woodward, took heat three as Eagles enjoyed successive 4-2s to draw level.

Five of the next six heats were shared, the exception coming when Zagar and Dryml were again on the end of a 5-1..

This time it was second string Patrick Hougaard and, even more shockingly, Aces No. 8 Josh Grajczonek doing the damage.