Team:King's Lynn Stars   On 11/21/2024 at 9:30 AM, SaddlebowRoad said: so if rumours are accurate brum will look something like museilak zagar nilsson jeppesen thorsell rew edwards not too shabby if so     Expand   I’ve got starting averages as follows:  1. Musielak - 8.21 2. Jeppesen - 6.00 (reassessed) 3. Zagar - 7.2 (existing average from 2022) 4. Nilsson - 6.00 (reassessed) 5. Thorsell - 7.33 (existing average from 2019)  6. Rew - 5.67 7. Edwards - RS Total - 40.41 This means either Zagar or Thorsells existing average is going to have to be reassessed. Most likely Thorsell as his was achieved 5 years ago. If the rules remain the same as per 2024 regulations he will come in on a 6.00 also, meaning Birminghams final 1-7 would be like this: 1. Musielak - 8.21 2. Jeppesen - 6.00 3. Thorssell - 6.00 4. Nilsson - 6.00 5. Zagar - 7.2 6. Rew - 5.67 7. Edwards - RS Total - 39.08   So if it is Jeppesen, then it's beginning to look like the guys over in Norfolk have a pretty good idea what the final team is going to be.    

You can stick your black hole where the sun don't shine.

But an Ipswich fan definitely isn't going to be told the same thing, right?

doesnt really matter how its structured, if it means more riders getting more rides on more different tracks then its all good this level of speedway is about development pure and simple, or should be 

jeppesen 

I agree, and Hilly is correct, riders will inevitably end up where they want to go. Jenkins has all but admitted that Birmingham “picked” him but he refused to go there. Kings Lynn also wanted him but he refused their advances also, the Lynn fans will tell you that. Rob Lyon was openly telling them that Jenkins would be targeted for their rising star berth.    An Oxford fan talking to Jenkins, at Oxford, is obviously going to be told what they want to hear. He’s not going to tell an Oxford supporter that he didn’t want to be there is he. The lad wanted a return to Ipswich (and has stated his reasons for it) and dug his heels in to get his move.    Jenkins is arguably the strongest rising star on the Premiership list, there is absolutely no way on earth that THREE clubs (Birmingham, King’s Lynn, Oxford) all ignored him and left the fourth choice club (Ipswich) to seemingly win the lottery. Nobody believes that surely.    The draft picks are a nonsense, no rider should be forced to ride anywhere and I’m personally glad that some have called that out and got the rides they wanted. But I agree with you 100%, why they’re still pretending that this stupid draft order picking is a thing and playing the supporters for fools I’ve no idea. “Big changes” for 2026 apparently (yes I know we’ve heard that before) so I expect this to be dropped this time next year.