Matt Marston may have had a change of mind  causing a delay naming the fall guy.

Correct - Plus Danny has known for months he would need a replacement 2 pointer. It was him who originally indicated in interviews the team should be announced by Xmas. By that I assume the full team also starting. I assume it's because many who may be half decent have held off as long as possible or the likes of Max James who informed him he was not part of their 2025 plans had a late change of mind due to Edinb  not having finalised their originally planned team building. Maybe it will be someone like Chaz Wirtzfeld (mentioned on here earlier) a local Dorset lad who rode B.Vue 2 in 2024 (maybe also part of 25 squad) and for 2025 Plymouth 2. Would make some sense if he is still local and one of the better one's still not signed in Champ. Merry Christmas all.

Team isn't  complete till they are named though. 

Looks that way ..

The NL average is always used. It’s only Championship x2 if there is no NL average (hence why Roynon returned to the NL on a 6.00 at Edinburgh).   Unless of course, that’s also changed this winter but not been made public knowledge!

Why is being a third heat leader in the NL a bad thing? It’s not like he couldn’t turn the bike or couldn’t beat anybody!