Lewis Kerr will be fine, exactly as fine as he was at Oxford when he had Masters and Nicholls to share the load. Along with Lawson, Rowe and Cook it will be one of the strongest top fours in the league and I have no doubt the whole 7 will be a match for Glasgow (If the rumours about their team is true) at the top of the table. I do enjoy a chuckle at some Poole fans worries at the team won’t be strong enough, I can only dream of my team having those worries lol. Barring injury woes or some drastic underperformances then I’d pencil the Pirates in for the play offs and probably the BSN and KO cup finals, semi finals at least.

He says " we've now created more meetings for the youth" 

Kent would sign 7 riders who wouldn't ride for anyone else. These riders wouldn't be looking for a second team as they'd be getting double the fixtures just riding for Kent. You wouldn't even need any extra riders, currently there's 6 teams x 7 riders so 42 riders needed. If Kent raced in both & another team went into the trophy, still only need 42 riders to cover both competitions. As for Lynn's replacement (if it was needed) maybe one of the league clubs would be happy with 4 home fixtures instead of 5. Or maybe Scunthorpe / Sheffield would race 2 home matches each instead of 3 & 2 if entering the Trophy? Mind you if a league team entered the Trophy to even up the numbers, they wouldn't end up with less matches than the league sides would as both competitions would have 5 teams. But that would surely be a better alternative than a 4 team trophy (3 home matches each). Hopefully Lynn do enter & alternative plans aren't needed.

If Oxford can't find a top rider to replace Nicholls, how about a solid team with strong reserves instead? Sam Masters 9.15 Cameron Heeps 6.37 Jordan Jenkins 6.21 Dan Gilkes 5.08 Nathan Ablitt 4.91 Jacob Hook 4.19 Luke Killeen 3.85 Total 39.76

As its two different leagues , the NDL and the ‘ Trophy League’ , using the same riders please explain how you expected Kent to enter both ? Same applies to your Kings Lynn statement,  why would an established NDL team drop into the ‘Trophy’ league and make the NDL league one team short ? Or am I missing something ? ( speedway now confuses the hell out me with riders riding for two or more clubs, clubs running three teams and rules that aren't rules for some but are for others ).  

Best rider I can see for Workington's last rider would be Jake Mulford, but I'm guessing he'll be back at Redcar, so Jacob Hook would be my next pick. Unless they find a suitable 4.00 newcomer.