I was there also. It was also the night Ipswich’ 3rd strongest home rider (Ellis) crashed in his opening ride and took no further part in the meeting. Becker, and the rest of the Leicester riders had an easy evening. 

Don't believe anyone should include Sam in 2025 Comets lineup, it won't happen.

Many question marks over this team. Antti and Tate still relative newcomers and learners . Bowes and Lightcap total newcomers and unlikely to be as effective as Tate and Antti in their first season. Jye Etheridge can hardly be classed as an improver and isn't great away from home. Vulnerable for sure.

Maybe it’s Claus Kristensen. He rode for Berwick didn’t he

To be fair there's not many 2 pointers who i'd expect to excell next season (apart from Cairns). Think they all may end up a similar standard. I'd say Jody Scott & Max James are two of the more promising ones, but there's not a lot in it. Hard to say if there's better options than Perry when you don't know who else has signed up 2 point reserves. Glasgow will likely miss a high scoring reserve, but their top 5 could almost do enough on their own.

I'm not disagreeing, I'd say Boughen does sound like a weak number 3, just pointing out that other clubs may also have weaker number 3s too.