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Who's left for Leicester? Batchelor, Walasek, North, Barker, Grajczonek, Lawson?

There will be 3 way above the rest as things stand now.

As I was responding on a Coventry thread I didn't feel the need to add them as it was already suggested we will be pants in 2016. Luckily for us we can make a quick change if it doesn't go well in the Elite Shield!

Lakeside, Wolves, Leicester and maybe Kings Lynn will also have lets say average sides next year.

Long as the stadium is constantly used it should be excellent for the Aces.

Are Belle Vue in charge of running the stadium and getting the revenue from non speedway events too?

Riders and Sandhu probably get most of the admission/food and drink money to be honest.

I'm getting bored of it all to be honest.

Garrity, Sarjeant and Bates will maybe Harris a little but yeah I agree with you with the line up at present. Other sides will look just as poor though to be honest. I doubt we will see this 1-7 finishing the season.

Once we signed King we narrowed the amount of riders available for the last spot. Would've been far better to sign a Larsen or Sundstrom (if they want an EL spot) then had far more options to play with. Couldve then signed Barker or Summers for the last spot.

Its known as a Bees meltdown by some on twitter. Will the heatleader list be discarded soon as the season starts? Was it just for team building purposes or a general rule for the season? King will need to up his game in a heat leader rule for sure. I get the impression with King that he performed better against heatleaders as a 2nd string than he did as a heatleader himself last year?

Nice try I'm sure someone will bite!

Sarj was averaging around 5 last season at reserve so without Garrity as his partner you would expect more, wouldn't be surprised if he's in the top 5 after 4 meetings and Woryna or King dropping to reserve. Shows how barmy the rules are this year!

For whatever reason Garrity didn't want to be part of the draft, makes no sense to me now they can move up. Although I would say at PL level Garrity is a better rider than those you named (averages 1.5 more than some of those at PL level) but most of those will soon move up to the 1-5 after 4 meetings anyway so will be interesting to see who will do well when moving up.

With the way the rules seem to be we could easily see draft riders as heatleaders and vice versa

If Summers can average over 6 as a 2nd string then Garrity can too I'm sure. Depends on King and Woryna (or replacement) for me. King needs to do better in a heatleader role. Wouldn't be surprised if Harris added a little more onto his as well with a few riders giving Britain a miss this year.

So Buczkowski isn't on the heatleader list. What a farce.

Children free at Brandon in 2016.

Where did i says fans should be optimistic, im not to be honest. Garrity is far to good to be a reserve so probably 3 but I will wait till I see Woryna live in the EL before passing comment. Team doesn't look great ive already said that but I don't think many sides will to be honest.

Erm they did pretty much did that last year! The last few Poles we've had haven't exactly done well so understand fans being pessimistic. Also having 7 points to play with didnt help, if we had 5.5-6 I think fans would probably give the lad the benefit of the doubt. Low expectations may help the lad, dont think he'll be a Jamrog but a big ask for him all the same.

I used to make up my own results at home and for some reason Coventry Bees always won the league!

But they have in the past started with a line up with changes in mind. You could claim they have signed untried Poles in the past, Szczpeniak being one and even Gomólski was awful over here before 2015. Gomólski had a breakthrough year last year which helped them massively, although they did just have them to fit the limit. Im not saying its a good signing far from it but really don't see it as an issue, if Woryna score 0 in the two Shield matches he will be replaced. Same with any rider showing low scores.

Garrity will be fine, id say he'd stick a point on his average. Key for me is King, he needs to show more as a 3rd heatleader, he is capable. If it wasn't a play off system to determine the champions I dont think Woryna would be signed. Clubs can take a risk early on.

Of course there will be riders available in March. There are bound to be some that hoped to get a Polish or Swedish but missed out so would then be willing to ride here. Everyone thought we wouldn't bring Kylmakorpi in when we did.

We have challenge meetings beforehand and could make a change before the first set of averages like last year IF Woryna does score the Olympic rings True but you know the point I was making. Same with any rider.