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He SHOULD be in the heat leader pool as he rode most of his matches as heat leader last season.

Its almost like he knew he was joining.

A little shocked Poole signed him, thought they would go down a new foreigner route.

I was disappointed we didn't keep him, he's on a decent average. Was convinced he was off to Swindon.

So does 6 of the other teams.

Probably get Kurtz in the draft......

After his last season at Peterborough I think Larsen's average is around 7.2.

Agree. They've only gave an outline of what they hope will be ratified in November. Should wait to see how things will be implemented before saying whether things will improve the sport or not. They've given us something to talk about though!

Agree with Larsen, improved since his last stint with us. Much will depend who is in this heatleader list. There will likely be riders on a lower average who are in the list than ones who are 2nd string, Lindgren for example will be a heat leader but his average is 6.1. Surely he could ride Friday, we don't ride Friday on GP weekends. Would love that but I doubt he'll want the extra workload. Big risk on a 7.8, depends on the format I suppose.

No names stand out do they? Doyle may leave Leicester, might be an option?

A little disappointed, he's got value on that average.

No Hans Andersen for the Bees next year.

If your top EDR rider is injured and needed to be replaced by a lesser EDR the difference should be that clubs could now have points to play with in other areas of the side. So if your top EDR rider is injured it might not hinder your side so much as it did previously.

I think as they didnt ride EL last season it would be PL converted. Could be wrong mind, dont think its ever been consistent.

I don't think reserves will be protected if riders can now go up into the top 5 and vice versa.

Depends if the reserves are protected like the last couple of years. They shouldnt be now they have the ability to move up and for top 5 riders to drop.

Id have thought (hope) EDR could only be replaced by another EDR. If a 2nd string is missing it now has to be R/R.

So? All the clubs will be picking from the same pool of riders. No one wins or loses if draft riders EL averages apply. Just raise the points limit to 42.5. Is Garrity and Worrall a point better than Newman at EL level? Their EL averages suggest not.

Bit of both I guess but as Watt rode almost half his matches as a heatleader he should be in the list.

Davey Watt rode 11 of his 23 meetings as heatleader.

Watt is averaging over 7 he just has to be on the heatleader list.

Interesting one. There is a chance if Richie did get a EL spot then he could very well be a reserve after 4 meetings. Might be worth a punt for someone.

Will reserves be protected now they have an average?

If the conversion rate is the same I have it as Newman on 4.10 and Garrity a touch over 5.

We could almost have the same 1-7 as this year but its slightly over the 40.5 limit. Depending on who is on this heat leader list of course, I'm worried how that is going to be compiled.