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Fully expect it to go up.

Look at his last races, when he had more than 4 rides, which I assume were heat 15s 2',3,1,2,3,3,X. That's fantastic scoring. Should be a brilliant no 1 imo.

If the argument is a rider who previously doubled up, for example Jordan Jenkins, no longer doubles up so wants more pay. What about a similar averaged rider last year Jake Allen, did he get paid more than Jenkins because he only had one club? I'd assume not! If Jenkins asks for more due to no more doubling up, surely every other 6 pointer (i.e Allen) would ask the same? So if a promoter would say to Allen, "don't be daft you're not getting extra you didn't double up last year" they'd have to treat Jenkins the same (paying last year's Champ rates). * riders used as an example as they had similar averages, couldn't really compare Harris or Lawson to a rider not doubling up.

Surely one rider riding for the same club in different competitions gives the sport credibility? The alternative is William Cairns riding for Belle Vue at Leicester, then swapping teams to ride for Leicester in the NT, which happened this year. I'd suggest this gives less credibility to the sport than my suggestion.

Personally I think it would be horrendous if an 8+ rider missed the start of the season because there were 10 wanting to race in the Champ. While averages can always dictate a rider missing a team spot, to introduce a rule that guarantees a riders misses out is an awful idea. The thought that an 8.01 would become unemployed, but a 7.99 rider would be the most sought after in the league, is just what I'd expect of Speedway, sadly!

I made the comment last year that stand alone clubs should be able to enter both NDL & NDT competitions, with the same 7 riders. Buxton & Kent Eagles for example. Then all the doubling up clubs join one or the other. As long as it's decided before signings are made a rider could choose to ride for Kent (NL) & Kent (NT) or like currently Oxford (NL) & Plymouth (NT) for example. It didn't work with Leicester this year, as they were a last minute addition, so only Sonny Springer rode for both Leicester sides.

Morley & Ablitt were overlooked due to the averages to a degree, plus Ablitt didn't want to travel. Both of these riders would have done better than a 2.00 rider, but couldn't because of the averages. So it's not correct to say they weren't picked because they wouldn't be competent enough.

Would be interesting to see if clubs like Glasgow raced on occasional Monday's if Bewley or Kurtz was due to visit, likewise Redcar on a Thursday (their previous race night). I'm feeling the best solution is to have one big league, allow GP riders, allow clubs to race on their preferred race night & allow guests when riders are missing for foreign meetings. Not ideal I know, but I haven't read a single "ideal" scenario so far. Plus the likes of Danny King & Chris Harris etc who will miss out on doubling up, will make up for that with extra guest meetings!

It can be tough to judge riders in circumstances where they only beat "poor" riders, but also only lose to "strong" riders. When it's a team like Glasgow with 5 heat leaders & 2 inexperienced reserves especially.

Now I don't think this would work, but if they are desperate for a 6th Prem team, rather than running Northampton out of Oxford, would they not be better reviving Newcastle? Is the track still there? The idea of the other 5 clubs agreeing to cover any losses feels impossible to me (can't remember who said it on here) but feel a former team returning would be a lot more financially sensible than a new track in an area with no Speedway history (Northampton) or running a corner team at a current track (Swindon at Oxford).

My top 24 riders (weighted averages) league & trophy combined. 1. Jody Scott - 10.64 2. William Cairns - 10.32 3. Cooper Rushen - 9.99 4. Luke Harrison - 9.86 5. Joe Thompson - 9.72 6. Ben Trigger - 9.36 7. Daryl Ritchings - 9.08 8. Ace Pijper - 8.97 9. Connor Coles - 8.87 10. Freddy Hodder - 8.82 11. Max Perry - 8.77 12. Vinnie Foord - 8.65 13. Jordy Loftus - 8.58 14. Ben Morley - 8.28 15. Dayle Wood - 7.69 16. Sam McGurk - 7.49 17. Tom Spencer - 6.98 18. Jacob Clouting - 6.86 19. Senna Summers - 6.80 20. Mickie Simpson - 6.77 21. Jamie Halder - 6.73 22. Sonny Springer - 6.63 23. Ashton Vale - 6.42 24. Ryan Ingram - 6.07 Too few rides to qualify Nathan Ablitt - 9.55 Jack Kingston - 6.23 Matt Marson - 6.15

My top 30 riders (weighted averages) with home vs away split. 1. Richard Lawson - 10.40 (11.11/9.61) 2. Sam Masters - 10.25 (10.78/9.70) 3. Chris Harris - 9.45 (10.56/8.44) 4. Charles Wright - 9.39 (9.57/9.21) 5. Jonas Jeppersen - 9.00 (9.00/9.00) 6. Dan Thompson - 8.99 (9.08/8.90) 7. Kyle Howarth - 8.76 (8.66/8.86) 8. Danny King - 8.70 (8.46/8.84) 9. Craig Cook - 8.57 (9.47/8.00) 10. Peter Kildemand - 8.53 (8.65/8.43) 11. Erik Riss - 8.53 (9.26/7.79) 12. Scott Nicholls - 8.50 (8.19/8.74) 13. Drew Kemp - 8.33 (8.61/8.10) 14. Zach Cook - 8.30 (8.51/8.05) 15. Nicolai Klindt - 8.16 (6.55/8.81) 16. Victor Palovaara - 7.95 (9.21/6.47) 17. Justin Sedgmen - 7.77 (8.94/6.53) 18. Anders Rowe - 7.76 (8.19/7.28) 19. Steve Worrall - 7.64 (7.83/7.48) 20. Leon Flint - 7.63 (8.25/6.96) 21. Troy Bachelor - 7.58 (8.39/6.84) 22. Paco Castagna - 7.41 (7.74/7.08) 23. Lewis Kerr - 7.35 (7.84/6.84) 24. Jake Allen - 7.11 (7.57/6.47) 25. Antti Vuolas - 7.11 (8.62/5.67) 26. Kye Thomson - 6.75 (7.33/6.03) 27. Ben Barker - 6.64 (7.90/4.56) 28. Jason Edwards - 6.58 (6.95/6.23) 29. Connor Mountain - 6.40 (7.31/5.33) 30. Joe Thompson - 6.31 (7.79/5.23) Too few rides to qualify Nick Morris - 7.64 Oscar Polis - 7.56 Villads Nagel - 7.22

If you meant Douglas & Sayfutdinov, that was a mistake (now corrected)

Apart from Torun & Warsaw, every track has a double header. Only Belle Vue hosting 2 GPs, others hosting SGP2, SGP3, SGP4, SON2 or SWC meetings. Fans wanting a weekend of racing have plenty of options. SWC qualifiers & SON2 on GP weekends will probably help the organisers make money / lose less money than this year.

At Armadale, I'd have Wood before Smith. Wolbert would be an amazing signing on a 5 or 6 average.