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I don't think there's any need for him to "kick on" at another club. I'd suggest a 5 point Champ rider, getting a 3.1 ave in his first Prem season is already showing good progress. Averaging better than Rowe, Edwards, Thomas, Mulford, Jenkins & Palin did in their first "rising star" opportunities. If he gets another RS spot & carries on with his current form, he's done well for me!

I've never understood it myself, it's the same riders in league matches as in cup / challenge matches etc.

Nothing comes up, maybe I'm blocked? Can't think why though!

I'm not sure what fans expect clubs to do about the lack of fixtures. A great many on here / fb etc comment that there are far too few fixtures & I'm sure if crowds turned up to watch challenges, fours, pairs & individuals in good numbers the clubs would put on these fixtures to fill the gaps in the fixture list? The fact that clubs don't, suggest fans don't turn up (ignoring the die hards) in big enough numbers to make it viable? So when someone says there's not enough fixtures, I wanna reply that's because you (the fans on the whole) don't turn up to them! In the past they used to have a National Trophy for the stand-alone clubs (Kent, Mildenhall, Workington) that would've given these 3 clubs an extra 2 home matches. Not sure why that's not running? As an official fixture, would hopefully bring in more fans than challenge matches?

Dan was doing perfectly fine averaging 3.33 (4.17) so there was no need to look for a replacement, but once Kemp had a great guest appearance they've quickly strengthened up. While Joe's averaging 1.29 (1.81) but Ipswich have kept him. Witches should've been quicker to strength up imo & could cost them a play-off spot!

Do you have link, can't find an official Leicester Speedway FB page?

Bit hard on Dan, as he was doing his job, but should make Leicester stronger, so can't complain!

If true, it's a shame they waited till they were favourites to miss out on the play-offs before making the change.

Harrison was replaced before Workington's season started, so I guess their team started with Dugard then he was dropped for Harrison? No need for "injury cover" to be used?

Certainly would be surprised by that, despite Kemp's great guest performance, Dan T has done how job for Leicester. But can't blame a club for trying to be as strong as possible, something Ipswich have chosen not to do!

Used Sedgmen for a tac sub against leagues top rider Sam Masters in a heat where he could've been the r/r. Sedgmen had fallen in the previous heat, so there was no evidence he should've got the extra ride over Nick Morris!

Hope Rogers isn't too bad & recovers sharpish. But best keep Dickson in the role for the season regardless.

Hope they've managed to strengthen up, not expecting them to suddenly change into a winning team, but at least to reach 40 at home & 30 away would be an improvement!

I don't think Nathan Ablitt got a 28 day ban when he didn't turn up at Armadale last year? Pretty sure he rode for Poole soon afterwards!

Interesting rule that Riss has to wait till the 28 days is up to return to Ipswich, but can guest for Peterborough in the meantime!

Obviously Wolves couldn't tweet, come & see us hit 60+ against a weak Panthers team. Gotta make it try & sound interesting!

Makes a mockery of the injury replacement rule. Riss can't return to Ipswich yet but can guest for another team? I assume that means if King was injured he could guest for him, but not get his team spot back till the 28 days are up?

100% the way to go. Have a track that allows multiple passes every heat (Belle Vue, Wroclaw) then the gates will hardly matter. If a track can't produce these lines - don't hold a GP there!

That would be the most pointless plan ever, as the winner gets 20 GP points, wether he's scored 21 or 12 in his heats!

Don't be daft, clubs will vote on what suits them best, nothing else will matter! Look at how long the "rising star" system lasted in the Champ for example!

Bellego dropping his average doesn't stop Sheffield strengthening up. Currently Bellego 5.80 & Sheffield 38.78 (0.22 available) so Sheffield can sign a 6.02 rider to replace him. If Bellego drops to 4.00, Sheffield's team total drops to 36.98 (2.02 available) so Sheffield can sign a 6.02 rider to replace him.

Didn't realise how weak the team looked till I try to decide who rides at number 5! A few comments have been made about Iversen not being a number one, but who could handle the number 5 spot? Heats 13+15 could be a disaster for Peterborough!

No different to Lambert or Woffinden then?

What was rediculous, is after his missed Janowski's pass on the run in to the line. He then didn't bother to check when they showed the replay - again suggesting it was announced wrong!

Have to disagree, the GPs are for the top 15 riders in the world. Unless he is finishing 15th/16th in every round, then he's clearly still at GP standard!