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There are some promising NL riders who may be worth a go on 2.00 averages to leave more room for the top 6s averages. But there's not a single NL rider who I would call a "steal" on that average. The scores of Pijper, Ablitt, Killeen, Trigger & even Mulford show how hard to is to step up. The biggest improvers Coles & Atkins had many (half) seasons in the Champ before averaging above 2.00. Can't see any NL rider doing better than Complin.

You would assume most heat leaders would prefer riding at 3 to avoid the difficult heat 13 (helping their earnings) they could try Ben at 5 at home & Steve at 5 away?

Don't make jokes like this, as someone high up will think it's a good idea!

Nope, Iversen has a higher average.

It's always possible he'd have to pass a drugs test before being given an SCB racing licence, which I think would be fair!

Lets say a rider misses a match because his wife goes into labour or his mother or father died, does he get a 7 day ban? Would that then become a 28 day ban? Don't think anyone would call that showing "integrity" The problem with trying to make sure there are no "suspicious" illnesses by giving a 28 day ban, mean riders with "genuine" illnesses miss out.

It's a shame he's considering coming back because of travel issues to Sweden rather than missing riding in the UK.

I was about to say 95% but then I realised they'd have to finish below TWO of Berwick, Birmingham, Edinburgh & Plymouth to miss out, so upped it to 96% lol!

I agree losing away from home isn't the time to panic.

At home I'd go for r/r to cover MPT, away from home try & find a track expert. Doesn't matter greatly this week, even if they lose to Oxford still 96% sure they'd make the play-offs

Lynn didn't even bother to say "aggravated" injury, just said he was injured!

Well Lynn couldn't even do better than my "low" predictions!

Ask Cook to sign for one month, then go back to Andersen then? Cook had said the deal had to be right for him, so there's a chance. Basically just find any rider on 5.01 or above!

Doesn't matter if Lynn signed the best team manager in the history of the sport, it's not gonna help them win meetings now is it?

Totally agree with all you've said!

I don't understand the logic of Polish clubs stopping riders from racing here on certain tracks (if indeed that's happening) what happens if a rider get injured in Poland (like Luke Becker) are Zielona Gora going to ban him from riding in Poland because he keeps getting injured in Poland?

Leicester have picked their strongest 2 (2023 stats), so well done to them for that!

I would sign Craig Cook or Troy Batchelor for Andersen, just to get Terasanko at reserve for 6 matches (well 4 left now) could always bring back Hans if they performed even worse, but at least they'd have a potent reserve for a short while.

Nothing against the Edinburgh team manager, but I doubt think much attention is paid by any team manager in any league regarding the riding order. 99% of them pick the same riding order every match, regardless of opposition / track etc. I'm sure Adam does prefer riding at 3 or 4 (easier rides - more money) but team should be built to suit them not Adam - obviously it's possible the team manager agrees with Adam.

Maybe because most expect them to score 25/30 points lol!

I'm positive option 2 still allows them a 6.00 guest, "no facility available" means guests up to 75% of average, not juniors.

More people believed King's Lynn pit gate was broken than believe Laguta is actually injured

Totally agree with everything you've said!

They'd never have to use a "junior" if they said he's witholding his services, Laguta would get a 28 day ban & Lynn would be allowed guests up to his 8.00 average, if Lynn said we've told him to stay home so we can save money they it's "no facility" so a guest up to 6.00 (75% of his average). I think it's a massive slap in the face of all fans to just pretend he's injured when he's made a comeback successfully in Poland yesterday!

I'll have to disagree with you & stick with my suggestion mainly because it's such an easy swap to make - Hook & Roynon are very similar standard of rider, so whoever is at 5 & the other at 3 or 4 should have little to no bearing on the teams performance. Plus Edinburgh only had 3 riders who were going to be in heat 15 so he had a two thirds chance of getting 3 on the trot?