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I think when every club has chosen their number 7, Poole will go for the next best available. Can't imagine any rider willing to take half a season at Poole over a full season elsewhere.

This is what confuses me, why have a rule voted on by the clubs, which all the clubs agree to ignore? Why not simply say every club has to use an RS & not mention order of picks?

Can't see him willing to take a part time spot if he has offers elsewhere for a full season. If they're expecting to bring Nicholls in, it's more likely someone who wasn't planning to do Champ this year imo

Last year Nathan Ablitt's average for Scunthorpe was rounded down, so gotta be 10.33 if they're consistent

I believe Hume was signed because he's the best rider available, not because he had a good season last year (if he had a good season his average would've been too high). Even if he does poorly, that's kind of to be expected from a 3 point reserve in a strong league. It's pretty simple, Sheffield's top 4 need to win them matches, if they lose I wouldn't be blaming the signing of Hume.

By my sums, that team is over the limit? Richard Lawson 9.17 Lewis Kerr 7.76 Zach Cook 6.23 Anders Rowe 6.11 Sam Hagon 4.73 Tobias Thomsen 4.41 Two Pointer 2.00 Total 40.41

Harris himself said when dropped " i can confirm that I am not in Oxford plans for 2025, but thank everyone involved in the club for 2024" That doesn't sound like a rider who didn't want to stay

Although Pickering, Brennan & Ben Cook all decided to leave the Champ, there's always a chance they'd be willing to come back for a short term deal if they knew Scott's likely return date?

So I've read on here, but until he's announced people are still gonna discuss him in other teams.

Five months before the season has started & some clubs haven't announced any riders, so no I wouldn't be concerned yet. Plenty of unsigned riders still out there.

Riss has a lower average than Nicholls, so if the teams average went above 40 when Nicholls is fit, might not be as simple as that? As Nicholls won't start the season, don't think they can use a rider as a 28 day replacement like they can during the season? Of course if the team is below 40 or Riss ups his average to 8.6+, no issue!

I did wonder if that could happen?

That would have to be the strongest reserve pairing in the league surely?

How about? Justin Sedgmen 7.92 Paco Castagna 7.11 Kye Thomson 6.53 Cameron Heeps 6.37 Victor Palovaara 5.00 Jonatan Grahn 5.00 Max James 2.00 Total 39.93

Every other thread in the Championship section is for opinions, rumours as well as facts official or common knowledge. This is the only thread for confirmed signings.

That's very realistic when the team manager is Peter Schroeck, this year they went from Kerr to Kemp to Killeen. So preferring Killeen to Jenkins is no surprise to me.

Seems an odd choice to offer a 3 point rider a spot to replace a 5 point rider you had planned to use though? If it was a week before the season, I'd understand it?

This was a quote by Chris Louis in the Speedway Star after Witches 45-45 draw against Sheffield in the KOC final "Keynan was exceptionally good tonight. He has stepped back into the team after that spell at reserve and to see him riding that well in the main body of the team gives us great optimism looking ahead to next year" Obviously in September Ipswich were planning to have Rew in the 2025 side.

I can see where this idea has come from, clubs happy with 5 or 6 home matches, but riders wanting more than 10/12 fixtures. Would it be better to run as joint teams like Scunthorpe & Sheffield did? That way if a stand-alone team wants to enter (Eastbourne at Iwade) they can get a full season of racing?

Put in Fredriksen for Boughen & it fits. Think Lasse would be a strong reserve.

Not sure I'd agree with that philosophy, Hagon got his average as high as 5.18 this season, wether you think Thomsen should have kept him at reserve for longer or not, if a rider is capable of that figure they have to expect to move up into the team. Some riders make the step up to the top 5 easier than others, Hagon obviously found it harder than might have been expected.

Now Boughen isn't coming back, how about? Sam Masters 9.15 Scott Nicholls 8.53 Heeps / Jenkins 6.37 / 6.21 Dan Gilkes 5.08 Nathan Ablitt 4.91 Luke Killeen 3.85 Jody Scott 2.00 Total 39.89 / 39.73

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that one, for me this thread is for confirmed signings not common knowledge (unconfirmed signings)

I agree, now is the time to remove him.

That would make a lot of sense, unless Birmingham decided Rew is the difference between winning & losing thus increasing crowds?