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Now everyone has completed their sides, at least temporarily, here goes: 1. King's Lynn 2. Sheffield 3. Wolverhampton 4. Peterborough 5. Belle Vue 6. Ipswich

Chad Wirtzfield, if he fancies another go at NL?

6 man teams & NL riders at reserve

You make a lot of good points there!

This would be my choice of riding order: 1. Claus Vissing 2. James Shanes 3. Josh Auty 4. Ashley Morris 5. Adam Ellis 6. Stefan Nielsen 7. James Pearson

I'm predicting a 7 man Newcastle team can beat a 6 man Plymouth team. Until Plymouth finalise their team, not possible to predict them any higher!

Now Birmingham have 7 riders, need to change my predictions again: Poole Glasgow Leicester Oxford Birmingham Redcar Berwick Edinburgh Scunthorpe Newcastle Plymouth

That comment sounds like they have a weak team planned, a strong team doing well wouldn't be surprising!

That's not someone being nasty, as MPT has the lowest ave of the 6 numbers ones & 4 of the number twos, that's a fair assessment pre-season!

If that's the reason for Wethers being at number 2, Newcastle certainly wouldn't admit it!

With 2 opposition reserves weaker than any other Championship reserve, Diamonds will hope Congreve can score well.

You're right!

PJL will only consist of 2 x home matches, or possibly 3 if making the final.

The rule change they voted against, would've meant British Speedway not being considered a "professional league" this would've meant no restrictions if riders want to race in Poland, Sweden & Britain. But also would've meant any time Poland had a re-arranged fixture on a Monday or Thursday, they'd get priority over riders, meaning even more guests needed to be used!

Edinburgh won the league in 2015 with Clegg & Branford at reserve all year. While string reserves are an advantage, teams can win without them. Although I do think Leicester's reserves are decent enough.

They only have 6 riders, basing predictions on current line-ups.

When you consider Belle Vue let Steve Worrall (5.94/9.05) & Richie Worrall (5.37/7.93) go, but end up with Jye Etheridge (5.22/5.35) it's awful team planning. Especially when you look at their Championship averages!

Poole Glasgow Leicester Oxford Redcar Berwick Edinburgh Scunthorpe Newcastle Birmingham Plymouth

Personally I think it was risky, waiting to see if the rules changed, however once he decided to do that, surely you'd have a back up plan to still be competitive?

I've read plenty on the forum about Kennett not riding but nothing from Plymouth!

It's fun to look back & see where people placed Peterborough now!

Plymouth haven't announced any changes though?

They certainly do matter, 1&5 have the hardest rides, 7 has the easiest. A rider is likely to say what Summers says to build his confidence, no-one wants to think, "this'll be hard & I'll struggle to score". Could say number 7 has one hard ride & number 6 has 3 hard rides.

My suggested riding order: 1. Michael P Toft 2. Scott Nicholls 3. Ulrich Ostergaard 4. Hans Andersen 5. Chris Harris 6. Ben Basso 7. Jordan Palin

I'd say my suggestion of giving him the easier number 7 spot, is giving him a chance.