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Oxford 2022? Dan Gilkes 10.30 Nathan Stoneman 8.22 Connor Coles 6.04 Sam Hagon 5.75 Connor King 3.67 Eli Meadows 3.00 Danny Smith 3.00 Total 39.98

Berwick 2022? Kyle Bickley 8.75 Greg Blair 7.57 Luke Crang 6.41 George Rothery 4.92 Kieran Douglas 4.18 Ben Rathbone 4.00 Mason Watson 3.91 Total 39.74

Kent 2022? Ben Morley 9.18 Jake Mulford 7.78 Richard Andrews 6.55 Danno Verge 5.56 Jacob Clouting 4.20 Connor King 3.67 Vinnie Foord 3.00 Total 39.94

Plymouth 2022? Dan Gilkes 10.30 Nathan Stoneman 8.22 Connor Coles 6.04 Henry Atkins 5.86 Ben Trigger 3.57 Eli Meadows 3.00 Vinnie Foord 3.00 Total 39.99

I'd suggest you don't sign top heat leaders to increase their averages, you sign them to win heats & hope improvements come from the lower averaged riders. That being said I do expect Cook to up his average above 9.

Even if Basso had said he wanted to return to Poole, unless a contract has been signed, riders (and clubs) can change their minds.

That's an odd comment as Cook is stronger than every Scunthorpe rider (plus rumoured signings)

Henning Bager?

I disagree, fans may want to buy them for Christmas Presents & if fans want to wait till all 7 are signed, they can still do that!

Mildenhall look weak to me, but as long as there are another 6 weak teams they could do ok!

It's a "development" league, there's no reason why Muff can't develop into a better rider. Plus can't discriminate against age these days!

Leicester finished 2021 on 42.35 for 6 riders, so were always going to look weaker, having to pick a 7 man team under 42.00!

Offer him what you can afford, not what he wants (same for every signing).

I expect Birmingham to be well below the 42.00 limit so I wouldn't pick a 3.00 Smith at reserve. Fill the team with 4/5 point men & at least you'll always have good reserves.

You're certainly in a better place than Edinburgh or Poole fans though!

Leicester's reserves certainly have the potential to up their averages, but Rowe certainly didn't score well in the Champ, hence his low average. If he can show how early season Ipswich form, then certainly Leicester will be have a strong reserve.

My views of changes, one is stronger, one is equal, two are weaker. Douglas vs Ellis (+) Allen vs Jorgensen (=) Kennedy vs Pijper (-) Kinsley vs MacDonald (-) For Newcastle hard to judge with another rider to sign BWD vs Barker (=) An Other vs Roynon (?) Starke vs Mountain (+) Congreve vs Freeman (?)

Nathan Greaves started 2021 on 9.22, which was his Champ ave doubled (4.61), not his most recent NL average, which was 8.36!

Oxford 2022? Troy Batchelor 8.98 Scott Nicholls 8.95 Ty Proctor 5.42 Cameron Heeps 4.95 Kyle Newman 4.90 Jack Thomas 4.79 Valentin Grobauer 4.00 Total 41.99

Who would you have chosen instead?

I've made similar comments, someone says they don't want Crump, so I say who would you prefer, they reply with "a 6 point rider who will average 7.5" (but don't name names). It's easy to be negative about a signing, but far harder to suggest a stronger alternative!

Gotta disagree with you, if they wanted a rider, why not sign him now instead of April / May? Can't see any of the riders dropping their averages by much to allow the team to strengthen either!

I disagree, the "middle of nowhere" would suggest a track that isn't near any other track, up in the Highlands! The fours was held for years at Peterborough, which, while more central than Poole isn't close to the Scottish tracks. But there was always good crowds there when I went.

Tbh they with their top 3, Leicester won't need many points from 2 or 4 to win matches imo.

Mountain only rode 3 matches at number 5. But rode plenty at number 3. So as heats 8+14 are usually weaker than heat 12, should score more even before allowing for improvement!