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2022 Rolling Averages are calculated including 2019, 2021 and 2022 results to a maximum number of 20 matches (from Speedway GB website) BWD last rode in the Champ in 2018, won't doesn't have any previous matches to add for a rolling ave.

He may get there, just not there yet!

BWD getting a lower ave won't help Newcastle though! They already built a team well below the points limit, so if they wanted to & the riders are available, could strengthen up the team anytime!

Rules changed for this year, it's now 8 matches, doesn't matter how many home or away!

I think Palin is very overated. Godfrey expects him to be a heat leader, but his away average was far lower than his home ave last year. Take him away from Belle Vue or Scunthorpe & he's effectively a reserve!

Not wanting to sound cheeky, but how can you show the rest of the league that you are a good team, when you're clearly a very weak team?

Which two riders would you have signed then? As Belle Vue have shown, there's not a lot of options out there!

Didn't realise Newcastle were next to go to Leicester! Another 60+ score next week is likely!

Richard Andrews 6.55 (Ply) Luke Crang 6.41 (Ber) Alex Spooner 6.40 (Mil) Nathan Ablitt 6.29 (BV) Danno Verge 5.56 (Ken) Tom Spencer 5.53 (Lei) Archie Freeman 3.00 (BV) Total 39.74

Or when the bottom 6 are at home to the top 5!

I'm starting to think Leicester will score 60+ most weeks now! Birmingham were weak without Ellis, but that was a full strength Scorpions side they thrashed!

Leicester 50 - 40 Scunthorpe

Berwick 47 - 43 Birmingham

Top 2 are ok, both should average above 8. Expected Auty & Nielsen to average (6-7) as back up. Morris & Shanes (5.5) so would always have a good reserve, with a promising Pearson at 7, who seems the most likely of all the 4.00 newcomers to reach his ave.

Now all teams are completed - my final predictions: 1) Poole 2) Glasgow 3) Leicester 4) Oxford 5) Redcar 6) Birmingham 7) Plymouth 8) Berwick 9) Edinburgh 10) Scunthorpe 11) Newcastle

Belle Vue only have to race 2 home PJL fixtures, they won't be racing in even a quarter of the fixtures!

Great performance by Kent

Ipswich team seems stronger than I anticipated from the PJL

I do think the two clubs with the weakest top riders Lynn & Peterborough will both make the play-offs.

Someone has to be the weakest number 1, doesn't mean MPT is a bad rider. But considering 3 number ones are GP riders & Masters & Pickering (when Iversen leaves) have higher aves in both leagues - who else do you consider to be the weakest?

How can you "not afford to wait" to be Champions you only need to finish 4th of 6 teams!

Every team is different than last year, so Peterborough being Champions doesn't effect this year's predictions / stats!

I wondered how the teams would look using Championship averages: 1st Belle Vue 55.78 2nd Sheffield 55.62 3rd Wolves 55.37 4th King's Lynn 55.12 5th Ipswich 54.50 6th Peterborough 51.02 Belle Vue Max Fricke 12.00 Brady Kurtz 10.91 Charles Wright 8.58 Jake Allen 7.88 Tom Brennan 6.03 Jye Etheridge 5.38 Norick Blodorn 5.00 Connor Bailey 4.28 Total 55.78 Ipswich Jason Doyle 12.00 Danny King 9.22 Troy Batchelor 9.11 Erik Riss 7.84 Paul Starke 6.27 Cameron Heeps 5.05 Danyon Hume 5.01 Anders Rowe 3.78 Total 54.50 King's Lynn Peter Kildemand 10.65 Josh Pickering 8.34 Richard Lawson 8.62 Thomas Jorgensen 7.10 Lewis Kerr 7.66 Richie Worrall 8.13 Jack Thomas 4.61 Jake Mulford 2.00 Total 55.11 Peterborough Scott Nicholls 9.07 Chris Harris 8.11 Hans Andersen 8.00 Ulrich Ostergaard 7.82 Michael P Toft 7.32 Jordan Palin 5.70 Ben Basso 5.00 Dan Gilkes 3.89 Total 51.02 Sheffield Jack Holder 12.00 Tobiasz Musielak 9.32 Craig Cook 9.02 Kyle Howarth 7.79 Adam Ellis 7.66 Connor Mountain 5.19 Stefan Nielsen 4.64 Dan Thompson 5.05 Total 55.62 Wolverhampton Luke Becker 10.43 Sam Masters 9.41 Steve Worrall 9.28 Nick Morris 8.58 Ryan Douglas 7.96 Leon Flint 6.04 Drew Kemp 3.67 Joe Thompson 3.64 Total 55.37

Having Worrall & Kemp paired together twice certainly seems a weak pairing. That being said Masters & Becker are a very strong pairing. I defo wouldn't have put Worrall at 5.

Prediction: BV 46 - 44 She