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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

Vissing only lost to Morris, Worrall & Howarth and finishes on 8 from 5 rides. Shows how difficult it could be for visiting heat leaders at Leicester this year! On the other side Joe Thompson scores a paid max from number 7, of the riders he raced against, only once did they beat a Leicester rider (not counting non-finishes)! So was Joe good or just have an easy night against weak opposition? Or maybe both?

After last night's performance, I'm guessing Plymouth could beat Newcastle without a 7th rider!

It's rediculous that different teams use different rules - only in Speedway eh! Rules should be made simpler not more difficult to understand for sure!

Cheers, appreciate it!

I have no idea why no drawn matches isn't good for "TV"? What's wrong with a draw?

My point exactly, the rule was used twice last year, once for a rider who hadn't ridden yet (Glasgow) and once for a rider who never arrived (Poole).

I don't think Edwards is particularly weak, but after heat 2, he meets the 1+2 / 3+4 pairings, with Newcastle having a solid top 5, it's a difficult position (number 6)!

If Morley is guesting for Ellis, should Nielsen not still be at reserve? Should Birmingham not be using the 75% ave rule, Poole & Glasgow used last year?

Only Poole's reserves on lower aves than Redcar's. Jenkins should be the highest scoring reserve, but expect Edwards to score 1-2 & Congreave 0-1.

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!