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Who's going to be at reserve is the more intriguing question... Any ideas?

Yeah as you and others have alluded to. You can ride NL if your average is below 4.00 & you START the season in the PL, and can continue riding NL if you sign for a PL team during the season and your average is below 5.00. Stefan is 4.70 so he can sign for a PL team after the start of the season and carry on. Brundle was mentioned & he had to league the NL as his PL average was 5.14 I think.

Credit where it's due. The top 5 looked alright to good, but with Freemantle at reserve it's become very good! Good luck Brandon

Brendan Johnson has signed too! 4.33 left for 1 rider.

Pretty sure Lambert and Owen will retain their averages from 2011 so they are on 9.46 and 5.33 respectively. The top 5 announced gives you 6.44 for the reserves. Unless one of your reserves is Freemantle, it's a mid table team for me. There's no stand out rider for improvement and I think Kingston will be a bit miss, in regards to upping his average as will Coles.

Ooh Steen Jensen returns!

Great signing and looking a strong team so far!

That team has 1.47 left. Ben would do a good job! Brandon Freemantle would be a very good signing & is fairly local. What about Coles Nikko? Alternatively you could go for a big number 1 again, like Mills (on 9.98 I think).

http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.23450

By dropping Dan does it suggest that you're changing strategy and not going with Dan & a 3.00, ie not a 3.00 at all?? Maybe someone like Nathan Stoneman or Coles. That's just me playing devils advocate before I get the same complaints as the Mildenhall thread.

I only mentioned what was reported by a journalist, which was he's to be offered terms and Phil you favourited the tweet I got it from! In other news Mountain signs.

I've seen it mentioned by a local news reporter that he is to be offered terms and the team is to be complete by christmas.

You wouldn't say that if it was your club.

The first point has been reported in the press & the second is because Nielsen has a PL average over 4.00 so if he's signed by a PL team he can't double-up.

Phillips & Mountain are going to be at reserve so that leaves 10.37 for 2 riders. And Nielsen cant ride NL next year.

So the original team was going to look like: 1. 7.53 2. Dan Greenwood 5.76 3. Tom Perry 6.30 4. Max Clegg 6.27 5. Steve Worrall 7.09 6. Nathan Greaves 4.00 7. Brady Kurtz 3.00 I expect the title to go to Cradley anyway but, that team would have wiped the floor more than this years did! A final team average over 50.00 wouldn't have surprised me.

1. Joe Jacobs 8.71 2. Luke Crang 4.78 3. Oliver Greenwood 6.89 4. Dan Greenwood 5.74 5. James Sarjeant 7.38 6. 3.00 7. James Shanes 3.46 Thoughts?

Whether air fences make it safer or not, that is the rule and that's what needs paying for!

After today's AGM the club withdrew from the league, BUT have until January 31st to rejoin. They need £20k for a new air fence and have so far raised just over £9k, so a lot to do, but speedway community don't let this club fold! It may be the team that I support, but surely losing any side is disastrous, so dig deep please. http://www.gofundme.com/iow-air-fence DONATE!!!!!

Withdrawn from the league but able to rejoin by January 31st. SO you know what to do http://www.gofundme.com/iow-air-fence DONATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations on Cradley's first league title since 1983 in 2014.

What about this for a team without Birks (even though it doesn't put Auty third in the averages but I can't find anyone between Mellgren & Auty that isn't Birks or L. Lindgren): 1. Anders Mellgren 7.33 2. Carl Wilkinson 5.59 3. David Howe 6.34 4. Thomas Jorgensen 6.15 5. Josh Auty 7.24 6. Ryan Douglas 5.03 7. Lewis Blackbird 4.81 (with 2.5% reduction) Total: 42.48 Without Jorgensen: 1. Anders Mellgren 7.33 2. Hugh Skidmore 5.65 3. David Howe 6.34 4. Ashley Birks 7.12 (with 2.5% reduction) 5. Josh Auty 7.24 6. Ryan Douglas 5.03 7. Joe Jacobs 3.53 (the new asset?) Total: 42.24 Without Jorgensen or Birks: 1. Anders Mellgren 7.33 2. Carl Wilkinson 5.59 3. David Howe 6.34 4. Nicolai Klindt 6.93 5. Josh Auty 7.24 6. Ryan Douglas 5.03 7. Jake Anderson 3.97 (the new asset?) Total: 42.49

It's too early to be saying who you'd like to see until Rye are actually confirmed imo... but hey, here goes: 1. Simon Lambert 9.46 2. Shane Hazelden 4.77 3. David Mason 6.38 4. Ben Hopwood 6.89 5. Kyle Hughes 6.22 6. 3.00 7. 3.00 I must add, not that I want Ben to leave!

I believe at present there's no rule stopping you do all 3, which is why R. Worrall & Roynon tripled-up a couple of years ago.

Which is why Starke's large average doesn't look so big imo and the likes of Jacobs, Worrall, Bates, Rose, Morley, Clegg & Carr could do very well next year. How about this: 1. Steve Worrall 7.09 2. Dan Greenwood 5.74 3. Max Clegg 6.27 4. Liam Carr 6.87 5. Tom Perry 6.30 6. Michael Neale 3.00 7. Nathan Greaves 4.00