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How old is he?

Stewart Dickson is hopeful of a 7/8 team NL season and that sounds sustainable to me.

Amazing signings and will surely bring the fans in. Not just at Plymouth but every other fan will be looking out for when Plymouth come near them!

The list has been officially announced. Some of these lads haven’t ridden competitively for years, so are they going to want to come back? BRITISH SPEEDWAY RISING STAR SCHEME CATEGORIES:1 STAR:Nathan Ablitt, Joe Alcock, Sam Bebee, Paul Bowen, Arran Butcher, James Chattin, Jacob Clouting, Sheldon Davies, Kieran Douglas, Kelsey Dugard, Josh Embleton, Archie Freeman, Dan Gilkes, Sam Hagon, Luke Harrison, Elliot Kelly, Connor King, Harry McGurk, Gregor Millar, Lewis Millar, Jake Mulford, Jordan Palin, Ben Rathbone, George Rothery, Danny Smith, Tom Spencer, Alex Spooner, Ryan Terry-Daley, Joe Thompson, Dan Thompson, Danno Verge, Mason Watson, Ben Woodhull.2 STAR:Richard Andrews, Henry Atkins, Greg Blair, Connor Coles, Luke Harris, Jordan Jenkins, Joe Lawlor, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, Danny Phillips.3 STAR:Leon Flint, Danyon Hume, Drew Kemp, Ryan Kinsley, Luke Ruddick, Jack Smith.4 STAR:Tom Bacon, Josh Bates, Kyle Bickley, Tom Brennan, Nathan Greaves, Connor Mountain, Anders Rowe, James Shanes.

So this system has already lost Connor Mountain a job as they've had to replace him with Joe Alcock! But he’s arguably not yet ready for this level at all and adds much less than Mountain would’ve done. Now where does Mountain ride?

So they’re saying grading but really they still mean averages as a rider graded 2 cones up with a 2.00 average now anyway.

We literally know less now than before the statement! All it’s done is raise more questions and give zero answers.

Obviously Lambert & Bewley are guaranteed to ride, but can you choose a 2nd U21 rider over a senior? So could Kemp be chosen over Palin or is Palin guaranteed to ride now?

Is there a fixture list available please?

Can a number 8 replace a reserve? Also what’s the minimum number of rides someone in the 1-7 must take?

I understand that in general, but whoever your number 8 isn’t a significant member of the team. Anyway time to put Premier on!

What’s the advantage in naming number 8s so late?

What are the rules on number 8s please? Can they replace a teammate at any time?

Plug your laptop into the TV by HDMI cable. You have to cancel 1 month in advance if I remember from subscribing to them previously.

Which shops are selling it at the minute?

The meetings should be on Premier Player online too so I’ll choose to watch them when I want to and then fast forward through the gaps.

A shock and very unfair timing on the club and it’s supporters. Not many available options at all unfortunately.

Lewis Millar has some NL experience even if it’s very limited and Rothery has probably shown up best so maybe those two will start at reserve. Good to see the Devils giving youth a chance whilst still putting out a respectable team with 3 good heat leaders who are all young too.

The rules don’t let riders do the NL and NT for separate teams though. That’s why Flint has left Newcastle.

Not true. I do like Phillips but it’s fact that his career has stagnated so I was being positive by hoping that a change of track will help him.

He’s not really kicked on at all so hopefully a change of track will finally get him back on track in his career.

An ageing team but nevertheless a lot better than I think most expected. It should be happier home fans this term with a genuine number 1 and always a strong reserve whether that be Nicholls or MPT or someone else!

So we’ll need a new man in charge and inevitably new ideas! If he can cope with the workload I think there’s only one man for the job. That is Barry Bishop! If that’s a conflict of interest then I think there’s another obvious appointment, if he has enough time on his hands: Connor Dugard!

We will see if he’s ‘easily a big scorer’ but he has been signed to replace the second heat leader yet he has never achieved an average over 7! Even if by some miracle he does excellent this season, is he really going to be promoted to the Diamonds set up and be a prominent figure for years like Clegg is looking like he could be and other Gems like Freeman and Halder could be?!

He halved his average last year and is nearer state pension age than Flint’s age!