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In king and garritty you have the good 2nd string and reserve. You just needed a hl and to have made garritty stay at reserve for 4 meetings

Anyone with half a brain could have forseen it. Look at the top 20 of the El averages at the start of last season. It was always likely that some would jump straight to hl. Just as it would be highly unlikely that they would go to 2nd string and then to hl. No way should this heat format -introduced to protect Draft riders remember - have been retained once Draft riders were no longer protected from moving to the top 5. It's the latest in a string of staggeringly inept decisions. Edit: sorry realised I have essentially just echoed the ff/doc post above

Which proves bwitchers point

And of course the reason a rider like Lindgren can end up at 2nd string us because of the heat format which pitches "like against like" resulting in an abundance of riders averaging +/- 6pts.

You clearly don't understand the El heat formula if you are asking about reserves beating heat leaders!As for proof - look at the averages of the top riders in the El, that will show you that races are more unpredictable than ever. In fact, the majority or riders average somewhere between 5-7, which was never the case historically. If that doesn't prove that races are more evenly matched than ever then nothing will

Tbf on this occasion starman is correct

Is it Newcastle?

No rules broken, but did benefit from the ludicrous decision to use converted Pl averages.Not going to complain about buzz not being classed as a 2nd string, as that is effectively countered by Davey watt being classed as a hl when he shouldn't have been

So batch can't come in for NBJ.don't think he would fit to replace mads either. He would fit I think for Rory if this injury rules him out.

Surely 6 cannot be stoke? I'll go with that being Middlesborough?

Tbh he is a master of stating the obvious, so from time to time it is inevitable!

Would be a great launch meeting. But at this stage the only sensible thing is to wait for the track to be 100% right, whenever that may be.

I imagine they may not be able to call off officially until close to the date for legal reasons. I'd also say anyone who buys tickets in advance for that date has either been living in a bubble the last few weeks or is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Tbf if garrity was at reserve and u had a strong 2nd string you'd have been OK with king. As it is the option in may is surely to swap woryna for a 3rd hl. Would be madness to get rid of King instead.

Woffy over 20 Pawlucki over 40 Janowski over 40

Or lambert...(Scoring above averages, would say both pretty much did their job). Lambert would have scored one more but for engine problems,solid if not spectacular scoring. A lot tougher riding as hl in this format.

Um.. I don't think that anyone said holder's views were wrong? Except for his comments about belle Vue that were factually incorrect. And being less articulate than tai. But don't let that stop u having another defensive "everyone hates poole" rant...

Moran was a superb racer at least in the 80s, but also certainly a better gater than ermolenko. And apologies all that I haven't updated 88 and 89, since getting back from Rio my average time to finish work for the day is around this (2.30am) so time to complete the list has been very limited. Will get there soon! Edit to add: ermolenko was clearly also a brilliant racer, surpassing Moran. Moran was for me the most stylish rider to grace the racetrack.

We've already seen there won't be a plan. If there was a plan it would have been in place from the start of the first season of the new format.There will be some conversion for such riders worked out at the end of the season, and it will be beneficial for Poole. And that's not a complaint about Poole, but those promoters who agree to it.

1. Woffy 2. Nki 3. Pedersen 4. Janoswki 5. Doyle 6. Hancock 7.Holder 8. Zagar 9 Zmarzlik 10 pawlicki 11 killer 12 hampel 13 aj 14 lindback 15 harris

Tbf the ludicrous team building rules mean that a team can totally transform in may when the hl list vanishes. It's fair to say we know Leicester won't, and last season would seem to indicate coventry won't,but KL might. And maybe coventry will surprise and replace woryna with a hl.

Come on Gemini..... you have seen enough of RPS posts to know she NEVER.... produces facts to support her..... position when called out....

I did read his post, and frankly thought it nonsense. I politely asked him a number of questions in response, and received no reply.

Refer Dave Allan's post a few up for year by year stats

There is only one source, and that is who I was referring to. Though it's fair to say he infects others, and we end up with pages of arguing with someone who doesn't have the brains to be called an idiot.