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Booting innocent people in the shoulder maybe? Tosser of a guy and was very badly thought of amongst fellow riders.

Didnt see that coming! Is this the season Alex Davies fulfils his undoubted potential?!!! Good on the scorps and good on Lewis Kerr getting a win under his belt. Hope he has a great season. Alarm bells must be ringing already at Ippp, thats a disgraceful score from Castanga

Their a similar average in el - garrity had the balls to try it in the 1-5, newman didnt. Garrity will easily outscore newman in the 1-7, can see garrity mixing it a lot more on the first bends.

Garrity nearly two points ahead of Newman in PL - a league where neither are protected like they previously were in EL. Id choose Garrity every time. And it seems most other neutrals on here agree. I have no preference to Coventry or Poole btw and more often than not take their side. Just think the whole draft is an absolute effing farce.

They could of ditched him and signed another tier 1 rider though, but didnt. Either way, how Coventry have lined up is exactly the method all clubs and their respective drafts should of been.

Exactly. Newman, Garrity, Worrall, Howarth, Auty, Wilkinson, Wright etc should all of been forced to go into the top 5 to attempt to further their developement, moving all tier 2 riders to tier 1 and bringing a fresh crop of youngsters into the tier 2 slots. Only Coventry have done it properly, and their being punished now as every other team lines up with strong reserves. Theyve had their fun banging in huge scores from number 6 or 7, let them step up into the next stage. Im sorry, but for Wilkinson (and Carl is one of my favorite riders) to be riding in the draft some 15 years after his premier league debut is absolutely farcial. They may as well let any Brit in speedway ride in the draft. Where do you draw the line? Its a farcial system. Something that should work so well makes the sport look exactly what it is, essentially a circus. EDIT: Can understand allowing Kerr to continue in it after such a dreadful smash last season.

And?hes still young and improving. Hes a better talent than Newman and figures will back that up. 3 points from number 2 away from home on his debut in a main team role. Lets see how Newman does in his meetings in the team before he goes back down.

Why? The likes of king, stead, kennett and barker have so no reason why garrity wont. Much better rider than newman imo and if he wasnt so wreckless he would be even better. Out of interest what are their respective el aves? Seeing as im In Aussie, i doubt it and i doubt theyd care

Officially i cant get paid double time on a saturday or a sunday, the little wad of cash i receive on a sunday afternoon proves it can still happen tho

As for the "Rosco wont look at Garrity for selection" , if he carries on improving like he has been, i see no reason why he shouldnt. Improved hugely in the Pl, would be a number one in most other sides away from sheffield, and imo was better than Newman in the el last season. I dont think he will go all the way, but has the talent to at least be as good as craig cook imo. Too wreckless to make the gps though, unless he calms down. Damn right hes a better prospect than Newman though. Delusional, coming from a Poole fan? Haha

Are you serious? Every promoter in the league probably does it, Garrity himself was probably offered it to stay reserve but as i said hes showed ambition and moved up!!! Your telling me Josh Auty, an established number one, is riding in the el for the same money as Kyle Newman, a pl second string/third heatleader? No chance. Both of these will be on different wages, how their payed is anyones guess, same as Worrall, Kerr, Howarth etc. Bet Davey Watts looking forward to the huge drop in wages as well

You seriously think the reserves get what their meant to, pay wise? There was a cap on wages in the NL before, i remember it was 10 or 20 quid a point. Yet you had riders who were decent second strings in the pl the season before riding in the NL.... On a tenner a point? Ha yeah right! Just because theres a pay cap, there are ways around many rules (your a poole fan, should know about that ) and have no doubt most these tier 1 reserves will be getting paid more than their allowance.

Looking forward to seeing how the Gjedde goes in this one!

Absolute tosh. He knows hed score poorly as a 1-5 member thats why hes still at reserve. I think it makes a mockery of the sport the whole draft system. Should of been for two seasons only for tier 1 reserves, after that move up or dont bother. Garrity has the right attitude. He may struggle but rosco will take him a lot more seriously than a draft rider who, despite knowing hell clean up 9/10 in the draft system, decides to stay there for a third successive season. He should of told Ford where to go and done a Garrity, and lined up as a second string this season. Its all so predictable. Hell move up after the first set of averages, struggle and drop straight back down. Garrity cant do that unless he has a mare, as the coventry reserves are so poor. The drafts were brought in to bring on young brits, apart from one or two then all it is doing is making them easy money. Newmans bank balance will be swelling and if thats what he wants then fine, fair enough, but it shows what a farce the system is and it also shows he has no ambition on making jt to the top of the sport. Same for Howarth really, quite how he was allowed to drop back to the draft and why he chose to do so when he was going well enough as a second string for Swindon tells its own story. If the draft riders earn standard wages, why did a 2015 6 point second string decide to drop down to it for 2016? Confusing ... NOT!!!

I can only say its down to his ambition to go further in the sport. Pissing about as a fast track rider wont help that. Good on him. Rubbish. Its simply down to money. Newman wont be on pennys riding at reserve and as long as he continues to rack up maximums from there, hell make a small fortune.

Garrity was wanted at reserve and refused so why didnt newman?

No chance will he. I like Newman, but he is way too over hyped on here. He'll continue to clean up as a fast track, but the day he steps up into the team (you have to wonder if that day will ever come!) he will be exposed. He'll get slaughtered by heat leaders and second strings, home and away. As much as I also think to some extent Garrity is overrated, at least he showed ambition and moved up. Hed make more money as a reserve, banging in maximums as a reserve will earn him more than 2,3,4 and 5 pt returns as a second string. Garrity imo is too wreckless and wild to go right to the top of the sport, but he is at least trying to better himself. I dont see how Newmans progressing towards a squad in team gb by being a 6.5 pl man and a fast track rider. Same goes for Worrall, although in fairness hes improving rapidly in the pl.

Newman is at his level now. Beating fellow fast tracks wont bring him on. At least Garritys gone for it and tried the main body of the team. Newmans heavy el scoring may look impressive on the eye, but down in the pl his form is a lot more realistic. A third heat leader at the best. Imo. Once he moves into the top 5 at poole, see how he goes then. And reading these posts regarding Woryna, its almost as if the Coventry fans want him to fail!! He isnt the problem, much hinges on KK picking up form. Coupled with the fact King is not a heatleader, and your reserves are pants,theres a few bigger problems than Woryna

Id say Emil is easily as talented as Tai, but needs to get back in the sgp asap to prove this. Superb talent on a bike, but if he wants to be remembered as a great he needs to be back in the gps. But i do think he is every bit as good a rider as Woffy. Sadly wont ever know how Good darcy would of been, it seemed at swindon he had turned the corner and was starting to show a lot more maturity and then he had that dreadful crash. Shame, as it would of been box office to see tai, ward and emil all going for top spot. Its only a matter of time before nicki and greg call it a day, once theyve gone who is there to challenge tai in the series? Id say a fully fit NKI Is the closest atm, but even he is the wrong side of 30 now and seems to lack that little bit of aggression to go from a top 5 rider to world title contender. If he doesnt do it this season, i dont think he ever will. With zagar, 80 percent of the time he is class but, as i have thought ever since his pl days, theres days where he seems like he cant be bothered. I do hope a few others step up this season to challenge tai, like holder and doyle. I just dont see holder ever being up there again, too many serious injuries imo which is a shame. Id say doyles probably peaked, but remember thinking that about 6 years ago and look at the difference now! The gps need emil but he should be made to qualify imo.

I remember Craig Watson telling us years ago that Rickardsson would regulary blow engines on the stand warming them up before a meeting. Then casually wheel a third bike out of his van ! This was when both were at Poole, id say 2001/2ish

Whos workingtons last rider?

Be interesting to see how this side gets on. Few big gambles in there.

See Meredian lifts are sponsoring Andersen again!

The bright yellow ones look superb but a shame half the side are wearing a totally different colour!

Really do like the look of this side, tipping it for the top three. Even if Kus holds his average, it looks mighty strong. Nobody, myself included, saw Worrall maintaining his figure last season, let alone improving it whilst number one and i can see further improvement. Add that to Lamberts almost certain improvement (as long as mummy and daddy let him commit himself) and the solid middle order, I can see this team going all the way.