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Gotta be Iversen Ward Jepsen jensen Kildemand First two are self explainatory, last two have proved themselves this season as wild cards Thats my view

Fair comment just think Ward at sixteen was an all round better rider and an accomplished number one. Dont think lambert would be at this stage. Best debutant in the PL must surely be nicki pedersen tho, averaging 10+ in a very strong league. But thats going off topic a bit

Havent seen lambert race live but comparing him to Ward at 16 is pathetic Ward topped the pl aves and actually got better when he moved up from reserve. In his first el season he was averagin about seven. In a stronger league Ward a far bigger talent sadly seems to go off the rails alot.

Favorite Newport riders from the years i attended (1999-2011) Wato Henriksson Ben howe Gjedde Frank smart Emil lindqvist N k iversen Visitors id always look forward to seeing: Stonehewer Michael coles in his prime Paul pickering Danny bird Frede schott Peter I Karlsson Topinka Zagar Harris Not a great list but those are the standouts for me. Gjedde pure class for the wasps never have i seen a more dominant rider don the number one jacket for newport and that includes wato in 1999. Gjedde was absolutely quality to watch

Very good PL rider but average el rider Needs to be full time el and riding in poland or sweden regular if he wants to make it big.

What on earth is wolbert still doing af glasgow? Havent paid that much attention to speedway for a year or so now since being in Australia but have looked at scores now and again and to see wolbert averaging 5 after signing as a number one is a joke Clearly pissing round with his average ready for a return to edinburgh he should of been slung out months ago

Never forget his time at Newport when he was signed as a second string yet done the buisness with phil morris in heat 15 to get us out of trouble think it was the year we had rajkowski. Good luck chris

Even think the side newport finished 2011 with (gjedde doyle lanham aspegren mellgren kurtz and jones) was better.

Lanhams knocking on now, sad to see him struggling as he was brilliant for newport. His three seasons with us he was one of the most exciting Wasps , certainly wasnt the gating tart he was made out to be made a few passes most meetings inside and out, his races with joe screen were superb. Was a class performer in the pl days for arena too, was one of the best riders in the league when i first started attending. Very sad to see him scoring 1's and 2's.

Wonder if Sneddon tried robbin garritys van after the match!!!

Makes me laugh seeing people say pedersens lucky zagar didnt knock him out! Have you seen the "punches" zagar threw at him in the pits afterwards ?! Ha! Makes audley harrison look hard!

Be good to see the Gjedde back. Without doubt the best rider to ever wear a Wasps racejacket, absolute class. But would be a slight risk on a 9 average in PL. Didnt he break his back a couple of years back?

Its actually in the middle of a town is it not

Jensen averaging 9 next season? Do me a favour!! He wont average 6.5 by October imo.

all he done at Newport was whinge and bitch about other team members. Nasty piece of work and a total prima donna. Plymouth well rid of him.

Has the ability of a 8 pointer but sadly dont think the commitment is there - at least in the UK its not. I'd still take a risk on him though, he will maintain that average Id of thought and is superb to watch. If he put his speedway first in the UK then he would be one of the signings of the season.

Far better rider than the 0's and 1's he was regularly scoring last season. Has the talent of a top PL rider.

Ahh Paul Cooper.... another clean, fair rider! All teams have had their share of dirty riders over the years... Sean Wilson was at times dangerous and who can forget Andre Compton? Arguably the dirtiest rider ive seen at PL level. If Gathercole signed you'd all be supporting him as you would with Vissing... stop kidding yourselves.

If Gathercole signed for Sheffield youd soon love him... remember Ashworth at Berwick? Punched Makovsky and the fans played hell.... now hes their hero. Ive seen Birkenshaw pull some shocking moves on some of the small tracks before as well.... most riders do.

Todd Kurtz signed for Newport in 2010 on a 3.00 average, one of his grandparents was Scottish. He had every right to. In the 2011/2012 winter he took part in the Aussie champs and lost his right for his 2.5 deduction. Newport threatened to close because of this but we all know that was just a smoke screen. What would happen though if a young, 100% Brit went and raced in the Danish super league before deciding to ride here? Would his average be 3.00 or more? When was Brady 16? Maybe he raced in Denmark as a 15 year old, which they allow, and the BSPA rules dont state what a rider under the age of 16 can/cant comepete in. All confusing but theres bound to be an explination.... I dont think him racing in Aussie under 21 titles means anything as Todd Kurtz done that and still got his reduction, it was the senior title that lost him his redudction.

He loved his booze but was a big talent. His last year at Newport saw him become more consistent.... he was crap in heat 15s though, remember him going into them unbeaten then either crashing out or retiring. I was surprised when he moved on in 2003 tbh. With good bikes under him and a mentor to keep him on the right path, he'd of gone on to better things. Was much better than a 6 pt PL ave. Was sad to see him return a few seasons later and struggle to average 3.00 at reserve for Stoke and Newcastle. Massive waste of talent that happens all too often. A certain Jason Crump tipped him as a future GP star, even lent him a couple of engines in his first season.

I remember when Harrison first came over, around the same time as Doolan. Wanted a place at Newport but was never going to get near 9.00. Smith I remember at Newport in 2001 and 2002 I think... extremely entertaining, a lively charactor and a good middle order man who I think if he kept away from the booze could of gone on to be a decent EL rider. He certainly had more talent than Harrison.

At Newport he started well then after about six meetings just looked absolutely terrible.... trailing miles behind . No idea what went wrong, undoubtedly a talented rider though

Wow a few good performances. Fact is hes a second string at best and has never been one of the leagues top riders - ever

Think he will do well to hit his starting average tbh