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Well Wilko has had a couple of seasons as a Bear, Hall hasn't started yet.

I should think only Phil Morris can answer that, there SHOULD be ten spare riders in the pool.

Surely people are allowed to be critical where it's due, especially when you consider how much we have to pay. Incidentally, I was the one who told Carl that I wouldn't have re-signed him, on the Bears Talk Forum. I think he's not going to improve and he lost us a few close matches through his falls. Anyway he claims to have three bikes now and a Redcar specialist bike that is to be looked after by someone else, so he might do a bit better (I have my doubts)and if he does then great. I do wish all the Bears a successful season (even if it isn't the team I would have gone with).

If you have a league filled with top riders, they just become normal everyday riders. We have the best riders in the world anyway, Ward and Woffinden. It's good if each team has a big star who you look forward to seeing when they visit, but teams stuffed with top riders just doesn't work here. Personally, I've watched plenty of Polish and Swedish league racing and I much prefer ours. Feel free to disagree but that's how I see it.

That's true! But he seems to fall off everywhere and very frequently.

They can only be replaced by other riders from the Draft List. If he has been put back on the list, then fair enough.

I'm not sure, but there were quite a few riders who would have been near the top of the list who ruled themselves out as unavailable, for a variety of reasons. There are also a few oldies in the NL, giving them a guest spot rather defeats the object.

I thought only unattached Draft riders could guest for other Draft riders, surely he isn't still a Draft rider?

They'll certainly finish above that OTHER Scottish side.

No danger of that this time.

The list was to be 30 names, the only reason that it wasn't 30 at the selection was because some riders declined to be on it for a variety of reasons.

That's what this is for, it's a public forum where people can express an opinion. Him stopping going would mean even less money going in to the sport, when most stadiums are embarrassingly empty already.

Smart might surprise you if he can get anywhere near his best, Bates has quite a crash record.

When you think about it quite a lot of Australian riders actually live here and have done for years, they only go home for short periods, maybe applying to be a Brit would get round the visa problem for some?

It might help if he could stop on them.

I'm surprise there haven't been any comments about Kozza backing out. There are other riders who manage on PL only. Maybe his personal circumstances are different.

Glasgow.

They can take another rider from the list, it was supposed to be expanded to thirty in total for that purpose.

Don't Swindon race the bulk of their meetings on a Thursday?

The "rumour" is Richard Hall. Can't find any confirmation though.

Do you get a raise out of posting these "daft question" pieces of excrement, seemingly every week?

It'll be the cheapest meeting you'll see this year!

Isn't Richard Lawson a No1?

Yes.

They're kitted out as in the picture, Darcy mentions it on Twitter.