So are you 75/25 now??
Harris, King, Barker & Doyle with Covatti on 3 would put you right in it! You think Auty will improve by more than Doyle next year?
Yep, some good young new foreigners on a 6.
Or could have got Klindt ............................ or if Nilsson's a must, had Doyle, Kennett, Barker or Janowski instead of Swiderski
Pavlic is 5.11.
Kus, Lindgren, Mellgren, North, Stachyra, Gomolski all possibles.
Or if we use Zengota, not Janowski, then Lampart, Gafurov, Dryml, Screen or Szcepaniak?
I make Birks 3.35, leaving 4.14 (6.9 PL) which isn't much for a decent reserve!
Masters would be useful on 3.83 or possibly Richard Lawson, Tungate or Aspregren. Not looking good there!
Not a supply of "Competent British riders"?
There are plenty in the PL & riders other nationalities who can double up & former EL riders who can come back on achieved averages!
Really & truly the new rule only stops the richer clubs benefitting from prima donna ringers! Let them introduce them but on a fair average!
Yep,sad to see Steady go but it's the right decision - he's just not good enough away.
Janowski, Zengota or Klindt with Morris should be the second strings behind Andersen, Harris/Schlein & Kildemand.
That's a solid asset-based crowd pleaser BUT IT'S NOT A TITLE WINNING SIDE!
Kildemand must be third heat-leader behind two of Andersen/Harris/Schlein or even Batch.
Signing Morris points to a team with strength in depth & a decent reserve but I'd prefer Kildemand as third heat leader rather than Doyle:
Harris
Klindt
Morris
Kildemand
Schlein
Zengota/Stead
Richard Lawson
OR
Andersen
Zengota/Stead
Morris
Kildemand
Harris
Pavlic
Palm Toft
Well, everyone said they didn't want Batch back cos he's spoilt but he turned out OK so Magic shouldn't be written off - he did much better than Zengota & wonderkid Pawlicki in Ekstraliga.
Doesn't seem to be offoicially announced but they'd be mad not to - he looked exciting too!
Anyway how about my team:
Andersen
Janowski
Doyle
Kildemand
Harris
Pawlicki
Covatti
That would scare the life out of everyone!
Better than all that navel-gazing with Stead, Morris & Zengota!!!!
Bloody hell, Gary, that's exactly why we haven't won the league for a hundred and fifty years - pull your finger out!!!
You wouldn't find Matt sat in changing Shovlar's nappy!!!
...........................oh yeah, you would :lol:
Doyle's H & A averages were 6.69 & 7.23 so a half point improvement at home isn't beyond him & he's a match-winner away!
Not sure Steady, Morris or Zengota would deliver that next year riding at 3.