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He’s too tall imo, this being a problem is accentuated on the smaller uk tracks where you’re turning tighter, and grippier tracks too, harder to deal with a higher centre of gravity Can’t think of many tall riders that have managed to overcome this and reach higher levels - Andreas jonsson being the standout I can think of reaching no.2 in the world

It’s not just one meeting at British final though, he’s been on ippo radar for a while now having guested a few times and been superb giving his absolute all! agree with taps this announcement suggests to me Chris holder will be getting his visa, otherwise would’ve likely been down the more strength in depth route with a stronger second reserve than Danny and a weaker rider than holder Edit: Doolan isn’t even riding full time this year is he!? As he’s started as a firefighter now

I think so yes, iversen won some races against opposing heat leaders that i don’t think any of the others would’ve done to get us over the line and into the playoffs and playoff final

I’ve see Chris Holder fly around Foxhall in the past, Foxhall is also pretty different shape to monmore

True and if the holder rumours come to fruition and he’s on 7.16 with klindt on 7.43 it’s not the strongest top two but still pretty decent and still allows for stronger reserves

Probably but you never know *incidentally having just looked with a reduction sarjeant would be 3.18!

Klindt heeps king a pole who never said he’s not riding uk this year an Aussie world champ allen 3.18

Yet many claim there’s no difference between the two leagues!

Wouldn’t win all our home meetings with that side imo, teams with a strong top end like Swindon for example would come and keep it close by getting lots of 3-3’s and the odd 4-2 and then hts 13-15 would have a clear advantage and turn us over

Wooden spoon

That was said last year....we did ok!

Pretty sure that given the choice Chris Louis prefers to get everything done and then announce the whole team together

Time will tell, if he starts the season fully fit unlike this year he should be an improvement next season

Apologies thought you were comparing berge to auty. for what it’s worth don’t think there’s a lot of difference in wells and auty level tbh

That’s fair, if berge is better on your home track then makes sense you ride half your meetings there, ironically I have seen berge ride owlerton once and he had a poor meeting that night! still maintain that berge may be talented but has never reached the same levels of consistency as josh, he was signed at Belle Vue with everyone expecting him to score well there and didn’t really do it

Berge is toilet, he’s always been toilet 3,0,0,1,0 is his usual, auty may not be the best rider but he’s been a consistent 7.5-8.5 rider in second tier for 8+ years now berge has never shown anything like that kind of consistency

Tbf we could do a lot worse than greaves as a 3 point man at the bottom, rides Foxhall well! i for sure thought haertel looked like he had some talent, very big lad for a speedway rider though, what sort of average would huckenbeck be on?

Jan kvech, Fred Jacobsen, Jonas jeppesen would be three I’d be after all good prospects

I’d imagine berntzon would be assessed at 6.5, quite an experienced international rider now

Massively improved his consistency over past two seasons though - hence his significant increase in average, can actually make starts too a rare trait for anyone in a witches suit

How can you go backwards from stone last in the league?

Pickering average would be more like 4.65 I believe

Nicki P and Josh Bates as a pairing could be chaos in the first turns

Bacon would be a good shout rides Foxhall very well - not certain of the conversion rate this season but 5.20 in champ so less than 3.5 plus Brit reduction

I really hope lawson is not retained tbh, he had some good meetings, won some big races for us but generally was far too inconsistent and was consistently found out at the business end of the season with his average dropping from 6.55 - 5.78 over the season for me he was disappointing. I see no value in bringing him back he’s not going to improve, he’s a second division bully where he’s knows he’s one of the best but doesn’t have the mental steel to really take on the big boys