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I get what your saying and I agree to an extent but straight away you can take Masters, Andersen, Riss & Douglas away from us because of riding abroad I think, then you add Pickering and Ellis into that list. That's more than half the teams in the league. Then you could have the factor of riders not wanting to ride for certain clubs yes they might have no choice but what happens say if Newcastle got Batchelor for instance he wasn't happy riding brough every week and his average drops like last season the club part ways and he goes on to sign for someone else and starts banging in big scores again? In Newcastle's defence they have a budget which they rightly stick to and I think every team should only pay what they can afford but IMO this team is no better than last years and we all know how that played out.

Sincerely hope so but against our nearest and dearest it'll be a tough one! I can Redcar winning if I'm honest but hope I'm wrong.

Lindgren had a couple of away tracks he was ok at the others he was useless. IMO with the experience Clegg has he shouldn't be scoring zero anywhere.

Clegg is like Lindgren mark 2 great at brough but useless away. Less said about BWD the better.

Here's my team, thanks. 1) Jason Edwards 8.84 2) Henry Atkins 5.86 3) Nathan Ablitt 6.29 4) Joe Alcock 4.36 5) Joe Thompson 8.52 6) Archie Freeman 3.00 7) Luke Killeen 3.00 Total 39.87

Here's my team, 1) Jason Edwards 8.84 2) Henry Atkins 5.86 3) Nathan Ablitt 6.29 4) Joe Alcock 4.36 5) Joe Thompson 8.52 6) Archie Freeman 3.00 7) Luke Killeen 3.00 Total 39.87

Auty is like the modern day Adam Alott fantastic at Sheffield, Scunthorpe and not so good at most other places.

I think part of the problem nowadays is that riders get too hung up on having the best equipment and so much of said equipment, and they have 2/3 maybe even 4 bikes and they aren't sure which one is the best. I'm sure I recall when Christian Henry rode for Newcastle he only had one bike and basically had to make it work and score points.

BSPL the Fifa of speedway

To be fair to Auty though I've noticed he's had the same colour scheme for the past few years also but he's probably not on brilliant money so if his bike covers etc are in decent condition then surely you'd spend on more important things like the bikes? Although I've no idea if he's using the same engines as in season's gone by but you often read of riders digging old engines out the workshop and riding them again and scoring points so I wouldn't hold that against Auty entirely. I know in the speedway star he's had personal problems now I don't know if he's started the season and realized that his head isn't in speedway anymore I'm just guessing but it's not a sport where you want to be going in to it half hearted because you then become a danger to yourself and the other riders.

I actually think this will be closer than people think, Berwick have a couple of riders with question marks hanging over them, are we going to see the Proctor of last season or the one of the season before. Wells average has been dropping the last couple of seasons is it permanent decline or were there other issues? And for Birmingham Ellis is usually good out the starts which is key at Berwick and Vissing done pretty well the other day for not riding over here for a couple of seasons. Throw in Morris who can't be as poor as he was last season. Nielsen at reserve is decent IF he can stay fit..,. but the key for me is which Auty turns up if he's got his head right he could make the difference between a close meeting or a comfortable home win.

Does anyone know what the Coventry team was meant to be?

Yeah I totally get that, he's been and still is a great servant to British speedway and when he's on it is definitely one of the most entertaining riders in this country. Now this is going back to his gp days it's just frustrating when he's being interviewed on tv and still says he's searching for the right set up etc if he hasn't learnt it in 20+ years hes's never going too.

For the years of racing experience Harris has, the amount of mechanical failures he has is ridiculous! You barely see him go through a meeting without breaking down once.

What is there to say though? Could be in a worse situation like BV or Birmingham.

Steve Johnston to do a Crump and return for 22

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Sorted thanks.

If you could potentially get someone like Vissing at number 1 then the side doesn't look too bad, but speaking from a Diamonds perspective we had it last season we didn't have a proper number 1 and if you start the season with Auty at 1 it will be a long season... regardless though good to see Birmingham coming to the tapes.

I think Allen will have a good year next season he wasn't properly prepared because he came over last minute so I think with a proper winter behind him he will be in for a good year next season.

All team and rider averages updated I think correctly haha, although if I've made any mistakes apologies and feel free to point them out thanks.

Thank you!

So with what you've posted there does that mean Newcastle will be running for the next few seasons then? Because obviously Rob Grant said numerous times last season how much money he was losing and couldn't continue to do so, so to go to the trouble of forking out for sponsors licence must mean he has the future in mind?

Really pleased for Archie and this move will do him no harm at all! Has been brought up riding Brough Park so riding a totally different track will be great for him. Had a few meetings in the Championship last season although he didn't score much he was getting better meeting by meeting. Looks a team full of potential and one that stands out for me is JPB when you think of where he was a few years ago with Birmingham if he can get back to that then he could add a couple of points on to his average. But he just reminds me so much of Lewis Bridger, if he's fully committed will certainly be an asset.

Really liked Kyle from when he rode for Newcastle, 100% trier, shame he's probably not kicked on as much as I thought he would but in fairness he has had some pretty bad injuries.