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They easily have the best top 3, I think Jason Edwards is really going to have a big year next year too... Their top 4 is incredible. Jake Mulford should be solid enough at number 2, especially at home. I like their reserves, but they are just as likely to go missing away from home, particularly again teams with stronger reserves. I rate Tom Spencer quite a bit, he's never going to be world champion but he's a very solid rider and I think he'll surprise a few, always gives 110%. Anyway back to Poole. I'd be delighted to see Anders pushing mid 7s and I would love to be proven wrong and see him hit 8 too. I just wish he'd stop wearing his hats like a condom...

They are the reason that I said 'top 2' in my post 5 minutes ago. I think Redcar look very strong.

I can see by the end of the season 1. Richard Lawson 9.00-9.50 2. Tobias Thomsen 4.75-5.25 3. Zach Cook 6.75-7.25 4. Anders Rowe 6.75-7.25 5. Lewis Kerr 7.25-7.75 6. Paul Starke 3.75-4.25 7. William Cairns 4.50-5.00 Fair assessment? Of course you Poole fans will know these riders better than me.

Poole given special dispensation to use Charles Wright as he doubles up with Redcar on a 2.96 average 😆 Chad Wirtzfeld should be nowhere near the Championship... But he is local.

I don't for one second believe that Poole will finish anywhere other than in the top 2 and probably make it to the final in everything. But to say Ben Cook for Lewis Kerr is like for like and Anders Rowe will be an 8 point rider is insane. Ben Cook was pretty much in the top 5 riders last season, I think he finished 6th highest if memory serves me well, and I don't think Lewis Kerr, although a good rider, is considered one of the best in the league. And I do think Anders will have a good season next year, but he'll do very good to make it to an 8 point average.

Who's your supplier?

Rather than Poole, if the powers that be insisted on no byes in the competition therefore 8 teams were needed, they should have contacted a Danish or Polish or German team etc to see if they wanted to come and do a one off meeting over here. A Landshut select side with the likes of Huckenbeck, Smolinski, Grobauer. Or perhaps an Aussie select side with a bunch of Australian riders who don't ride in the PL. A bit of outside the box thinking. It would have made it more interesting for everyone else who isn't a poole fan.

But are young and with more opportunities will only get better. I personally hoped there would be 2 stages of NDL this year. A stronger NDL with the likes of Leciester, Belle Vue and Oxford mainly consisting of CL second strings and Reserves (give riders like Hume, Hagon and Starke more rides) And a British Development League with the likes of Kent, Edinburgh and Middlesbrough with local kids (Mark Parker, Lee Harrison, Kyran Lyden etc as reserves and second strings) just a glorified MDL with 7 rider teams basically. Set up so riders like Tom Spencer and Max James are the strongest riders in the league kinda thing.

Complete or partake in? Because 2025 will be Huckenbecks second full year in the GPs as far as I can see.

Would Kai Huckenbeck's assessed average not be 8.00? With him being a Grand Prix rider. I'd love to see Tarasenko back over here though, I think there was only going to be loads more left from him, the more he got used to riding over here.

A geographical league makes sense from a team point of view, but for a rider it would make more sense if the teams were spread all over the country in both leagues. For example there's a kid who lives in Edinburgh. His teams could be Edinburgh in the NDL and Workington in the NT rather than a north/south split where his teams would be Edinburgh and Birmingham/Kent/Plymouth etc. Less travelling for home meetings for individual riders. So it's swings and roundabouts. Although I do understand Workington's issues with travel.

No, but something along the lines of we're hoping Mitch can come in and achieve his average and try and keep his place in the main body of the team. Which is more realistic, not putting such a hype around him that he's going to be a big disappointment... again (Goret, Turner, Baek) No but he's going to be riding a small track and when I mean he isn't very good I mean at this level!! Not at Premiership level. I'm more than happy to be proven wrong though and I do wish him luck. And I always want to see plymouth do well.

“We believe that we have signed one of the best newcomers to UK Speedway in the past few seasons.” 🤣 I admire the optimism... I do like Plymouth and I like Garry... but come on.

Palovaara is very good against well established riders in Sweden, he'll be a lot better than the last time he rode here.

Sounds promising. I've only seen him once at Plymouth, and he spent more time on the grass than he did the track. Still won the meeting though!! Hopefully he has a good season.

What are we thinking Rushen will do next year? 4 point average? 6? 8? How good of a prospect really is he? I've got to be honest, other than hearing his name I know nothing about him.

I know he's still riding over in America, but would he ever come back to the uk? Did he ride anywhere in europe this/last year at all?

Yeah he doesn't seem like the most aggressive kid going... hopefully it'll come with age and he's a later bloomer

Leicester always has at this level, they always put a very young team out on track.

Nothing really. Exactly the same rules for both 'leagues' just think of them as two completely different leagues with exactly the same rules and points limit. It minimises club expenditure but maximises rider track time because one rider can ride in both 'leagues'... It's actually a good idea from both the clubs and riders point of view... It's not about things looking good on paper in terms for teams and silverware at this level, just about maximising track time and experience for the young riders. (Which yes, can include having an experienced rider in the team to help bring them on, nothing wrong with that imo...)

I get that, and good luck to him. But from a Plymouth team point of view, it's not the best.

I personally don't think Mitch is very good. Think he'll struggle on a small track too. Hope I'm wrong 😬

Depends on if workington spitting their dummy out causes a north south split or not

So it's looking like... 1. Ben Trigger 2. Eli Meadows 3. Max Perry 4. Sonny Springer 5. Max James 6. Cooper Rushen 7. Ryan Ingram

10.49 I think. So Vinnie Foord 6.29 and Rhys Naylor 4.13 fits...