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All 5 fellow NDL sides have named their full team, but still not a single rider announced for Armadale. No one in the Monarchs Championship side is available to double up with the Academy, but presumably Dayle Wood who is with nearby Berwick will want to continue at Armadale? Connor Coles has no CL place and isn't in a ND Trophy side yet. Will he want to travel to Edinburgh for just NDL? Sam McGurk was rumoured to want away from Armadale. Expected him to appear at Middlesbrough/Belle Vue/Scuntfield, but he hasn't. He's doing trophy at Birmingham, so presumably he'll want NDL at Armadale. A few NDL riders from last year not signed up in NDL, but not many northern. Best (ageing) Armadale side I can make is: Connor Coles, Dayle Wood, Sam McGurk, Luke Crang, Kean Dicken, Kyran Lyden, Mark Parker.

Think the team is pretty much run by Godfrey and Simon Lambert from Scunthorpe. Sheffield don't seem to have much input other than using the track for a few of the home matches.

Belle Vue add Freddy Hodder, Chad Wirtzfeld, Mason Watson, Harry McGurk, Jack Shimelt and Billy Budd.

Parklife is 14 - 15 June.

35. Just one team less.

It's a football nickname (coined by Brian Clough I think) for a player who goes to pieces in the box. Doesn't really work in speedway as no one is "in the box" to make the joke work.

I don't think they'd waste money trying to win a tin pot 3rd division title for no gain. That would be pointless. I do think they'd invest in trying to find new young British assets like Dan Bewley. That makes business sense.

According to the Belle Vue fans, Woffy is a bit of a polisher.

Harry. Apparently Everybody's Talking.

Can't really think of a team less "win at all costs" than Belle Vue. They seems to bring in a young 3 point newcomer every year. The only time they won the league was when the upcoming youngster was Dan Bewley.

I must have missed Bewley Flat-earthing, "can-pushing", and denying the moon landings. All I've seen on his socials is mountain-biking in Wales, eating goats milk yoghurt for breakfast, and riding (and blowing up) an upright Godden.

Annuonced by Mark Lemon at the Belle Vue Christmas event Friday 30 November, along with the entire Aces team. Also, Ben Trigger signed for Leicester

It's Jacob Hook

William Cairns needs adding to Belle Vue. Was confirmed over a week ago at the Christmas event

It might be a cock-up from Neil Vatcher saying that silencers have to be a minimum of 4 years old, and it might be a problem for riders who have bought new silencers, but this rule is a good day for those who long to hear the roar of an old JAP or 70s Jawa

Poole don't have a competitive side compared to Belle Vue, Sheffield, Leicester and Oxford, yet all four of them operate an NDL side.

Bewley - One of two genuine world-class British riders, but the only one riding in Britain. Untouchable in the play-off final. I can see him hitting a 10-point average in 2025. Kurtz - Hard to improve on his 2024 performance, but reaching his peak years now. Loves Belle Vue and good mates with Bewley. Aces fans will be happy with him as skipper again. Lidsey - On a good average due to a mid-season dip in form. But his finish to the season showed he has the potential to push his average further. Cook - Actually outscored his brother on away tracks and has a higher away average. Messed about a bit by Birmingham. If he gets dialled into his new home circuit, he could be quite the find. Blodorn - Had a bit of a flat year last year, which quite a lot of riders experience in their 2nd or 3rd year, before kicking on again. Plenty of talent and potential, and only just out of his teenage years. Zischke - The next big Aussie thing. I rate him very highly Mulford - As good as any RS and will benefit from being in a successful team.

Think Steady picked the wrong Christmas film

Probably thinking "You need 7 riders not 6, you wazzock"

I don't see why Leicester fans are worried. Yes, Howarth for Lawson is a weakening, but for a while last season, heading towards the play-offs, Leicester were the strongest in the league. Of course Ipswich are massively strong on paper. Clear favourites. But the other play-off sides are weakened similar to Leicester. Belle Vue with Zach Cook for Ben Cook, and Sheffield with Rowe for Howarth. Leicester will still be thereabouts.

Is "Mr Trackside-View" hyphenated on your birth certificate?

And Tom Brennan who finished 2022 on 5.86 and started 2023 at reserve on his reduced 4.40, with Norick Blodorn in the team on his 5.45, even though people wrongly kept telling us that Brennan would be in the main body

Yes, that's everyone's best guess at the line-up, and has been for the past month.

Really? They've got a top three that only Belle Vue can better. 2 second strings that are the equal of any others in the league A No.6 who is a 5.00+ rider on a 25% discount and easily the best rising star in the league.

That's the worry. They said they were building around Tom Brennan. Now they haven't even got Tom Brennan. How low can you go for a No.1 to build around?