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The season has started, first complaint is in 😆

That's Hagon's team building average. His official average is 4.85, which I believe is what counts for the riding positions.

Not rising to it.

Came here to make a joke about Jesus turning tables, not laps. Didn't expect to be beaten to it 😄

Not really his fault last year to be fair. The accident at Armadale was very unfortunate for all concerned.

I think the difficulty is more in getting fans to come along to the lower level team when teams have two. If the only option is an NDL team, I think that can work well. It's a harder sell when there's a higher level team competing for tickets. That said, Oxford have all three tiers covered, so I guess it works for them? Maybe they have a secret the rest of us are missing.

9.89

How much you get paid on paper is not as important as how much enters your bank account, and how quickly that happens. I reckon Poole are probably quite good at that bit.

He said the right words, but not with any conviction.

He absolutely hates the track. I don’t think he’d go.

Just for accuracy's sake, I think Tom Spencer's average should be 2.00, not 2.03. He's ridden in the Championship, but never obtained an average as he's not ridden enough meetings or ever been declared in a team.

I didn't realise Dayle Wood was such a late starter, so fair play in that case - probably is worth a punt.

Oxford would be the only option, I think, though he may prefer to just concentrate on Poland rather than split between the UK and there, as he'll not need to worry so much about equipment.

In their BSN group, yes.

Yes, I think it's a risk, but I guess you could argue those riders have the biggest potential to improve their average, meaning if the others just deliver even what they managed last year, that's a very good position to be in. We'll see what happens. Personally, I don't think the Glasgow team is obviously stronger than anyone else we've seen so far, and it's hard to judge until the other teams are complete. I'm liking that quite a few teams have had a bit of a shakeup, so plenty opportunity for things to pan out differently next year.

It would have been very difficult for Glasgow not to strengthen!

It's criminal they don't offer a carrier pigeon option, eh? Decent team. Hope they do well. Good to see Ace has a spot.

Absolutely no prize, I'm not sure they even attempted to keep the team under wraps 😄

The announcement is officially tomorrow now...

No, I don't think so. There were logistical issues with availability for the marketing shoot though.

The assumption is: Bomber, Howarth, Dan Thompson, Leon, Max Perry… and it’s been so long now that I’ve genuinely forgotten the other two. Edit: Boughen is one of them. Oh, and Hodder.

I believe they were filming the marketing today - official announcements will follow once they've processed it. I'm sure this was supposedly done weeks ago, but I'm not sure if they just couldn't get everyone together, or perhaps that was the team that didn't fit the points limit (which was rumoured on here a while back).

Not sure it will be tomorrow, but certainly by the middle of the week.

Paco was the better rider. That said, Lasse's average is slightly suppressed in that he scored a lot of bonus points - particularly at home. Lasse ended with an average of 4.67, but with the bonus points he averages 5.76 last year, so I'd say he's good good value.

The team had to lose 5.80 points after team building discounts. It was always going to look weaker. Once the other sides are all announced, I think the Poole team will look very good. It's pointless to compare teams to previous years - it's only worth comparing them to the opposition they will face. On that measure, I don't think there will be any concerns.