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Kemp isn't great but he's a more reliable option then others on the table. I personally look at it this way.... ERIK RISS Postive Good rider if he's fit (Big If) and he's been part of the Landshut setup with Nilsson so it's a good combination for Team spirit. Negative The illness keeps coming back so if it's him then you're playing poker because if the illness returns after others have improved GSA's then it could be a case of scrambling around for a rider on a 3 something to replace him. 4.50 YOUNGSTER Positive If they click, Then they really click to a point where you end up with a gem who makes a mockery of an assessed average. Negative They're BOOM or BUST merchants as we saw this year with Hellstrom-Bangs and if another one falls into the BUST category then it's a scramble for a replacement because with the RS not likely to score many points (If any) then it's too risky to keep the faith by running a Team with two riders not scoring points. DREW KEMP Positive Can ride Ipswich and Leicester very well and has a good few years worth of PREM experience. Negative Can be frustrating and his head does go at times.

Kemp for me all day long @ No.2 with Nilsson @ No.4. Leicester and Ipswich's Rumoured 1-7's look head and shoulders above everyone else on paper. Kemp and Nilsson are both former Lions riders, So logic points towards those two being the best pair to compete with Leicester. I don't think we'll have to worry about the usual when it comes to form around Belle Vue and Sheffield The Tigers Spearhead is rumoured to feature 3 Riders who don't like Foxhall at all to a point where two of them are mentally beaten before Heat 1. Belle Vue are rumoured to show loyalty by running Z. Cook and Blodorn as Heat Leaders with weak reserves and that's nothing to fear imo.

Is Rushen off is the question? If King's Lynn go with Jody Scott as a No.6 it would leave King's Lynn with 6.78 to play with. Can look at riders like Ellis, Flint, Lawson and Wright then instead of taking a punt on a 5.00 foreign rider who might flop on British tracks.

You're right then as it's more up to date. King's Lynn need to pull a rabbit out of the hat on a 5.00 assuming Rushen hasn't gone elsewhere.

I've been using the 2026 Rider Statistics page all winter and it says up to and icluding 16th September.

5.00 Newcomer, Kemp and Jeppesen as options then. Not looking good and the reserves will have to carry the side imo.

Can't fault Mayfield at all this winter, They've done fantastically well on all fronts whether it's Team, Track or GP related. If 2027 doesn't map out as planned then it isn't through a lack of effort because Mayfield have delivered on the hype.

Leaves 5.04 after British Reductions which is a 5.00 Newcomer, Drew Kemp or Jonas Jeppesen type of gap. 1. J. Pickering 8.16 2. 3. C. Harris 6.38 4. A. Rowe 5.92 5. J. Kvech 6.76 6. C. Rushen 4.74 7. J. Scott (RS)

If I was a King's Lynn fan, I'd be happy with Picko. I wouldn't write him off as a No.1, Josh really does believe in himself and he's not a rider who'd be fazed by having the No.1 on his back, If anything he'd relish it.

Almost curtains for King's Lynn now due to the 3 League rule when it comes to Lambert assuming he signs for a Swedish Club again. InTheDeepStuff is always on the money so you can count Harris and Rowe as 100% nailed on. Pickering can only end up at King's Lynn so that's 3 of the Top 5 and then you're down to the usual Buster Chapman riders like Kvech, Lawson, Klindt who haven't been linked to any Club via ITK info.

Holder's come as a pair, Both or none at all.

Respect to Mark for the continuity, I just thought you'd make at least one more change in the 1-5 to bolster the spearhead.

I wonder what Belle Vue are up to? No Lidsey, No B. Cook and No Bewley. A big Club like Belle Vue must have an Ace to play if your pardon the pun.

Would anyone be tempted to run with a No.4 around the 6.00 mark and then go with someone like Jason Edwards or Joe Thompson @ No.2 with a view to Cairns moving out of reserve after the first set of averages?

Nilsson is the key imo because the rules do say 4.50 and he'll easily finish anywhere between the 5.75-6.25 mark imo.