Jakobsen will step up and he'll be an established HL after the first set of GSA's. KK is up for it for sure because he wouldn't return otherwise and Picko will only improve so it's not all bad.
Ht 13 & 15 will be a problem though but I'd suspect that you'll make a change if you get off to a slow start.
If Hume isn't on the Rising Star list then this team fits like a treat.
Very risky to go with two unestablished reserves though as Wolverhampton found out this year.
1. Jason Doyle
2. Troy Batchelor
3. Danny King
4. Erik Riss
5. Matej Zagar
6. Danyon Hume
7. RS
= 38.56
If Hume is on the rising star list then how about this? Just fits within the 39 limit.
1. Jason Doyle
2. Troy Batchelor
3. Richie Worrall
4. Erik Riss
5. Danny King
6. Ben Barker
7. Danyon Hume (RS)
Lots of improvement in that team tbh.
Blodorn, Brennan & Lidsey will only keep improving,
Bewley will do a Jason Doyle and end up with a 10+ average imo.
He'll ride for Glasgow too.
We've got a new owner who's allocated a budget on par with Belle Vue so Mr. Tomalin has probably offered Ben a better deal than Buster did.
This is what I would go with if I was in Tomalin's position. (Using realistic names only)
1. Niels-Kristian Iversen 7.59
2. Krzysztof Buczkowski 6.04
3. Benjamin Basso 6.81
4. Rohan Tungate 6.61
5. Chris Holder 7.16
6. Ben Cook 4.00
7. Jordan Jenkins (RS)
= 38.21
or
1. Kenneth Bjerre 7.75
2. 5.69 (Kai Huckenbeck, Hans Andersen, Craig Cook, New 5.00 foreigner?) All of them would fit.
3. Chris Holder 7.16
4. Benjamin Basso 6.81
5. Niels-Kristian Iversen 7.59
6. Ben Cook 4.00
7. Jordan Jenkins (RS)
Who's joining me on the TUNGATE TRAIN?
I get he's not the best for team spirit and he's poor around Technical tracks but the numbers he puts up around Peterborough are brilliant.
Pawlicki brothers have been declining in Poland so maybe they're worth contacting?
The Ben Basso deal reminds me of the scene where Grandad in Only Fools bought the canary for a ridiculous price after the owner said it wasn't for sale.