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Good to know that I'm close considering you're reliable when it's comes to Speedway news . (Means we'll have a good side this year either way) Either Andersen or Zagar out imo as I'm pretty sure on Flappy's 4 as well as Jenkins. You'd know for sure if Zagar was at BV imo so I'll probably swap Andersen out for Richie Worrall considering he doesn't fit at Leicester if they're going with Mountain at reserve. If it's not Andersen then I'd swap Zagar out for Rohan Tungate considering he'd be the only noteworthy rider left from the 2022 season seeing as Robert Lambert wouldn't be interested in a full UK season imo. I've got this so far. BV - Bewley, Kurtz, Wright, Blodorn, Lidsey, Brennan + Bailey or Kemp (RS) IPS - Doyle, King, Riss, Batchelor, Rew, J. Thomas (RS) + One other just over 6.00 KL - Klindt, KK, Tofty, TJ, Pickering, Jakobsen & Edwards (RS) LEI - Fricke, Lawson, Harris, N. Morris, Mountain, D. Thompson (RS) + One other just over 5.00 SHEFF - J. Holder, Musielak, Ellis, Bellego, Howarth, Kerr & Gilkes (RS) WOL - Masters, Becker, Schlein, Douglas, S. Worrall, Z. Cook & Flint (RS)

This is what I think our side will be. Under the limit but this 1-7 is based on rider availability only. Zagar doesn't even have a Polish team for 2023 and he's got to get himself a job or two somewhere otherwise he'll force himself into retirement. Difficult to see Hans anywhere else unless Ipswich or Leicester take a punt on him imo (Very unlikely). 1. Niels-Kristian Iversen 2. Hans Andersen 3. Chris Holder 4. Benjamin Basso 5. Matej Zagar 6. Ben Cook 7. Jordan Jenkins (RS)

I agree. Wolves would've gone for Ben Cook over Zach Cook for sure considering they invited Ben to compete at the Olympique. I've got Flappy's 4 pencilled in along with Jenkins. I do think Hans will find himself in the side too because someone would've taken a punt on Hans considering his average is under 5. The longer he remains unsigned by other clubs just makes a Panthers return inevitable imo.

Any update on the final 1-5 member?

Jan Kvech might be an option if the right offer came in.

Reading the press release and CVS doesn’t sound enthusiastic at all imo Gives off “we’re going to give him a try because his mates told us too “ vibes

Thought Zach Cook was going to D/UP this year. Thought he would be at Leicester tbh. Gamble taken by CVS again imo. Third time lucky?

Good things come to those who wait.

PTA is a tier 1 ITK to be fair so it's probably true. Maybe CVS doesn't want to sign a new 4.00 foreigner to the league who may struggle to ride the track. So he'd rather just go with someone who's got experience on all tracks just to give the reserve berth some stability. Last 2 years CVS has took a gamble on reserves Broc Nicol (2021) and Drew Kemp (2022) and it backfired on both occasions. The 1-5 doesn't leave Wolves with many points to play with and Barker is by far the best option left on the table tbh.

Had about 4 or 5 years worth of chances. Only reason he's at Redcar is because they couldn't get anyone else. Jamie basically said the No.2 spot has been a nightmare for them after another club stole the planned No.2 from them.

If Jenkins was the No.2 then Redcar would've been favourites to win everything next season imo. Will need to find a good replacement for Shanes after a few meetings to have a perfect 1-7. HL Trio is fantastic and nobody else will have a better top three imo, Edwards is a brilliant signing at reserve, Hume will only improve again and Mulford is a decent enough 2.00 pointer imo.

Really good side apart from James Shanes. Should be challenging for honours next season.

Who turned Redcar over at the eleventh hour that's led to Redcar having to settle for James Shanes?

CVS would have to bury the hatchet with Barker if nobody else is available just to avoid a repeat of the 2022 season. I wouldn't rule it out either considering a couple of strong ITK's have hinted that this move could be happening.

Why?

Very powerful 1-5 and a high scoring reserve is the perfect combo. Impressive side.

I'd have him at Panthers too on that average. He can improve his average to somewhere in the region of 6.25 - 6.75 imo. I'm not bothered about the personality of the riders who line-up in our team just as long as they all score points on the track.

Pencilling in Steve Worrall. 4.31 left if Schlein doesn't get his 2.5% reduction. 4.49 if he does get one. PhilTheAce is onto something with Barker imo because he's the rider that standouts for the No.6 role with his average coming in at 4.30 after the 2.5% reduction. Justin Sedgmen 4.44 or a newcomer to the league on a 4.00 are the only other riders worth signing at No.6 imo.

Batchelor took part in 2 of the 5 rounds (Ipswich & Wolves) and he was victorious with Doyle on both occasions.

Nick Morris?

2022 H & A averages (Inc BP's) are both higher than his GSA so the value is blatantly obvious. Don't forget Troy was riding against the oppositions No.1 three times a night most weeks while riding with Doyle in Heats 13 & 15 most weeks too. 2022 Troy Won the award for most BP's at Ipswich and he also played a big role in Ipswich winning the pairs. Doyle can win all the Heats he likes but his team partner still needed to avoid last places for Ipswich to win the tournament. If he was as crap as people keep making out then Troy wouldn't have won the BP award and Ipswich wouldn't have won the pairs either. As for his 2021 season it wasn't the case of him not trying for Sheffield, He just hates the place. Look at Fred Jakobsen for example, He's an Ekstraliga rider who looks and scores like an amateur around Sheffield too. Yes he'll give up when he's at the back but most riders do that now days anyway. So he's got bags of company in that department.

Same thought's here.

Violation

Why do Ipswich fans hate Batchelor? I'm actually interested to know why nobody wants him. Official GSA that you can sign Batchelor on is 5.57 I'm including BP's in his 2022 stats considering he was riding out of position at 5 and having to ride with Doyle in Heats 13 & 15 most weeks. 2022 Home Average 7.20 2022 Away Average 6.33 Both of those figures are higher than the GSA that you can sign him on.

I'll take both from you. I'll give you Andersen in return.