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Ditto

I'm in agreement with you. But how will Brennan/Mountain/Hume's rolling averages work in 2023? After (say) 6 matches will they: 1) stay on starting average because in effect they have 'assessed' averages 2) have a GSA based on last 4 of 2022 and 6 from 2023. 3) have a GSA based on the six 2023 matches and 75% of the points scored from the 4 remaining 2022 matches?

I came close 17th and 24th arrived yesterday, but mysteriously 10th is still stuck in the system

Six may not sound a lot, but three were in the last five meetings.

He was never bang average. He had one good month then for the rest of the season was woeful. [35 points from 44 rides in his last 12 matche for Plymouth,, never scoring more than 5]

Which is made up of his 6 Scunny appearances (30 rides 42 pts) this year plus his last 4 matches for Newcastle in 2021 (21 rides 30 points) 72/51*4 = 5.65 QED

McGuiness is 22, the Cook's are 23 and 25. Pearson is clearly the better prospect.

Would Poole really sign a rider who averaged 2.5 points a match less than James Pearson in Poland last season (and is older)?

Going into play-offs Poole were 3 over limit so King and Ablitt out for Jack Smith and a 4 pointer would have worked. Note even Bickley and a 4 pointer would have been too high for a double change. So unless there was a magic 2 pointer out there Ablitt was pretty much irreplaceable. And he still looks the best option if Pirates want a strong no 6 in 2023.

But not many as talented as Hook and Pearson and look at their GSAs.

Looks like 4.22 to me

Typically a home away differential is 1 to 1.5 points. Bailey's is almost three. And when comparing Bailey and Fredriksen you need to consider that most of Bailey's appearances were at reserve, while ALL of Lasse's were in the top 5. He might add a point to his actual average but I'd be surprised if Fredriksen can up his green sheet by that much. Bailey will do well to maintain his average unless he stays at Glasgow.

Alsvenskan is usually Wednesdays

And Tony Clarke gets a mention

Exactly the same here

Ritchie Worrall's Green sheet: Matches in top 5 - ten Matches ar reserve nil

I don't know about that, there are some programmes that have interesting content you won't find on the Internet.

I think that's an improvement on my original suggestion. I'd pitch it around 0.25/0.30

Simple solution would be a 5% reduction for retained riders.

£10k Inc VAT surely as the rider will be VAT registered and the input VAT on the payments to riders will be fully recoverable.

Rye House's results were expunged, so at the end of the season his average reverted back to his starting figure for 2018 of 6.86

Unlikely. As GSA only includes regular season league matches the MOST RECENT fixture to contribute towards his average was on 24 July.

Strangely Ritchie Worrall averaged more (circa 9.8) riding at 1/5 than he did at no 3/4 (8.00). Riss' split is more what I'd expect: http://www.gbspeedway.com/2022/riderperf.php?mc1=x&mc2=a&mc3=av&mc4=x&rider=Erik Riss&league=B&comp=All&sort=date&club=Overall

How about we look at a longer period like the whole of 2022. Official fixtures exc bonus Rider M R Pts BP Tot Av inc BP Av no BP Sam Masters 26 131 322 14 336 10.26 9.83 Ryan Douglas 20 110 264 7 271 9.85 9.60 Richard Lawson 37 177 408 28 436 9.85 9.22 Nick Morris 32 137 308 9 317 9.26 8.99 Josh Pickering 31 156 344 22 366 9.38 8.82 Erik Riss 26 125 274 18 292 9.34 8.77 Chris Harris 23 124 272 10 282 9.10 8.77 Kyle Howarth 31 150 328 17 345 9.20 8.75 Richie Worrall 34 165 357 15 372 9.02 8.65 Danny King 37 164 352 23 375 9.15 8.59 3rd over the whole season - sounds like a no 1 to me

From 1 Sept ( Inc 1 guest appearance):- 9.93 [exc bonus] Edit - figure corrected