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Maxymillian Bogdanowicz? Bradley Wilson-Dean? Ernesto Matjusoneks? Philip Hellstrom-Bangs? At least the talks aren't frivolous

Sounds plausible. Would Josh Embleton be another option for the final spot?

Of course everything was so much better before Chapman came along

I believe there were other reasons behind that particular decision.

For riders like Kennett and Newman yes. For those who joined other teams their final GSAs are shown (which are of course after removing Eastbourne results) under their new teams.

Yes, but fairly infrequently, probably not a good choice. The Dane with UK experience who was on song last year was Rene Bach.

Grajczonek is European, he uses Polish ancestry to ride in Poland (who'd have guessed with a name like that!) The problem is that since brexit European riders need work permits too.

Re Polish Lge 1 and the Prem: Looking at the averages of the two riders who competed in both leagues (Kurtz and Becker) I would suggest that the two leagues are of a similar standard and I wouldn't like to express a definitive view as to which is stronger without further analysis.

3.69 looks correct. Remove his 9 from 6 against Eastbourne and replace it with 0 from 4 against Newcastle (4.8.19) and you get 3.78. Then deduct 2.5% and you have 3.69.

No. The job of the liquidators is to take ALL assets and ALL liabilities. And then realise the assets to distribute among the creditors according to pre-determined rules. Rider contracts will not be part of liquidation as they will have been voided by the insolvency and the rights reverted to the BSPL.

Still riding in Ekstraliga last season averaging 5.8 (Chris Holder averaged 6.48)

Too early, but he is one of two 16 year old Americans worth keeping an eye on. Alex Martin is the other. Both look far better prospects than Wilbur Hancock

It wouldn't have been my first choice (with no 4's on the calendar I'd have gone for Peterborough, or left it at Sheffield), but it isn't really that controversial. I prefer neutral venues, but the economic necessity is to draw a crowd and I'm sure Poole will do that.

Unlikely to be at reserve as his starting GSA will be higher than both Newman and Heeps (unless the Eastbourne 2021 results are retained against expectations).

Freeman has only done 3 matches that count towards a gsa ( the 2 for Newcastle will be removed). If the Newcastle fixtures hadn't been removed he'd be on 6.36.

Isn't that an out of date average for Smith. Most recent green sheet shows 9.05, and unpublished end of season average (Inc 26 Oct v Kent) should be 8.70 and Hodder would be 2.00)

Rode in Poland Lge 2 - joint 4th in averages 1 Dimitri Berge Landshut 2.541 2 Kai Huckenbeck Landshut 2.386 3 Sam Masters Rzeszów 2.302 4 Kevin Woelbert Poznań 2.277 5 Jacob Thorssell Opole 2.277 and also Danish Metal League (where he was sandwiched between Bjarne Pedersen and Marcus Birkemose in the averages (and below Basso Jorgensen and NBJ)

Using these figures http://www.gbspeedway.com/2021/ridercareer.php?mc1=x&mc2=a&mc3=av&mc4=x&name=Jason Edwards I reckon his 9 Plymouth matches plus the 9 Eastbourne matches from 2019, making 40 points from 57 rides to give 2.81 (2.74 after British discount)

1 Max Ruml 2 Luke Becker 3 Broc Nicol and sounds like Gino Manzares had a nasty crash.

He rode for Opole Landshut in Polish Lge 2

Blodorn has ridden in the Elitserien, wouldn't that make him a 5 assessed ave in the Championship?

Mads Hansen and Marcus Birkemose (not to mention Bastian Pedersen a couple of years after that) might beg to differ. A top Dane- probably The top Dane - seems less likely (and Michelsen, Thomsen and possibly Madsen should still be around in 3 years)

But unless Crump or Iversen resurface anywhere they will still have the four oldest riders in the league by some margin. But you are right about the general ageing of teams.

I make it about a point below.

How about Meteors?