A lot seems to be heavily reliant here on Magic..
If he turns up in April all guns firing then yep brilliant but if he has tinkered with bikes and engines in the winter and the damp cold wet nights in the 1st few months and you get a pre may last year Magic your bang in trouble i would say..
He started on an assessed 8, By the end of May he was on 5.28, by the end of July 6.04 and finished the season on 7.02..
I do think sheffield will struggle as the maximum they can hope for each meeting is the top 4 all score maximums and thats only 49 points.. obviously they not all going to go unbeaten so a minor blip they drop a point each its 45 points... well averages say they will score 35 points... not sure were they will get enough points from the bottom 3 to win enough meetings and bonus points
They might have only offered Dan a short term deal and got young Cairns signed from June on his 16th birthday.. there could possibly only be 4 league meetings to worry about if they don't start till April and add in the KO Cup 🤔
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ermolenko thats for the uneducated..
leagues top scorer multiple years as well as world titles , overseas titles , team titles.. the list is endless, Also at a time there was some very good riders
Im not a Sam fan from a punditry or team manager perspective but you cant fault his excellent record as a rider
As my original team was well under the points limit as i had included rs and Anders at 5.08 attempt number 2/3 lol based on 40 points - both have potential if Anders improves to have either zach cook or maybe bomber at reserve
Tai Woffinden 8.45
Josh Pickering 6.74
Ben Cook 6.99
Zach Cook 5.57
Tobiasz Musielak 8.21
Anders Rowe 3.91
Jake Mulford 3.00
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Tai Woffinden 8.45
Chris Harris 6.06
Josh Pickering 6.74
Tom Brennan 6.52
Tobiasz Musielak 8.21
Anders Rowe 3.91
Jake Mulford 3.00
My thoughts.. more balanced with potential.. ??
Tai Woffinden 8.45
Chris Harris 6.06
Tom Brennan 6.52
Anders Rowe 5.08
Josh Pickering 6.74
Antti Vuolas 4.13
Jake Mulford 3.00
39.98 inc English 2.5% reduction
Im guessing thats a fantasy team were you dont have to worry about income and expenditure... Great team but would bankrupt Oxford as potentially you have 4 number 1's who all want number 1 money
Thats an awful decision...
Both Kvech & Huckenbeck failed to make top 10 with a full season and didn't make top 6 in challenge finishing 9th and 13th...
Thats tick boxing putting kvech and huckenbeck in rather than best riders...
So now to be in worlds best 15 you just need to pick a country with poorer riders who host a GP to get a call up