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I'm a little surprised Max Dilger hasn't been mentioned yet either...

Obviously got binned off by the Somerset promotion for the second year running. Shame. It's no coindence that the same day Somerset confirm they are announcing their 1-7 next week that Jack signs for Plymouth.

No evidence of that being true at all. I watched Lanham for the duration of his stay at Somerset last year and I would say he was certainly mixing it. He's never going to do a Emil Sayfutdinov and come flying round the outside up the fence but he will certainly do a job. Rye House as a home track will suit him down to the ground.

Regardless of who he signs for, so he should be if he's come out of the NL.

Absolutely - best wishes for a speedy recovery Ian.

So do I - I think every team will... It's part of the rules to have an assessed 3.00 rider He can be on whatever average he wants, if he isn't up to it anymore then that isn't any good for anyone.

Nieminen was also useless for Glasgow - so we'll stay well clear of him.

Sam Masters?

He's signed for Belle Vue who own his contract, who are supposed to running on Friday nights in 2016. That would rule him out. Seems a strange one to me that Kurtz and Newman have been announced for Plymouth but Holder hasnt - this seems to tell me he's off elsewhere...

Decent team that. Will take the odd pasting here and there away from home but pretty good on the whole.

I wouldn't wish that on anybody....

Howarth is a Workington asset I believe, so his Premier League fixtures take priority over his Wolves ones. However, as has already been said, Holder is a much better option out of the two.

As has been posted, it's not surprising especially given how many Fridays he would likely miss. It's one thing missing away meetings but to miss so many home meetings would put a lot of people off I expect. I also read he is likely to have a Polish team so again, that rules him out of the PL I would of thought. Sam Masters anyone??

Absolutely - but you could argue its worth sacrificing your "first" reserve of you have a decent NL reserve and ensure you have a stronger 5. Think that's the way I would plump if you have the best no.7 in the league. All ifs and buts though!

Is it though? Now there are two heats that are protected for the NL reserve, it might not be too much of an advantage at all.

Nick has signed for Torun in Poland, so won't be available for any sunday away tracks so won't be any good to us - plus will end up missing more fixtures due to his Elite clashes no doubt.

Probably not too far away, with either Heeps who rides the OTA very well and Jensen filling the last second string position. I'd expect Zack Waj to be the final member of the team regardless of the other 6.

He didn't leave on particularly good terms when he was dropped before the play offs a few years ago, and then his visa issues the year after too - all is forgiven hopefully now though.

Back to team building, a team of Kurtz, Masters, Worrall, Aspegren, Starke and Zak Wajwhathisface with 1 space to fill looks quite good to me! Could be a toss up between Worrall and Wright - Wright will give you much more entertainment and is superb to watch at the OTA, but Worrall will put more on his average and give you more away from home.

Masters to Somerset?

Robin Aspegren to be the first signing? Throw in Starke and Zack Wajwhathisface and that is a half decent start at the bottom end of the team.

Lets be honest too, a PL team manager's job was pretty easy and very limited at the best of times - now he can't swap his reserves in heat 4 it is even more limited.

Well I for one am disapointted - I was hoping for some sort of radical new League structure with the EL and PL combining and losing the clubs to a new National League who couldn't make last season pay. I even thought some teams may have taken the plunge into the EL, Somerset included which is a little disapointting. Onwards and upwards as they say... Rider replacement would be my first signing of 2016!

Elite league anyone?

"Been this way for the past couple of years at least" - say no more. He hasn't got any better because for him to get better he needed to start riding abroad.