Ben91

He was the best thing since sliced bread when he was at Eastbourne on an eight point average.

If one of the top four are underperforming then Lee Dicken will be in the pits most weeks on a reasonably attractive average you'd imagine. Still think the Brummies will do well, play-offs should beckon at least.

Two heat leaders who are notorious for their lack of reliability. Doesn't bode well for the Devils as far as I'm concerned. As I've said previously though Plymouth may get the best out of Boxall if he is riding for fun and enjoying his racing, the same could go for Compton. Both look like big gambles though considering the amount of team building points they take up combined.

If he averages 3.5 then he's done very well in my book. If the Kings persist with him he could improve across the year though. If there aren't many options about then going for a youngster like Rowe seems to be a good way to fill the last spot to me rather than to give it to a plodder like Strudwick or Laurence etc.

They first step on the bike for the love of it. Many only ever do it for the love of the sport, thoss that are good enough to make a living out of it are the lucky ones in a way. Nobody takes up speedway to entertain the fans though, if you want to entertain you'd take up a safer form of entertainment. Entertainment, despite being what the fans go to meetings to see, is a by-product of the sport.

The top four will do the majority of the scoring, Hume and JPB have improvement in them too. Hay may take some time to get going, there's pressure on Cuppit to step up to the mark if the Brummies want to retain their title I think.

Stoneman's average makes him a gamble. The Kings need him to maintain his starting figure and Hopwood to return to his usual 7-8 point average to stand any chance of success.

Woods is a solid signing for Mildenhall. He may never make it to the top of the sport but he'll get stuck in and can average around 4 if he eradicates the silly falls from his game. Like the look of this side.

Poor, poor signings. Mason's only going one way and isn't an entertaining rider. I suspect there's nothing that Mason can offer in the pits experience wise that Morley couldn't offer to be perfectly honest. On top of that the team has Kelvin Tatum in the pits to give wisdom. Laurence has been around nearly 10 years and is still a three point reserve. Piles the pressure on Hunter and Bowtell who could have been trump cards but now it looks like they are going to have to perform.

Said most Rye House fans for the best part of the last 12-13 years. Looks like Steve is happy to ride for enjoyment now if he is just going to do NL for Plymouth. Funnily enough we may see the best Boxall we have for a long time with not too much pressure on his shoulders. Shame he never kicked on he could have been a decent EL rider without a doubt if not better.

Every penny's a prisoner and all that, especially when running a Speedway club I'd imagine. It's a shame that being able to get a programme or not would put you off attending at all.

You can't fit Lanham in now. However if you'd signed Lanham instead of Morley for example you'd have a better rider on a lower average, Lanham averaged 4.34 in the Premier League last season compared to Morley's 3.85 while Lanham's NL average would be 8.68 compared to Morley's 9.22. This would also leave more points to play with lower down the order meaning David Mason's name wouldn't even be in the frame. As a standalone NL club you have to look to win, not solely develop riders. With Wajtknecht, Bowtell and Hunter, plus whoever the two reserves may be there will be plenty of younger riders at Lakeside next year, one older rider leading from the front would only be a help to the younger team members.

I hope not, he's not ready to do just the top two divisions yet. As a Rye fan I'd like to see him have a NL berth so he can get some vital heat wins under his belt to keep confidence up, there are going to be times when points are going to be hard to come by in the Premiership and Championship for him.

It's almost as if they don't want to print too many and make a loss on printing costs.

He's probably on a three because the last time he rode in the league for Sittingbourne he didn't do very well. Thought he was going to be a very good rider when he first came through at Rye in 2004/5 and had a PL outing or two. Chances were hard to come by though as during those seasons the likes of Tommy Allen, Steve Boxall, Joel Parsons, Luke Bowen and Barry Burchatt were also on the scene. Should put a point on a three point average, if not more.

Lakeside need a third averaged rider than can up his average and not leave Morley and Wajtknecht to do the bulk of the team's scoring. Mason is not that man. Morley is experienced enough to be classed as the 'old hand' at Lakeside, despite him only being 22. He's raced in the PL regularly and has had a go in the EL since the introduction of the draft reserves a few years back too.

You'd start Bickley at reserve with the Woodhull that the promotion think is the worse of the two in the 1-5. If Bickley is as good as the hype then he'll be in the 1-5 once the first set of averages come out anyway.

The Brummies top four is the best declared so far by a long way. Bacon, Hume and JPB will all stake a claim for the number one race jacket, while if Ritchings can manage to do the same then the bottom end deficiencies shouldn't hurt their cause too much. Smith would have been a better signing than Ritchings of course, with a lower starting figure and more room for improvement, but Ritchings realistically will probably be a second string for most of the year. Key man will be Cupitt, if he kicks on then Birmingham will take some stopping again.

Hurry last rode in the EL, no way should he be allowed in to the bottom division on a five point average.

Said before I don't get the Cupitt hype but he did well for the IOW at the tail end of last season. Better rider than some of the others the Brummies could have signed. He has momentum so does the team, could work out well for both parties.

Bjerre (while he was available) and any seven point rider would have been a better option from day one than Holder and a two/three pointer though. Not only would they score more combined than Holder and the two/three pointer it would also give Lynn two strong reserves at all times.

The current SGB logos are pretty similar to the PDC darts logos, that said it is better than logo number one which is basically Word Art. The fact that it is proving the most popular so far is scary because it is pretty much something a child could have created on Microsoft Word 98.

Kings Lynn could have had Bjerre and Schlein instead of Holder and their two pointer (probably Bailey). Would have been a much stronger team. Remains to be seen how well Holder does but the reason he hasn't been retained by Poole is because his average is unachievable, that's no different for him at Kings Lynn and Poole will be the ones to benefit when he goes back there for 2018.

Looks like the Brummies are going for a more strength in depth approach but that's a decent top three. If Smith returns that's a very good top four but could lead to problems at the bottom end if the Brummies can't secure at least one of the better three pointers that are coming through. They'll be there or thereabouts again I'm sure.

I was listing riders that are active still.