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Ben91

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  1. Seriously, this bloke has been given yet another shot when there are the likes of Branford, Morris and Ellis as yet without PL clubs...
  2. I don't see what he will gain from it quite simply and in that same thought process I wonder who will be bothered enough to keep up to date with it. Most people follow a speedway team, the only riders who have big followings of loyal fans are those at the pinnacle of the sport, if it were a Woffinden or Hancock starting a media channel I could see why people would follow it but for a second string racing in a semi-professional league surely he should be looking to do his talking on the track first and foremost.
  3. Enjoyed watching him during his time at Rye. No reason he can't average around eight I'd say, especially if Holder and/or Newman can step up and push him for that number one spot. Like the look of this Plymouth side.
  4. Find it a bit odd that a third tier rider is launching a media channel myself but each to their own. He knows the IOW track well, he has a lot of experience of the league and other tracks he will be visiting, it's a solid but unspectacular signing for the Warriors.
  5. It'd be double his 4.26 PL figure so 8.52 I believe. Hume and Hunter have to start at reserve for me with Bowtell as our lowest averaged second string, adding another rider on a three wouldn't be wise as its putting more pressure on Hume, Hunter and Bowtell to kick on in case the three pointer is a duff.
  6. Owned by Rye and not Len though. He'd be an ideal number one for Kent really, a lot of experience and an average about a point less than Ben at this level. Would be happy with Ben or Luke as the Raiders' number one, think the other will be at Kent.
  7. I'd start with Bowen and Hughes as our top two with Hume, Bowtell and Hunter filling the bottom three spaces in the side. Then we'd have around 11.6 to sign two more riders. Bowen's experience in the pits would be fantastic for the younger lads in the team and he'd be a class act at this level.
  8. He averaged around 6 including BP's in 2004 I think.
  9. Lot of unfulfilled potential, could have been very good if it had been channelled correctly. That and if he had some decent bikes under him.
  10. Depends if you believe everything you see in press releases, always easy to say X rider under performed because he's still not fully fit. A spade is a spade and until Kasper learns to gate he won't become a heatleader.
  11. Shouldn't have come back until he was 100% fit then.
  12. Not sure how he's like Mason except that he's over thirty. Realistically it'll be good if he can average between 3.5-4 with anything else a bonus. Johnson wouldn't be a very good signing, neither would Mason on an average nearer seven than six. Mark Baseby looks like a decent option on his average. While on the subject of riders making comebacks, I wonder whether Harland Cook would have another go on the shale?
  13. Then he moved up, and finished the year on a five, and he still couldn't gate. Morley being the top number seven needs to be doing better than beating his counterparts at home and nicking a few points off number six riders. He needs to be consistently beating number sevens away from home as well and nicking a few points in those meetings too. I think he has it in him but he must do it in 2016.
  14. Not on such a big scale, there are big question marks over most of our team this year in my opinion. Look at Glasgow, Lunna and Garcia are the question marks there, if one comes good they'll have a good year, there's significant question marks over six of our seven IMO.
  15. The pessimist in me agrees with most of that. Morley is statistically (on NL averages) the best of the three pointers that are taking the reserve berths this year, fact. So Eddie isn't good regardless of what heat if, as we all know, he doesn't like heat 15.
  16. Interesting signing for the Kings, no doubt Clifton would have had some time in the PL by now if he'd carried on so it depends how 12 years out will have impacted him. Should be able to pick up points just by staying on the bike in a reserve berth and that bit of experience he has could see him end up in a second string role.
  17. It's just another team of ifs really. If Robbo can put a bad season behind him and become a seven point man again. If Klindt can live up to his third heatleader billing and be bothered if he's beaten out of the starts. If Heeps can stay fit for a whole season. If Lanham can become a seven point man again. If Kasper can gate. If Ben can live up to his billing as top number seven in the league. If Eddie can turn up in heat 15.
  18. The fact he's had two seasons and not met his assessed average in either is a pretty strong indication that he's not amazingly good.
  19. Which means they're not allowed to ride in Poland by the Polish authorities I believe.
  20. A pound per heat at this level is more than enough. Especially when you factor in the lack of other entertainment on offer at most meetings. Over a pound per minute of entertainment is terrible value compared to other activities people could be going and spending their hard earned on.
  21. As far as I can see there were only 8 eligible riders for a number 7 berth who had a higher NL average than Shanes (Perks and Ritchings both below him). No idea why you think Ritchings is capable of taking points from number 6 riders and Shanes isn't, I know who I'd rather see in my team at reserve.
  22. This thread was started four days before its NL counterpart which has been pinned. It's not unfair to ask why.
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