IainB

Unhinged!

I realise that, you generally have to go a long way back in history to find a successful team that has competed without a genuine number 1, except for Peterborough which I've already gone over... especially with the current race format

Not for me when the other number 1's are Holder, Bewley, Fricke and probably Kurtz to sign for somebody. Douglas is nowhere near that level at the moment.

I prefer to look at his actual points scored rather than the concoction that the BSPL use... Averages M R Pts BP Tot Av inc BP Av no BP 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Fell Ret Exc Tape 2min All 34 166 329 21 350 8.43 7.93 71 43 30 17 0 2 2 1 0 Home 17 84 187 11 198 9.43 8.90 44 21 13 5 0 1 0 0 0 Away 17 82 142 10 152 7.41 6.93 27 22 17 12 0 1 2 1 0

... and didn't appear in a single heat 13

He did not have a world class season last season, he had a good season. He's not in the GP's Didn't make the SGP Challenge Not in the SoN team Not in the Ekstraliga Couldn't achieve an 8 point average in the PL Couldn't achieve a 7 point average away from home in the PL

Makes you wonder why it was never used by the old promotion... this could be a deal breaker 😂

The flashing light doesn't work on the tractor... I wonder if the new owners are aware of this?

I think if you do want to be successful as a team without an out and out number 1, you need to be tracking a number 6 that is better than whoever Leicester are going to have in that position. Maybe somebody like a Klindt, who has the capability of banging in some big scores from that position and climbing out of the reserve berth. From memory the number 6 position of Dad's Army was pretty much a revolving door all season, with most riders spending a spell there. Without that rider, to make replacements during a meeting, you're going to need to be at least 4 points up prior to heats 13 and/or 15 to be in with a chance of league points. Dougy should be okay in those heats at home but the rest will be a lottery.

I can see us taking a hiding on the road, home form should be pretty solid though

Dad's Army was the Covid season as well when the top riders stayed away, Bewley, Kurtz and Jack Holder participated with Bewley & Holder finishing 1 & 2 in the averages but they weren't the riders then that they are now. I'm inclined to agree that you generally don't win anything without a number one, I hope I'm proved wrong... but can't see it personally.

... And then there were 4?

Literally anybody that is willing to do 4 laps! I'm not interested in what he's done for Berwick, for Leicester, my team, last season, he failed to finish more races than the rest of the team combined!

Anybody that can finish a race

or... just that last lap will do for starters 😠

He cares so much that he can often be found trailing round at the back aa mile off the pace or on the centre after 3 laps!

Is there still room for Kemp?

Is everybody going to let this name pass without comment?

I can imagine dreamboat Phil would be well up for it 😂

There's a new player in town though... 'Arry's Awnings?

It's called a Briggzebo 😁

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I'm tired of repeating myself... with an adjusted format there's plenty of riders available for such a small number of teams in operation.

4 guests and R/R in a "team", not amateurish? You're having a laugh 😂

Do you think? I only ever went to the play off televised meetings and they were still very stop start with nothing going on between ad breaks. I suppose Mr Morris did standardise the track grading intervals so it probably seemed more like a non televised meeting even when the cameras were there due to this.