Top Teams So Far?

[SomersetBlue]

 

 

Lol been on the drink already?

 

I agree with najjer.

[Brough Diamond]

Ok my true assessment of the Witches.

 

Barker down to 9.50

Lanham up to 7.50

Risager up to 7.00

Tungate up to 7.25

Makinen about even at 4.75

Heeps up to 5.50

Ellis up to 4.00

 

Overall very happy with the team and wouldnt swap with who is still available.

 

Sounds very feasible doesn't it, but when you look at it more closely then it becomes much harder to achieve for any team. Stick 5 points on and it means your average score home and away is 47.5. Unless you have massive home advantage then you have to win an awful lot of away games.

 

Then comes the REALLY hard part - knocking off the Bonus points. To get the averages your suggesting you need to add at least another 6 in bonuses. That makes your average score about 53.5. Very difficult indeed to keep up.

 

Not saying Ipswich can't do it, only it's a huge ask for any team. Last year when Richie Worrall, Ludvig Lindgren and Claes Nedermark started banging in the points, Newcastle finished at the head of the table (before the play-offs) but our existing heatleaders averages fell significantly.

 

It always seems like swings and roundabouts.

[Steve Irving]

Lanham? No thanks.

 

Tungate agree could do very well guy is class.

 

Ellis needs to find his feet, potential. Heeps needs to find consistency home and away to make inroads. Can be done.

 

Makinen? He adding a point?

I'd have loved Lanham at Redcar. As we all know the trick is to find riders who will up their averages, and Lanham is nailed on to do that. His average tumbled this year riding at 1, a position he openly admits he hates. He'll up that average riding at 3 or 4.

 

I think Ipswich have a few improvers actually in Tungate Heeps and Ellis, all have huge potential. The others are capable of maintaining theirs so that should be enough for top 6 comfortably imo.

 

As for Redcar, i'm pleased with our side but we must try and get a little more out of Matej Kus. He's one of the most frustrating riders i've seen in a long time. Can look a world beater in one race seeing off the likes of Barker and Doyle, then finish last next time out behind a reserve!

[Najjer]

I'm sure he'll improve but I very much doubt he will average over 7 which is a hard average to get when it doesn't include bonus points, he'd have to improve big style away from home.

We'll see:-)

 

Lol been on the drink already?

 

Whether it happens or not I have no idea and won't make any predictions, but I'm simple that is what he should be doing - especially if Somerset are to go one better next season.

[Adrian Brownell]

looks like our beloved sheffield tigers will be rock bottom this year again welook worst than last year and that is hard

[jenga]

i will say it again,, REDCAR ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT.. they will increase the team average by a good margin. take leicester , they DONT have o lot pf improvement in their team.. maybe lasse will stick a point on his

starting average. last season adam roynon started on approx 5.50 and was banging in double scores most ot the time . but still only ended up with 7+ R.A. .

[ukrossifan]

i will say it again,, REDCAR ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT.. they will increase the team average by a good margin. take leicester , they DONT have o lot pf improvement in their team.. maybe lasse will stick a point on his

starting average. last season adam roynon started on approx 5.50 and was banging in double scores most ot the time . but still only ended up with 7+ R.A. .

rolling averages .... If Adam Roynon does what he did last year because of rolling averages his average will rise to well above 8 as the old scores drop off.

I see Simon Nielsen putting a point on his average too.

As long as Doolan keeps his average the same I see Leicester getting many away bonus points and a few wins based alone on the top 4 being strongest in the league

[highside]

jenga on the wacky backy.

[jenga]

i will put a fantasy tenner on with anyone that the whole of Leicester lions will not add more than 4 points to their starting averages. any takers.. oh,, merry Christmas everyone..

[foamfence]

i will say it again,, REDCAR ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT.. they will increase the team average by a good margin. take leicester , they DONT have o lot pf improvement in their team.. maybe lasse will stick a point on his

starting average. last season adam roynon started on approx 5.50 and was banging in double scores most ot the time . but still only ended up with 7+ R.A. .

Mickey Dyer and whoever else is to come might improve, but I can't see much from the rest, unless it turns out that Hugh has been at the wrong track all along. Other teams have signed riders who you KNOW are on the up, rather than riders who you HOPE are.

[ukrossifan]

i will put a fantasy tenner on with anyone that the whole of Leicester lions will not add more than 4 points to their starting averages. any takers.. oh,, merry Christmas everyone..

we won't need to to still be in the running for the silverware :-)

[builderbob]

ipswich and leicester are by far the best 2 teams

[RedcarRacer]

Dont think many Redcar fans think anything over than bottom four unless we see a return to 9-point status for Ulrich, which looks unlikely.

 

Redcar look well built for the STMP - Skidmore, Wilko and Dyer all go very well and with Kus, Summers and Ostergaard they have three who can beat anyone at home - but that is also a side that could get easily get 60 put on it at places like Newcastle, Ipswich and Somerset,

Edited December 26, 2012 by RedcarRacer

[Tsunami]

Dont think many Redcar fans think anything over than bottom four unless we see a return to 9-point status for Ulrich, which looks unlikely.

 

Redcar look well built for the STMP - Skidmore, Wilko and Dyer all go very well and with Kus, Summers and Ostergaard they have three who can beat anyone at home - but that is also a side that could get easily get 60 put on it at places like Newcastle, Ipswich and Somerset,

 

Here's hoping.

[Charlieboy]

looks like our beloved sheffield tigers will be rock bottom this year again welook worst than last year and that is hard

lets hope not.dont want another season like last one.

[Trophyman]

I think Leicester have 4 heat leaders next year so it takes the pressure off the other 3 riders. It only needs one of those 3 to have a good meeting and I can't see them loosing too many matches. It will be interesting to see how all the assessed 5 pointers do this year as we seem to be getting more and more and less British youngsters given a chance.

[justathought]

i will say it again,, REDCAR ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT..

 

And I think most teams will

[cheekycobra]

And I think most teams will

Except maybe our usual away win at Leicester

[Paulco]

I wouldn't underestimate Edinburgh . They have the past two PLRC's at their spearhead and a potential potent reserve in Tabaka . They are always very hard to beat round Armadale and if , as i suspect , a promising young Australian joins them - they will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season .

As for my beloved Tigers , well we'll see . Screen and Grieves will score heavily round Ashfield as usual , but i worry about them away from home . A lot depends on James Wright . If it's the James Wright of old , then we could have a very good season . But if it's the James Wright of the last couple of seasons .........then it will be another season of struggle i fear .

[Weeyin]

Edinburgh have indeed signed the young Max Fricke ...makes them very strong in my opinion . We ( Glasgow ) on the other hand will probably end up in our usual position of second bottom but we live in hope nonetheless !