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So what happens if, halfway through the season, someone like Kerr is basically unbeatable (and has established an average of over 8 for Newcastle in the Premier League).

And earlier in the season, Kings Lynns no.7 gets injured, so then they can bring in anybody as a replacement and the replacement happens to be Robert Lambert, who also tends to be unbeatable and stays in the team as the guy he's replaced still isn't fit to return. Kings Lynn are running away with the league with nobody (not even Poole) near them.

What could Mr Ford and/or the BSPA then do, to make the league less of a walkover?

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Here's my attempt at a draft prediction:-

 

 

 

Coventry - Garrity, Clegg

BV - Blackbird, Reade

Eastbourne - Nielsen, Halsey

Leicester - Jacobs, Worrall

Lakeside - Ellis, Morley

KL - Kerr, Rose

Wolves - Morris, Smart

Swindon - Perry, Simon Lambert

Birmingham - Starke, Bates

Poole - Newman, Sarjeant

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My GUESS at the picks

 

KINGS LYNN; Lewis Kerr = Lewis Rose

BELLE VUE; Jason Garrity = Max Clegg

POOLE; Kyle Newman = Ben Hopwood

COVENTRY; Lewis Blackbird = James Sarjeant

LEICESTER; Stefan Nielsen = Simon Lambert

LAKESIDE; Adam Ellis = Ben Morley

WOLVES; Ashley Morris = Tom Perry

SWINDON; Paul Starke = Steve Worrall

EASTBOURNE; Joe Jacobs = Daniel Halsey

BIRMINGHAM; Ben Reade = Josh Bates

 

By not picking the next rider in the list but one a few places lower in the list it will mean a better pick for the last place.

 

Thankfully Ashley Morris is 7th in the list and when it comes to the second pick I think Wolves will go for local lad Tom Perry who used to ride for Dudley.

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My GUESS at the picks

 

KINGS LYNN; Lewis Kerr = Lewis Rose

BELLE VUE; Jason Garrity = Max Clegg

POOLE; Kyle Newman = Ben Hopwood

COVENTRY; Lewis Blackbird = James Sarjeant

LEICESTER; Stefan Nielsen = Simon Lambert

LAKESIDE; Adam Ellis = Ben Morley

WOLVES; Ashley Morris = Tom Perry

SWINDON; Paul Starke = Steve Worrall

EASTBOURNE; Joe Jacobs = Daniel Halsey

BIRMINGHAM; Ben Reade = Josh Bates

 

 

By not picking the next rider in the list but one a few places lower in the list it will mean a better pick for the last place.

 

Thankfully Ashley Morris is 7th in the list and when it comes to the second pick I think Wolves will go for local lad Tom Perry who used to ride for Dudley.

Tom Perry is in the top ten for a pick so if Wolves went for Morris they cant pick Perry.

 

Unless BV sign Garrity as an asset then Coventry will surely pick him. Even if he does sign as an asset im not sure he would now be a 'protected' pick now the system for this year has been released.

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Tom Perry is in the top ten for a pick so if Wolves went for Morris they cant pick Perry.

 

Unless BV sign Garrity as an asset then Coventry will surely pick him. Even if he does sign as an asset im not sure he would now be a 'protected' pick now the system for this year has been released.

You don't have to pick a Top 10 rider. Anybody not claimed (protected riders) or undrafted is available at any pick. Technically Number 1 Kerr can be picked last or not picked at all.

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You don't have to pick a Top 10 rider. Anybody not claimed (protected riders) or undrafted is available at any pick. Technically Number 1 Kerr can be picked last or not picked at all.

Thanks for that I read it wrong but still I very much doubt Perry will be available to Wolves once they get their 2nd pick.

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I wonder if any negotiations are allowed between teams as such with the american drafts. Where a club lower on the pick list may say you can have this ride for your 1-5 line up however we want to switch our picks in the first round as part of the deal?

That would make it even more interesting, but I think it's unlikely to happen this season as everything is too new.

 

I also thought if a really good rider in the NL was not an asset of an EL club and was going to be eligible for the 2015 draft, could we see a struggling team "tank" the rest of the season to get the first pick in 2015. Ie a promotor off load some of its better riders & replace with lower average riders to ensure finishing bottom.

Again, can't see it happening, it's just something that happens in American sports with a draft.

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How can Newman even get on the list he as not been in the National league for two years or more,as Charles Wright refused to be on and same for Laim Carr if not why are they not named.Steve Worrell where is he.Confused again by B S P A

As I posted on another thread because he is a young Brit and came up through the Conference, National and Premier leagues, wasn't afraid to give the Elite league a go in 2011 and has an assessed 3.00pt Elite average

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It will be interesting when a rider misses a meeting and a lower ranked rider is used as a guest even though the guest is averaging considerably more.

 

What happens when a rider not on the list is approached to cover for a long term injury or replacement. Can teams sign a new rider not on the list if he is averaging less than 3.00 in the EL.

 

Joe Haines for example could come out of retirement and at a young age and national titles to his name could he be bought in at any stage or even Charles Wright or Steve Boxall ?

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It will be interesting when a rider misses a meeting and a lower ranked rider is used as a guest even though the guest is averaging considerably more.

 

What happens when a rider not on the list is approached to cover for a long term injury or replacement. Can teams sign a new rider not on the list if he is averaging less than 3.00 in the EL.

 

Joe Haines for example could come out of retirement and at a young age and national titles to his name could he be bought in at any stage or even Charles Wright or Steve Boxall ?

The list is to be increased to 30 names. so that should provide enough long or short term replacements. Some riders turned down the offer because of work and other commitments.
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Will these reserves both have to have four rides each ?

 

 

You can see a team with a dominant reserve like Newman or Ellis getting 5 rides a meeting and the other reserve only riding in the two reserve rides and one other heat.

 

 

I take it ALL the riders on the list have agreed to ride where they are allocated regardless of how far away their home track will be. Will be a bit hard on an ambitious young rider to have a 400 mile round trip for £120 after breaking an exhaust, snapping a chain and being replaced in one race.

 

 

On this line. If the tac sub rule comes back in, can a reserve be taken out of a race when alongside a second string and replaced by the #1 rider ?

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I wonder if any negotiations are allowed between teams as such with the american drafts. Where a club lower on the pick list may say you can have this ride for your 1-5 line up however we want to switch our picks in the first round as part of the deal?

Apparently Matt Ford has offered Belle Vue a dozen bricks in exchange for their Number Two Pick. The deal is on hold until an investigation into whether Ford owns too many bricks is concluded.

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Apparently Matt Ford has offered Belle Vue a dozen bricks in exchange for their Number Two Pick. The deal is on hold until an investigation into whether Ford owns too many bricks is concluded.

He's already got number 2 pick in the form of Newman!

 

edit > sorry, he's number 3.

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