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How long can the saga with AM go on. Should we replace him & if so, who with? It may even be that the BSPA are not going to allow his re-declaration as the replacement on Thursday night is for Kildeman & not Adrian. If so we would only have 6.86 to play with. To replace Adrian, it might have to be a re-declaration with one of the 7 point riders going, bearing in mind the riders available.

You can replace one rider on a like-for-like basis and still keep more than 3 riders of 7+ points. However if you make more than one change at the same time (ie a redeclaration), you can only have 2 x 7+ point riders in a 34 point team!

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Apart from the umber one issue it's clear where Swindon's main problem lies, and that is at reserve.

 

If you swap the reserve results round and have Swindon reserves taking the positions the Belle Vue reserves took in races, then Swindon would have won 49-41 by my reckoning.

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You can replace one rider on a like-for-like basis and still keep more than 3 riders of 7+ points. However if you make more than one change at the same time (ie a redeclaration), you can only have 2 x 7+ point riders in a 34 point team!

Read carefully & you will realise that is what I said. As usual your comments, like your user name are pants!
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Taken from the Swindon advertiser

 

SWINDON Robins will be hoping to be at the front of the queue to land Darcy Ward if he decides to make a return to British speedway according to promoter Colin Pratt.

 

However, Swindon are not the only club looking to secure the services of the 23-year-old and Pratt says that the Robins will have to keep their finger on the pulse to secure his services should he return to Britain this season.

 

We're looking into the number one situation at the moment, said Pratt, who indicated there would have to be two changes made to the team if Ward was to ride for Swindon.

 

"The only name that keeps coming up at the moment is Darcy Ward.

 

If it was him, depending on what his averages come up with, I think Rosco (Alun Rossiter) is working at the moment on the averages and sometimes it is rumoured that you have to take two out to get two in.

 

I think there are two or three clubs that are looking into him and whether they can fit him in or not, but at the moment it is just talking to Rosco.

 

We just have to make sure we keep our ear to the ground and make sure we are first in line if something comes up that we reckon is a benefit to Swindon.

 

(He wasn't wrong about Rosco "working on the averages"😉)

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It also looks like Lakeside are serious contenders (as alluded to by Skidder in a post yesterday):

 

http://totalswindonsport.com/2015/06/robins-face-a-battle-to-secure-ward-signature/

The 4 teams that had been suggested on various social media sites for a while were Lakeside, Swindon, Leicester & Wolves.

As I mentioned previously, AJ is said to want to focus on abroad commitments.

Leicester is rumoured to be the club he's ruled out. However who would he replace at Wolves?

 

Think it's a 2 horse race between Swindon & Lakeside. (Lakeside could do a like for like swap or redeclare if for AJ)

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I'd gladly have him in the side but not if we had to drop someone to fit him in. He won't be back next year wherever he goes and will probably ride to average below 7.

 

But if he fits straight in, sure. Worth a go.

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