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There has to be some kind of ranking of the category 1's to determine an order of selection of the category 2's.

 

Why does the riders in pot A have to be ranked. Surely the final league positions are enough to determine the picking order. Why complicate the system by ranking the riders. We have been assured that all rider are of similar ability, so what benefit is gained by ranking them.....???????

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Surely the order of pick is down to the teams ranking

 

 

 

Why does the riders in pot A have to be ranked. Surely the final league positions are enough to determine the picking order. Why complicate the system by ranking the riders. We have been assured that all rider are of similar ability, so what benefit is gained by ranking them.....???????

 

 

Group 1 is the only group of riders that need ranking, because those rankings determine when you pick from group 2.

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Why does the riders in pot A have to be ranked. Surely the final league positions are enough to determine the picking order. Why complicate the system by ranking the riders. We have been assured that all rider are of similar ability, so what benefit is gained by ranking them.....???????

They have to be ranked as clubs have the option to protect assets. It wouldn't be fair on Leicester to have first pick but half the grade A riders not available as they've been protected and then get last pick in round 2. Grade A picks should determine the order of picks for round 2

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Nowhere in the official release does it mention ranking the riders.

 

Once clubs have protected their rider, the rest of the selection will be done on league position. For example, if Poole choose to select Newman then they will pick last in Group B.

 

I don't know why some are trying to make it more complicated than it is?!

 

The only 2 things we are waiting for are 1) the final list of riders; and 2) which of them are in Group A.

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Nowhere in the official release does it mention ranking the riders.

 

Once clubs have protected their rider, the rest of the selection will be done on league position. For example, if Poole choose to select Newman then they will pick last in Group B.

 

I don't know why some are trying to make it more complicated than it is?!

 

The only 2 things we are waiting for are 1) the final list of riders; and 2) which of them are in Group A.

 

 

It seems relatively easy to understand as far as i`m concerned!

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Leicester 100% have 1st pick in the grade A riders but then depending who they pick will have a lower position pick in the grade b riders .

 

But in my view what selection in the grade B riders Leicester get is irrelevant because i feel they will protect Josh Bates as a 2014 squad member .

So are you saying that Leicester get first choice of both categories?

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Nowhere in the official release does it mention ranking the riders.

 

Once clubs have protected their rider, the rest of the selection will be done on league position. For example, if Poole choose to select Newman then they will pick last in Group B.

 

 

 

Why should Poole have the last grade B choice if Newman isn't the best grade A rider?

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Why should Poole have the last grade B choice if Newman isn't the best grade A rider?

If Poole choose Newman (assuming he has accepted?!) as their protected Grade A rider, then the choice of Grade B riders will be done based upon the reversed EL league positions ie Poole with last pick.

 

If Newman chooses not to be in the draft, then Poole will not have a protected rider, so will pick last in the Grade A selection and then first in Grade B.

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If Poole choose Newman (assuming he has accepted?!) as their protected Grade A rider, then the choice of Grade B riders will be done based upon the reversed EL league positions ie Poole with last pick.

 

 

So the grade A choice is league positions reversed & so is the grade B choice? :blink:

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Because Kyle Newman was the stand out FTR all season . It's a matter of opinion if he was or not but it's funny seeing all Poole fans crying because they can't fiddle the FTR system like they do riders averages & get them reduced to suit etc

 

 

Why should Poole have the last grade B choice if Newman isn't the best grade A rider?

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Because Kyle Newman was the stand out FTR all season . It's a matter of opinion if he was or not but it's funny seeing all Poole fans crying because they can't fiddle the FTR system like they do riders averages & get them reduced to suit etc

I've not seen any Poole fans crying. They're just explaining how things work while others bitch, moan and talk up Newman as some sort of super star that he is not.

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TWO IDEAS

 

ONE = Any team that protect a Grade A rider are doing so because they are one of the best in that group and know by protecting him, no other team like Leicester or Belle Vue can select them.

 

So as the teams that pick early in the first pick only get to pick from what's left, the teams that have a protected rider in Group A get the last picks in Group B.

 

 

 

TWO = All riders are placed in two hats and who you get is sheer luck

 

 

NOTE = Surely Sky Sports could do an hours programme showing teams collecting trophies and Rider of the Year Awards and do 5he draft in this programme ?

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When are the groups due to be confirmed as they were still waiting for some to accept the request to be in the draft

 

 

They must already be confirmed because the draw is tomorrow!

Guess we will all find out when the list is published before the draw in the morning.

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They'll probably tell us who gets drafted to which club as it happens, but won't tell us which riders are on which list, or the actual rules for the draft.

 

Remember last year? They used twitter to tell us which riders had gone to which club, but never explained why King's Lynn were seemingly able to protect 2 assets or why the picks seemed to be being made in a different order to what we were told it would be.

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They'll probably tell us who gets drafted to which club as it happens, but won't tell us which riders are on which list, or the actual rules for the draft.

 

Remember last year? They used twitter to tell us which riders had gone to which club, but never explained why King's Lynn were seemingly able to protect 2 assets or why the picks seemed to be being made in a different order to what we were told it would be.

They have already tweeted that the confirmed list will be announced before the draft as soon as all riders have replied.

 

So about 11.55am tomorrow I guess!!

 

They will then tweet each rider as drawn and then a complete list of the 8 pairings later on - together with the guests.

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