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There not as distorted as reserves averages though

So? All the clubs will be picking from the same pool of riders. No one wins or loses if draft riders EL averages apply. Just raise the points limit to 42.5. Is Garrity and Worrall a point better than Newman at EL level? Their EL averages suggest not.

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There not as distorted as reserves averages though

They're equally as distorted. There are 90 points in a meeting, every point you make harder for a heat leader you make easier for a reserve. Gone are the 10 point men and now the top guys are 8 point men, thus the top guys are 2 points lower. While at reserve rather than being 5 pointers we now have 7 pointers, thus a gain of 2.

 

It just doesn't matter anyway. ALL reserves have had the same easier races and have all gained an equal amount on their averages, so if Garrity is inflated, so is Newman and Kerr and Wright etc etc. So as long as every team signs one it won't make a blind bit of difference. All the draft riders have raced enough meetings in the EL in the last 2 season to give them an EL average gained in the same way in the same strength league to be fair.l But no the BSPA have decided to use another leagues averages. Barmy!

On paper he doesn't seem to do a bad job, just don't perform on track as they should!

Really? Lakeside build uninspiring middle order teams every year. In fact if you look at the prediction thread most people had Lakeside lower down the order this year.

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They're equally as distorted. There are 90 points in a meeting, every point you make harder for a heat leader you make easier for a reserve. Gone are the 10 point men and now the top guys are 8 point men, thus the top guys are 2 points lower. While at reserve rather than being 5 pointers we now have 7 pointers, thus a gain of 2.

 

It just doesn't matter anyway. ALL reserves have had the same easier races and have all gained an equal amount on their averages, so if Garrity is inflated, so is Newman and Kerr and Wright etc etc. So as long as every team signs one it won't make a blind bit of difference. All the draft riders have raced enough meetings in the EL in the last 2 season to give them an EL average gained in the same way in the same strength league to be fair.l But no the BSPA have decided to use another leagues averages. Barmy!

Really? Lakeside build uninspiring middle order teams every year. In fact if you look at the prediction thread most people had Lakeside lower down the order this year.

But all the draft riders have to start at reserve therefore they have to have a lower average than the second string riders which without checking i expect a few have higher averages than some of the second string riders so if they used their EL average riders like Newman and Garrity would be above riders like Gomolski

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But all the draft riders have to start at reserve therefore they have to have a lower average than the second string riders which without checking i expect a few have higher averages than some of the second string riders so if they used their EL average riders like Newman and Garrity would be above riders like Gomolski

No they don't. It's already been stated on the BSPA site that the draft riders will start in reserve for 4 meetings regardless of average.

 

There no reason why they couldn't just use there EL averages. Nobody has yet come up with a reason.

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No they don't. It's already been stated on the BSPA site that the draft riders will start in reserve for 4 meetings regardless of average.

 

There no reason why they couldn't just use there EL averages. Nobody has yet come up with a reason.

So after 4 meetings their straight into the main body because their starting average is higher than the second strings in the team which would mean your lesser riders are not at reserve anymore.
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Let's hope that this rule doesn't get ratified in November eh

But all the draft riders have to start at reserve therefore they have to have a lower average than the second string riders which without checking i expect a few have higher averages than some of the second string riders so if they used their EL average riders like Newman and Garrity would be above riders like Gomolski

It would be a bit of a pain to work out but they could use only their average from rides against 2nd string riders from last year, which would be fair and a true reflection of their EL form .......
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But their starting average will still effect their average after 4 meetings and would most likely be higher than at least one of the second strings.

You're making this difficult :P Newman and Garrity could start on 7, Wright and Worrall on 6.5 (or whatever they got last season). After 4 meeting they are apparently going to get averages which may or may not put them into the 1-5 anyway, you could still do that. While the 1-5s could have rolling averages (to stop them being able to "drop" easily) the reserves could be given averages just for this season.

 

It's funny how only Poole fans are failing to grasp this on here and twitter :D

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No they don't. It's already been stated on the BSPA site that the draft riders will start in reserve for 4 meetings regardless of average.

 

There no reason why they couldn't just use there EL averages. Nobody has yet come up with a reason.

 

Maybe they are planning on adding a rider into the draft, who only has a comparable PL average? Eg, Richie Worrall.

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Maybe they are planning on adding a rider into the draft, who only has a comparable PL average? Eg, Richie Worrall.

It's not hard to stick all the tier 1 draft riders PL and EL averages into a calculator and work out a fair conversion and then apply that to Worrall (and Barker if rumours are true)

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You're making this difficult :P Newman and Garrity could start on 7, Wright and Worrall on 6.5 (or whatever they got last season). After 4 meeting they are apparently going to get averages which may or may not put them into the 1-5 anyway, you could still do that. While the 1-5s could have rolling averages (to stop them being able to "drop" easily) the reserves could be given averages just for this season.

 

It's funny how only Poole fans are failing to grasp this on here and twitter :D

O k so i am thick but isn't the 4 match average a rolling average continuing on from their original converted PL average which is a closer reflection of their ability than the EL average they attained last season.

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