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You plainly have not read properly or understood a word I have said. It had nothing to do with disadvantaging Plymouth or their rescue bid. I made the point clearly that if a rider wished to double up PL & NL then provided he met the qualifying criteria of both Leagues he should not be stopped merely because of the order of signing if he wanted to. That has absolutely no inference that he should ride for NL to the exclusion of PL be it Plymouth or anyone else and in case you are also unaware of it, in double up situations where their is a fixture clash PL get priority anyway.

In this particular case it may well be that Neilsen has not even been approached or that he has no desire to ride NL we don't know . I was looking at possible alternatives in a shrinking rider pool and highlighting that the rule was to say the least irrational.

 

I don't know where the believe that Plymouth's rescue bid is being undermined or that three riders are being poached by greedy clubs comes from, that is also irrational and can only be a figment of your imagination.

This appears to be just another attempt to deride Eastbourne and their supporters. I had hoped that we had been rid of this sort of behaviour when we left the EL but apparently not.

 

That's the exact point though, he doesn't. He signed for a PL team, therefore he is ineligible to ride NL because his PL average is too high. If he had signed for a NL team initially and picked up a PL place during the season that is allowed, the rule has been changed to give riders who miss out on the PL in the first instance, like Ash Morris, a chance to get PL racing should it arise. Bear in mind that Eastbourne didn't need to make any changes at all, all they have done is replace Hopwood with Perks now.

 

The season has started and Stefan is in a declared PL one-to-seven, Plymouth were put on ice and have been saved so at no point could he have signed for a NL club unless Plymouth had been unable to continue.

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That's the exact point though, he doesn't. He signed for a PL team, therefore he is ineligible to ride NL because his PL average is too high. If he had signed for a NL team initially and picked up a PL place during the season that is allowed, the rule has been changed to give riders who miss out on the PL in the first instance, like Ash Morris, a chance to get PL racing should it arise. Bear in mind that Eastbourne didn't need to make any changes at all, all they have done is replace Hopwood with Perks now.

 

The season has started and Stefan is in a declared PL one-to-seven, Plymouth were put on ice and have been saved so at no point could he have signed for a NL club unless Plymouth had been unable to continue.

I think you have also missed the point the Plymouth had closed which means the riders have no contract to any club and would have been out of work so it ment that he could have signed for an NL team then a PL team but as we are all aware now that they are up and running. Good news for Plymouth and bad Luck for Eastbourne, but it ment that Ben had to go which has worked out well for Ben but if it all worked out would have been better for the club so i guess thats the reason they moved that direction thinking that they could get a replacement for the unlucky Hughes. But again we are not 100% sure thats what they are doing?

 

Hopwood was not at his best but still a long season but i have a little bit of faith in the management that something we have all missed and they are just waiting for the correct window to open but i think we have more chance of winning the lottery :t:

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I think you have also missed the point the Plymouth had closed which means the riders have no contract to any club and would have been out of work so it ment that he could have signed for an NL team then a PL team but as we are all aware now that they are up and running. Good news for Plymouth and bad Luck for Eastbourne, but it ment that Ben had to go which has worked out well for Ben but if it all worked out would have been better for the club so i guess thats the reason they moved that direction thinking that they could get a replacement for the unlucky Hughes. But again we are not 100% sure thats what they are doing?

 

Hopwood was not at his best but still a long season but i have a little bit of faith in the management that something we have all missed and they are just waiting for the correct window to open but i think we have more chance of winning the lottery :t:

 

The BSPA had put them on ice in the hope that they could be rescued and they were. He was and is still in the declared Plymouth 1-7 as far as the rules are concerned.

 

Has it worked out well for Hopwood? He'll likely be out of a job again once Branford comes back to the UK, more like making the best of the situation.

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I see ben had his first match last night not a bad night for him lucky in heat 15 with the miss fortune of whats his name, but at least Ben went on to win it, any news on whats going on in the world of team building a bit like lego all little bricks ( and i mean bricks) all the same colours yellow and blue ).

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I think you have also missed the point the Plymouth had closed which means the riders have no contract to any club and would have been out of work so it ment that he could have signed for an NL team then a PL team but as we are all aware now that they are up and running. Good news for Plymouth and bad Luck for Eastbourne, but it ment that Ben had to go which has worked out well for Ben but if it all worked out would have been better for the club so i guess thats the reason they moved that direction thinking that they could get a replacement for the unlucky Hughes. But again we are not 100% sure thats what they are doing?

 

Hopwood was not at his best but still a long season but i have a little bit of faith in the management that something we have all missed and they are just waiting for the correct window to open but i think we have more chance of winning the lottery :t:

 

Pricless lmao

 

'but it ment that Ben had to go which has worked out well for Ben'

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'Plymouth had closed which means the riders have no contract to any club'

 

You cudn't make it up lmao ... but you clearly do

 

You have no idea what youre talking about man so just wait & see, same to Alex whatever he is this weak and hunters jeez

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Does seem a little odd that you have Dan Greenwood booked as a guest for Saturday and are making an announcement today?

Perhaps its a swap for Andrews?

Definitely get the feeling it will have a slight shock factor to it?

Maybe he can't make it for Saturday..... Maybe he is at a wedding in Australia....
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he wouldn't fit on second thoughts? With a decent rider for Andrews

Unless my maths are wrong doesn't it leave us about 4.7 to play with for a replacement for Andrews with the saving we made replacing Hopwood with Perks and .25 we were under at the start of the season? Whether we can find a decent rider to fit in at 2 for that amount I'm not sure.

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Unless my maths are wrong doesn't it leave us about 4.7 to play with for a replacement for Andrews with the saving we made replacing Hopwood with Perks and .25 we were under at the start of the season?

I think we have 14.96 or there shouts to play with Branford is 10.14 so I think 4.8? Trouble is who is about to come in on that?
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