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While a bit of a farce I am finding the team changes and racing orders slightly fascinating, it is producing some pretty interesting meetings.

What's interesting about it ? Apart from the fact that it reduces the league to a lottery rather than a serious competition, I can't see how a class act like Freddie Lindgren , for example, enhances a meeting by going off as a second string.

 

There might be some sort of academic fascination to it but for the life of me I don't see how it's going to increase the numbers through the turnstiles, which is really what needs to happen.

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E I Addio, on 14 May 2016 - 11:32 PM, said:

What's interesting about it ? Apart from the fact that it reduces the league to a lottery rather than a serious competition, I can't see how a class act like Freddie Lindgren , for example, enhances a meeting by going off as a second string.

 

There might be some sort of academic fascination to it but for the life of me I don't see how it's going to increase the numbers through the turnstiles, which is really what needs to happen.

Good Post ... I am in total agreement with you . Is it any wonder no credible businessmen from outside Speedway like Mr Hearn as suggested by many , on many occasions, would be willing to come in & overhaul our sport which on the whole left alone without the yearly ridiculous tinkering is actually brilliant to watch !!

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yes the averages are an absolute calamity , whats going to happen next season if ellis,klindt,newman,auty,worrall,kurtz,and all the other riders that swap 1-5 to reserve, end the season with ridiculously high averages?

 

and are teams going to time it so that a 1-5 is at reserve for the play-offs giving them an advantage?

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yes the averages are an absolute calamity , whats going to happen next season if ellis,klindt,newman,auty,worrall,kurtz,and all the other riders that swap 1-5 to reserve, end the season with ridiculously high averages?

 

and are teams going to time it so that a 1-5 is at reserve for the play-offs giving them an advantage?

 

Over the course of a season it should even itself out, but you'll still end up with some riders with a 7-point average having ridden as a heatleader all year and some with a 7-point average having ridden as a reserve/secondstring.

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Over the course of a season it should even itself out, but you'll still end up with some riders with a 7-point average having ridden as a heatleader all year and some with a 7-point average having ridden as a reserve/secondstring.

 

it wont even itself out thou will it, ellis went from 3.00 to 8.00 in only a handful meetings , if he's at reserve for the last 2/3 meetings of the season , he could quite possibly end on 8.00 as could many others ,

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So after 7 seasons since his Elite League debut Kyle Newman is finally going to be in top 5.

 

About time & hope it works out for him.

Just remember he just coming back from a very nasty injury..

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it wont even itself out thou will it, ellis went from 3.00 to 8.00 in only a handful meetings , if he's at reserve for the last 2/3 meetings of the season , he could quite possibly end on 8.00 as could many others ,

He won't end on 8 but 7 is possible. Between Newman and Ellis they'll get about 3 or 4 as a heat leader but 8 or 9 not as a reserve and it'll average out to be about 7. The rule that needs there to always be an EDR in reserve will be a killer for Ellis and Newmans averages.

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it wont even itself out thou will it, ellis went from 3.00 to 8.00 in only a handful meetings , if he's at reserve for the last 2/3 meetings of the season , he could quite possibly end on 8.00 as could many others ,

 

His average went up to 8 because it was based on only four meetings. By the end of the season he will have a 20-meeting rolling average, so the meetings where he's ridden as a reserve will balance out against the meetings where he's ridden as heatleader or secondstring.

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Averages from 20th May

 

BELLE VUE

Heatleaders: Zagar, Nicholls, Cook

2nd strings: Fricke, S Worrall

Reserves: R Worrall, Jacobs

 

COVENTRY

Heatleaders: Kaspazak, Harris, King

2nd strings: Garrity, Bates

Reserve: Woryna, Sarjeant

 

KING'S LYNN

Heatleaders: Iversen, Batchelor, Lambert

2nd strings: Mads, Wilkinson

Reserves: Jacobsen, Rose

(However, Wilkinson stays at reserve until Jacobsen returns from injury)

 

LAKESIDE

Heatleaders: AJ, Lawson, Nilsson

2nd strings: Swiderski, Bridger

Reserves: Kerr, Mear

 

LEICESTER

Heatleaders: Watt, Hougaard, Summers

2nd strings: Wozniak, Auty

Reserves: Klindt, Starke

 

POOLE PIRATES

Heatleaders: Andersen, Newman, Buczkowski

2nd strings: Holder, Bjarne

Reserves: Kurtz, Ellis

 

SWINDON

Heatleaders: Doyle, Tungate, Grajczonek

2nd strings: Morris, Wright

Reserves: Sedgmen, Nielsen

 

WOLVERHAMPTON

Heatleaders: Lindgren, JK, Thorssell

2nd strings: Masters, Howarth

Reserves: Bech, Clegg

 

Interesting how Holder is leading world standings and flying in GP but yet slipping nearer to reserve for Poole. Could the rumours of average fixing be true? Can only see him staying at reserve for couple of weeks if does go down

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