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16 minutes ago, nightshift said:

Just as a matter of interest. Does the club that wins the league receive any financial reward for doing so ? Trophy, Leauge Title, £----------------------

knowing the bspa you will get B All as they will have spent any money they have on biscuits at the last agm.

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2 hours ago, stevebrum said:

Big changes! Seems to have lost it’s starting power packed look and gone down the cheaper British route.

The Pole deserved longer imho.

Nicholls isn’t a number one anymore but then Bjerre has hardly been riding like one either. Auty for Krystian is an odd one although it can’t be denied that Auty has been having a much improved season in the 2nd tier. But in the main body of the team?

Replacing the reserves tho is a no brainier plus Robbo at reserve is an obvious move for any club.

Still surprising move tho.

i wonder if the 2 maximum changes brigade are going to be as critical on this as they are on Poole?

Surely axing the Pole was a financial decision Steve he has been up and down but generally has done well he has ability as well.

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1 Hans Andersen 7.42

2 Stuart Robson 5.52

3 Charles Wright 6.19 

4 Ricky Wells 7.09

5 Scott Nicholls 7.35 

6 Josh Auty 4.82

7 Connor Mountain 2.79

 

suprised if these averages are correct they didn't keep Kurtz at reserve instead of Mountain or even kept Pieszczek instead of Auty and gone with a 2.00 like Max Clegg making Robbo a reserve. 

 

1 Hans Andersen 7.42

2 Kristian Pieszczek 6.50

3 Charles Wright 6.19

4 Ricky Wells 7.09

5 Scott Nicholls 7.35

6 Stuart Robson 5.52

7 Max Clegg 2.00

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1 hour ago, Steve0 said:

Is anyone left from the original 1-7?

Edit - so only Hans Andersen left.  That is shocking and not good for fans surely.  It shows ambition but at what cost? Time will tell.

Used 16 riders so far this year, that must be close to a record just four months in to the season  :o

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One remaining rider from the start of the season, only one word necessary and that's ruthless. I personally think it's tough on Kristian but I totally get it given his dramatic loss in form & confidence. Scott Nichols always gives 100% and in bringing in Josh and Connor (great to see him given a chance) you've got two riders bang in form and should prove a much stronger reserve pairing. I wish Stuart Robson well, but I'm not convinced he's a number 2 but let's hope I'm proven wrong.

Just one other point, Leicester from all accounts are slowly changing the track surface through adding more shale, is that going to best suit their new line-up or their opponents, because if they have riders who prefer it slick then surely they're handing the advantage to their opposition? 

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3 hours ago, stevebrum said:

I wonder if the 2 maximum changes brigade are going to be as critical on this as they are on Poole?

Absolutely....it's a nonsense that only one rider is left from their original line up.

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14 minutes ago, The Observer said:

One remaining rider from the start of the season, only one word necessary and that's ruthless. I personally think it's tough on Kristian but I totally get it given his dramatic loss in form & confidence. Scott Nichols always gives 100% and in bringing in Josh and Connor (great to see him given a chance) you've got two riders bang in form and should prove a much stronger reserve pairing. I wish Stuart Robson well, but I'm not convinced he's a number 2 but let's hope I'm proven wrong.

Just one other point, Leicester from all accounts are slowly changing the track surface through adding more shale, is that going to best suit their new line-up or their opponents, because if they have riders who prefer it slick then surely they're handing the advantage to their opposition? 

Josh isn't at reserve, Robson is reserve with Mountain. Auty takes his converted Championship average. Averages have been updated already on SGB website : Andersen 7.42 , Nicholls 7.35, Wells 7.09, Wright 6.19, Auty 6.03, Robson 5.52, Mountain 2.79. Total 42.39

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Folk then wonder why Matt Ford and others dont bother with Team suits;)

The only ones making money out of this would be the manufacturers!

Its all completely bonkers. Anyone with any doubts about where speedway is going, need only look at the number of changes this season as a whole. Its bloody madness.

Time the SRA stood up to the Promoters. Riders pay out an absolute fortune to honour contracts. Then get dumped at the click of a finger, without any compensation. 

A very disillusioned Poole fan of 63 years.

 

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Half the riders who have gone this season have been due to injuries, and needing to make a change often impacts another rider to make the numbers work. Would you prefer they ran with R/R and three guests? If riders come in to do a job then score at two points below their starting average they can't expect to keep their place.

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6 minutes ago, GoldenGauntlet said:

Half the riders who have gone this season have been due to injuries, and needing to make a change often impacts another rider to make the numbers work. Would you prefer they ran with R/R and three guests? If riders come in to do a job then score at two points below their starting average they can't expect to keep their place.

 

Which riders are two points below their averages? Bjerre? Any others? The Piesczek was doing well and Sarjeant was riding to his average. Both could have ridden for the club for the next five years, Nicholls and Robson won’t.

Clubs should keep riders and invest in them, like companies investing in their staff. 

Daft.

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4 minutes ago, DC2 said:

 

Which riders are two points below their averages? Bjerre? Any others? The Piesczek was doing well and Sarjeant was riding to his average. Both could have ridden for the club for the next five years, Nicholls and Robson won’t.

Clubs should keep riders and invest in them, like companies investing in their staff. 

Daft.

Just Bjerre. I wouldn't have dropped Pieszczek based on his performances (although his form had dipped recently), but I can understand that they wanted more strength at reserve so had to make another change. As for investing in riders in the hope that they stay for 5 years, good luck with that - there is little loyalty on either side in British speedway these days. 

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Guessing that Auty a lot cheaper to employ than the Polish lad and probably get Scotty on better deal than Bjerre so maybe this is cost cutting exercise as much as anything.   

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