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2 hours ago, 4thbender said:

Sheffield will wipe the board this season to defend their title.

That is a bold statement to make  , shall the rest of league teams pull out as it looks like you've got the title already . Injuries and luck good and bad will play there part at the end of the day. The only thing that is certain is the outcome is uncertain.

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Discounting injuries which always play a major part... I see three mini leagues in one

top 3

ipswich/Glasgow/Sheffield finishing in any order

middle pack fighting for 4th

lakeside/Scunthorpe/Edinburgh/Redcar/Workington 

bottom end fighting to avoid wooden spoon

Newcastle/Peterborough/Berwick 

 

For me the top 3 are the clear strongest but then thereafter that it’s a bit harder to call - at Ipswich our success hinges a little on how quickly the German lad settles and the injury returnees...

lots of people saying lakeside nailed on for top 4 - I think they have a long tail - never really rated Morley - and Ellis/Newman engine room looks somewhat inconsistent and prone to crashes/injuries - but one of the biggest Home advantage track in the league!

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8 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

While I see Sheffield as a top half side they don't strike me on paper as being in the top two or three, not sure what people are seeing that I'm not with all due respect.

Kyle howarth stepped up last year and with no s.worrall/josh g/cook/masters in the league this year will easily hold his own stepping up to number 1

lasse and wright are very good heat leaders and both will be formidable at home.

bates frankly has the ability to go as far as he wants in the sport - just needs to get his head right consistently - showed signs of that last year so potential to improve

kurtz is fantastic at Sheffield and has become more and more solid at number 2 year on year

shanes could be one of the leagues biggest improvers this year 

smith has bags of potential just waiting to be unlocked - nevertheless he’s improved every year in his short career so far......

im an Ipswich fan so no tinted specs - I really can’t see the weak link here....

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On ‎20‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 4:01 PM, Bagpuss said:

While I see Sheffield as a top half side they don't strike me on paper as being in the top two or three, not sure what people are seeing that I'm not with all due respect.

What we are seeing is last season's league champions made even stronger with the acquisition of Wright, Shanes and Smith. We were sorry to lose Josh G, but that will be more than compensated by more power at 6 & 7 and 3 genuine heat leaders any one of whom could finish the season at no. 1 (not to mention a captain who's in the habit of winning titles!)

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3 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

Peterborough will win the league when they finish up with a top team after the first set of averages 

  1. Doyle
  2. Drabik
  3. Zmarzlik
  4. R.Lambert
  5. Woffinden
  6. J.Holder
  7. S.Lambert

 

No R.Lambert thanks, prefer someone that turns up every week  :D

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22 minutes ago, phillwhitewasmad said:

I predict Peterborough will announce meetings then change the date ,then the start time and then the team and not always in that order 

I predict  Scunthorpe will not finish anywhere near the top 4 , they have 2 decent riders in Steve Worrall and Jake Allen and the rest are very average.

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43 minutes ago, New era Panthers said:

I predict  Scunthorpe will not finish anywhere near the top 4 , they have 2 decent riders in Steve Worrall and Jake Allen and the rest are very average.

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  I think you could be right but my prediction will be closer than yours :0

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