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Sheffield

Somerset

Eastbourne

Leicester

Dark Horses

Redcar

As people have mentioned at Sheffield we have Drew Kemp on a 2 point average, whereas in truth but for one meeting he is really a 4.5 rider, on top of that we have Kasper Andersen on a assessed 5.20 average whereas he is maybe one or two meetings away from been a 6 point rider., both Andersen and Kemp are false averages and gives a more than potential 3,5 advantage over the other teams.

Eastbourne might have decent reserves at home, but with American Broc Nichol either starting or moving quickly down to reserve we have a rider that can adapt very quickly to a small technical track as he is used to riding those types of tracks in the States, he proved that last season when he cope more than adequately at Lakeside.    

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17 hours ago, gazzac said:

Not many will rate Eastbourne as contenders for the playoffs , but Wood and Brennen generally had the beating of anyone at Arlington last season in the NL including Kemp and Mountain, add in the fact that a lot of riders in the championship won't have had any experience of the tight turns of Arlington , can't see them losing at home next season especially with a top end that ride Arlington well. Away will be Eagles of old but win all at home, pick up an odd point or two away  and you certainly should get to the playoffs, probably not win them, but top 4 a definite possibility.  

 

Don't under estimate Tom Brennan away from home,  he is no one track pony and his recent tour of Australia has been an eye opener.  Some really good performances against several of the 1 to 5 riders of the championship and even equalled Jason Crump in one of Jason's rare appearances. You can check out his results on the usual updates site in the Australian section which does not include his 11 points just losing out on the final of the Jack Young Cup.  He will only be reserve until the first new averages and I expect big things from him this year.   

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7 minutes ago, Hunters said:

Don't under estimate Tom Brennan away from home,  he is no one track pony and his recent tour of Australia has been an eye opener.  Some really good performances against several of the 1 to 5 riders of the championship and even equalled Jason Crump in one of Jason's rare appearances. You can check out his results on the usual updates site in the Australian section which does not include his 11 points just losing out on the final of the Jack Young Cup.  He will only be reserve until the first new averages and I expect big things from him this year.   

Tom Brennan is a good prospect , but dont expect too much from him just because he beat crumpy in one of Jasons rare meetings down under . jase is there to bring on  young kids on and give them a kick start  , so to speak .as you say , a rare meeting for him . but well done to Tom .

the same goes for Jedd List , scored 7  points in a meeting full of novices and i can see him having a tuff time in the championship until he gets sorted , Berwick are my tip for the championship in 2019 and a couple of underdogs to run them close .edinbra look good also, but the other scottish team have a longish tail . too many points gobbled up by Craig i think .

just my opinion of course . 

 

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16 minutes ago, jenga said:

Tom Brennan is a good prospect , but dont expect too much from him just because he beat crumpy in one of Jasons rare meetings down under . jase is there to bring on  young kids on and give them a kick start  , so to speak .as you say , a rare meeting for him . but well done to Tom .

the same goes for Jedd List , scored 7  points in a meeting full of novices and i can see him having a tuff time in the championship until he gets sorted , Berwick are my tip for the championship in 2019 and a couple of underdogs to run them close .edinbra look good also, but the other scottish team have a longish tail . too many points gobbled up by Craig i think .

just my opinion of course . 

 

Tom  i saw him ride twice for the Robin's last year and he really impressed me technically he is very good rider.On the face of it before the Swindon v Poole meeting started i thought maybe Tom would be out of his depth.How wrong  i was he beat Jacobsen/Woryna on merit and was pressured for four laps to do so.This Aussie tour he has done very well again but as you say don't expect to much but i expect him to do very well in the Championship.I hope if Eastie never move up Swindon could have first option on Tom he is a local lad and i would love it if Tom and Anders Rowe  were to ride in the same Swindon team in the future.

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Top 4 

Sheffield 

Redcar

Edinburgh

Somerset

Workington to do a Sheffield and finish bottom , they would have been top 4 if they had got Rasmus Jensen back strange they didnt sign him up again.

 

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17 hours ago, Gazc said:

Xmas was last week nugget.

Did not say it was not . Golden Nugget .

looks like the 12 days of Christmas do not exist in Scotland then ! ........... Thick shake  ......

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Sheffield

Glasgow

Scunthorpe

Eastbourne

 

Leicester

Berwick 

Redcar

Edinburgh

Somerset

Newcastle

Birmingham

 

Somerset likely to make wholesale changes at some point so their position based on starting line up, but likely to finish several places higher. 

 

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53 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Sheffield

Glasgow

Scunthorpe

Eastbourne

 

Leicester

Berwick 

Redcar

Edinburgh

Somerset

Newcastle

Birmingham

 

Somerset likely to make wholesale changes at some point so their position based on starting line up, but likely to finish several places higher. 

 

are Somerset playing the naughty game ?

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