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4 hours ago, gazzac said:

Personally think he is where he is and didn't manipulate his average at Sheffield, not sure its the best signing for the championship on his average, if he doesn't bang in 12 plus points every meeting home and away for Kent it won't strengthen them overall, but last throw of the dice I suppose to resurrect the season for Kent.

Hurry was scoring less than 3 points a match & r/r less than 4 points a match, so Batchelor doesn't need to score 12 points a match to strengthen Kent! If he gets an 8.00 ave Kent will be stronger!

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5 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

Hurry was scoring less than 3 points a match & r/r less than 4 points a match, so Batchelor doesn't need to score 12 points a match to strengthen Kent! If he gets an 8.00 ave Kent will be stronger!

Put like that, szkocjasid, it makes perfect sense. When I first saw Batchelor's average, I thought he'd never live up to it so could be a poor move.  But seeing your view

of it and I now feel entirely different. Surely the Kings MUST be stronger ?

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The proof of the pudding will be on tuesday night,,We beat Eastbourne recently with a good guest Kyle Howarth,,,so we should beat them again if Batchelor is the rider we hope he is  ?

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15 hours ago, East End Fan said:

Put like that, szkocjasid, it makes perfect sense. When I first saw Batchelor's average, I thought he'd never live up to it so could be a poor move.  But seeing your view

of it and I now feel entirely different. Surely the Kings MUST be stronger ?

If there were riders on 8 + 5 averages available, it'd be a bad move to sign an 11.1 rider who won't hit that figure! But there wasn't many options out there!

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1 hour ago, Fromafar said:

It’s a tight call at the bottom;)

Hate to say it but we {Berwick} could end up bottom

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2 hours ago, Normski said:

Hate to say it but we {Berwick} could end up bottom

Championship league table should make worrying reading for Berwick, they have ridden more meetings than the four clubs below them and have only a two point advantage over bottom club Kent. League table below.

                           
                           
    M W D L 4W 3W D 1L L F A Pts
1 Poole 13 5 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 640 529 31
2 Glasgow 14 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 651 579 31
3 Edinburgh 16 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 742 687 31
4 Redcar 15 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 686 633 31
5 Scunthorpe 17 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 777 747 31
6 Leicester 14 6 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 681 575 27
7 Eastbourne 11 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 494 494 18
8 Berwick 16 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 7 679 759 16
9 Plymouth 15 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 625 704 15
10 Newcastle 13 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 494 633 15
11 Birmingham 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 384 426 14
12 Kent 13 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 528 615 14
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18 minutes ago, screm said:

Championship league table should make worrying reading for Berwick, they have ridden more meetings than the four clubs below them and have only a two point advantage over bottom club Kent. League table below.

                           
                           
    M W D L 4W 3W D 1L L F A Pts
1 Poole 13 5 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 640 529 31
2 Glasgow 14 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 651 579 31
3 Edinburgh 16 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 742 687 31
4 Redcar 15 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 686 633 31
5 Scunthorpe 17 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 777 747 31
6 Leicester 14 6 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 681 575 27
7 Eastbourne 11 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 494 494 18
8 Berwick 16 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 7 679 759 16
9 Plymouth 15 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 625 704 15
10 Newcastle 13 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 494 633 15
11 Birmingham 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 384 426 14
12 Kent 13 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 528 615 14

Birmingham with 9 meetings is ridiculous, it’s the 21st of August, the cut off date is mid Sept I’m sure?

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On 8/21/2021 at 4:03 PM, screm said:

Championship league table should make worrying reading for Berwick, they have ridden more meetings than the four clubs below them and have only a two point advantage over bottom club Kent. League table below.

                           
                           
    M W D L 4W 3W D 1L L F A Pts
1 Poole 13 5 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 640 529 31
2 Glasgow 14 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 651 579 31
3 Edinburgh 16 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 742 687 31
4 Redcar 15 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 686 633 31
5 Scunthorpe 17 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 777 747 31
6 Leicester 14 6 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 681 575 27
7 Eastbourne 11 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 494 494 18
8 Berwick 16 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 7 679 759 16
9 Plymouth 15 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 625 704 15
10 Newcastle 13 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 494 633 15
11 Birmingham 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 384 426 14
12 Kent 13 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 528 615 14

Kent's 2 away draws should keep them clear of the wooden spoon!

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On 8/21/2021 at 4:22 PM, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Birmingham with 9 meetings is ridiculous, it’s the 21st of August, the cut off date is mid Sept I’m sure?

The top 6 are so far clear any lack of matches raced will not change the top 6, maybe make a difference to the top 2!

The biggest issue will probably be so many matches being raced after the cut off date for the play-offs, or even after the play-offs themselves, which could be hard to convince fans to turn up to watch!

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10 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

The top 6 are so far clear any lack of matches raced will not change the top 6, maybe make a difference to the top 2!

The biggest issue will probably be so many matches being raced after the cut off date for the play-offs, or even after the play-offs themselves, which could be hard to convince fans to turn up to watch!

But if Eastbourne close, Leicester are the big losers 7points, brings them closer.

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On 8/21/2021 at 4:03 PM, screm said:

Championship league table should make worrying reading for Berwick, they have ridden more meetings than the four clubs below them and have only a two point advantage over bottom club Kent. League table below.

                           
                           
    M W D L 4W 3W D 1L L F A Pts
1 Poole 13 5 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 640 529 31
2 Glasgow 14 5 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 651 579 31
3 Edinburgh 16 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 742 687 31
4 Redcar 15 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 686 633 31
5 Scunthorpe 17 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 777 747 31
6 Leicester 14 6 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 681 575 27
7 Eastbourne 11 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 494 494 18
8 Berwick 16 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 7 679 759 16
9 Plymouth 15 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 625 704 15
10 Newcastle 13 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 494 633 15
11 Birmingham 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 384 426 14
12 Kent 13 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 528 615 14

Just chatting to a friend who has been a fan for over 2 decades that sticks to  GPs these days about Jason Crump now at 5 due to his average reducing. 

He couldn't understand the whole 5% for guests (I still don't if I'm honest) and then I showed him the table and it blew his mind! 

If someone who has a knowledge of the sport cannot understand it how on earth are we supposed to attract new fans? 

Simplest sport on the planet in its purest form made baffling 

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13 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

The top 6 are so far clear any lack of matches raced will not change the top 6, maybe make a difference to the top 2!

The biggest issue will probably be so many matches being raced after the cut off date for the play-offs, or even after the play-offs themselves, which could be hard to convince fans to turn up to watch!

If Eastbourne get themselves sorted, they could easily catch Scunthorpe imo, win their 3 home meetings in hand, and a win and a point away from home in their 3 away meetings and they’re back with them, I know it’s not as simple as that, same with Birmingham, but less likely

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On 8/24/2021 at 2:14 PM, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

If Eastbourne get themselves sorted, they could easily catch Scunthorpe imo, win their 3 home meetings in hand, and a win and a point away from home in their 3 away meetings and they’re back with them, I know it’s not as simple as that, same with Birmingham, but less likely

Don't think there is any chance of that.

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