DC2 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Bagpuss said: Will start as favourites I would suggest. Not for me. Sheffield are more balanced and stronger over all. Swindon will face some battles at home and pick up few away wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, DC2 said: Not for me. Sheffield are more balanced and stronger over all. Swindon will face some battles at home and pick up few away wins. Going to be very close!!! everyone of the below could be argued the other IMO Doyle vs Pedersen = Doyle Batch vs Holder = Holder Jensen vs Graj = Jensen Ellis vs Lawson = Ellis (In the championship id say Lawson) Perks vs Howarth = Howarth Rowe vs Morris = Morris Stewart vs Kurtz = Stewart That's who I tgink will have the better season of the two but im not confident in any of it to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 14 minutes ago, phillipsr said: Going to be very close!!! everyone of the below could be argued the other IMO Doyle vs Pedersen = Doyle Batch vs Holder = Holder Jensen vs Graj = Jensen Ellis vs Lawson = Ellis (In the championship id say Lawson) Perks vs Howarth = Howarth Rowe vs Morris = Morris Stewart vs Kurtz = Stewart That's who I tgink will have the better season of the two but im not confident in any of it to be honest The Swindon top four should score at least 40 every week at home and 36 away, so 10 from the three man tail should be the target. My worry is that there will be plenty of matches where Rowe scores 0. If Stewart or Perks doesn’t kick on and become a solid five pointer, Swindon will be fighting for fourth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 I think there could be a lot of changes throughout the year with this team, very strong top 4 but weak bottom 3 and every team needs at least one good reserve so unless Stewart or Rowe improve a lot during the season I can see many changes although it could be said the changes in 2019didn't do Swindon any harm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, DC2 said: The Swindon top four should score at least 40 every week at home and 36 away, so 10 from the three man tail should be the target. My worry is that there will be plenty of matches where Rowe scores 0. If Stewart or Perks doesn’t kick on and become a solid five pointer, Swindon will be fighting for fourth. That's not unreasonable. There's going to be a lot of pressure on Stewart and Perks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 51 minutes ago, DC2 said: Not for me. Sheffield are more balanced and stronger over all. Swindon will face some battles at home and pick up few away wins. Sheffield look decent but Swindon look quite a way ahead of them on paper, I have my doubts about Pedersen taking into account his age and time away from the UK and their reserves don’t convince me although accept many reserves won’t look great to start with. Sheffield look good for the top four but Swindon are the best on paper without doubt unless anybody else pulls rabbits out if the hat, can’t see it though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Now the top 7 is confirmed Swindon will start as massive favourites with a way stronger top 4 than Sheffield. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Sheffield look decent but Swindon look quite a way ahead of them on paper, I have my doubts about Pedersen taking into account his age and time away from the UK and their reserves don’t convince me although accept many reserves won’t look great to start with. Sheffield look good for the top four but Swindon are the best on paper without doubt unless anybody else pulls rabbits out if the hat, can’t see it though. I don't think either team has a tail which tail will do much wagging, I would prefer a more balanced team personally. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 minute ago, stevebrum said: Now the top 7 is confirmed Swindon will start as massive favourites with a way stronger top 4 than Sheffield. In my opinion Steve, Wolves could be better with a more balanced team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, foreverblue said: In my opinion Steve, Wolves could be better with a more balanced team. Could have been better! Nicol instead of Nicholls is plain daft in terms of a 2020 title challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagonshocker Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 1 hour ago, phillipsr said: Going to be very close!!! everyone of the below could be argued the other IMO Doyle vs Pedersen = Doyle Batch vs Holder = Holder Jensen vs Graj = Jensen Ellis vs Lawson = Ellis (In the championship id say Lawson) Perks vs Howarth = Howarth Rowe vs Morris = Morris Stewart vs Kurtz = Stewart That's who I tgink will have the better season of the two but im not confident in any of it to be honest Holder over Batchelor? Realy??? 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, hagonshocker said: Holder over Batchelor? Realy??? I think Holder will have a better season than Batch yes... not sure that's a massively out there prediction to be honest but as I said im not confident in it as I honestly think every single prediction I made could go the other way fairly comfortably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Can someone please list the team with averages being used and the team total - thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliant Robin Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Can someone please list the team with averages being used and the team total - thank you Doyle - 8.96 Stewart - 4.00 Jensen - 7.86 Ellis - 6.33 (2.5% discount applied) Batchelor - 8.82 Perks - 3.49 (2.5% discount applied) Rowe - 3.00 Total - 42.46 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 46 minutes ago, foreverblue said: In my opinion Steve, Wolves could be better with a more balanced team. IF we are looking at similar teams to this season then Wolves will still be strong but would be outclassed by Swindon just like the play offs. IF it’s Masters And Thorssell as the last 2 then it’s well under the points limit despite looking solid and improvement throughout. However if Wolves have pulled off a top rider at number one that could make us front runners tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshiretyke Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 hours ago, phillipsr said: Going to be very close!!! everyone of the below could be argued the other IMO Doyle vs Pedersen = Doyle Batch vs Holder = Holder Jensen vs Graj = Jensen Ellis vs Lawson = Ellis (In the championship id say Lawson) Perks vs Howarth = Howarth Rowe vs Morris = Morris Stewart vs Kurtz = Stewart That's who I tgink will have the better season of the two but im not confident in any of it to be honest Bang on!! I don't think there will be much in it for Swindon and Sheffield. Me personally, I would say Graj over Jensen due to Josh having Owlerton as his home track and think he will increase his average because of that. But definitely not much in it. You could argue either way for any of the match ups above. However, wouldn't be surprised at all if Sheffield comfortably beat Swindon at home and vice versa. Cant wait! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 2 hours ago, DC2 said: Could have been better! Nicol instead of Nicholls is plain daft in terms of a 2020 title challenge. On what we know up to now true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 6 hours ago, DC2 said: Not for me. Sheffield are more balanced and stronger over all. Swindon will face some battles at home and pick up few away wins. The opposite in my view, both sides i believe will be good at home away like this year Swindon worst scenario can score 42 points and at least get a bonus point.Sheffield away i think could be vulnerable certainly at reserve and i don't see them having the same no 6/7 all season .Wolves also will have a team like they always do, IF they could get Pawlicki they would be the side to beat also they have a fresh look with Douglas,Becker,Nicol, who will be longterm improvers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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acef Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 5 hours ago, stevebrum said: IF we are looking at similar teams to this season then Wolves will still be strong but would be outclassed by Swindon just like the play offs. IF it’s Masters And Thorssell as the last 2 then it’s well under the points limit despite looking solid and improvement throughout. However if Wolves have pulled off a top rider at number one that could make us front runners tho. Huge risk going 2 points under the limit and that looks to be the case. It's solid but you are now totally reliant on people upping there averages. Dangerous game to play and imo just not enough firepower in that team. However given the split we will see in the league this season you will comfortably make the play offs. We can already pick the top 4, before a wheel is turned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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