phillwhitewasmad Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 minute ago, screm said: If I understand the new rules correctly there are one or two clubs that will need to make a change or two before the new season. For example Edinburgh, they currently have William Lawson and James Sargeant at reserve, and will no disrespect to them part of the new rules is to create a clear pathway for young British riders and I don't see how that applies to either Sargeant or Lawson. That's what I thought but can see the scheme been extended to allow riders like James and Ashley Morris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 16 hours ago, Fromafar said: That’s where the vague term “rising star” falls flat,effectively your ruling James a Team spot that he had already secured.Not fair really.IMO. I'm not ruling him anything all I done was pulled all of the last years names straight accross and if I had left him out it would have been "why have you dropped James" he was at 7 on their team from last year and now at 7 on my spread sheet and until Edinburgh do something with their team he's got the lowest average so he's at 7... like Newcastle there will be an enforced change in that team but it might not be James who gets cut... if it's giving you that much consternation would you like me to take him out all together? FFS the details of the Rising Star thing only came out yesterday and Edinburgh still have a declared team from last year... so will I wipe him or them all or just leave it till someone tells us what's happening... or will I put a number 8 on that one with RS against it... James Sarjeant will not be the RS rider ok... happy now... but he may not be the rider who makes way for a Rising Star... Jesus... no wonder these promoters get pee'd off... Regards THJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 9 hours ago, Cookiefan said: Looking at 2020 team listings, Craig is 9.92 with the asterix reduction next to his name Ah man Dot for Christ sake man work with as here... the asterisk on the last one ment that matey boy had applied his 2.5% already ffs... Craig's average was 10.17 and with his 2.5% off he comes down to 9.92... ok... Oh and I think the Asterix you are refering to was a Gaul... could be wrong mind... Lots of Love John xxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, phillwhitewasmad said: That's what I thought but can see the scheme been extended to allow riders like James and Ashley Morris No it wont Phil... its someting like under 23 or 24 and/or no more than three years in the Championship or other proper league which would allow a new over age rider from say Motor Cross to come in... apparently the rules will be quite strict but until they officially come out I'm only getting snippets and educated guesses back of folk... Regards THJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, *JJ said: Birmingham have all six riders coming back, so you can include Valentin Grobauer. The 'rising star' is Jack Thomas. Can you give any averages for these guys please... and has the team been officially released anywhere yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, TotallyHonestJohn said: No it wont Phil... its someting like under 23 or 24 and/or no more than three years in the Championship or other proper league which would allow a new over age rider from say Motor Cross to come in... apparently the rules will be quite strict but until they officially come out I'm only getting snippets and educated guesses back of folk... Regards THJ Cheers for that it's starting to creep out now. Shame it's not transparent to all who have a vested interest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 Now we just need to find out what makes someone a 1 star, 2 star, 3 star or 4 star... youd think they'd bring all this information out with the press release for the new rule... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said: Ah man Dot for Christ sake man work with as here... the asterisk on the last one ment that matey boy had applied his 2.5% already ffs... Craig's average was 10.17 and with his 2.5% off he comes down to 9.92... ok... Oh and I think the Asterix you are refering to was a Gaul... could be wrong mind... Lots of Love John xxx What happened to the guy that used to do the confirmed signings thread in previous years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed29 Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 Yeah well i hope it will be better than last year, More SGB Championship in Eurosport with Premiership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said: No it wont Phil... its someting like under 23 or 24 and/or no more than three years in the Championship or other proper league which would allow a new over age rider from say Motor Cross to come in... apparently the rules will be quite strict but until they officially come out I'm only getting snippets and educated guesses back of folk... Regards THJ So why no Josh at 7 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Tsunami said: So why no Josh at 7 ? Clearly the new owners and particularly manager prefer Joe because they've nurtured him back at Stoke... Can they not have a shared role? If logistics is hard for Josh, he can do most home and Joe away? Edited January 23, 2021 by Dandelion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dandelion said: Clearly the new owners and particularly manager prefer Joe because they've nurtured him back at Stoke... Can they not have a shared role? If logistics is hard for Josh, he can do most home and Joe away? with both being club assets would benefit both club and riders but that’s common sense 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, mac101 said: with both being club assets would benefit both club and riders but that’s common sense Don't wanna be seen slagging off the new promotion, as they've done an amazing job since they took over. But giving Josh some credibility would be nice considering how much work he's put in both on and off the track. Wonder if a Gems team will be fielded next season? If the NL even exists by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, Dandelion said: Don't wanna be seen slagging off the new promotion, as they've done an amazing job since they took over. But giving Josh some credibility would be nice considering how much work he's put in both on and off the track. Wonder if a Gems team will be fielded next season? If the NL even exists by then Can't see it. Where are the riders going to come from. Owen yes, but where are the rest. No training school now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 4 hours ago, ruffdiamond said: What happened to the guy that used to do the confirmed signings thread in previous years? Last year's messiah got banned off apparently... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Tsunami said: So why no Josh at 7 ? No idea Dave av not spoken to the promotion since before Christmas when a bought me fresh turkey and new years fresh turkey crown from them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 35 minutes ago, TotallyHonestJohn said: Last year's messiah got banned off apparently... And around another 58 contributors also went at exactly the same time.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 9 hours ago, TotallyHonestJohn said: Ah man Dot for Christ sake man work with as here... the asterisk on the last one ment that matey boy had applied his 2.5% already ffs... Craig's average was 10.17 and with his 2.5% off he comes down to 9.92... ok... Oh and I think the Asterix you are refering to was a Gaul... could be wrong mind... Lots of Love John xxx You sure your cut out for this , sit down have a beer light a cigar and watch some re-runs of only fools and horses. High blood pressure should start to drop quickly I would have thought. 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringitsneck Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Tsunami said: Can't see it. Where are the riders going to come from. Owen yes, but where are the rest. No training school now. Hang on, we have Josh, Archie, Danny, and Dean then throw in Alcock and we had Wallinger lined up so that is six to start with , throw in someone like Danny Phillips ( local and without a team ) and you have a team, and that’s without going looking far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enotian Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Ringitsneck said: Hang on, we have Josh, Archie, Danny, and Dean then throw in Alcock and we had Wallinger lined up so that is six to start with , throw in someone like Danny Phillips ( local and without a team ) and you have a team, and that’s without going looking far. The press release about the 16:00 start time definitely mentioned double headers with National League matches. And there's been a load of press releases about Freeman and Smith signing to ride for the Gems in the National League so I'm sure there's an intention to run the Gems in the NL. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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