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20 hours ago, Diamonds85 said:

Connor Mountain was brilliant for us up at Newcastle and I was gutted when he didn't sign for us. He held his own as a third heatleader when really, he shouldn't have been in that position to start with. I am really jealous that yous have signed him. Connor will easily hold his own at number 4 imo. Or even number 3

1. Nick Morris

2. Dan Thompson

3. Connor Mountain

4. Kyle Howarth

5. Richie Worrall

6. Joe Thompson

7. Anders Rowe

WHAT A TEAM!! Always gonna have one amazing reserve (two tbh if Joe kicks on also) and 3 brilliant heatleaders. I would put Kyle at 4 to strengthen heat 14, so there's a strong end to the meeting. And as I say, Connor should hold his own at number 3 imo

Leicester's reserves certainly have the potential to up their averages, but Rowe certainly didn't score well in the Champ, hence his low average. If he can show how early season Ipswich form, then certainly Leicester will be have a strong reserve.

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20 hours ago, Diamonds85 said:

Connor Mountain was brilliant for us up at Newcastle and I was gutted when he didn't sign for us. He held his own as a third heatleader when really, he shouldn't have been in that position to start with. I am really jealous that yous have signed him. Connor will easily hold his own at number 4 imo. Or even number 3

1. Nick Morris

2. Dan Thompson

3. Connor Mountain

4. Kyle Howarth

5. Richie Worrall

6. Joe Thompson

7. Anders Rowe

WHAT A TEAM!! Always gonna have one amazing reserve (two tbh if Joe kicks on also) and 3 brilliant heatleaders. I would put Kyle at 4 to strengthen heat 14, so there's a strong end to the meeting. And as I say, Connor should hold his own at number 3 imo

Doesn’t look as good as last seasons .IMO

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33 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Doesn’t look as good as last seasons .IMO

It's a good team , what I will say is compared to last year's towards then end as much as we looked good on paper the balance seemed all over the place. Hans Anderson never really got going and Douglas got a little inconsistent. Couldn't fault kennedy but Dan struggled riding at 2. This year's team isn't as strong but the balance is spot on .play offs but not winning the league for me

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36 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Doesn’t look as good as last seasons .IMO

Last season's included Ty Proctor and Josh Bates. Many were talking up that team as if it had already won the league, with supposedly five heat leader calibre riders.

Well, we all know what happened to that

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52 minutes ago, Pirates Of Poole said:

Rowe from official figures on BSPA minus British reduction should be 3.99 but is listed on a 3.69?

You are right but the ‘official’ figures probably don’t include Eastbourne expunged scores which the averages on the Lions website appear to allow for. If that’s the case it says a lot about the sports governing body.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Pirates Of Poole said:

Rowe from official figures on BSPA minus British reduction should be 3.99 but is listed on a 3.69?

3.69 looks correct. Remove his 9 from 6 against Eastbourne and replace it with 0 from 4 against Newcastle (4.8.19) and you get 3.78. Then deduct 2.5% and you have 3.69.

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38 minutes ago, JanAndersen said:

Was there a practice at Leicester today? Is that usual for this time of year? Seems odd. 

I wasn’t there but I understand it was just the twins and Rowe practising. Josh Bates was apparently due to join them (in an attempt to impress team managers yet to complete there 1 to 7) but apparently fell off his bike in the pits and on the advice of medics decided to call it a day despite luckily landing on his head.

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1 minute ago, Teromaafan said:

I wasn’t there but I understand it was just the twins and Rowe practising. Josh Bates was apparently due to join them (in an attempt to impress team managers yet to complete there 1 to 7) but apparently fell off his bike in the pits and on the advice of medics decided to call it a day despite luckily landing on his head.

What a bizarre incident!

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17 minutes ago, Teromaafan said:

I wasn’t there but I understand it was just the twins and Rowe practising. Josh Bates was apparently due to join them (in an attempt to impress team managers yet to complete there 1 to 7) but apparently fell off his bike in the pits and on the advice of medics decided to call it a day despite luckily landing on his head.

Thats a good idea really, should be a pooling together of riders looking for a team spot doing an open training session with a couple of heats maybe to get in the shop window, though i giess the pickings are slim given the pool of british based riders without a club this time kf year will be small

Could work for NL though where some promoters might not necessarily know about new riders 

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On 12/19/2021 at 12:14 AM, Gambo said:

Thompson twins looked well at home and I must add that Anders Rowe really attacked the track, despite his lesser experience at Leicester and the damp conditions. :)

Track held up well and there were around 20 or so, with ages ranging from 4 - 50+ there for a skid.

Thought the most impressive rider of the day was Max Perry. He looks like he is going to the top. I think he can do the NDL in 2022 and would be a great signing for any club.

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