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6 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Next set of averages it drops more than half a point,,,he started on 5.65 and will now be dropping to 5.82,,,but he is what he is,,,, he will win you a meeting or he will lose you a meeting

I spoke to someone who knows him, and they told me he don't even like to talk speedway. Don't seem interested.

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3 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Next set of averages it drops more than half a point,,,

You could argue King was a far worse signing, dropped a point and a half off his. I don’t have a problem with Batch personally. He hasn’t pulled up any trees but he’s had his moments this season and improved his average albeit not by much. Maybe some had unrealistic expectations 

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1 minute ago, Arch Stanton said:

You could argue King was a far worse signing, dropped a point and a half off his. I don’t have a problem with Batch personally. He hasn’t pulled up any trees but he’s had his moments this season and improved his average albeit not by much. Maybe some had unrealistic expectations 

King was always going to drop his average after his best ever season,,, and Doyle arriving.   He has been way below his best,,,which means one thing,,,, guaranteed a place next season

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23 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Oh, I thought he was one of those bargain average riders we signed at the start of the season,,, anyway I must stop posting,,, my clear hatred of the bloke is clouding my judgement

Before the season the belle vue crowd on here were up in arms about how we signed him and allegedly did them dirty after a verbal agreement… wonder if they want to swap him for matej zagar for the playoffs or have they gotten over it?? Haha

the frustration with Troy is that he’s not a bad rider, clearly talented and at times this season we’ve seen just how good he can be, but others like this evening he’s looked like he can’t even turn the bike

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6 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

I spoke to someone who knows him, and they told me he don't even like to talk speedway. Don't seem interested.

I don’t get that impression when he’s racing this season to be fair. I’d like to think I can spot a rider not bothering and I’ve seen a few over the years. He just doesn’t look particularly quick and has to go in to defensive mode when he’s made the gate to stay in front. And to his credit he’s pretty clever in the way he does that at times. 

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1 minute ago, Arch Stanton said:

I don’t get that impression when he’s racing this season to be fair. I’d like to think I can spot a rider not bothering and I’ve seen a few over the years. He just doesn’t look particularly quick and has to go in to defensive mode when he’s made the gate to stay in front. 

Who knows

 

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20 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

You could argue King was a far worse signing, dropped a point and a half off his. I don’t have a problem with Batch personally. He hasn’t pulled up any trees but he’s had his moments this season and improved his average albeit not by much. Maybe some had unrealistic expectations 

I'd take King at Peterborough next season 

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5 hours ago, NeilWatson said:

The most recent achieved MA is the one used which would be the CL average in this case.

If a rider is declared in a team at the start of a season  and he rides in official meetings as Heeps did ,  the riders average should be classed as being used for that year even if the matches he rode in didnt count towards his average , 

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9 hours ago, scoobydoo said:

If a rider is declared in a team at the start of a season  and he rides in official meetings as Heeps did ,  the riders average should be classed as being used for that year even if the matches he rode in didnt count towards his average , 

But the history behind that state is that when League Cup fixtures were included in riders averages there were several high profile examples of average rigging to allow team changes that gave some teams what was perceived to be an unfair advantage.

You can argue for inclusion ,or against, but it has to be accepted that neither will give ideal outcomes 100% of the time.

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