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2 hours ago, bloom89 said:

Hopefully nobody touches him if/when he’s available again… made himself look a right tool with his high and mighty innocent statement after he’d already failed a drugs test… more importantly though let his team down badly. 

Beggars can’t be choosers- Plymouth are obviously desperate for a replacement 

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39 minutes ago, lewy said:

No facility allowed. 

Ok so they literally have to sign someone even if it’s a 2 point national league rider?

Is there a British rider without a team who could sign temporarily whilst they keep looking for a heat leader? I mean it gives that rider a chance to impress either Plymouth or another team for when a chance comes up to replace an injured or out of form rider?

I guess Ben Morley is the obvious choice? Or maybe James Wright?

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1 hour ago, lewy said:

No facility allowed. 

 

1 hour ago, Biffa said:

Will it be 75% of Nico’s average or NDL guest ?

 

1 hour ago, Diamonds85 said:

Nicholls is a temporary signing... plymouth need guests. Whether it's an ndl rider or a rider at 75% who knows

When a team has "no facility" that means a 75% guest. That's what happened last year when Dan T was signed & got injured before his Plymouth debut. Maybe it's different pre-season? But Wolves & Scunthorpe were allowed guests for Becker & Kennedy.

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1 hour ago, Marky_Mark said:

Ok so they literally have to sign someone even if it’s a 2 point national league rider?

Is there a British rider without a team who could sign temporarily whilst they keep looking for a heat leader? I mean it gives that rider a chance to impress either Plymouth or another team for when a chance comes up to replace an injured or out of form rider?

I guess Ben Morley is the obvious choice? Or maybe James Wright?

I think Ben Morley is the best option. Just be honest & say he might not have a team spot for long, but as you say it's an opportunity to put himself in the shop window for another team, till Covatti is fit / another rider is found.

Even then he might keep his team place if he's out performing Hook or Joe T?

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16 hours ago, Devil said:

Anders Rowe was at the press and practice with Jacob Hook but no announcement of a number 1 yet, still actively looking

 

1 hour ago, szkocjasid said:

I think Ben Morley is the best option. Just be honest & say he might not have a team spot for long, but as you say it's an opportunity to put himself in the shop window for another team, till Covatti is fit / another rider is found.

Even then he might keep his team place if he's out performing Hook or Joe T?

IMO Rowe would be a better option.

BTW did they ever contact Bradley Wilson-Dean?

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12 hours ago, lewy said:

No facility allowed. 

Classic! In a day when the sport is on its arse, supporters are walking away year on year and tracks struggle to survive, the authorities would rather hang Plymouth and their fans out to dry rather than work together to provide a solution.

If Saturday goes ahead it will likely be a mauling and all that does is see more supporters walk away. It will be the same in each meeting. I don’t know when Covatti may be fit but based on what I’ve seen and am aware of, this is a problem that Plymouth didnt cause and have tried every avenue they can to resolve (without financially crippling themselves) and yet the authorities are sticking two fingers up rather than offering support. Classic reaction from a body who has their own interests at the heart of what they do.

It’s not the authorities fault either, I’m acutely aware of that but the lack of flexibility is piss poor

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8 hours ago, cyclone said:

IMO Rowe would be a better option.

BTW did they ever contact Bradley Wilson-Dean?

Rowe is a better option, agreed. I more meant Morley is the strongest rider who is likely to sign. If Rowe wanted a Champ spot, surely he'd have signed for Workington months ago?

But there's always a possibility he'd take a short term spot?

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36 minutes ago, torpointfanatic22 said:

Classic! In a day when the sport is on its arse, supporters are walking away year on year and tracks struggle to survive, the authorities would rather hang Plymouth and their fans out to dry rather than work together to provide a solution.

If Saturday goes ahead it will likely be a mauling and all that does is see more supporters walk away. It will be the same in each meeting. I don’t know when Covatti may be fit but based on what I’ve seen and am aware of, this is a problem that Plymouth didnt cause and have tried every avenue they can to resolve (without financially crippling themselves) and yet the authorities are sticking two fingers up rather than offering support. Classic reaction from a body who has their own interests at the heart of what they do.

It’s not the authorities fault either, I’m acutely aware of that but the lack of flexibility is piss poor

Plymouth have had long enough to either sign one rider as a direct replacement for Covatti or more than one signing if that were needed.

I applaud the decision to not allow Plymouth a facility.

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18 minutes ago, screm said:

Plymouth have had long enough to either sign one rider as a direct replacement for Covatti or more than one signing if that were needed.

I applaud the decision to not allow Plymouth a facility.

I really hope that is an attempt at satire.

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4 minutes ago, Hamster00 said:

I really hope that is an attempt at satire.

In the UK we nowadays we have to blame somebody for every scenario. In this case it's the lack of a quality rider to complete Plymouth's team, the blame must surely lie with the person or persons that have set the 2024 points limit.  Have we still got any pay-caps in place as that's also something people/teams seem to ignore!

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