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On 12/5/2023 at 12:04 PM, TTT said:

1. Pickering 8.63

2. Hook 4.00

3. Riss 7.35

4. Castagna 5.30

5. Sedgmen 7.69

6. Coles 2.63

7. 2.40 left

I think this would be better if Kye could show a bit more of the form which led to that 15 point maximum against Berwick and the 11 points from 4 rides against Plymouth but i would understand if others don't agree with me because he was so inconsistent during 2023: 

1   Pickering   8.63

2   Borke/Hook/Fredricksen/Joe Thompson                          

3   Thomson   6.48

4   Castagna   5.30

5   Riss   7.35

6   Coles 2.63

7   James 2.00       

I wouldn't take Sedgman if i was the team manager as he's just not a heat leader imo. I wouldn't be confident putting him out in Heat 13 against the likes of Oxford who track Masters and Nicholls at 1 and 5.         

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22 minutes ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

He’s right? KL, BV, Ippo, Sheff, Leicester, Oxford have all named their teams. Birmingham have named 3 riders, and all 3 aren’t heat leaders, I suppose if they’ve got a big top 3 lined up Riss may be in, but I can’t see it. 

All I know is that Erik had talks with the Birmingham management, but I don't know how it went.   

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28 minutes ago, Nickinho said:

I think this would be better if Kye could show a bit more of the form which led to that 15 point maximum against Berwick and the 11 points from 4 rides against Plymouth but i would understand if others don't agree with me because he was so inconsistent during 2023: 

1   Pickering   8.63

2   Borke/Hook/Fredricksen/Joe Thompson                          

3   Thomson   6.48

4   Castagna   5.30

5   Riss   7.35

6   Coles 2.63

7   James 2.00       

I wouldn't take Sedgman if i was the team manager as he's just not a heat leader imo. I wouldn't be confident putting him out in Heat 13 against the likes of Oxford who track Masters and Nicholls at 1 and 5.         

Although not every team will have the quality of a Masters & Nicholls at 1 and 5 your point about Sedgmen is possibly a fair reflection on more recent past performances for Edinburgh.    However without the option of either Riss or Sedgmen there are no other obvious candidates who fill that heat leader spot.  Thoughts stray to perhaps an overseas import ?     Seem to recall that Kevin Wolbert ended 2016 on an 8.00 GSA ?  ( TBC ) just as an example - but that may not be feasible for various reasons.  All just speculation anyway - it has probably all been done and dusted and kept under wraps until announcement time.

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7 hours ago, JanAndersen said:

It is. I do wonder whether they’ll do all they can to squeeze Borke in though. Lasse’s average isn’t too appealing this season sadly so he might miss out 

What makes you say that about Lasse? Underwhelming home average? He's got a good away average and his GSA is 0.7 below his 2023 average.

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6 hours ago, Nickinho said:

I think this would be better if Kye could show a bit more of the form which led to that 15 point maximum against Berwick and the 11 points from 4 rides against Plymouth but i would understand if others don't agree with me because he was so inconsistent during 2023: 

1   Pickering   8.63

2   Borke/Hook/Fredricksen/Joe Thompson                          

3   Thomson   6.48

4   Castagna   5.30

5   Riss   7.35

6   Coles 2.63

7   James 2.00       

I wouldn't take Sedgman if i was the team manager as he's just not a heat leader imo. I wouldn't be confident putting him out in Heat 13 against the likes of Oxford who track Masters and Nicholls at 1 and 5.         

I get the point you make about Sedgmen, on a 7.7 average of course you wouldn't expect him to beat the likes of Masters & Nicholls in heats 13+15, but he rode at number 5 all last year to achieve that average. With several heat leaders missing this year, logically his average should go up!

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12 hours ago, JanAndersen said:

It is. I do wonder whether they’ll do all they can to squeeze Borke in though. Lasse’s average isn’t too appealing this season sadly so he might miss out 

I’ve heard he could be at Berwick, but I’m not ITK with either club so who knows!

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4 minutes ago, SlicktrackSandy said:

With possibly at least one unexpected surprise ?   Could be wrong though.  The cloak and dagger stuff smacks of something brewing to soon be released ?

I’d say one surprise yes. Could possibly be a really good one if all goes well.

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5 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:

I’d say one surprise yes. Could possibly be a really good one if all goes well.

Sounds interesting :blink: I genuinely hope it comes off for Edinburgh if it's going to be a good one, they deserve a good year next season, always nice to see the Scottish teams doing well :t:

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