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13 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said:

Craig Cook and Lewis Kerr will get employment in the Premier league again but more likely to be brought in by teams on a temporary basis. Are they too far over the hill now to be a demon no.6 on bargain averages. Or do Leicester sign them both??

 

Ps - I didn't intend this be a reply to you!! But I'll leave it - mind of their own etc etc!!

Both are too injury prone or should I say absent prone... they're both over the hill for PL level and CL is where they should be, but like you say okay for short term replacements

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1 hour ago, FishersGate said:

If he is off to Oxford it does make me wonder who the Lions bring in at 5. Either a new foreign rider or going for strength n depth. Douglas could even return but I highly doubt it

Belle Vue, Ipswich and Sheffield will all have riders at No.5 who are better than Masters and Douglas. They both might have to be sacrificed if a they can bring in a suitable 8+ rider to support Fricke, resulting in obvious weakening elsewhere.

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1 hour ago, IainB said:

Saddled with Hagon again... he massively needs to up his game against his oppos 

Agreed. Team manager said at the time of signing young Sam that nothing was expected of him in 2024. so onwards to 2025 when as you say he needs to be beating his opposite number especially at home. Lets hope he comes back from Aussie up and running.
To state the obvious, Lions need a strong no. 6 to make them competitive in heat 2 and a big hitter 5 especially for heats 13 & 15.  
Interesting close season ahead...hopefully!

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2 minutes ago, 1 valve said:

Agreed. Team manager said at the time of signing young Sam that nothing was expected of him in 2024. so onwards to 2025 when as you say he needs to be beating his opposite number especially at home. Lets hope he comes back from Aussie up and running.
To state the obvious, Lions need a strong no. 6 to make them competitive in heat 2 and a big hitter 5 especially for heats 13 & 15.  
Interesting close season ahead...hopefully!

Spot on 

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Think this fits to 40 points with GB reductions.
1. Fricke 
2. Sedgmen
3. Lawson
4. Becker
5. Bewley or another brit circa 8.7
6. Mountain
7. Hagon. 
 

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Would Leicester chuck Vinnie Foord at No.6 or is it too soon? Because if you want a big hitter to backup Fricke at No.5 then sacrifices need to be made elsewhere.

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13 minutes ago, TTT said:

Would Leicester chuck Vinnie Foord at No.6 or is it too soon? Because if you want a big hitter to backup Fricke at No.5 then sacrifices need to be made elsewhere.

Don't think we would. Although the entertainment value would be top notch. Stewart will go for a strong middle order again. We want a good number 6 and 5 and that does mean weakening the middle order, which I'm fine with. Fricke and a rider like Bewley would be fantastic but I reckon Masters will end up at 5. Stick Sedgmen at reserve and pack out 2,3 and 4 get a 8pt number 5 and it's a better side than last season and has alot more balance to it. 

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3 hours ago, Arthur54 said:

He's won some trophies this season, so who knows, it might rub off on Leicester :party:

No get it right, the team have won trophies. Hagon's contribution has been woful in all three finals. To be fair to the lad he did win the u21 championship, but his form has dipped terrible in the latter part of the season.

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51 minutes ago, tyler42 said:

No get it right, the team have won trophies. Hagon's contribution has been woful in all three finals. To be fair to the lad he did win the u21 championship, but his form has dipped terrible in the latter part of the season.

For some reason, as soon as he moved to No 2 in the Poole team and signed for Leicester, his form dropped dramatically 

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5 hours ago, FishersGate said:

Don't think we would. Although the entertainment value would be top notch. Stewart will go for a strong middle order again. We want a good number 6 and 5 and that does mean weakening the middle order, which I'm fine with. Fricke and a rider like Bewley would be fantastic but I reckon Masters will end up at 5. Stick Sedgmen at reserve and pack out 2,3 and 4 get a 8pt number 5 and it's a better side than last season and has alot more balance to it. 

So what is Sedgmen's average now? On his 2023 final average - wasn't that too high? But if it's somehow been reduced during 2024, he's worth a look especially if as the new starting 6

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6 hours ago, 1 valve said:

Think this fits to 40 points with GB reductions.
1. Fricke 
2. Sedgmen
3. Lawson
4. Becker
5. Bewley or another brit circa 8.7
6. Mountain
7. Hagon. 
 

Hard to see Dan Bewley leaving the Aces or Lambert adding to his schedule unless it's for loadsamoney. But would Leon Madsen be looking for extra work, or as some have been suggesting, Museilak?

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2 hours ago, Hamish McRaker said:

So what is Sedgmen's average now? On his 2023 final average - wasn't that too high? But if it's somehow been reduced during 2024, he's worth a look especially if as the new starting 6

Would love Sedge back. His average with Brum was 4.79. If he could ride at 6 it would be great, but that would have a knock on affect on the middle order if the plans are to bring in an 8+ rider. If the new points limit is 39, the Lions would have to lose just over 3 points (excluding British reductions for team building) from this years team.

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