szkocjasid Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Feel some people are being a bit too negative regarding the Scunthorpe team. Of course it's weaker than this years team they finished on 43.83, so have to drop lots of points to fit under 40, only Poole finished with a higher figure. Suggestions of only one heat leader are a bit daft, Allen is clearly a 2nd/3rd heat leader. In a weaker league, I also see Lambert & Mountain as an acceptable middle order pairing. As long as Declan can get close to his starting average, they'll always have two food reserves, looks as if some other clubs will have 2 x 2.00 riders at reserve (or at least one) so a definite advantage there. I don't imagine they'll get many (if any) away wins, so big home wins & bonus points will be their target. Hard to judge where they'll finish till more teams are completed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 53 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Feel some people are being a bit too negative regarding the Scunthorpe team. Of course it's weaker than this years team they finished on 43.83, so have to drop lots of points to fit under 40, only Poole finished with a higher figure. Suggestions of only one heat leader are a bit daft, Allen is clearly a 2nd/3rd heat leader. In a weaker league, I also see Lambert & Mountain as an acceptable middle order pairing. As long as Declan can get close to his starting average, they'll always have two food reserves, looks as if some other clubs will have 2 x 2.00 riders at reserve (or at least one) so a definite advantage there. I don't imagine they'll get many (if any) away wins, so big home wins & bonus points will be their target. Hard to judge where they'll finish till more teams are completed though. 5.79 away average winning 8 heats all season. Sorry but not really HL standard for me. Yes he'll score plenty round EWR but my point was away from home will be weak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 54 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Feel some people are being a bit too negative regarding the Scunthorpe team. Of course it's weaker than this years team they finished on 43.83, so have to drop lots of points to fit under 40, only Poole finished with a higher figure. Suggestions of only one heat leader are a bit daft, Allen is clearly a 2nd/3rd heat leader. In a weaker league, I also see Lambert & Mountain as an acceptable middle order pairing. As long as Declan can get close to his starting average, they'll always have two food reserves, looks as if some other clubs will have 2 x 2.00 riders at reserve (or at least one) so a definite advantage there. I don't imagine they'll get many (if any) away wins, so big home wins & bonus points will be their target. Hard to judge where they'll finish till more teams are completed though. I think you are giving them too much credit. They will finish near bottom with that team. Allen is a 3rd heat leader at best, Lambert and Mountain are 2nd strings, they have no rider of 2nd heat leader quality. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 15 minutes ago, Jaizer said: 5.79 away average winning 8 heats all season. Sorry but not really HL standard for me. Yes he'll score plenty round EWR but my point was away from home will be weak. I'd call Allen a heat leader based on his overall average, but agree he's not strong away from home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 13 minutes ago, foreverblue said: I think you are giving them too much credit. They will finish near bottom with that team. Allen is a 3rd heat leader at best, Lambert and Mountain are 2nd strings, they have no rider of 2nd heat leader quality. Guess we won't agree on that prediction, think they'll be too good at home for that. Agree they don't have a strong second heat leader, not all clubs will though. Anyway be boring if everyone agreed all the time, the joy of pre-season predictions, anyone could be right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaddlebowRoad Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Guess we won't agree on that prediction, think they'll be too good at home for that. Agree they don't have a strong second heat leader, not all clubs will though. Anyway be boring if everyone agreed all the time, the joy of pre-season predictions, anyone could be right. precisely scunny are always top drawer at home and no team who manage that finishes near the bottom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rearingtogo Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Feel some people are being a bit too negative regarding the Scunthorpe team. Of course it's weaker than this years team they finished on 43.83, so have to drop lots of points to fit under 40, only Poole finished with a higher figure. Suggestions of only one heat leader are a bit daft, Allen is clearly a 2nd/3rd heat leader. In a weaker league, I also see Lambert & Mountain as an acceptable middle order pairing. As long as Declan can get close to his starting average, they'll always have two food reserves, looks as if some other clubs will have 2 x 2.00 riders at reserve (or at least one) so a definite advantage there. I don't imagine they'll get many (if any) away wins, so big home wins & bonus points will be their target. Hard to judge where they'll finish till more teams are completed though. Not impressed by far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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