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  1. One team has to finish 6th (sorry Brummies you're 7th)... Witches septet finished 6th when I totalled up what I thought each rider would average over the course of the season. Fricke is young enough to improve, Doyle is beyond his best. To win a league title you need riders who can improve their average over the course of a season. I don't see any, except Rew in the Witches septet.
  2. I don't think H&H ever won a title together!
  3. Why on earth do you think I have a problem with the Witches? I don't think their team building strategy with two riders consuming almost half their allocated points allowance is a great idea but I've been wrong before. My only visit to the EoESg last year was to see Ipswich! And my first speedway memory is of John Cook almost scoring a maximum at Dudley Wood (beating Penhall & Gundersen) but being denied it by Phil Collins passing him on the final bend of heat 13.
  4. The obvious standout team is the Tigers from Owlerton, two former World Champions and a rider who would have made the podium in the GP series this year but for injuries. However they are surely the oldest top 5 in the league, with Pickering being the spring chicken of the top 5 at 27. Not sure there is much room for improvement from any of them and the reserve pairing could well struggle. Ipswich have a great top 2 but can they maintain the standards they set last season? Rew should improve but is unlikely to get anytime at reserve this season and the sophomore slump condition could hamper him. Two inexperienced reserves again. Can Ellis get back to where he was a few years ago is the question. I think the Witches will struggle to finish in the top 4 of the league but if they do they're dangerous in the play-offs, like last year they came from nowhere to deny Belle Vue a spot in the final. Considering his progress in the GP's in my opinion Bewley had a fairly poor season for the Aces so should improve his starting figure and must surely be better away from home in 2024. No more can realistically be expected from Kurtz following a solid season last year. I'm not sure on Lidsey, he had Wright backing him up all last year but won't have that next season, you'd think he should improve further with more experience of British racing. I didn't realise Cook is as old as he is. Blodorn won't be swapping between reserve at top 5 this year but is good at the NSS and is getting better away. Mountain has more experience than those in the same position as him at Foxhall & Owlerton but lacks their potential. I like the Leicester septet, Fricke is as good as anyone except Sayfutdinov on the GB tracks and the 4 others in the top 5 should all average over 7. Kemp seemed to have a new lease of life at Beaumont Park having missed out on a spot in GB at the start of last season and maybe he will finally start to reach his potential. The Stars are another team that don't really appear to have a weak link in their septet. Basso seemed to suffer from second season syndrome in a struggling Panthers team last year, Tarasenko & Wojdylo also rejuvenated the Alwalton team mid season last year but how well will they adapt to a different home circuit? Musielak has been excellent for Sheffield in the last two years, but as a Tiger with Jack Holder also in the line-up the expectation of being the #1 wasn't completely on his shoulders where as it is at Saddlebow Rd. Rowe like Kemp needs to start realising his potential. The Oxford team has too many question marks for my liking to be considered as potential table toppers but will be in the mix for the play-offs, Janowski is a great addition to the league but hasn't been at his best in recent GP series, it is probably a year (or two) too early for Boughen but fair play to Oxford for giving him the opportunity I hope it doesn't hamper his progress. Klindt & Tungate always blow hot & cold. Sadly Birmingham seem a fair way off the other teams in terms of strength, it is a big ask for Pawlicki & Milik to come in as a top two when both haven't ridden in the UK for many years and there is no obvious third heat leader to back them up, Brennan may grow into that role or Lampart could hit the ground flying. One thing is for sure the Brummies will have strength at reserve all year, it should be Flint's final year as a RS. Table prediction: Leicester Belle Vue Kings Lynn Sheffield Oxford Ipswich Birmingham
  5. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    The big unknown in this team is Lampart, if he takes to British tracks like Musielak then Birmingham could have a decent side. Most Polish supporters & certainly the Polish authorities seem to rate Lampart over Musielak. Sadly I can't see that occuring.
  6. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    I'd expect Pawlicki to average around 8, Milik around 6.5.
  7. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    How is that relevant to averages? I very much doubt you'll ever get two riders having done the same number of rides in a season.
  8. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    Elitserien Stats Daniel Bewley 2,000 Piotr Pawlicki 1,957 Brady Kurtz 1,605 Niels-Kristian Iversen 1,412 Vaclav Milik 1,406 David Bellego 1,385
  9. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    Ekstraliga stats: Patryk Dudek 1,763 Piotr Pawlicki 1.701 Andrzej Lebedev 1,697 Vadim Tarasenko 1,692 Bartosz Smektała 1,654 Jaimon Lindsey 1,634 Vaclav Milik 1,597
  10. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    Zagar is probably as good as if not better than Milik.
  11. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    You don't get where he's got without being able to gate, but he isn't a Dudek for example who never scores if he doesn't gate.
  12. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    Piotr Pawlicki is one of several Poles who are not quite as good as Janowski & Zmarzlik (not many are) along with Kubera, Dudek, Woźniak. But should be a decent #1 in the Premiership. Pawlicki's generally more entertaining - less reliant on gating - than most Poles. I like Milik, plucky rider, but he's a few levels below the GP's and will struggle in heats 13 & 15 I'd imagine, on the continent he's probably on a par with Musielak... but Musielak's UK form exceeds his continental form.
  13. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    Of those mentioned the two Pawlicki's seem the most likely, both are better than Zagar these days (unless its the NSS). Still think they'd probably be one of the weakest spearheads in the Premiership, possibly on a par with Oxford, Kings Lynn & Leicester.. I assume Cook & Brennan will be @#3 & #4 with Brennan @#2
  14. Col

    Brummies 2024...

    I'm still here! But I'd rather travel *4 the distance to see racing at the best racetrack in the country (NSS) than go to Perry Barr weekly (same could have been said for Monmore in the last few years). If Brummies get the track right and the team is competitive I'm sure more ex-Heathens & ex-Bee's fans would attend. But a dusty track and a team getting hammered every week isn't much fun, especially when it's not the team you grew up supporting. There were enough people wearing Bees merchandise when I visited Leicester a couple of times last year.
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