Najjer

By the sounds of it Buster wasn't involved in the negiogations with Harris. Once he realised what sort of deal he had bagged himself, I can't believe he ended up getting the same at Ipswich.

There’s every chance Ipswich had money left in their budget and Harris deal was re-negiogated so he is on far less at Ipswich then he was at Peterborough.

Likewise Reading when they were the 'Bulldogs'. Somerset also had matching bike covers in 2008 and 2010.

No persuasion needed - That's our rules, so follow them or ride for someone else. Interesting that Ipswich have revealed they have team suits and matching team bike covers too - with the main team sponsor taking prime spot on the front of the bike covers too.

And superb they look too!

Isn't that the point - Big sponsors more than likely won't sponsor at all with an amatuer look. With a more professional image they are more likely to. I still can't believe more teams (if any now actually) don't try and get sponsorship for fork covers. That is prime spot for every photograph being taken and is cheap to get manufactured. Win-Win!

Think that will set the trend for his season - I think he will be one of the best riders in the league come the end of the season. Very jealous about him riding for Redcar.

In completely different roles. If you take Somerset's side from last year and then compare it to this years, they are lightyears apart.

Is it? Or is the Championship over priced or is the Premiership undervalued? To me the Championship is over priced before starting to bang the good value drum.

Jari Makinen was the Finnish rider. There was some absolute dud Poles in Truminski and Mroz too.

Start the clock when they cross the line and end the clock when they finish it. That is the most logical way of it working. Whoever crosses the line first, would have the fastest time!

Surely it's time based - It wouldn't matter if one person had his transponder on the front forks and the other on the back mudguard... The time for it to get around the track would be the same time.

I'd of had Kurtz and Berge out for Wilson-Dean and any other. Much more entertainment value and the strongest top 4 in the league. I can't see the German troubling the scorers too often and Kurtz is alright if he makes the start.

I quite agree. I'd imagine the teams that don't start well will be looking to Wilson-Dean, Worrall (although unlikely to fit anywhere) and MacDonald to make big improvements so some clubs will end up missing the boat. FWIW I think Bagpuss' predictions are pretty close to how it will finish albeit with Glasgow lower down.

Don't really understand when people say that about making changes. Why not just start with the best team available in the first place if they are prepared to make changes? I don't think Somerset are. When Berge was dumped we should of been making two changes and made sure Wilson-Dean or similar was coming in. No point waiting until you've lost your first few home matches. There is also not enough fixtures now for averages to vary and bring in someone far stronger for a weaker rider and to also gain ground lost early on in the season.