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Alex do me a favour and go back south, turn your 'phone off and then to bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm just stating a fact.... Like Petecc said because of the trick track. Edited by Al3x200

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Correct 1984 once again!

 

Leaves a 3.00 to find! 40.00 on the dot!

 

Really need to see Purchase and Kingston step it up for a decent side! Chessel also, it's a team that needs to see a lot of improvement if we're going to push towards the top!

 

Really intresting side!

 

Very solid looking 1-5. A lot will depend on how Chessell & Kingston ride together at 3&4. Could be brilliant, could be a disaster. If Basford can chip in with a few points and Andrews is as good as the hype I think its a very dangerous looking side.

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This Cradley side has the feel of the Birmingham 2015 side to me - Two big hitters in Morris and Clegg (for Perry & Ellis) and looking for a Wajtknecht (Andrews?) with the rest looking to score their required points needed to get over the line and pick up the wins. I don't see any great improver's in the other four riders but they dont necessarily need to be

Birmingham won the league with their highest point score in a meeting being 54 and won 8 meetings with scores in the 40's!

It will be interesting to see if this Cradley team can emulate them!

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I think this Cradley side looks better than last years Brum side (although I did massively underestimate them). However Morris & Clegg are like for like with Ellis & Perry but the middle order looks much more solid. Chessell, Purchase & Kingston are a much better engine room than Chapman, Kirby & Banks. Yes Brum had the Waj effect but I still think Andrews & Basford will be a solid reserve pairing so for a team that started out looking top heavy has actually ended up looking very strong throughout.

A lot will depend how they do on their travels but I can see this team notching 50+ most weeks at home.

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Very solid looking 1-5. A lot will depend on how Chessell & Kingston ride together at 3&4. Could be brilliant, could be a disaster. If Basford can chip in with a few points and Andrews is as good as the hype I think its a very dangerous looking side.

 

I didn't realise there was any hype about Bradley Andrews, he is simply a young man who wants to give Speedway in the NL a try, he missed a large chunk of last season through injury, he has relatives who rode for Cradley, and those contacts have been continued when the family visited the UK a couple of years ago. Bradley is just an ordinary kid who wants to give it a go, there is NO hype, he isn't a BWD, he is a rider who looks decent from the gate, but still has more than a few rough edges to iron out, absolutely NO hype only what other people are making up..

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Basford will score zero every meeting vs brum .. Our reserves were our weak link last year picking up 1-4 points a meeting we were normally around 6-7 points down at reserve each meeting.. Basford isn't good enough I'm afraid but good luck to him .

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I'm just stating a fact.... Like Petecc said because of the trick track.

i didn't cal it a trick track but one thats got its home advantage. I think Monmore will be the same next year.

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Basford confirmed. Still think the rest of the team is solid enough providing they can bond to be there at the business end of the season.

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Tbf that's a league winning team in my eyes. With 2 proper number ones. And Chessell and Kingston both on averages a lot lower then they are capable of. Basford will score ok too.

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Team wih A LOT of potential but it only takes Kingston and chessel to both have one of their off nights and you're down to a 2 man team in my eyes.

 

Say Morris and clegg get 28 points between them

Purchase picks up 3

Andrews 3

Basford 1

Chessel 4

Kingston 4

That's only 43 very much like last years birmingham team without a superstar reserve be good to see how they all get on round monmore too

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If Chessell can stay on his bike he could be a heatleader in the NL.

 

Kingston has potential but he's had a very good season of he ends nearer a seven point average than a five.

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The two with the biggest potential to increase their average are two of the most inconsistent riders in the league! If they both have a good season, and I especially think Chessell will,then they're top 3 imo.

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The big question is can we win all our home meetings, pick up enough points on the road & get a big enough lead over Eastbourne in the play off final? Then win the team ko cup? ommer um

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The big question is can we win all our home meetings, pick up enough points on the road & get a big enough lead over Eastbourne in the play off final? Then win the team ko cup? ommer um

Nobody will beat Eastbourne over 2 legs in any comp

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Of all the tracks though monmore green is closest in shape and size to Eastbourne

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