Carlislecomet2 304 Posted November 17, 2018 I too think the new points limit makes sense, as it should help create 2 separate leagues as opposed to the charade of the past few years where the same riders compete in both. 6 man teams (as favoured by THJ among others) may also have been an option to help deal with a potential shortage of riders but we are where we are and if the fixture list is compiled properly we will hopefully be in for an entertaining and competitive season. It will be interesting to see if anyone goes for a big hitter as that will create an unbalanced team, but who knows, it will certainly heap a whole load of pressure on them to perform each meeting and provide an extra stimulus to each opponent to attempt to lower their colours. Bring it on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madsteve 52 Posted November 18, 2018 I think the new point limit will stop teams building top heavy and go for a more equal built team, it worked for us this season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liz !!! 128 Posted November 18, 2018 33 minutes ago, madsteve said: I think the new point limit will stop teams building top heavy and go for a more equal built team, it worked for us this season. Its going to make some riders very much in demand ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,683 Posted November 18, 2018 The reduction isnt so drastuc when you take into account there will be an extra team Even if you had the same pool of riders as 2018 (there have been a couple of returements) you would need to find 7 more to fill the spaces If these were 2 pointers the overall impact is to reduce average team strength to around 40 38 therefore is not as huge a change as it first appears Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
screm 7,988 Posted November 18, 2018 21 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: The reduction isnt so drastuc when you take into account there will be an extra team Even if you had the same pool of riders as 2018 (there have been a couple of returements) you would need to find 7 more to fill the spaces If these were 2 pointers the overall impact is to reduce average team strength to around 40 38 therefore is not as huge a change as it first appears There`ll be two extra teams, rumours suggest Birmingham for certain along with Eastbourne. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alang 303 Posted November 18, 2018 2 up to premiership and 2 down to championship cancel each other out.2 new from national league minus arena essex surely means only 1 extra in championship (minus us at Berwick might end up same as last year yet) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Argos 262 Posted November 18, 2018 (edited) See on Twitter It’s Eastbourne and Birmingham going CL Edited November 18, 2018 by Argos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scaramanga 869 Posted November 18, 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, alang said: 2 up to premiership and 2 down to championship cancel each other out.2 new from national league minus arena essex surely means only 1 extra in championship (minus us at Berwick might end up same as last year yet) somerset are dropping down but whos the other team you are quoting not heard of 2 dropping down Edited November 18, 2018 by scaramanga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazc 6,976 Posted November 18, 2018 9 minutes ago, scaramanga said: somerset are dropping down but whos the other team you are quoting not heard of 2 dropping down Leicester dropped down also with Somerset. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scaramanga 869 Posted November 18, 2018 hadn't heard that 1 interesting 3 teams in top flight connected to chapman and 2 in championship connected to the bates family Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProudtobeaBrummie 646 Posted November 18, 2018 43 minutes ago, Argos said: See on Twitter It’s Eastbourne and Birmingham going CL ?? wheres this please ? source or poster ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,225 Posted November 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Liz !!! said: Its going to make some riders very much in demand ! As long as the Promoters have agreed not to pay silly money for these sought after riders with "attractive" averages or we will be back in the same boat as before.( wouldn't put money on that happening though). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Argos 262 Posted November 18, 2018 1 hour ago, ProudtobeaBrummie said: ?? wheres this please ? source or poster ? On the unofficial Lakeside Twitter account it also said J Cook will be Promotor at Eastbourne 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProudtobeaBrummie 646 Posted November 18, 2018 11 minutes ago, Argos said: On the unofficial Lakeside Twitter account it also said J Cook will be Promotor at Eastbourne oh ok i take it that its been removed as i cant see any such tweet about either ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted November 18, 2018 (edited) i just wonder who will sign a top championship/premier rider and then start moaning why the cant make any money @ speedway . dont think we will have to look too far . any chance of getting K.K.H. back in place of Nicolai ? Edited November 18, 2018 by jenga cant spell ryder . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites