Oxford signed Francis Gusts in 2025 and he was given an assessed 4.50 average when competing in the Polish 2nd Tier. Kim Nilsson rode in the Polish 3rd Tier last season (National League) and he doesn't meet the GP criteria in the rules, Also nothing in the rules about being the National Champion of your Country. Kim's last average is also irrelevant because it was 9/10 Years ago.

Doyle 8.62 Riss 5.05 King 7.17 Nilsson Bewley 8.56 Cairns 3.00 Foord RS  Pretty sure this is the team that is/will be declared. There’s 4.6 left to fit in Nilsson.    Either the club also believe he’s 4.50 going by the current regulations, or Coleman didn’t make a mistake in his recent interview and he’s playing by his own rules and building to 40 whilst everyone else is building to 37  😁

We potentially lost quality as we made it unaffordable for scores of riders who couldn't make it pay. I believe it was Dean Machine who pointed out the staggering numbers of in particular British riders lost to the sport in the last few years. Why do we keep going for quality in a vained attempt to keep a dwindling fan base.

Think your number 2 needs to be a 4.00 rider and hope they improve,that top4 will win plenty of meetings,you don’t need your reserves to be good at the start of season it’s the end that they need to be.

Same here,but I think Castagna is not at Edinburgh so will be interesting to see where he ends up as he’s definitely better than his average.

In charge of what? Coleman is in charge of Ipswich and nothing else.    He’s not trying to get around anything and people who have used the word “loophole” on here clearly have no idea what that actual word means.    The regulations for assessing averages are there for all to see, its black and white., no grey.    The only thing we don’t currently know, is whether those regulations have been altered for 2027.