I like Dayle on his day but his form dropped off the end of a cliff as the season went on… the riders that improved over both teams as far as effort and performance, not yet signed in the Championship, were Mitch, Harry and Senna after his setback through injury… stats don’t tell the whole story, we haven’t signed Howarth yet, if at all… anyway, we’ll have to wait and see!

The white jacket getting another airing? We can only hope…

Erik Riss. For that team to fit, Kim Nilsson must be on an assessed 4.50 average. He’s a solid 6.50 rider in this league so you’ve got a two point average jumper right from the off. As well as getting two thirds of a point shaved off for Cairns exiting the rising star scheme.

Bewley has signed for Ipswich but there’s nothing on the Ipswich website and nothing on the BSPA website. Believe what you want 🙄

Remains to be seen but one thing for sure is that Picko won't be fazed by going out in Heat 1 with the opportunity to lead by example. His mindset and the self belief Picko has is top draw to a point where he wants to be a No.1 because he's not satisfied being a No.5 who spends his career playing second fiddle to a GP rider. He'll throw the kitchen sink at every race and if he doesn't do well @ No.1 then it won't be the pressure that gets to him.

Think I'd prefer this team to one with Howarth as 3rd heat leader.