Spot on Bagpuss as ever the key is having a rider come in on false average and Poole have not one but two young lads who will be prime examples of this. Then so long as the top five are half decent you will be there or there abouts. Well Poole have one of the best riders in this league , Zach Cook if back should really push on and Gilkes if he stays injury free has potential as well. Final point the Fords don't also hang around if they are struggling at the halfway stage.

They are doing this as so people can buy them as Christmas presents. The announcement did state that the ticket is based on a 9 team Championship, which suggests (but does not confirm) they will change them if the structure changes. I do notice though that it covers 8 league, 2 BSN & 1 KO Cup match, so IF 3 teams joined the Championship you could make the ticket valid for 11 league matches, or for any 11 of the possibly 14 or 15 matches. They could also sell a top up to the season ticket to cover and extra 4 or so matches.  Nothing about the situation is ideal, but I don't blame any promoter for trying to catch Christmas.

Because there will be a Premiership.

The four teams all look very good, the difference is that Poole will have two 'cheat codes' at reserve. Oxford and Glasgow just don't/won't compare to Coops & Cairns, and although Redcar's reserve look very good also I don't think they match the others top five wise. Rushen could have the kind of impact on senior speedway that is very rarely seen by sixteen year old.

There is the distinct possibility that if they do not run in the Premiership then for a number of reasons they will not run in the championship either. 

I think most people expected then to be back, gives them a strong looking top 5. So far it looks like a team that will be challenging for trophies