With Masters and Killeen signed, and seemingly Brennan, could the team be: Sam Masters Jody Scott Luke Killeen Mitch McDiarmid Tom Brennan 2 x 2 pointers (Senna Summers/Ashton Vale/Harry Fletcher, or unearth an Aussie that can get a UK passport). More likely only 1 of Scott and McDiarmid would be signed, maybe with Kennett, Ritchings and 1 x 2 pointer

Surely just about every promotion/team has been burnt by Cook and his antics over the years that he has to be a last resort option for any team building.  No doubting his ability but the baggage he unfortunately brings with him means the risk is a lot higher than the reward

Think Oxford will go down the top heavy 3 heat leaders/big hitters route along with Kileen and have quite a weak tail end, they’ve tried the 2 heat leaders and solid engine room but just not worked as ended up again with weak reserves, maybe this is the way to go to secure play off speedway in 2027 

Still cant find anything with substance apart from your post to make me think this is happening, I do hope I'm wrong but cant see it.

Doesn't that just sum matters up perfectly....

This issue here for me is that you get those like the comments above bemoaning the play off “qualifiers’ as non events with little riding on them, but a top team winning the league would be far worse in that regard so I’ve never understood this argument.    If a dominant team starts to run away with it like Belle Vue this year, then what jeopardy is there for 99% of fixtures from mid-season onwards?    Virtually every team in that scenario is riding for nothing. Lynn’s season for example would have been dead and buried with months of the season left (as well as everyone else’s bar Sheffield) but their season remained alive right up until the final week of the season when Ipswich defeated Leicester.    There’s more meaningful league fixtures in a play off set up than there is in a “top of the table wins” scenario it’s as simple as that.