I will be very surprised to see Kemp back at Leicester after Stewart Dickson's very public comments about Kemp's attitude towards the tail end of last season.

Can't think why he won't get one or an ACU licence  

Wow only just caught up on this 😮.  That would be a massive shock (and risk) if Woffinden was back to start the 2026 season in Tigers kevlars.  I would have thought Chris Holder, Pickering and Etheridge would have been the final 3 pieces of the team jigsaw, sure we’ll find out in coming days/weeks what route the promotion have gone down. 

Howarth and Kemp as the final two signings, not too long for official announcement 

I remember the back of the star always had a team on it with the captain labelled as ‘ on machine’ . That was your team with your riders.You were attached to them. Nowadays it’s a free for all . A pay day for the rider. That rider could be doing his own team damage by winning with his guested team. Just dosent add up in a professional sport. 

198 Guests used last season across both top leagues.. When other leagues can cope without a single one, it shows just how poorly the UK version of exactly the same sport, with access to exactly the same riders, is ran...  No excuse for such nonsense is there? A "necessary evil" I believe it is said to be....? Using 198 of them suggests its more of an easy cop out, rather than running a team sport properly to ensure you deliver the required emotional attachment to your team.. And if you don't engender that in a team sport, especially in the digital 24/7 news, and the constant social media review, and potential ridicule, of what you deliver today, then you have no chance of being successful...