i think you are close with that

Seen a couple suggestions of ben cook to Sheffield. A team with J.Holder, Picko, Brennan and Him would be very strong

What’s the rumoured 1-7 then? I’m going to go for Kurtz, Zischke, Blodorn, Z.Cook plus another in the top 5 maybe pawelczak?

In an ideal world yes but if they are of the required standard, there have been similar issues in the past where the inclusion of riders to fulfil a criteria e.g under X age / average have led to places given to those clearly not ready for the step up and because of that many decent emerging talents have been lost to the sport.

ive already told you,   we are respecting the riders that did so well last season, and rightly so despite some very high averages, they deserve a 2nd chance, if it dont work we will look at things mid season.   mark loves continuity, and so do i, so while we will have the worst team on paper, its a team i will back as they brought so much joy last season

I wonder what Belle Vue are up to? No Lidsey, No B. Cook and No Bewley. A big Club like Belle Vue must have an Ace to play if your pardon the pun.