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You guys are splashing out thj suits for riders and paying over the odds on wages.

Hume as mountain struggles to get round foxhall and Danyon is very popular with the locals with his efforts

Yes Geoff there will be team suits this year for the boys... Regards THJ

Superb to have Dougy back for 2023 he is the No1 at Scunny and arguably the Leagues top rider imo. Given the constraints of the 40pt the Management had done a great job. I had every rider on my sheet 1-7. Theres "improvement" right down the order and looking around rival 1-7s this has to be the most justified I have felt in saying we must be real challengers for top spot !. MPT is a key signing; if he can stay clear of knocks theres an 8pt + rider there. Jakes return likewise. We havent seen the best of Jake since pre 2020. But given a winter back home in Oz plus him securing a Prem place with Leicester. I really think we could be seeing the best of Shakey again. Theres a lot to be optimistic about in the the middle order too. Conor Mountain is one of the up and coming British racers. He comes in on the back of a great 2022 at Leicester & Prem Sheffield. Really unfortunate not to keep his place with Sheffield this season. Hes a bit of an EWR specialist and it will be interesting to see if he can put pressure on MPT-Jake for a heat leader spot. Lambo is Lambo; great clubman and skipper. Hes capable of big returns around Scunny. Ok the away scores may sometimes let him down. But gives nothing less than 100% and a really important part of the team. Zaine; its great to have him back after that shocking crash last season. He was finding good form when that happened and ended his season. From the reports in Oz hes going well and recently ran Dougy close in the Brisbane Open meeting. No pressure; I do expect Zaine to up his average this season and starts as reserve ! Finally Joe Thompson another up and coming British racer. Put in some great scores for Leicester last season. At times he was out scoring twin brother Dan who had looked the one developing the faster. JT knows the right way around Scunny haven ridden countless times at Development, National & Champ levels. He could be a real trump card at reserve. So like I say, we must be up there with a line up like this. If not something will have gone badly wrong. Lets look forward to a great 2023 I honestly think it can be our time. Merry Christmas & Happy NY one and all. Þ

My prediction abilities are absolutely dreadful. So bearing that in mind I predict Edinburgh will win the league next season.

I’m still hearing the Emil deal is finally sorted. But I won’t believe it till it’s announced

So you made a lucky guess, not like you have any insider info lol. Oh and you got two wrong

None taken, anyone is entitled to believe what they wish

Got paid by someone to keep it down

Sure someone on here mentioned one more meeting for Marcin and his average will change to over 6. can’t find the post so perhaps I’m waffling which to be fair I’m good at that.

Great move, from word go makes a team look a team, can't believe it doesn't even help with team bonding as well. Slightly more cost but worth every penny to me.

Thought Doyle had packed in totally when I first saw the headline!

They would only be able to have a stroke if they could see it

Because that’s his average.

How I'd quantify it is that Sam in particular has been a 9 plus man for 10 or more years in the champ, Dougie had a great season but if wants to usurp masters he'll need to do it consistently

I prefer the printed edition.

The return of Ben Hopwood.......

He wouldn't get done for indecent exposure, as it would get thrown out of court for lack of evidence lol.

Nice to see we have a couple of bitter Diamond fans on here what happened to Christmas good will to all men and that

Masters proved he is the Leagues Top rider.IMO

Some teams would love the disappointment of reaching two national semi finals while supporting two riders in their first UK seasons

Not sure Oxfords top 3 is far stronger than Redcar's..... Masters is certainly the best of them but not sure Nicholls and Kerr are stronger than King and Wright

My worry is most agree Birmingham are for the wooden spoon so what's there chances of finishing the season

Rides on a British passport I believe. He's also rode in the NDL (Belle Vue Colts), so must be eligible for the 2.5% reduction.

Think we all know skidder knows the team but he is good at throwing in lots of red hearing's alot?

If 5-6 sides are near equal we could have some excellent meetings this season.Don't want any one sided matches they are about as exciting as rock climbing.

GOOD Edinburgh -> Solid side with lots of improvement throughout the 1-7. Glasgow -> Strong top 5 but they'll have to be firing on all cylinders to compensate for the reserves. Plymouth -> Top 5 as strong as any other team in the league, Get the No.6 right and they'll be challenging for silverware. Poole -> Always put together title challenging teams and 2023 will be no different, Potential Reserve pairing of Newman/Roynon will be the strongest in the league. Redcar -> Brilliant side apart from James Shanes. Get rid of him early for someone like D. Thompson or Kemp and then Redcar will become title favourites imo. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD Scunthorpe -> Sitting on the fence with this one, Jake Allen will have to recapture his pre-covid form and if he does then Scunthorpe could put in a solid challenge next season but if he doesn't recapture that form then Scunthorpe won't be posing a threat on the teams above. BAD Berwick -> Very weak at reserve, TJ on a highly inflated average, How long will Schlein take to settle in? Too many issues with the 1-7 overall to put in any sort of challenge next year. Birmingham -> Awful no matter who fills the No.6 position, No firepower and lacks race winners, James Wright & Stefan Nielsen as a 3 & 4 is a huge worry. Oxford -> Very unbalanced and pretty much hopeless next season despite the HL trio because the tail is far too weak to put up much of a fight.

As Frost/Mahoney found out when he was allegedly real box office. He wasn't the answer at 36 so buggered if I know what the question is that those singing his praises at 46 are currently tackling.

A think you could be right there, Glasgow couldn't win a goldfish at the fair!!!,,, and there normally free.

Not unless Emil is assessed at 7.00 we have 12.27 left for last two riders

Sorry for liking, but it was funny lol

The elite league fast track format would be useful, heat leaders never meet reserves in that format!

Well I did say I was good at waffling.

Incorrect on all counts, I was in Plymouth at the weekend to see the mighty greens down Morecambe!

Does the fixture list mean anything these days, you can bet the first lot of meetings will be virtually nothing like what actually takes place.

Has to be something in these Emil rumours for them to keep popping up now imo. Having thought about it Emil might have made himself affordable to Ipswich as he might want to make up for a loss of earnings in 2022.

Danny Ford said last night that the draft fixture list was out but not yet confirmed by all clubs. He anticipated its availability early New Year, as he is not announcing season ticket prices until fans know exactly the number of fixtures and dates.

……and possibly Complin too in my opinion

He rode in the requisite ten meetings for Birmingham and his figure just happens to come out at exactly 5.00.

Woops scunny have a decent team as well! If they go bust half way through il be right!!!

Not sure Harris will increase his average, but I reckon Tom, Claus and Marcin will.

Just because you can overtake doesn’t means there’s no a home track advantage. There absolutely is. The track still has plenty of options, tricks and variables that home riders know much better than visiting riders. Also, just look at Glasgow’s home record. Aside from the playoff defeat, we’ve had a draw with Poole, which was an aberration, the results clearly show visiting teams don’t come to Ashfield and find it easy. If anything, most matches look closer on paper than in person because we try really hard to avoid winning any of the last five heats.

I would go by those 6 being the top 6, after that, the play offs are a lottery. Some posters saying it could be down to improving 2nd strings, who ride WITH their team leaders but it is a team game depending on who wants to WIN the heats until the end of season average manipulation of giving their team mate the glory of the better scoring position. Reserves WILL play a big part, not just in their heat 2 & 8 squabbles but picking up valuable points elsewhere. This, I feel, is where the 2 pointers will struggle.

...crumbs! That's mt bath reading material out of the window!

Actually think Thomas at reserve would be a good thing.. can take more riders from there

Not the position he'd be riding at though. And as Danny Ford explained some things change so best to wait to announce. So 8.19 left for the final 2 reserves if our other predictions are correct and both must be under 4.78

Redcar look ok,but mulford isn't tried and test at this level and in the main body James Shane's is weak, I rate Jason Edwards but he will be having 7rides most meetings until he swaps places with Shane's. Back to Glasgow they will put bums on seats and be great to watch can't wait to see the pole at Plymouth, it's going to be interesting.

Then everyone looks strong I would say Scunthorpe (assuming Dougie is final rider) and Redcar look stronger than Edinburgh imo.

Common knowledge eh? Feel free to list them then......