Wouldn't disagree with any of that. The only thing I would say though is the NL is now down to just 8 teams, so team spaces are limited. But you still have the likes of (and I'm not picking on these riders particularly!) Rob Ledwith, Paul Bowen and Ben Wilson, although, that said, it isn't as bad as it used to be.
The NL has been pretty much the same since it started way back when. You had teams who just wanted to develop riders (mainly due to them having a main team and a second team - like the Diamonds/Gems for example) and you've got those who are stand alone (Mildenhall/Cradley etc) who want(ed) just to win the league.
Anyhow - back on subject - any team news regarding Saturday?
I knew Kev was third in the averages from Saturday onwards. More prompted by the confusion of Matty guesting for Pickering! Also thinking exactly what ruffdiamond says above!
Have the rules changed as far as a missing top 5 riders is concerned? I noticed last week, Matty Wethers guested for Edinburgh (in place of Josh Pickering), when no one else was missing. Last year it was R/R for one missing top 5 rider and guest(s) and R/R for more than one missing rider.
Clearly a big track rider as I was speaking to a Berwick official on Sunday night and he said he was quick around Shielfield (about 69 seconds, I think he said).
SGB Website!!
So it's
June 2nd Home Berwick
June 9th We are at Eastbourne the night before
June 16th Home Scunthorpe
June 23rd Fours at Peterborough
June 30th Reserved.
Still pretty much the same as I posted earlier.
June 2nd home to Berwick
June 9th is blank as we are at Eastbourne the night before.
June 16th home to Berwick
June 23rd is the Fours at Peterborough
June 30th is the 90th Anniversary meeting
From Berwick Facebook:
TEAM NEWS
After last night's bruising encounter both sides have been forced into changes ahead of today's match at Owlerton.
Sheffield have replaced the unfortunate Zaine Kennedy with Redcar's Nathan Greaves, while the Mike Hope of Wooler LTD Bandits have brought in Jordan Stewart to replace the injured Coty GarcĂa. The Bandits will also run rider replacement for the battered Jye Etheridge.
Despite travelling to Yorkshire with a patched up side team manager Gary Flint insists that the spirits are high in the Bandits camp.
Flint said, "Last night was one of they nights that just getting the win was the most important thing. We had a lot of crashes and that's taken its toll on a few boys but we have a good team spirit and that will help Jordan coming into the side for today's match."