stevebrum

Good try, you know your lot are lumbered with him.

I think we will, eventually! And we are likely to have a situation where riders on lower averages riding in the heat leader roles still!

Decent signing, fixture clashes permitted. Always thought he could do a decent job. Much more inspiring than Batch who no team hopes they sign !

Until we see who is on the heat leader list then it's all just speculation.

Miedzinski maybe?

Wow, really? I'm in shock!

scottie is still a heat leader, I'd be astonished if he wasn't on the heat leader list. Never has, and likely never will. A user of the EL when it suits. Has always been a mediocre rider in this country anyway.

Ah, they were the unlucky ones. Commiserations.

It's clear you have the issue with me. Your best bet is to take a piece of your own advice and put me on ignore if you don't like reading my posts. It's pretty simple and easy. You were trying to make an issue of 5.53 being 'almost' 6 when in speedway terms there is quite a difference between 6 and 5.53 when team building. It's assumed anyway that kyle is using his PL average but if not then his EL average is much better at mid 5.5 than 'almost' 6. However if you prefer to not have a pedantic reply best not make one yourself. Moving on.

I cannot believe anyone could call Leicester a poor stadium. It's outstanding for what has been achieved in a short time.

Yet he was only saying in this week's speedway star he fears his average is too high for the EL.So that's one less track he has to convince.

That's the point woz01, since when do we round up averages to the nearest point? If his average was 'almost 6' (which in pedantic terms I'd take as 5.90) I doubt anyone would want to sign him (on EL average). No surprise that some choose to try point score over something mundane.

As far as the points limit goes then .47 can make all the difference. But probably best to just round it to the nearest number eh?

Since when was 5.53 near 6?

Of course he will be on the heat leader list. It would be cheating if he wasn't. A poor year doesn't mean he should drop to second string. It's the same point for Lindgren, his average is low enough like Andersen but are heat leaders in this pathetically weak league.

Must admit I thought it was 7.96/7.something around that figure. Still about 2 or 3 points too high on current or EL form.

no idea, don't do the guessìng game. I'm sure most teams will IMHO. Where is that official? ? Think it's just speculation right now, although I expect that to be the case as well.

I agree. The promoters work out the limits with the riders they know are likely to ride (and are probably mostly declared) and the averages they are all carrying so they have pretty much worked out what the limit needs to be.

but we are talking about the 2016 team, hence the title of the thread.

Perhaps when riders are signed you can make such a comment. As proved by the signing of Joonas today it might not be a side of assets. Decent signing but I'll be happier when we have signed a few more at the top end.

They change every 4 meetings, so if they good enough then they will move up anyway!

We will have to agree to disagree then. Basing on from start of the season to the end of the season he added 2 points to his starting average in PL and was 9th best draft rider. Improvement in anybodies eyes as far as I'm concerned.

no doubt he perfectly understood why. It was clear his loyalties were elsewhere at that point. Not the way I read it. "Top flight clubs will continue to track two draft riders – starting the season at reserve – but they will be given averages after four meetings which gives them the chance to move into the top five." Keep dreaming of him being a Pirate one day, you just keep believing it might happen.

They did/do, they haven't so point is irrelevant anyway.

He was more than settled at Wolves, he could only be bothered to do a handful of matches with your lot. If Chapman gets his way then we could be heading for same day or 2 day racing for EL. That might help our great Pole come back to where he belongs in the Midlands. Happy days. No, both riders get averages. Re-read to check that.