Bagpuss

Good side.

Of course there is also every chance that Holder will be as sh¡te as he was last season once again.

He may well benefit but it will be the opposite for the crowd levels at Lynn.

Stick him on ignore Sid, works for me.

Don't really get what people are saying about Glasgow, they have to adhere to the same points limit as anyone else. But of a defeatist attitude to be conceding the title to them already! And they have to be praised for going British.

Pairs not my cup of tea so I'm less likely to watch. A real shame.

People need to stop banging on about who would have won the meeting etc and concentrate on the half a lap in the video, that's the issue!

Difficult to judge with Sheffield missing their top two and Bates carrying an injury.

Reserves are the main difference, It's closer than it's ever been but there is still a fairly significant gap.

Even a stopped clock etc etc

I think it's foolish to rule anything in or out, if a rider wants a spot and the money is right things can happen that ddon't seem likely. Dangerous to live in such a black and white world.

The word 'transparency' was bandied about when Buster first took office, so lets have some now. Lets hear WHY these decisions are being taken. Other than the odd paranoid conspiracy theorist most of us would guess it's all some attempt at cost cutting but EXPLAIN it all to the few hard core fans who are left so we can try and understand why the product is being made less attractive once again.

No idea, why did Poole do the same with Charles Wright? You would assume in both cases the riders came available at the right price.

Last year, and he hasn't.

King a Lynn asset so not out of the question.

I think he'll be staying at Leicester even on a nine.

The averages of Harris & Morris plus the scores from Nicholls guesting last season suggests that none of them are 'too good' for the second division.

Any British rider should be able to double up if they wish and the club concerned are happy to take them on with their average.

Pretty clear cut that!

Beggars belief that British riders who want to double up aren't permitted to yet there are plenty of average foreigners who can.

Exactly this. The jealousy and bitterness towards Glasgow is tedious, the way the club is run and promoted is an example for others to follow, all people want to do is snipe because they may pay more than their own club, utterly boring. I'd also suggest that injuries had an awful lot to do with them not going much closer to the league title last year.

Even if it's by only half a point or so I just cant believe that THJ wouldn't improve on 4.64. The days of him turning into the rider he promised to be have long gone but he would surely be a decent reserve or solid second string. As for Doyle, I can't see the money being there to sign him, however rather than wanting the product watered down surely any promoters who voted for the eight point rule did so so they had a better chance of securing a decent number one so therefore they will be in the market for any top riders made available?

I thank Niklas for his efforts but after some encouraging displays in 2013 when he first came in its fair to say that he has subsequently been a pretty big disappointment and his average says it all really. Good luck to him for the future though.

Very good signing.

See my above post. The point I was making is that we don't want to be excluding more quality riders from our league, wouldn't be fair to stop Swindon and Wolves using their second highest averaging riders and then prevent them using another quality rider in their place. I think all three of us can agree that the eight point rule is daft. Hope you can see what I'm getting at.