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We need to give him a chance, with BP averaged about 6.5 at home and 3.5 away last season. He was popular the last time he rode for us, and both of his teams finished top of the league last season. He certainly wasn’t the worst signing on a 4 point average today, I think Birmingham take that accolade. Think that Josh Mac will be a star once he gets going, scored 12 out of 15 in a very competitive NSW state championship recently with Heat Wins against Sam Masters and Brady Kurtz, we can’t expect too much early on but starting at reserve will be a big help.

Good Luck to Cookie, I think his home average at the EoES will be higher than it was at the NSS, he will do fine hopefully if he copes with the travelling. He will certainly be racking up the miles next year, around a 500 mile round trip to home meetings which from experience isn't the quickest place to get to, along with 2x away trips to a southern based league. Add in his Home meetings at Glasgow and I'm sure he'll be spending more hours on the road than most!

Ah Mattia Carpanese, there's a blast from the Comets past, If I remember rightly he even scored a paid maximum once. 6 times Italian champion, 5/6 GP appearences, i'd say unfortunately for Brummies fans Carpanese was better than Castagna!

It was six figure losses every year since they took over I believe they said Edit. Not sure if that's what you meant, and were actually asking about the other years

Usually all 7 riders agree deals first before any announcements are done, it would be unprofessional to do so. Teams don't sign riders one by one and announce straight away hoping that they will all fit to the points limit in the end.

What I can't understand is the pricing structure at Glasgow, and I haven't seen it already mentioned. Looks like it was also the same last season too, that it costs £10 for a 12 year old to attend?! If the owners are in it for the long term, and from what I saw when visiting last season with crowds getting lower and lower as every season goes by, surely something needs changed with plenty of clubs now having free admission for under 16's to try and draw in more interest or more chance of parents/adults taking kids with them. The family ticket on offer is also at least £10 more than other clubs in the same league.

Love it, we better asterisk that championship then in true ridiculous American style... Roll of Honour 2018 SGB Championship Winners - Workington* *Craig Cook was not present for the Glasgow Tigers in the Championship Play Off Semi-Final fixtures, his replacement Ricky Wells only averaged 10.66 over both legs

No exactly, and that's why Dan won't be riding in the Championship, he's got bigger fish to fry including many world individual and team events running at the weekends. I don't think he'll be fit for the start of the season, but sometime in May/June he'll be raring to go again. I also don't think he needs to flog himself riding too much at this stage, can see him riding for just Belle Vue and Rybnik, he's a natural and will get plenty of laps in at Rybnik to get back up to full fitness.

A facility is given to a rider who is riding in either the Ekstraliga or 1. Liga, Rybnik are in 1.Liga in 2019. No facility is given to a rider who is riding in 2. Liga in Poland.

Good job it isn't the 4 team tournament then! If you have a look at what reserves some teams have or will end up with it makes it sink in how much weaker the league will be. I think will we be very handily placed in that department I don't know what your thinking is behind Somerset being strong, spent forces at the top end and weak bottom end, i'm sure most rebels fans would of loved their team to have been built differently, with real crowd favourites missing out.

Scunthorpe's top 4 for 2019 averaged 25 between them away from Home in 2018, can't see the other 3 adding much to that away form especially with 3 riders who didn't ride in the league last year. They will no doubt be good to watch on their own patch again, but ultimately will fall well short on the road in my opinion.

With Cook, I think everyone would agree, especially any of his old clubs, he is great for any team he rides for and brings a lot more than his points. But with the points limit as it is, having 1 guy take up over 25% of the limit on an average that's pretty hard to maintain, never mind improve I can't see it producing a trophy winning team unless you have an real ace(s) up your sleeve aka like when he won the double with Edinburgh in 2014/2015. In 2014, he came in on a whopping 10.5 average, but Edinburgh had Steve Worrall putting around 5 points on his average, along with Max Fricke on a low average. In 2015, Cook came in on much lower average due to team riding with Sedgman, was able to put a point on his own average and had Agent Wolbert adding 2 points, along with Masters and Sedgman both adding points to their average. IF Cook signs, I just don't see Glasgow having any of these types of riders lined up of to come in alongside Cook who can be substantial 'improvers' to produce a league winning formula.

BWD would of fit, as I think Somerset have 6.30 remaining. But it won't be him.

Admission Prices for 2019 - http://www.workingtoncomets.co/news/article.asp?id=101046 ALL Under 15's free next season, good move.

No his average will be 10.19 after 2.5% reduction. He has a CL rolling average over 20 meetings

Where is Steve Worrall based? St Helens?

Quote from https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/sport/17241998.workington-comets-re-sign-mason-campton/

First signing for next season to be announced at 5pm today...

All I stated above was a matter of how anyone looking from the outside will view that statement. If your major sponsors can throw money at large signing on fees, maybe their financial clout can be put to best use elsewhere and help secure the long term future of the club

Yes indeed and it didn't work out too bad in the end. But the huge difference here is that one of the sides doing the pleading is actually authentic, the other as THJ perfectly summed up is 'crocodile tears'.

Can't be Glasgow doing the gazumping surely, they were pleading poverty last week...

Why? Money isn't everything early in a career if you are planning a long career in the sport and want to progress to ride on the continent/world level, there is so much more to it than that. Especially at a young age like these new crop of British talent, where you may have a lot of family members helping out and a good network of sponsors you work hard to get and then promote to aid progression, ala Kyle Bickley. Chasing money might be for good in the short term, but often a rider in 10 years time will have had 9/10 different clubs and be at the same level as they were on their 'bargain average' each year going from club to club with unfulfilled potential. Ben Barker is a prime example.

About half a point maybe, but that's only league meetings, not including Play Offs, KO Cup, Championship Shield. If you factor this in it's well over 1 point at least. It wasn't only the scores which were impressive, it was the way he scored them often from behind, made riders look like mincemeat. If he gated often won by half a lap, one of the first on my team sheet for sure.

I wouldn't want a treble winning team's fastest rider either, give me a Doolan or a Vissing any day...

Fantastic news we are running next year, I always had faith we would be. It will be tougher than ever to build a good solid team with 38 points, but IF we retain at least 5/6 of this years team we will be flying again, would love Nicolai to come back but don't think he'll be riding 2 leagues in Britain, with maybe more commitments abroad. With that i worked out a few hypothetical teams based on last years team; I really like the 3rd one, but it's probably the least likely of the 3. 1 Rene Bach 7.19 2 Rasmus Jensen 6.59 3 Dan Bewley 6.62 (6.79) 4 Mason Campton 6.32 5 Ty Proctor 6.96 6 Georgie Wood 2.32 7 Kyle Bickley 2.00 Total 38.00 1 Rene Bach 7.19 2 Bradley Wilson Dean 6.00 3 Dan Bewley 6.62 (6.79) 4 Mason Campton 6.32 5 Rasmus Jensen 6.59 6 Jack Smith 2.99 (3.07) 7 Kyle Bickley 2.00 Total 37.71 1 Rene Bach 7.19 2 Zach Wajtknecht 5.19 3 Dan Bewley 6.62 (6.79) 4 Mason Campton 6.32 5 Rasmus Jensen 6.59 6 Jordan Stewart 4.09 7 Kyle Bickley 2.00 Total 38.00