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I've never understood the picking order, why does Speedway punish successful clubs? I find it hard to believe there is an order at times as weaker clubs haven't picked the best riders. As for Belle Vue, they picked Mulford, because they didn't want Kemp, Rowe or Bailey apparently? If they had picked one of these 3, it wouldn't look like they had the last choice!

"Rising stars" can race at 6, we've seen this already. Besides the BSPL must allow them to race elsewhere in the team, otherwise they'd be naming 48 of the most promising British riders (amount listed in previous page), only to tell 41 of them they can't race in the Premiership - no-one give them any ideas lol!

What changes were these? I've not seen any rule changes since it was introduced.

Tbh, I wouldn't expect many of the Cheetahs to have Prem slots, I'd plan to use Masters & Jenkins in both teams & it's possible none of the others would get a doubling up spot elsewhere, maybe Boughen?

Or Jason Edwards guesting for Scunthorpe trying to knock Redcar out of the BSN series! It would certainly make sense for Masters & Jenkins to double up, I'd have expected the second heat leader to do so as well, if it wasn't Nicholls.

Just thinking if any current "rising stars" are not eligible next season, they'd be due a 25% reduction, meaning the likes of Jenkins, Flint or Kemp would fit at number 6. Mind you Connor Mountain got a 25% reduction, but never got signed in 2023, does that still count for him too?

Great top 5, no doubt about that, but will leave them using someone like Jason Edwards at number 6, can't see him scoring much, but Gilkes would be a good RS. Hard to compare till other teams sign riders, but on the whole looks good.

I would suggest if using the "fast track" format, that rather than count every heat equally, make heat leader races & reserve races count differently towards the averages.

I would prefer the old Elite league fast track format (2 reserve races) as you say you may get a 3-4 NL standard races per meeting, but to me that's a better alternative than the current system where you could get 2 heat leaders half a lap ahead of 2 NL riders (heat 4).

Part of me agrees with you, but then again, many clubs show no loyalty, so you could argue why should riders?

That could be stronger than their title winning reserves in a weaker league. That being said, I'd assume Pearson would be happy to return to Plymouth as his scoring improved post-Birmingham.

I'd normally agree with that, but would have been linient towards Oxford as they are racing in 3 leagues. Plus, as others have said clubs have previously chosen not to compete in the NLKOC. But if a team was only racing in one league, wouldn't allow them not to enter the KOC.

Just curious, would Oxford have been allowed to not enter the KOC in both leagues, cutting out a few fixtures?

Because he finished the season well (10 match rolling ave), he ended up with a 7.5+ average. So I couldn't see him matching that. I'd only go for him if there's no other options.

If you don't like the Spires, how about Oxford Silver Machine lol!

It's a long time since he's ridden at Foxhall and he's improved a lot since then. Even if it's not his best track, of he scores 5 points a match he's done how job, doesn't need to emulate his foreign scores to be considered a good signing.

Dimitri Berge would be a steal on 4.14

I'd certainly be using Jenkins as the RS. Masters could be the only other doubling up Cheetah, unless Dillon Ruml is Champ HL & Prem reserve.

That comes to 40.55 by my sums

I read what you said, just pointing out that contradicts the rules I read when it started & have not seen them updated since 2021.

How about? Ipswich Emil Sayfutdinov 10.10 Jason Doyle 9.12 Charles Wright 6.15 Adam Ellis 5.57 Patryk Wojdylo 5.00 Keynan Rew 4.00 Dan Thompson RS Total 39.94

My knowledge of the rules is that he qualifies for 2024 (under 25 at start of season) unless the rules have changed?

If you look at the averages of the best 7 "riding stars" they are fair aves for reserves imo, so shows the quality is there to continue with the RS system imo. If they all averaged below 3.00, I'd agree the system doesn't work in the Prem. J.Jenkins (4.21) D.Kemp (4.04) L.Flint (4.00) A.Rowe (3.76) D.Thompson (3.70) D.Gilkes (3.67) C.Bailey (3.57) Biggest flaw this year was clubs not using the best options, so a couple of riders may have been out of their depth. Even if there's injuries, still riders like Jack Thomas, Jason Edwards, Henry Atkins & Ashton Boughen waiting in the wings. Getting off topic now, So for Leicester, I'd go with Kemp as my RS.

He fits under the current rules, unless they've been changed?

6 rider teams would be a choice if they felt there wasn't enough quality to go around. But even keeping the 39 limit could ensure each team is competitive, if the mid-season signings return (Woffinden/C.Holder for example) with the dropped riders coming back (J.Holder/Ellis) there's more Prem standard riders to share out.