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The NL isn't just about finding 3.00 reserves who could become superstars (Harrison, Killeen & James) but also about continued progress of the previous seasons "rising stars" to accurately describe them: Hodder, Perry, Boughen, Trigger, Warren, Scott & Pijper all of these guys could have a future in the Champ & hopefully above. That is if Champ promoters use these up & coming Brits instead of flying in Aussies to average below 3.00!

I would say the McGurk brothers were dissapointing last season in that they didn't progress as would've been expected. Not sure o would say Belle Vue were "let down" by their form when the whole team (apart from Hodder) underperformed (away from home mainly). How were they "conned" by a promotion? Do tell

Sensible decision to call it off, forecast for tonight was terrible!

Obviously I was very dissapointed yesterday, having travelled so far & arriving in lovely weather - who wouldn't be! I can read about all the effort gone into running it & understand why they chose not to call it off earlier. The downside of their efforts falling short of creating a safe track, apart from fans wasted journeys, is how many fans will stay at home in the future of the weather is iffy (or there's been a few wet days)?

From the Scottish Borders, 130 mile trip there! I wasn't happy, as the weather was lovely today

They could call it off sooner!

By your comments it seems all 8 teams will make the play-offs lol!

I don't get the negativity towards the side, KK only has to get a 6.9 average to be a success, it's not like he's not ridden since he left Rye House, he's been into he GPs & Polish Extraliga. Plus there's Jakobsen who is gonna put 2 points on his average straightaway, that's a big advantage over other clubs!

There shouldn't have been any confusion, it's the referees job to know who is in each heat!

I don't think anyone will be well adrift at the bottom, which would make for a more exciting league

Redcar, Berwick & Plymouth my top 3.

Did they race Newcastle last season? That would've been a guaranteed win surely!

I hadn't put any thought into the gates, inside might be better one day but worse the next. I guess ideally tracks should have the gates as equal as possible.

Sensible comments by Gavin

Started watching the Oxford vs Poole match on BSN. So far Kyle Newman looks very good, if he can ride like that Pirates will have a very strong reserve, whoever ends up at 6?

Looking forward to going down & supporting Robbo. As a Rye House / Lakeside fan, always had a soft spot for Robbo. Just hope the weather is good

I think it would make perfect sense to put Rew at 4 for the A away matches, can put him at 2 at home & for B fixtures away.

Tbh it doesn't matter where teams finish in the top 6 (apart from 1st). Wether Redcar finished 2nd or 6th would still mean waiting to see which teams the "winners" pick? In theory teams should either be aiming for 1st or "top 6"

Gonna be tough to predict (how it should be) quite a few strong looking teams & no-one who looks especially weak!

This guy knows

They don't have one strong reserve though!

Basically the (poorly written) rules were different last year than they were when Wolves were missing their top 2! They've changed again for next year, so even if Ipswich were missing Doyle & Sayfutdinov for the play-offs they couldn't draft in Lambert!

3 home & 3 away for any riders without rolling aves, also includes the likes of Lidsey & Bellego

Doyle's average could drop, not because he's not performing, just because it's difficult to maintain a 10+ ave. However I don't see Rew dropping much (if at all), Sayfutdinov should up his ave & Hume will be back to a 4.0 ave once rolling aves are used (no longer including his 25% reduction). Can't see a likely change for Ipswich, unless Hume struggles out of the RS berth!

1) if riders are upping their averages, the team should be doing well, so won't be looking for changes. 2) as I think all the teams look decent, I can't see any that will be dropping their averages much to allow for strengthening up.