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If it's a 40 limit: Danyon Hume & Jesper Knudsen / Claus Vissing Or Danny Gappmaier & Kasper Andersen

If the points limit is 40.00 then there's 10.76 left for the final 2.

It's only complicated when trying to do your absolute best to become champions, within the rules. It's the sort of thing Poole would do, which is why they are so successful! It wouldn't be breaking any rules, but if Poole did it people wouldn't be happy lol!

I think the averages are used as an excuse when a club wants to drop a rider. If Glasgow really wanted to they could have kept Connor Bailey.

One option for Berwick would he to sign 2 x 2.00 reserves (Stoneman & Pijper) and build to the points limit. Once Jorgensen has had one match he'll revert to a rolling ave from 2021, which could give Berwick 2 points to play with to strengthen up at reserve. However after 2 matches Jonas Knudsen will get a 6+ ave & they'll only have one point to play with? Gotta be clever with fixtures here, race the 1st league match on 22nd March & Jorgensen will get a new ave on 1st April. Then race a couple of KOC fixtures so Knudsen doesn't get a new ave straight away!

Lambert came back on his "most recent" average. Jorgensen's "most recent" average will be his Prem converted ave (9.53)

The attraction of Complin is because he's well past his best & has a low average. To sign him at his best would mean signing him as a heat leader & not a reserve

That would make no sense to me. They already have 3 heat leaders & possibly will need to drop 1. Why would they look for a returning heat leader?

It will be useful to see the final averages published, as Starke would have a far higher ave if the Newcastle matches are removed!

Jorgensen would come in on a 9.53 converted Prem ave now!

Certainly got fab reserves!

Still waiting for the final averages to be published. But should also affect Starke, James Wright & Clegg who didn't ride 10 league matches after leaving Newcastle. Also puts Wethers back on his 6+ season starting average

Struggling to come up with ideas for Peterborough signings tbh!

I agree with your comments & clearly don't expect to see half of those riders in the UK. But GP rider Lambert didn't get his average re-assesed. Neither did Jakobsen, who will use his 2018 ave in 2023 (despite riding the required 6 league matches this year)!

I believe Flint's Champ ave would stop him remaining as a RS. Not that the rules are clear to understand!

As Lawson's ave shot up in his last couple of matches I wouldn't be keen on him (unless teams can't find other riders to reach the points limit).

Until riders are announced, I'll keep putting them in any team predictions. I've also heard the RS is gonna be scrapped (agree is a daft idea) but all I can do till new rules are announced is go with current ones!

You're right, I looked at the wrong average, dropping Hume seems like an even worse decision now!

If Newcastle's matches are removed from averages, Complin will be back on an assessed 4.00 ave.

Peterborough Brady Kurtz 8.24 Chris Harris 7.40 Michael P Toft 6.86 Ryan Douglas 6.31 Scott Nicholls 5.15 Hans Andersen 4.93 Jordan Jenkins RS Total 38.89

2022 team building rules (till they announce new ones) Wolverhampton Sam Masters 8.00 Luke Becker 7.11 Tai Woffinden 6.85 Nick Morris 6.48 Ryan Douglas 6.31 Ben Cook 4.06 Drew Kemp RS Total 38.81

Especially as Bailey's home ave is almost 2 points higher than his starting ave (4.40) while his away is less than 1 point lower!

Proctor probably won't improve as a rider. But could improve his average by virtue of riding at reserve. I'd say a 4.00 rider who will keep that average is more valuable to the team than Ace who may up his average from 2.00 - 2.50. If they can build a strong top end that needs a 2.00 rider then Stoneman or Pijper are obvious candidates. However some people think Harris is leaving which would probably mean Berwick building a strength in depth team!

Is it worth a rider having a high away average though? Bailey has a 6.31 / 3.53 split. Hume was 5.39 / 5.73. So if Bailey has a higher away ave would he not also be dropped like Hume was?

Coles would be on a 2.00 ave. He would be the best option along with Mulford or Stoneman imo. Riders like Scott or Hodder would be more useful if being signed up as an asset, but I would say it's too early for Championship racing in 2023.