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How about this team? 1. Brady Kurtz 7.54 2. Dan Bewley 6.15 3. Rohan Tungate 6.59 4. Charles Wright 6.51 5. Peter Kildemand 7.10 6. Jaimon Lidsey 5.16 7. Danny Ayres 3.36 Total 42.41

There is no Premier League any more, I take it you mean the Premiership? If so, can't agree with your suggestion of their team strength!

Looking at the averages, Sheffield could have fitted in Josh Auty at reserve instead of Todd Kurtz! As Auty is a track specialist at Owlerton, I'm surprised they haven't gone for him!

I agree, Jonasson is a good signing on his ave!

No, I'm saying Ledwith can't get a 2.00 ave due to an ave of 25 years ago, could've been 3.00 though! As Andrew Silver & Stuart Swales were assessed at 4.00 maybe that's their policy? As for the NL it seems if you need an assessed ave it's either 6.00, 3.50 or 2.00?

I believe the NL make their own rules?

Only at the start of the season, if Stewart keeps improving, he'd soon be a second string!

Yeah BWD's average wouldn't be "bumped up" because he didn't ride Champ, it would be "converted" because he only rode Prem! A fairer way of explaining it!

Ellis got an 8.00 ave for Birmingham but would sign on 7.80 with NL reduction, seems a good signing to me!

I would've signed up Morley in a heartbeat, but not sure how he'd fit in with the other signed riders?

There's no way Kent could have expected Ledwith to be on a 2.00 ave, as the rule was set that anyone who has previously averaged above 3.00 gets a minimum ave of 3.00! That is how William Lawson was on a 3.00 ave for Edinburgh at times last season when is actual average was below this!

Yeah, i''ll say 8.1!

King's Lynn 42.49 R Lambert 9.08 R Tungate 7.61 N K Iversen 7.36 E Riss 6.08 L Kerr 5.36 K Andersen 4.00 S Lambert 3.00

Gotta say, I feel Peterborough look one of the strongest teams so far! 3 decent heat leaders & both reserves will be potent (whichever 2 they are)!

How about this team? Belle Vue 42.30 M Fricke 8.20 D Bewley 7.13 K Bjerre 7.02 S Worrall 6.16 R Worrall 5.46 J Etheridge 4.33 D Berge 4.00

How about this team? Peterborough 42.46 C Harris 7.59 H Andersen 7.56 C Cook 7.54 S Nicholls 6.64 M P Toft 5.38 U Ostergaard 4.75 S Lambert 3.00

Chris Harris winning the Final at Cardiff springs to mind!

While I don't agree with play-offs for the title & most of what's said should be true, pretty much everything Dale Allit said in the Speedway Star is false! Consistency won't win you the league - 2 matches will!King's Lynn have not won the league, so it's not a fact!

Using this years rules: Josh Auty 8.36 Steve Worrall 8.17 Jason Garrity 7.58 Jake Allen 7.37 Stefan Nielsen 5.66 Josh Bailey 2.71 Alfie Bowtell 2.41 Total 42.26

Using this years rules: Danny King 8.90 Ricky Wells 8.40 Scott Nicholls 8.35 Nico Covatti 6.56 Coty Garcia 4.47 Danyon Hume 3.79 Drew Kemp 2.00 Total 42.47

Garcia's averaged has finished on 4.47, seems good value on that!

If a meaningless match is one that's considered to have no bearing on the league title, Buxton wouldn't race a match all year! Oh wait, their opponents would want to race! But seriously before play-offs teams raced to complete their fixtures even when they could no longer finish top, why should it be any different now!

My problem with a low points limit, which I consider 39 to be low, is that it means riders like Alfie Bowtell don't get a team spot (thankfully he got one mid season) but riders like Arran Butcher, Lewis Whitmore, Kieran Douglas, Jacob Clouting etc (sub 2.00 riders) get team places. Nothing against these guys personally, but just because your're young and on a 3.00 ave doesn't mean you have a future! A low points limit could mean improving riders (but not superstars) like Anders Rowe or Henry Atkins getting dropoped for the next batch of 3.00 riders!

I would say top 8 get seeded to next years GP!

Not saying Bickley should be getting grief, just pointing out the difference between Workington's & Scunthorpe's actions!