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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!

I would say Phillips scoring is on a par with Bickley, but haven't seen him getting much grief from Workington fans!

Nathan Stoneman, Tom Brennan or Mark Baseby would be best choices for me!

Craig Cook actually qualified so he's clearly a "GP rider" Woffinden NEVER qualified, got 2 x wild cards, then has stayed in top 8 since!

I don't understand these other fixtures being called "meaningless" I'd want my team to win every competition they enter!

I thougth in the NL these days you could get a facility (r/r) for absolutely any reason?

how hard is it for Lakeside to either say yes or no? They are either available or not, don't understand how it was listed as provisional for so long?

I have no issues with foreigners riding in Britain, just want to see Brits get a team place first, seems daft to fly someone over from USA / Australia etc to fill a reserve position though!

That's what I meant, no-one could argue for Stewart! Disappointing to see the Brit with the biggest average increase last year without a team!

Let's be honest 6 guys who can do a job & a youngster in to gain time!

I don't think it's fair to blame Wednesday race nights fir fixture issues, Poole (Andersen) and Lynn (Iversen) have used Dane's on Wednesday's for years! How is it worse now?

I don't think anyone could argue that Jordan Stewart is a better option than Greaves or Perks though!

Can't agree with this more, no reason to extend play-off dates!

Dan Bewley, Jack Holder, Troy Batchelor & Robert Lambert! If I have to pick one then Robert Lambert!

But there's plenty of Brits who have not had team places due to foreigners replacing them! Whether they'd travel to Scotland I can't answer!

If that's true it's even worse than I imagined!

Don't you prefer your own riders to guests then? So many people complain about the usage of guests (doesn't bother me), I figured clubs & fans would want their own riders!

I think the average rules have been the worst ever this year, but agree with the NBJ average! His 5.00 Rye ave was assessed on his starting Berwick ave on 6.50, he didn;t do enough matches to get a new ave, so it makes sense for him to ride on his current ave (5.78 / 1.3 = 4.45) compared to early season ave!