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Given that Pijper has a higher 2025 average than Spencer, I'd say no.

But if you stop riders like Jenkins being a "rising star" it makes the list of options even weaker, while many say it's too big a step? If that's the case all 7 "rising stars" should be Jenkins, Edwards, Flint standard etc.

Why would you overlook a stronger rider just because you run a NL/NT team? If every club chose replacements from their development team only, then clubs that don't run a development team, would be at an advantage, being able to pick from any NL/NT team for a replacement. By that logic every Prem team losing a RS would be signing a NL/NT rider as a replacement, while Ipswich could go for Gilkes or Hagon because they don't have a NL/NT team to recruit from. Also the NL/NT is miles away from the Prem, even at RS level. It's better riders move up when they are ready & not before. If one of the top NL/NT riders Max James, steps down from Edinburgh because it's too tough for him, surely you wouldn't put him in a RS spot just because he rides for Birmingham's second team?

Seems a pointless rule if Harrison can be signed in place of Boughen, why can't he guest for Boughen? I don't really understand why Lynn are doing it this way, Harrison is currently stronger than Scott, why not give him the RS spot full time?

It's amazing, a couple of weeks ago, it seems a majority of fans were calling for changes, saying the team wasn't good enough, Cairns alone won't turn them into challengers. Then all of a sudden 2 good results & they're the team to beat! Speedway fans can be a fickle bunch lol!

I think Joe T deserves more credit for his performance than he's getting (from some), he only lost to Kerr (x2) Cook & Lawson. Defeated Rowe, Starke, Thomsen & Ritchings. Only lost to Poole's top 4, defeated the bottom 3, plus Rowe. A good showing from Redcar's guest.

No one should need to volunteer, the team manager should pick who he wants to use surely?

Good point. As long as the guest is better than Jake Mulford, makes sense to use a guest. If they were looking at a 4.00 rider due to unavailability, then I'd go the r/r option.

Until the play-offs start there is no issue with 20 points away defeats. Fans don't like them, but it won't stop them becoming Champions. The big question is, can they do better when the league is on the line or can they continue to score 60+ at home?

I thought there was a rule that if you drop a rider they can only come back in at management committee discretion? Of course the management committee may have no issue with Lynn's plans!

Hasn't Luke Harrison signed for Lynn, why would Jody Scott be at reserve?

Lewis Kerr has averaged 5.71 (6.29) in his 7 matches for Sheffield this year. That is higher than his starting average. Just because he's had a poor away match, doesn't mean he should get dropped imo

I'd leave r/r at 3, Riss at 4, King at 5, Riss takes a r/r outing in heat 12. Meetings will end up with: Ht 12 Riss Ht 13 Wright & King Ht 14 Riss Ht 15 Wright / King / Riss

Whoever guests, may not be as good as Edwards, they just have to pick who they think is the best available. Like someone else suggested, r/r could work at home, but less successful away.

If Edwards isn't fit, how about Mitchell McDiarmid as a guest? Rode well for Oxford at Poole!

Even if the new signing decides he is Australian & not British, Edinburgh are still doing more for British riders development than any club who didn't enter the NL/NT. Plus last year they held a NDL series individual when they didn't have to.

With Masters at 5, racing in heat 13 may help keep his average below Becker's?

Whoever finishes 8th in the GPs is going to be an incredibly good rider, just because someone doesn't finish in the top 7, doesn't mean they shouldn't bother entering. There are more than 7 world class riders in the series, so there will always be brilliant riders who don't finish in the seeded spot for 2026 and that's before you even consider injuries. Why is trying to get another way in unfair? If GP riders & non GP riders enter the qualifiers to ensure the best make next year's series, what's unfair about that? If non GP riders can't get into the GPs because they lose to GP riders in the qualifiers, then that means they're not good enough for the gaps right? For clubs like Sheffield who want to sign international superstars, it comes with the knowledge they may miss meetings when racing elsewhere, not great for fans of British Speedway, but that's just the way it is now.

How about for away tracks?

By then you've got them hooked, hopefully

It's never nice for riders to get injured & naturally I wish Luke all the best, but as it happens so often on Speedway, it's hard not to think about how it will effect the teams plans. Now that Becker has done to 2nd in the Lions averages, r/R should cover well (though I wouldn't use it at number 2). It's always hard to know how long a rider will be out for as some make miraculous recoveries, possibly too early for their own safety. Hopefully Luke will be fit enough to return before the end of the season.

I wonder if because in recent years the FIM / SGP have picked weaker riders due to their nationalities ahead of riders who performed better in the GPs (Fricke, Madsen) do more GP riders enter the qualifiers now, as being born in the wrong country could hurt their wild card chances? An Aussie can no longer think "as king as I'm top 9 I'll be next year" but a Czech or German can think "I'll get a wildcard even if I'm last"?

You would think for Ipswich's benefit they'd want Sheffield to lose? Maybe should've had an agreement, Brennan can guest for you, if Holder then guests for Doyle?

Don't say anything, if they are new to Speedway they'll just assume Brennan is a Sheffield rider.

I totally understand that, mind you if Kvech got injured in heat 2 without using r/r Lynn would still be up against it. Ignoring the possibility of injuries, I'd say they're stronger using r/r, but using a guest will help if anything went wrong for any other rider for sure.