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Well he was apparently ready for the Speedway of Nations so the Championship should be a walk in the park lol!

Looking at all the names mentioned here, this is the best team I can come up with! Plymouth 1 Bjarne Pedersen 11.06? 2 Hans Andersen 9.26? 3 Niklas Porsing 6.19? 4 Zdenek Simota 5.09 5 Nick Agertoft 4.00 6 Alfie Bowtell 3.02 7 Henry Atkins 2.** Total 38.62 + 2

Last year in Sweden all 8 teams qualified for the play-offs!

You speak the truth!

I've got to question what is the purpose of having 1* riders instead of the original plan of 2* being the lowest? What can be gained by making it harder for 2.00 riders who have had a Champ season to get a spot than a complete newcomer? It could end up that each year 2* riders get dropped for 1* to leave more room at the top of the team! Any truly promising junior Palin etc is likely to average above 3.00 & become a 3* rider!

I've seen a list, but not via the official speedway GB website nor an explanation of how grade 1 riders effect the points limit!

I'd enjoy it more if they'd posted the "rising stars" list as I've always enjoyed making up potential teams!

Can't see how Buckley can be the same grade as Perks / Bates & a higher grade than Kemp / Flint!

Josh Bates?

He'd be on an assessed 4.00 ave, but didn't average over that for Scunthorpe last he was here, so wouldn't advise signing him for a Prem team spot!

I don't know Birmingham's plans for completing their team but think Josh Bates on 6.19 would be an astute signing!

Let's be honest that's not really "massive news" signing a junior who's never been more than a NL reserve!

It's kinda ironic that British promoters upset with Polish rules, lower the points limit so a rider who wants to race over here is likely to be left without a team place!

Tbh I think that team looks incredibly weak! But not seen the other 5 teams!

Well their team looks far stronger than Kent & Newcastle then!

I disagree the SON looks much weaker this year & there's certainly a possibility that Lawson or the Worralls could've picked up points, especially against U-21 riders!

If Doyle had beaten Laguta in the second semi final, Lindgren would've been world number two! It's stupid that a race between two riders not involved in the podium (Doyle & Laguta) can decide who finishes higher between two riders on the podium (Woffinden & Lindgren)!

I'm sure you can only drip riders through Injury, so they couldn't choose to swap Palin & Kemp over!

I agree with that point, forcing SON teams to include an U-21 rider could lead to a far weaker 20/21 year old replacing & very promising & talented 21/22 year old! Same situation for the substitutes picked!

Not sure why you should ban current GP riders from racing in the GP challenge, if a rider can't beat them in qualifying can they claim to deserve a GP place ahead of a current GP rider! Also if the top 15 in the World were in the GP's but 7th - 15th were guaranteed not to be in the next season's series it would be a much weaker GP the following year!

Regarding the new scoring system 1) Doyle, Dudek & Michelsen all scored 5 points but Doyle is awarded 6 points & Michelsen 4, what is the purpose of that? 2) Sayfutdinov scored 11 points & Zagar 6, but Emil only gets awarded one more point! Does Emil only deserve ONE more point than Matej? Also it means if Emil had scored FOUR less points in the heats he still would have gone home with his 9 GP points!

The elite league fat track race format was good for allowing similar standard racers meeting each other more often!

I'm told he has sold his bikes & retired!