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Nothing unlucky about it, it was their choice, if they've made the wrong pick, they can only blame themselves.

If you make the age limit younger / reduce how long you can be a rising star, then you'll weaken the system. Many fans think these riders are too weak for the Prem already, if you had to promote the next batch earlier, they'll be struggling more.

He's already been a heat leader in the Champ for a few seasons.

This is what I don't understand, if the four remaining clubs agreed to ignore the "ranking" and let the riders go where they want, why is there a "ranking" in the rulebook in the first place? Couldn't these 4 clubs vote to get rid of it & allow "rising stars" to be picked like the top 6 in each club?

Only downside of that is a 6.01 rider getting dropped for a 5.99 rider due to the massive average differences. But I agree there could be more done to help. Perhaps former "rising stars" continue to get reductions 25% - 20% - 15 % etc till they end up on 2.5% reductions like the rest of the Brits? Would certainly help a rider like Drew Kemp, who could find it very hard to get a Prem spot as he did slightly better than Jenkins, Flint etc.

Even if it hasn't unearthed the next Bewley / Lambert, doesn't mean it's a failure imo. It's allowed clubs cheaper reserves, saved on air fares, given fans more Brits to cheer on in their teams, plus given young Brits opportunities I'm the top division they might not otherwise have gotten. I know many aren't fans of it, but I fully support the RS system. Feel it should be adopted by the Champ as well as not instead of the Prem though.

Logically it should get weaker as the top riders progress & the next batch won't be at their level yet. I don't think that's a reason to get rid of it. I think this year looks more even, which is ideal, all the riders want to ride Prem & it not like they're gonna get lapped, they'll all be competitive.

I guess all the "experts" didn't expect Birmingham & Lynn to pass up on the opportunity to sign Jenkins. I think it's a surprise, as it means other clubs didn't want him.

Protection was taken on their 2024 Rising Stars by the following clubs: Belle Vue – Jake Mulford Leicester – Sam Hagon Oxford – Luke Killeen I can understand those decisions The remaining Rising Star selections for 2025 were made in the following order: Birmingham – Jason Edwards King’s Lynn – Ashton Boughen Ipswich – Jordan Jenkins Sheffield – Leon Flint Bit surprised with first pick of the remaining riders Birmingham went for Edwards. Probably even more surprised Flint was last pick.

I wouldn't call it fiddling. Look at the Champ averages of Jenkins, Flint & Edwards, there's not a massive amount of difference. I think it'd be a shame for Jenkins of he was "barred" from being a RS because of one better season in the Prem, while two similar riders can remain as a RS.

The Oxford situation would be a fair point of they have topped the league and then been understrength in the play-offs. As it stands I don't feel for a team that finished 2nd in the league being weakened in the play-offs. Even if they were top I still wouldn't feel for them as they voted for the play-offs, so know there's always a risk it'll hurt your team. Anyway if I was in charge top of the league would be Champs, no need for play-offs. Feel the same about the SON, why have an extra 2 races, when there's a winner after 21 heats? Would like the GPs if they got rid of the awful scoring system / got rid off or limited the wild cards.

I was thinking more about Jenkins, Rowe was always available as an RS, just rode elsewhere in the team. So that would mean Edwards & Boughen can be an RS again. Jenkins is the question mark, but I think it's allowed.

From memory I'm sure rider can go back to being a RS if they fit the qualifying criteria.

My picks would be Birmingham: Leon Flint King's Lynn: Jordan Jenkins Oxford: Luke Killeen (Boughen at 6) Ipswich: Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes or Jake Mulford Sheffield: two of Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes or Jake Mulford (the two Ipswich don't pick) Leicester: Joe Thompson Belle Vue: Sam Hagon

You can see a big difference in the team managers of the two clubs. Last week Schroeck leaves Boughen in his 4th ride, doesn't give Killeen a 6th race. Tonight despite Poole being well ahead & having one hand on the trophy, Middlo drops Hagon for Thomsen in heat 8. Perhaps a shame for Hagon, but shows Poole's mentality when it comes to winning. Then Jack Smith scores more than Connor Coles (who doesn't beat an opponent) but Coles gets more rides! Does Schroeck even fill in a programme?

Found this match on YouTube & it's very entertaining. Can't help but feel really angry towards the Stadium owners for kicking the Speedway out. Really hope Wolves can ride again. https://youtu.be/gZlOlb2dBfk?feature=shared

I would prefer Ermolenko & Cami Brown to Peter Schroeck!

No harm in asking, might be missing Speedway

Should go for Alun Rossiter

Not every team can win the league, if that's what's considered a successful season, does that mean 6 clubs had poor seasons & only Belle Vue did well? As Sheffield topped the "qualification league" and won the KOC, I don't see why they'd necessarily need to change the team makeup (strong top end, 2 x RS at the bottom) because of the disappointment in the play-offs.

I think many people are being far too hard on Edwards. Moving up from a RS with a 2.67 (3.24) average in 2023, to the more difficult number 6 and getting a 3.55 (4.23) average is decent progress imo. Gilkes should maybe have done better, but can't see how people can fault Edwards.

That was to be expected, needed their top 5 to all perform so the reserves don't need to.

Obviously you don't want riders to get injured, but do you plans teams around that? Would Ipswich say no to Doyle & Sayfutdinov on case one of them gets injured? As for Rowe, as soon as he rides one match his rolling ave would shoot up for the next month's averages.

Rowe was at number 7 not 6. Anyway he got a 5+ average at reserve, so even of he only gets 4 in the team, he's still good value on his average imo

I've seen lots of comments saying Howarth is a must for Sheffield as "no one is better round Sheffield on a 5.05 average". But looking at his home vs away split, it's 5.42 (6.03) at home & 5.00 (6.08) away. Based on that, I'd suggest he should be signed for his away form?