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If it's a 40 point limit. Redcar Charles Wright 8.37 Kyle Howarth 7.27 Jason Edwards 6.18 Dan Gilkes 5.08 Jacob Hook 4.28 Jake Mulford 4.27 Zaine Kennedy 4.27 Total 39.72

Was Crump captain?

I guess it's possible Edinburgh noticed, but didn't say anything till after the match, to increase their chances of qualifying lol!

Guested for Workington at Poole in the semi final, so not allowed to guest for a different club in the semis / finals. It's a bit unprofessional that neither Scunthorpe nor the BSPL knew the rules before the match, why was his inclusion permitted? It's possible no-one would've noticed, but it's one of the changes caused by last years Premiership play-offs "issues".

Nope, the team limit would be 42 of they wanted to keep team strengths the same. Not been 45 since bonus points were included.

The problem with that, is riders who are genuinely injured, then have to wait to return, meaning more unnecessary guests - at a time when people say there are far too many. Or they could even attempt to ride when not fit & be a danger to others because they don't want to miss a big meeting. I do agree more should be done to stop riders picking & choosing meetings, but where do you draw the line?

This could've happened a great many times even without riders guesting this year! Masters Leicester vs Oxford Jenkins Ipswich vs Oxford Harris Glasgow vs Oxford Wright Redcar vs Oxford Kerr Berwick vs Oxford Kemp Berwick vs Oxford Cook Workington vs Oxford All of these riders may have ridden against Oxford while being signed for Oxford in another league.

If I was Belle Vue or Workington I'd want both in my team for 25.

Pearson isn't as inexperienced as some are making out. He's had 3 full seasons, plus one in the NL, so his away ave must be a concern. Obviously his home form should mean Glasgow will be in two minds wether he should return?

Remember nobody wanted Dan T last year. Started without a Champ club, Birmingham used him for 28 days but didn't keep him, then finally got signed by Plymouth & sadly go injured. It's a surprise no one saw his promise. Hope he remembers this & stays loyal to Plymouth. As for Pearson he reminds me of Connor Bailey, had a 7 home but 3 away average, so they let him go.

My biggest concern with that, is riders just above 2 missing out on team places the following season. Then the better 2.00 riders who up their averages, missing out the following season to the next batch of 2.00 riders. Although this year there doesn't seem to be any riders between 2 & 3. But I guess the likes of Ace Pijper might find it tougher to get a team if he has the be the "senior" reserve.

Don't you contradict yourself here, saying need to include a 2.00 rider for the sake of British Speedway, but also saying foreigners not being able to drop below 4.00 is unfair? If foreigners can drop below that, then it's the Brits who will get dropped. Personally I like the 4.00 minimum average for foreigners, would even support it being higher, why fly riders in for matches or possibly pay for visas etc if they're only gonna score a point more than a rider from the NDL? I guess you could argue Celina staying on a 4.00 average kept her in the team for longer? There was no rush to look for a replacement as she couldn't drop her average. If she could drop to 3.00 then they may have swapped her much earlier on for another 4.00 rider.

As someone suggested a few posts ago, if you don't agree then you don't have a team, 10th best rider then becomes a number one? Not sure if really want to go that way (forcing someone to go where they don't want to) though.

At home Josh Pickering or Chris Harris seem the best options. Away from home Erik Riss on his Premiership home track? In the KOC & BSN, Poole may have more options. If he's not out for long, maybe guests won't be needed? Until we know his injuries, I always try & think positively. Get well soon Ben.

I understand where you're coming from, but avoiding talking about guests will not make Ben recover any quicker. But people discussing options could end their posts like I will. Get well soon Ben.

I've never been a massive fan of too many restrictions, feel once you have a points limit then it's up to clubs to decide how to build their team. However I wouldn't be against the top 9 riders in the league being shared out (1 per club) then after that build your team to the limit?

No offence to Sam McGurk, but he could be considered an "ambitious youngster" but I'd never pick him ahead of Paul Starke.

There's plenty of heat leaders & second strings who just ride in the Champ. I'm sure many would want to double up, but there's not enough Prem team spots to allow that. Rory Schlein, Danyon Hume, Jye Etheridge, Paco Castagna, Kye Thomson, Lasse Fredriksen, James Pearson, Matic Ivacic, Jack Smith, Cameron Heeps, Ben Barker, Alfie Bowtell, Tobias Thomsen, Jake Allen, Simon Lambert, Troy Batchelor & Claus Vissing.

They finished top of the "qualification" league & won the KOC, one disappointing loss doesn't mean there was anything wrong with the team picked. Bound to have to make changes due to the points limit anyway.

Yeah I thought that too, have to go find the anti Chris Harris posts on FB & comment on them lol!

I suppose technically, all four play-offs teams agreed to change the rules. Should never have happened though.

Don't think he'll get a wild card, so will have to qualify.

Not really, still got to race the play-offs regardless of injuries. Whoever wins the league will know they won under the rules agreed to.

Harris did very well, if you told me before the match he'd score 12, I've had said that's Sheffield into the final

Could do, I think Edinburgh beat Workington by 28 & the Comets win the return leg by 32 in 2018 (wasn't the final). Must've been some meeting for the Comets fans.