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Has to be a double change. Anything above 5.10 would drop Cam to reserve so they simply have to go that route. Wonder if a Worrall brother could be an option

Don’t get excited it doesn’t mean we’ve signed Oystercard from you

We thinking this then.. Doyle 8.96 Heeps 5.10 Riss 5.26 Buzzawotsit 6.02 King 7.96 Starke 4.58 Rowe If that IS the team, it’s 1.12 under the limit. Only uncertainties there are Buzz and Starke, the others are nailed on. So maybe the Buzz rumours are false and he’s gone elsewhere and we’ve gone for Cook, or perhaps he’s in, and we’ve gone for another rider instead of Starke on an average up to 5.70. (crump 5.36 R Worrall 5.51) If we’ve gone that route, that would drop Heeps in to reserve which would be handy..

Anyone signing Cook would be taking a bit of a gamble if we’re being honest. He struggled with confidence issues and then took time out for a period with personal issues. Maybe some clubs are reluctant to take that gamble..

Any idea on his average?

To be fair to Rowe he was eligible for the RS but started as the senior reserve and then spent a chunk of the season in the main body, whilst also carrying an injury that he couldn’t shake off. He’ll be one of the stronger RS’s this time IMO.

Unless we haven’t signed Starke. Could be a plan to sign another 5 and a half pointer and get Heeps down at reserve.

I’d say that’s spot on other than Buczkowski.

Good.

What’s with all this “nah” boll0cks?

I thought exactly the same as you. Would be a little strange for the club to tweet this yesterday if he wasn’t staying..

I read it as the full team being announced on December 1st..

Agree I’ve no idea what they’re all waiting for? Musielak actually confirmed ages ago that he’d done a deal to come back to UK so why hasn’t it been announced? Similarly at Ipswich, where the “majority” of the team have already signed according to Hawkins. Only thing I can think of is teams are waiting to complete their whole septet to announce the team in one go

Not sure about 2 points myself, but think there’s definitely a point improvement there. Very good signing.

Well if this years team is crap we can all blame Hawkins! In todays Star, he says he gave Louis “A list of who we needed to be going after, and it looks as though we have the majority on that list” he goes on to say the list contains riders the HE wanted to work with, and riders that will all gel, get on well and have a good team spirit (that’s Cam confirmed then ) Also the majority of the team is sorted, not all, but should be sorted soon.

But they’ll continue to do it if they keep getting away with it. It’s down to the referees to watch a bit more closely and clamp down harder on those doing it.

I know you don’t like Doyle but I’d hazard a guess the majority would love him at their club. He’ll give us something that we’ve nearly always lacked, and that’s a reliable big hitter at 1 that can either dig us out of a hole to give us a point, or win us a tight meeting in the latter heats. Edit: or even help us turn a mauling in to just a heavy defeat Agree he’s not gonna up his average much if at all, but I’d still have him leading the team all night long. The improvers need to come lower down. Agree on Belle Vue and Sheffield as well. They’ll almost certainly have handy looking teams.

Good point and wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest

Would be a terrific signing for Sheffield as he would have been for us or any of the others. Pretty sure all the other Premiership clubs would have loved Doyle also but looks like we’ve beaten them all for him so swings and roundabouts really. Win some lose some

Musielak is going to Sheffield.

Heeps? Must admit when Taps said he was only a couple of points off holding his average I was surprised at that. Didn’t look right at all at the start of the season. A few were like that though and took a while to get going. Maybe taking the whole year out of racing due to COVID affected him? Everyone is different and it affects some more than others. Who knows. Allen was another who just didn’t seem right either

So you’re going to disregard the entire season he done when he was injury free in 2019 when every team was stronger than it is now where he averaged 6.30? He started this year slowly, we’ve all admitted that, but Taps has already pointed out he was still only a couple of points off holding that previous average. It was post shoulder injury that his average took a massive hit, he just wasn’t fit. So yes, he won’t be “doing well” to maintain a 5.10 average in the slightest in my opinion. You’re also entitled to your opinion of course so we’ll agree to disagree here.