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Which shops are selling it at the minute?

The meetings should be on Premier Player online too so I’ll choose to watch them when I want to and then fast forward through the gaps.

A shock and very unfair timing on the club and it’s supporters. Not many available options at all unfortunately.

Lewis Millar has some NL experience even if it’s very limited and Rothery has probably shown up best so maybe those two will start at reserve. Good to see the Devils giving youth a chance whilst still putting out a respectable team with 3 good heat leaders who are all young too.

The rules don’t let riders do the NL and NT for separate teams though. That’s why Flint has left Newcastle.

Not true. I do like Phillips but it’s fact that his career has stagnated so I was being positive by hoping that a change of track will help him.

He’s not really kicked on at all so hopefully a change of track will finally get him back on track in his career.

An ageing team but nevertheless a lot better than I think most expected. It should be happier home fans this term with a genuine number 1 and always a strong reserve whether that be Nicholls or MPT or someone else!

So we’ll need a new man in charge and inevitably new ideas! If he can cope with the workload I think there’s only one man for the job. That is Barry Bishop! If that’s a conflict of interest then I think there’s another obvious appointment, if he has enough time on his hands: Connor Dugard!

We will see if he’s ‘easily a big scorer’ but he has been signed to replace the second heat leader yet he has never achieved an average over 7! Even if by some miracle he does excellent this season, is he really going to be promoted to the Diamonds set up and be a prominent figure for years like Clegg is looking like he could be and other Gems like Freeman and Halder could be?!

He halved his average last year and is nearer state pension age than Flint’s age!

Who wants to watch Wallinger rather than Flint? This decision is a shame for Newcastle fans and those of clubs that the Gems will travel to.

Have Poole forgotten that there’s promising young Brits around, or did they look straight Down Under?!

Yes Phillips said he wanted to run some practices first.

Flint is one of the best riders in the league, in fact he has the 4th highest average of NT riders (and that includes Clegg). Brough Park will be a new track for most NL riders and I’m sure Leon will get some practice in too.

Quite a nice blends of youth and experience. I do think that team will struggle on the away tracks with a couple of riders in there who haven’t ridden an awful lot but Clegg & Flint will nearly go through the card every home meeting. Tbf Clegg could go through the whole NT campaign home and away unbeaten! But the main point is to get experience for them all which they will get at Brough Park and good to see Rob Grant putting effort into the venture.

With Flint & MacDonald joining Newcastle, that makes it even less clear who is going to ride for the Devils.

I feel like it’s another rider who’s getting on because of his motocross background rather than instant ability on a speedway bike.

Chattin’s local ish though. Possibly the worst reserves in the league but tbf we’re all making assumptions about Woodward. It’s a decent top 5 though so should ease the pressure on the reserves.

More second teams but less stand alone teams which Rye House would be.

It says 6 or 7 home meetings. So are they running 3 or 4 challenge meetings to supplement the NT?

Swindon & Leicester were also allowed to pick riders of other teams upto the normal points limit. They got little criticism as they didn’t build ‘super teams’ whereas Cradley cherry picked all the best riders.

Sounds a good idea to me. I’ll try to make it up when the Warriors are there.

Made it clear how?

So Masters it is then. That leaves you quite a bit under the points limit so if you wanted 6 of the 7 back, why not sign a stronger rider than Nicol?