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Unfortunately that was proved last season.

Bates over Extance probably strengthens them at home but weakens them away. However I doubt there'll be much difference between the two. It's nice to see a like for like change though.

Knight seemed to have enjoyed himself yesterday by his comments on social media.

'Acceptable' AKA 'average'.

Resorting to insults then and ignoring everything else I said. Did you see him make a genuine pass? No. How many times was he passed? 4. Is that typical of a rider second in the averages? He wasn't involved in the action like Holder, Starke or BWD. Admittedly he wasn't poor, but I never said he was. 7 from 4 away from a rider who should be averaging 8.00 overall is average because he's hitting his average!

It seems strange to be discussing team changes after an away win! Give them all chance to get used to each other and ride as a team (and perfect the team riding). If BWD rides like that every week then he'll be in for a great season. Lambert looked off the pace but I think his fall last week and on the first bend of the first race today affected him. So give him time and he'll be back. Hansen looked abysmal but he was always going to be like that away. Holder, Starke and Bacon were also all impressive in their own ways. The one I'd be concerned about is Ostergaard as he ended last season poor and seemed average today. Imo he should be the one stepping up to number 1 in the short-term whilst Holder gets upto speed with the EOES, but I can't see that happening.

So Aaron Baseby was there practising too. But on a 6.58 average, if he came into the side it'd mean another change.

Haha watch mine still not win though.

When he couldn't ride for the Warriors, it was said that he wouldn't ride at all but I guess time will tell.

It's fine. Morrish is insisting on using his 4.14 from about 2006ish when he rode for Sittingbourne. Despite him being declared as a 3.00 at Bournemouth in 2010 and 3 riders all being given 3.50 reassessments last season when they'd been out of racing for a similar length of time to Cook.

Campos scored 9 from 4 which is technically a 9.00 average yet Hughes is on 8.67 (which will be weighted higher in home meetings than away meetings anyway). So Campos out scored what you would statistically have expected Hughes to get. Also thinking about the opposition, would Hughes really have won half his races, to outscore Campos, when facing Ayres then Greenwood, then Perry and then Ayres and Perry!?

He's not riding for the Warriors unfortunately.

That's the same team as mine!

Matt Bates anyone?

It'll be a kick in the teeth if you're right.

They come to 39.83, so slightly over.

Considering he came through at the same time as Bowtell & Hunter under the same initial guidance, he's improved very fast.

I did wonder why you went for such a low starting average haha, but yeah you can edit your team.

Thanks Wiseguy. I've posted everybody's results on last year's thread. So the reigning champion is Halifax Tiger, with John Leslie second and Turn Two third.

The results are in! The winner is Halifax Tiger with a team of: Mountain, Wood, Ayres, Coles, Knight, Bacon & Parkinson-Blackburn. 1. Halifax Tiger: 55.41 2. John Leslie: 53.55 3. Turn Two: 52.01 4. Monarchs Mitchy: 51.82 5. Teaboy 279: 51.39 6. Red and yellow: 51.13 7. Ben91: 51.00 8. Islander 15: 50.88 9. Iand: 49.75 10. Brummie Kev: 49.66 11. 21st Century Heathen: 49.21 12. Macca56: 48.95 13. Sings4Kings: 48.79 14. Steven101: 48.75 15. Whistle gang: 48.55 15. Szkocjasid: 48.55 17. Gee jay: 48.47 18. Wiseguy: 47.54 18. Richard Weston: 47.37 19. Al3x200: 46.66 20. Martyn Griggs: 46.13 21. All the gear but nae idea: 43.69 22. Wightlink Flyer: 43.15 A couple of things that I found interesting is that John Leslie was the only person to choose Bewley. Whilst Andrews, Ruddick, Ritchings, Dwyer, Carr, Smart and both Greenwoods were chosen yet their averages went down

1. Ben Morley 9.22 2. Tom Brennan 3.00 3. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 6.97 4. Jack Smith 6.32 5. Danyon Hume 7.33 6. Kyle Bickley 3.00 7. Jordan Jenkins 3.00 Total: 38.84

The aim is to pick a side who'll end with the highest collective team average. Simply pick 7 riders upto a 39 point limit and a max of 2 riders per team. No transfers, it's just a start of the season competition. I've ran this before on this site and thanks to Wiseguy for finding last season's topic, where I've posted last season's results.

I think Belle Vue, Mildenhall, Cradley, Eastbourne & Birmingham will be the play-off contenders, with BV my title tips. Kent then look the next best alongside Buxton and Lakeside (who should do very well at home but awful away). Finally Stoke, Isle of Wight, King's Lynn and Plymouth look the weakest four.

Isle of Wight were only allowed a facility for 28 days last season, regarding Compton. So they'd still need to sign somebody.

King & Bates strengthen the team and will give the supporters more consistency if Lebedevs was going to miss a lot of meetings. Win, win!