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Haha so you didn't bother to quote my rationale as to why your idea doesn't work and ignore the fact that I've suggested many things in this section over the last couple of years. Even before the 'big teams' turned up.

Smith & Hume will sign surely. Bacon could be a victim of his own success with Perry likely to return.

Did crowds increase when they went PL?

You come out with some stuff... So JPB should be on a 4 point average 'because he's young' and Ayres should've been saddled with a 7 point average in his second season (when he actually started on 4.24) because he's not so young. Then the likes of Atkin, Bowen and Wilson should all be on 12 point averages leaving teams with no number 1 because they can't fit them in under the points limit!

I think the main problem is when riders get injured that there's such a scarce number of Ryder's that don't get team places at the start of the season, that if a heat leader gets injured then it's very difficult to replace him. It's not like the upper leagues when they can recruit a random foreigner or gamble on someone who's doing well in the lower league.

They can't ride NL if they start the season with a Championship place. S4K is right, the conversion is PLx2 but you use whichever is higher of that figure or the latest NL figure, and I can't remember Boxall's without checking.

Shanes will be a great 2.00 rider, is a real born racer and is genuinely one of the nicest people you'll meet! He loves playing up to the crowd (similar to Ayres) and should really have had a PL spot this season.

How have you worked that out?

My 12 Graj/Tungate Wright/Starke Worrall/Lambert Kus/Lindgren Graj/Allen Howarth/Bates Lawson/Summers Tungsten/BWD Worrall/Bach Worrall/Rose King/Sarj Auty/Douglas

Looks a decent side. A strong top 4 with some room for average improvement in it and always a handy number 6.

It was 11. So a decent amount for an average.

I agree which is why I thought he wouldnt be fit for April. Hopefully he's back sooner rather than later because he's a promising rider.

I just thought it would make the team very top heavy. Plus I expected Coles to sign.

That must mean that Mountain isn't fit for the start of the campaign unfortunately.

Taking only scores for the Warriors, Cupitt averaged 4.16 last season and 4.90 including bonus points. That's called progression from his previous scoring.

Bellego is a decent signing on that figure because he pretty consistently beat 8 point PL riders last season and was in a high 8 average at one point until a slight slump. But his PLRC performance showed that he can definitely hold his own in that company. He's a rider who's improving and signing those is how you make a decent team.

The minimum average is 2017 is a 2.00 as opposed to this years 3.00. Also Wallner technically averaged 3.83 last season but the minimum average for team building for a foreigner is 4.00.

Surely Eagles will be looking at getting Hopwood back on his low average.

As expected tbh. It looks a decent team but I doubt it'll make the play-offs, though it definitely has entertainment in it!

3 confirmed signings by Jackie Vatcher so far in Ben Wilson (8.50), James Cockle (7.35) and Chris Widman (4.45). A team I'd like to see to a 40.00 limit is: 1. Ben Wilson 8.50 2. Chris Widman 4.45 3. Nathan Stoneman 6.98 / Brendan Johnson 6.21 4. Ben Hopwood 5.83 5. James Cockle 7.35 6. Layne Cupitt 3.00 7. Tyler Govier 3.30 / Kelsey Dugard 4.28 39.41 / 39.62 There's 2 permutations in case Stoneman goes to Mildenhall or Dugard to Eastbourne. A team I'd like to see to a 38.00 limit is: 1. Ben Wilson 8.50 2. Chris Widman 4.45 3. Ben Hopwood 5.83 4. Kelsey Dugard 4.28 5. James Cockle 7.35 6. Charley Powell 4.05 7. Layne Cupitt 3.00 37.46

Yeah, Greenwood. They should do but a return to Cradley makes sense.

Looks a certainty to me.

It'll be Douglas, Auty, MPT, Wilko, Kerr, Wallner & Bailey. But Wilko is a poor signing imo.

They should sign Govier at reserve and a couple of the old guard will likely return, for example Smart, so the team should be decent enough too.

Yeah he did well in 2015, but he's still been around longer than Cupitt and are on similar averages.