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It's all coming together nicely. Announce Lawson last please

Legend but let's be honest, not the coolest of heads! Ooooft. Didn't he have an involvement in the Edinburgh junior program?

Theo Pijper? If he doesn't want to ride and give more practical help to Ace? Personally I'd be happy to roll the dice with both Pijpers at 6 & 7, but I'd much prefer Theo as TM than Brown.

That's not a bad shout but I'd be happier with Theo as a rider/manager. Has that ever happened? It would be a new one on me.

I'm liking this lineup: Basso Lawson Brennan Vissing Nowak T Pijper A Pijper I believe this is <= 40

Looking back to the bspl archive it looks like Harris started the season 2018 on 8.44 and finished on 7.71

Why? What does it matter to you?

Harris and Basso is using up too many points on two riders IMO, even with "bargain" Vissing on 5.00 If Harris has signed it's a weird signing for himself, doesn't he want a midweek team to facilitate continental weekend options.....?

Source...?

I take your point but I think perhaps it's more of a scenario that Craig's time with us has came to a natural end, and not just a numbers game. Richard Lawson would fit in on those points left, hmm.

Nah nah nah Nicol has had his chance, not for me thanks. I do think you're right with Basso, Brennan and Vissing. It seems a fairly well known secret that Marcin Nowak (5.00) will be back. Personally I think both Pijpers could be a good bet.

Why is that a good match?

Funnily enough that's who I thought of too, or Sean Courtney, he had a huge a**e too.

Jeezo he'd need to shift some timber

In fact it's pure geein me the boak.

I'm feeling a bit queasy.

That seems a sensible estimate IMO, about an average of 400-500. 1000 seems wild of the mark, again only IMO.

For once I find myself in agreement with you Blobby. It's total pish.

I'm sure you're right but a fine for not completing three fixtures isn't going to be cheap. However we must have calculated that the three fines are less than the anticipated loss.

I honestly find it odd that we'll participate in the two "away" legs but not stage a "home" leg. It's weird, odd. The silence is deafening.

No 3rd leg though is there?

I think you're right. I'm a Warriors season ticket holder and for four season, prior to covid, I sat beside two young guys, who were Celtic season ticket holders, and an old boy who travelled from Dundee (fair play on a Friday autumn and winter evening) but none of the 3 of them came back after covid. Now I'm happy to believe my lack of sparkling personalty may mean they're now sitting elsewhere, but honestly I doubt it. They've just decided not to come back. To be fair covid did coincide with a very poor run of form for the Warriors.

Hmm yes "the kids race" don't get me started! Humbug.

I genuinely hope that you are correct. If the stand does hold 400, let's say for arguments sake, then maybe 150 in the shed on a good night, and another 150 around the rest of the ground would be 700. There isn't a magic wand to get more punters in. It's a fringe minority sport. I do genuinely think if more people could be exposed to it they'd become fans, supporters, attenders. We need to do something about the length of a meeting, on a fair weather evening, ideally 90 minutes with 120 minutes max being the exception. Do we think meetings are artificially prolonged to increase bar and concession income? Oh I'm very cynical in my old age.......

I was going to say 1000 but I really wasn't sure. You'd honestly say as many as an average of 800? I don't have any official facts to contradict you. It might be deceptive, the stand is always pretty full. How many do we think the stand holds? The rest of the ground, for me, looks pretty sparse.