JanAndersen

Not saying he’s coming but if we got Erik Riss back I’d see him as an out and out no.1 particularly round Armadale. Also the evil twin falls into that category too - just got a hunch about him coming back.

Where has the Nilsson chat come from?

VP is on a 5.00 so gives us a little more than 13 to play with. Can we sneak Masters and Coles in?

That's a shame. Always like watching him and always rocks up with immaculate kit.

Wolbert fancy another season? He looked pretty handy in the latter heats of the Grand Prix Challenge

Yep that’s always a problem for the sport. I love Paco but at 7.11 he’d be a heat leader which I just don’t see. I also think that’s about his max - there doesn’t feel like room to improve. All in my opinion obviously.

Sedgmen and Palovaara confirmed. VP isn’t one I expected tbh

Hadn’t appreciated that Paco would be 7.11 this year. Would be madness to include him at that.

Yes. I think Kye might be the one to miss out

I’ll keep hoping for a Masters return but in reality I suspect we’ll be announcing a not dissimilar team to last year.

I'd rather we didn't go down the Cookie route again tbh

Phil Morris Jason Doyle

No

Any clues dropped on Friday evening?

Yes definitely has an impact. Hopefully there is some truth in the Masters rumours. If not then I’d be trying to work something out with the evil twin.

Why would that change things? Haven’t they got a Polish license as it is?

It's not. They're in because there are GPs in Germany and Czechia. That's neither woke nor anything to do with diversity. It's a questionable business decision, nothing more.

I didn’t say it does. I’m challenging your assertion that it’s ‘woke’ and a ‘diversity box ticking’ exercise though.

I’m not defending their inclusion

Whatever ‘woke’ means. A word now used when people disagree with an outcome. It’s lazy. It’s nothing to do with diversity. You think the fact that Kai Huckenback and Jan Kvech are German and Czech respectively and there are Grands Prix in those nations is merely a coincidence?

And that's woke is it? I'm not sure i agree with the wildcard choices but describing it as "woke" is ridiculous tbh.

Wokeness? Deary me

That’s not the way it works. If you don’t unilaterally sanction countries then you might as well not bother in the first place. Do I think Laguta and Sayfudinov are worthy of a place? Absolutely. I can equally see why they still shoudn’t be included though.

Yeah never mind about rider safety as long as people are watching.

What’s with the Doyle love in? He’s the second most annoying thing at GPs. Only beaten by the wally in the headset. I wonder what they have in common?….