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Perhaps but that’s what they said this year and we proved everyone wrong - but to be up there really truly competing at the sharp end you need a strong 1/5 pair and a reserve that wins races imo

Agree - niels would be my no.1 choice at 1 alongside klindt, a proper professional

I would want Nicolai and another at 1/5 - king would have to be 3rd in averages for it to be a strong enough team imo if niels isn’t available maybe Kurtz, batch etc. Maybe even grazjconek but I’m not sure he’s really a number 5

Pickering and Stewart would fit as a pair too - both already better than sarj and both have vastly more potential to improve next season than sarj too while arguably not necessarily being far off nico level

Or both, be a good reserve pairing that!

Would love to see a NKI/klindt spearhead at Foxhall next year - Heeps, Allen and king nailed on to be back I’d have so those 5 and see what we’ve got left to play with! Ellis perks at reserve would be good but can’t see him not at Swindon, Nick Morris goes good at Ipswich on a low average maybe a good look, would like to see Pieszczek given another go maybe, Jonas jeppesen could be a real trump card at bottom end and Josh Pickering I think will be making a move and impact in top flight next season in uk

Army assembled - storming the gates

That’s the one! That and toffee crisps were my childhood in a nutshell, along with Reebok classics

Not good enough for top league

deffo blame poole And I blame Cadbury’s for bringing back the wispa but not the wispa gold

him and nicolai would make a nice 5/6 pairing me thinks

don't think he really got a fair crack at ippo the other season, I'm sure his gating can/has improved somewhat - especially seeing some of his impressive scores on the continent this year, could be a trump card imo coming in likely on a 4

Jonas Jeppesen

What average would he come in on!?

He always seemed professional as did his equipment til he was dropped this season to me, seemed to struggle a lot more of tracks were a bit moist and slippery, always better in second half of the meeting when it slickened off a bit. Good gater and like a roadblock once out in front

Tbh I think Jake will be back with Ipswich, he’s said he wants to ride Ipswich again next year and years to come and the club have tweeted saying how good he’s been this season and unsubtly hinted with emojis they want him back - plus all the fans want him back, can’t see any team permutation at Ipswich not including him

Would like to see KP back too, I think he could become a much more consistent top rider in time, if he’s not at Ipswich I’d think someone would want him on his low average

Klindt certainly seems to have Foxhall worked out, he’s massively upped his game in past year or two and is always a fast starter - something we’ve missed at Foxhall for years

Tbh Rasmus made a decent step in Denmark and Sweden over the past couple of seasons before he did on uk shores, can see him comfortably maintaining a 3rd heat leader berth in top flight and continuing to clean up for Glasgow in second tier

Pot kettle black

Article is on sgp website, says he’s open to maybe riding uk in 2020 if it suits his schedule, likes riding uk and had fun riding meetings for Ipswich but disappointed with his scores in final.

No he hasn’t

Riders never seem at all keen to do it on recent seasons, don’t think the modern machinery copes with it well, can’t imagine it’s a worthwhile payday to offset a blown engine! Would be good to see it return tho and or the star of anglia individual meeting

Started on 6.16 finished on 5.67 in prem started on 7.97 finished on 7.57 in champ having been almost 7 point rider in top flight and almost 10 in champ he’s improved towards the end of the season but has definitely had a poor season by his standards, especially seeing how good a level he’d reached 3 years ago when riding in World Cup for team gb before the bad leg break

Can see several from this season being retained, for me I want to be entertained at home and see some riders with potential to improve 1. Niels/klindt 2. heeps/howarth 3. riss/Wilson-dean/Allen 4. wright/ellis 5. king/klindt/musielak 6. allen/covatti/piezczek/becker 7. Perks/Pickering/Douglas/kemp/garrity People saying nicholls at reserve would be good...maybe but tbh I think he’s gone backwards this year for a reason, he’s getting older, it catches up with everyone eventually - can’t see him all of a sudden putting 2-3 points back on his average next year