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People seem to have been slightly triggered that I said you could replace Ben Cook with a better rider... I didn't at any point say that he has been bad, all I'm saying is if there is changes made and the team is still under the limit, why not upgrade him to a 5/6 point rider from the continent... Peterborough need a major overhaul, and if a few riders are to be sacrificed then that's the nature of sports... I'm sure Ben would be signed up elsewhere. If Peterborough aren't going to build with top end power they need a reserve that is going to bang in double figures at every track

Nicki Pedersen 0.00 I'm surprised Basso is so low? Has he really been that bad?

If there's any hope for Peterborough competing at all, this Tomalin guy needs to put his money where his mouth is Hans, Cook, Nicki Out MJJ, Zagar and a 4/5 point Dane like Mads Hansen in... Perhaps even throw money at someone like Vaculik if available. Something BIG needs to happen and fast... 1. 8.00er (Vaculik? Madsen? Bjerre?) 2. Basso 3. Zagar/NKI 4. Richie 5. NKI/MJJ 6. Mads Hansen?? 7. Jenkins I know it's not going to happen, it's too much money and not realistic at all, but it's the only chance Peterborough have, they're too far in the hole now, fans need to be tempted back, not just mildly convinced back with Tungate... (Who is another inconsistent rider)

This situation looking from the outside reminds me a lot of the Diamonds situation... See how that ended New owner comes in, promises the world, delivers nothing Very badly put together teams with no heatleaders Promises of changes every week but it never comes Crowd levels dropping like a stone but no action being taken to prevent it Teams so far below the limit you could almost fit another 3 riders in place Zero communication of any sort from the club other than the 'turn up or lose it' type of attitude Guest after guest after guest It'll not be long until the plug is pulled imo. I really do feel for the Peterborough fans here... The only positive yous have is Basso. Andersen and NKI were shocking last night, Ben Cook was alright but you need better than that... Yous needs to get that lad who was out practicing last night after the meeting (Cooper Rushden?) I genuinely think he'd have beaten Hans and Niels...

It was one of the dullest meetins I can ever remember seeing, a couple of half decent moments from Basso and jorgensen. Andersen and Iversen were awful. I didn't realise how bad Peterborough were, even with a good number 1...

It takes a brave man to try and team ride around the outside of Krzysztof Kasprzak

Plenty of monkeys in this meeting too

"Speedway stadium" - Bob Mortimer

Once the initial rush rush has happened, I will definitely be over for a couple meetings... I couldn't make it this weekend anyway, but the large crowd kinda puts me off from certain events unfortunately, I hope Workington can maintain a good fanbase though and I can't wait to see the new set up, having visited the little track hundreds of times... I couldn't be happier for Workington and all involved

He's a decent rider to be fair... But seems to have started slowly this season for whatever reason...

Christ no!!

Not sure how long Luke is going to be out for, but Jason Garrad seems to have something about him still, don't know if he wants to race again full time, and he seemed quite race rusty, but surely he's worth a gamble on a 3.00 average... Even if Luke comes back, Garrad would be a nice option as the other reserve.

Sounds like even though Garrad is a bit race rusty, sound like he's still got something about him, could be a good option rather than persevering with Sam or if Connor's injury is bad?

I've not really been keeping in the loop this year, what has happened to Erik Riss? Thank you

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Thank you all for your answers, I was 90% sure, but I don't know the rules very well (Does anyone?) I know a rider is limited to 7 rides, but wasn't sure if a rider could take two R/R rides in one meeting, as unlikely as that scenario is, Cheers.

Just thinking of a scenario, which I'm sure has happened before, but I can't think of any myself. Say a team is operating rider replacement for a rider and another one of their lineup goes down injured in the meeting and Injury rider replacement comes into affect, can one of the healthy riders take a R/R for both riders. For example. Nicki Pedersen (R/R) Hans Andersen Richie Worrall Benjamin Basso Niels Kristian Iversen (IR/R) Ben Cook Jordan Jenkins Could Richie Worrall theoretically take a R/R for Nicki AND Niels, or can he only have one a meeting regardless of if it's for 2 riders or not. If Richie ended up in heat 15 too, he would have 7 rides. Cheers, I'm sure someone knows the rulebook inside out, but I don't

I'm not 100% sure what you mean, but a team can redeclare their full 1-7 up to the points limit at any point in the season, as far as I know, as long as it's under the points limit for the full team. If they were over the limit and they dropped a rider with a 5.20 average, they can only replace that rider with another rider up to 5.20 (even if said rider started the season on 7.20)

If the OP wanted Max Clegg in the team, then there would have to be points sacrificed elsewhere to fit him in, Joe (no I don't think he should be dropped at all) and Connor (don't have much of an opinion on him tbh) would need to be dropped to fit in Max's 11.83 average (I think it's a terrible idea as much as I really like Max)

You'd have to drop Ablitt, Alcock and King and bring in Clegg and x2 3.00ers... That would weaken them significantly... 1. Max Clegg 2. Rhys Naylor 3. Tom Woolley 4. Connor King 5. Ben Morley 6. Sam Woods/James Laker 7. Chris Watts I would be gutted if I was a Kent fan with that team, although Max is one of my favourite riders. If it's top end Kent want to improve on, they should look for someone like Stefan Nielsen in place of Nathan Ablitt (I get the impression he's not leaving the best taste in Kent supporters mouths?)

I've not really rated Kent's team either, although I don't think it's too far away from being a lot better than it currently is, especially with it being so far under the limit. I'd do a straight swap, Connor King for Jack Kingston and I would line the team up like this: 1. Ben Morley 2. Rhys Naylor 3. Tom Woolley 4. Jack Kingston 5. Nathan Ablitt 6. Joe Alcock 7. Sam Woolley May be a little bit harsh releasing Connor, but it's the numbers game. Alternatively you could swap Sam Woolley with Richard Andrews and keep Connor: 1. Ben Morley 2. Rhys Naylor 3. Tom Woolley 4. Richard Andrews 5. Nathan Ablitt 6. Joe Alcock 7. Connor King Both teams fit under the limit, but I'm not sure if Jack or Richard still ride/would ride.

Fair enough, give him a chance at 2 to start with and if he improves throughout the season, I'm sure things will get moved around.

Quite surprised having Ace at number 2, I would have thought he'd be the best option for the number 5 honestly, but I'm not gonna question it, I'm sure over in Workington know what they're doing.

Did we get to find out the riding order yet? I think it will be quite interesting to know as there's not really a stand out number 5 and all 4 of the top 5 (excluding Bailey) would make brilliant second strings

Couldn't agree more there