Noelinho

Bradley Wilson-Dean’s last Championship average is 6.00 from 2018. However, his 2019 Premiership average of 5.47 converts to 8.205, hence why it would be 8.21.

I was assuming the clock would be on the track, facing the fans. But nevertheless, stopwatches have been around for a while, so you’d think someone on every team would already keep track once the two minute signal is activated.

I can't see Claus being interested in signing for Plymouth.

Lighten up, we don’t want the atmosphere on here to be as heavy as the Plymouth track.

Having a racetrack where people can pass “easily” doesn’t mean there’s no home advantage. People say the same about Ashfield in the Championship. You can have a very raceable track and still have a good home advantage, the tricks are just less obvious.

I was surprised he wasn’t fired on the spot for that. The only thing worse than a narcissistic egomaniac is one that’s also wrong.

Old news now, but it will be at Ashfield on Sunday 2 June, 2pm.

We didn’t have dispensation. We followed the rules. The rules will say Dan’s on an average of about 12, or more. By all means sign him though!

Quite possibly, though I'd still say Workington is a better fit, if they are both interested and can agree terms.

It’s an option, but not a lot of incentive for riders to sign on that basis, given supply and demand.

It does seem to bother you. Weird thing to push you over the edge though.

That's a little bit dramatic. I don't have a problem with it personally. It's a sensible decision and it's hardly going to turn the competitive order of the NDL on its head. If Max didn't have an NDL ride, it would really undermine the point of the league. This is one of the better accommodations the authorities have made, for me.

We only made the change because Marcin decided he needed to leave to prioritise his Polish club. No one wanted him to leave. Once he had left, we signed the best rider we could according to the riders available, which happened to be Vadim once it was established Patryk Wojdylo couldn’t be signed. The rules around 5 point averages were queried at the 2022 AGM, so everyone agreeing to the rules understood the ramifications. Maybe they thought it would never happen, but they agreed the rules. No one said the rule was stupid until it was used.

To be fair, they’ve come a long way quickly. I’m sure it’s just a matter of priorities and how quickly they can get to all of them.

Not sure any Glasgow riders were on that last season. I seem to remember Bomber quoting £90/point? Also, not sure Shovlar was saying he knew Claus is after £100/point, sounded like speculation to me.

Too risky, for me.

Well, I had someone asking me questions last week that made me believe the last Workington rider wasn’t signed.

I'm going to deduce from that response, that you don't know who the last rider is.

One of you has to be wrong... Have Workington even signed their last rider yet?

One meeting in 2022, 4 rides, one point, fell off once.

I do wonder if that is part of it (although I’m sure we’d have made an exception for Ben in the right circumstances).

What was wrong with the track? There was passing all over the place whenever I was there - thought I'd gone to the wrong place!

Season starts with BSN/KO Cup, so plenty racing before averages take effect - they’re from league only, remember.

Damn. Second by less than a mile!

Plenty Glasgow fans say the same about Ashfield. Riders love coming here, but with a strong team, you still have a home advantage. Although maybe the banking at Glasgow gives us a little more.