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Sheffield's to lose next season. Fantastic side.

We’ll hear something on Friday at the quiz night imo

Don't panic. Team building is mentioned in this press release on the club site. Peterborough Panthers Speedway Official Website: MPT HEADS TO STARS (peterborough-speedway.com)

If Ben Cook was sacrificed (Won't be as I trust Flappy's info 100%) Then this team may have been possible depending on the availability of two 2022 Witches riders. 1. Niels-Kristian Iversen 7.59 2. Troy Batchelor 5.57 3. Benjamin Basso 6.81 4. Rohan Tungate 6.61 5. Chris Holder 7.16 6. Hans Andersen 4.93 7. Jordan Jenkins (RS) = 38.67

Signed a contract in Poland just recently.

It's the recent club press release that basically says Andersen is now a 100% lock for 2023. It mentioned every rider who hasn't retired from the Dad's Army side in the press release apart from Hans. If Hans wasn't in the side then the press release could've said something like 'Panthers management can also confirm that Hans Andersen doesn't feature in the clubs plans for 2023 and we wish him well for the future'

The rumour about a former Aussie Pirate potentially returning could it be Grajczonek?

Allen will get the boot for Mountain if he doesn't hit the ground running imo as it would be an easy team change to make if Mountain isn't in the Ipswich 1-7.

Assuming the following moves happen. Batchelor & R. Worrall -> Ipswich (Personal opinion despite some Ipswich fans saying Batchelor is out) NKI, C. Holder, Basso, B. Cook & Jenkins -> Peterborough (Flappy ITK info) Ellis -> Sheffield (Obvious option for the No.3 berth) The updated list of Riders left from the 2022 season who are available to ride in the 2023 Premiership season would now be the following. Matej Zagar Rohan Tungate Craig Cook Hans Andersen Jye Etheridge Stefan Nielsen Connor Mountain Ben Barker Cameron Heeps Danyon Hume Paul Starke Does anyone think we'd build a team way under the points limit by going with Andersen & Tungate as the final two? From the list they're the only ones really jumping out imo considering Zagar is very expensive for what he offers away from the NSS, Personally I don't think we'd be interested in anyone else from the list of remaining riders.

Is it time to admit that the RS scheme won't work already? Clubs are just going to dump them when they don't qualify for the RS scheme anymore (Brennan excluded) Too many tempting No.6's on low averages these days for the young Brits to get the nod over them imo.

That's not bad considering everyone else is naming a full 1-7 before we've officially announced 1 signing. After other clubs announce signings you get to know what's left to work with in the end by the process of elimination.

Good side that. Better than Belle Vue's imo. I'd place Leicester just behind Sheffield as things stand.

Yh.

If Richie Worrall doesn't get announced for Ipswich then would anyone take this 1-7? 1. Niels-Kristian Iversen 2. Richie Worrall 3. Benjamin Basso 4. Rohan Tungate 5. Chris Holder 6. Ben Cook 7. Jordan Jenkins (RS)

Won't fit. Allen is going to Leicester apparently.

Can't remember who it was but yes someone on this thread said he wants 5k a meeting. Silly money isn't it?

Ipswich imo. We wouldn't build a team (2.33 points) under the limit to fit him in (Assuming Andersen is in)

8.47 left after Andersen (Assuming he's in) Riders with GSA's or Assessed averages that would fit are the following. New 8.00 Assessed rider to British Speedway Anders Thomsen 8.00 (Former Panthers rider who doesn't ride in Sweden so he could fit British Speedway into his diary) Martin Vaculik 8.00 (Bjarne Connections and Martin doesn't ride in Sweden either) Patryk Dudek 8.00 (Open to riding in the UK for 5k a meeting apparently) Rasmus Jensen 7.86 (Already riding in 3 Leagues but that rule might not apply to riders outside of the Ekstraliga) Kenneth Bjerre 7.75 (Was the rumoured rider to complete the side but he's not coming over apparently so we'd be relying on him to do a Basso) Martin Smolinski 7.56 (Could fit UK racing into his diary) Matej Zagar 7.20 (No contracts signed for 2023 yet)

Doubt it as he would be doing himself out of a job entirely if he wasn't at Peterborough. I think Hans is 100% in tbh as for Zagar he'd ride for anyone if the money's right imo. Bit like Mourinho who said he'd never manage Tottenham and he did lol.

Fully agree. I think Zagar will be the final member and it'll be a team under the limit personally unless Bjerre does a U-Turn like Basso.

Your not the only one who's got the same thoughts after reading that article as well as Peterborough's Tweet earlier saying thanks to MPT, Harris & Nicholls. I've had a gut feeling all winter that Hans will be back for a likely retirement year.

No need to panic. Flappy's 4 lock signings haven't signed elsewhere so that speaks volumes about 2023 team building as well as the clubs future imo. We've just got to have extra patience this winter and then Michael Tomalin will announce the full 1-7 in one go imo. Never know we might even get some announcements at the Quiz Night.

Might have half a chance then if Guy Nicholls is prepared to pour money into the club. KK is costing Lynn 20,000k apparently so god knows how much Emil would cost.

I could be wrong because I don't have any ITK info, I'm just going on my own personal opinion and I find it a really tough sell in today's day and age even though I do hope he's at Ipswich as it'll be good for British Speedway in general. Cost of Living going up and 2023 ticket prices will go up could even see a drop in attendances next season imo, Just for example say you get 1,000 people turn up for a Home meeting but 600 of those have paid for a season ticket in advance, Total paying customers on the night would be 400 and that figure wouldn't come close to covering the cost of Doyle/Emil on a weekly basis.

They'd go bust mate. British Speedway doesn't get the attendances to have an Elite 1 & 5 pairing. Paying customers on the night don't turn up for regular league meetings if the weather forecast is dodgy and they don't turn up for meetings that are televised either.