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Musielak headed up the team on 8.69 in 2024. In 2025 they went for a strength in depth bunch of 6 pointers I reckon a big hitter with weak reserves might be the plan for 2026

That puts Flint at second string, not reserve!

After a year with no real No.1 and a strong No.6, I can see Buster going in totally the opposite direction for 2026.

Last year's team, yes. But you'll struggle to build a team for 2026 and have Flint at reserve unless you ditch Jack Holder and Pickering go for the 2025 King's Lynn model of all 6-point riders.

You're answering an incorrect post. There are 9 riders on averages above 9, and there are 9 teams.

Even with a 25% discount for coming out of the R/S programme, Flint is still 5.06 average. So no way he'll fit in at reserve.

Like i say, choose which rumour you prefer.

Could put an advert in McDonalds window?

Feel free to give us your Sheffield prediction, or your prediction of who will be down the M1. It's all guesswork and speculation at the moment. Join the fun and give us your thoughts.

There's also a whisper that Jack Holder likes to live in the UK and travel to the continent from here, and without a job in the UK, he might not be able to live here. This time of year believe whichever rumours you prefer.

J Holder J Pickering C Holder N Morris J Sedgmen J Etheridge L Killeen Team Sheffield Australia, job done

Awww don't cry, Mr Osborne.

LOL

Northampton Knights. Try to rekindle interest in the nearby Milton Keynes area.

This will fit... J Doyle T Brennan D King K Rew D Thompson D Hume J Edwards

I thought the latest story was that there had been quite a few parties interested in taking over Sheffield, such that the Bates's have now had a change of heart and have decided to stay.

R Douglas 8.12 S Masters 7.28 L Becker 6.88 K Howarth 5.00 D Kemp 4.72 New foreigner 4.00 D Gilkes R/S

Whatever league structure we see next Easter, he should be nailed on for a place.

A tense, close, dramatic tie. And once again Poole prove themselves the 8th best team in Britain, just behind Birmingham.

Exactly. Oxford have pulled the plug on the Premiership (Spires). They will operate the Championship side (Cheetahs) and hopefully NDL (Chargers) in 2026. It's no secret, however much people try to twist the words.

Why? What do you think the limit is going to be? You could be under the limit, but may still have to release a rider...

I'd say it would be a major surprise if Oxford reversed their decision and stayed in the top flight.

You're contradicting yourself. If it's OK to rank a football team higher in a 3-3 draw because the team who are about to miss out will hypothetically play harder at the end to get a goal and make more entertainment, then the same thing applies in Speedway. If the riders are about to tie on 9 points, then the guy who hasn't had a race win will ride harder to get an extra point, and create more entertainment. You defeated your own point. The fairest result for any drawn contest is always a draw. But when we need an actual winner we have to invent a tie-break to split two competetors who by all other standards are exactly equal. It's the same whether it's football away goals, speedway race wins, or Shirley Ballas getting an extra vote. What was more unfair than Italy winning football's Euros after only being in the final by virtue of winning a dressing room coin toss with Russia?

Were your work colleagues ever bothered when in Champions League football a team won 2-0 at home and lost 3-1 away, and went through to the final even though the aggregate scores were 3-3?

I can understand Oxford wanting to drop out of a league rather than doing all three, but I'm wondering, do Oxford fans approve of dropping out of Premiership and just doing Chmapionship, or would you have prefered to drop out of Championship and just entered Premiership?