4BenMoran

Don’t forget 95% of the season Rowe was at number 6 and not in main body of the team, he’ll struggle to maintain that average of at number 2 all season

Unfortunately I believe that is our top 5 for 2025 🙈 unless there’s a bit of averages manipulation early doors to get a 5 pointer in for the 3 point reserve that team won’t be picking up a trophy, we got stung lower down the order this season and will be the same next

Basically need that top 4 to get 43 points each meeting to have a chance of a win. Rowe’s average is inflated as 95% based riding in reserve berth, he’ll struggle to maintain a 4 point average at number 2, as for Gilles and Edwards we’ve been there done that and neither really cut the mustard. Personally would rather have something a par like Harris/Howarth instead of Woffinden/Gilkes.

I know it doesn’t solve the heat leader back up but can see Kyle Howarth being surplus to requirements at Sheffield (ridiculous if what I’ve heard is correct as nobody better on a 5.05 average around Owlerton) and becoming the number 6 for Leicester in 2025. Definitely an improvement on what’s been there in 2024 and had plenty laps around there when captain in the Championship

Wish you’d take Woffinden 😆, would rather have both Holder’s as Sheffield heat leaders

Woffinden back at Sheffield in 2025 so he’s out of the Oxford plans.

You wonder if he bought the club just to make it easier for his kid to practice whenever he wanted. What he will have paid for the club won’t have put a dent in his net worth. You wonder if when William turns 16 if he doesn’t become the Aces RS after riding for the Colts this season and agreeing to do 2025 also

This Ekstraliga 2 Thursday issue that’s getting a lot of airtime on here isn’t as big as it looks. For example Sheffield started their season middle of March and finished end of September, in that period there was 9 Thursdays unused, pretty sure Polish fixtures will be out well ahead of British ones so surely with big of jiggery pokery the fixtures could easily be accommodated to fit in the 12 TV fixtures from Poland

Any team with Emil and Doyle in will be up there challenging

So from the chit chat in the Panorama Room at the Woffinden talk last night the latest Sheffield news was Woffinden, Pickering and Rowe in the 2025 team with Pickering given the captain role. Assuming with that then one of the Holder’s is going and Howarth also, shame on both counts as Holder’s would have at least kept their average and Howarth a steal on his average team building wise as can easily improve that

Blame Morris for that, still waiting for the influx of ‘top riders’ from Ekstraliga who were to be allowed to ride in UK if Thursdays were given up.

Jack (8.85) - better start to the 2025 season could push to a 9.25 Kyle (5.05 inc Brit reduction ) - difficult number 2 spot, has ability to add up to up to 1.00 to 2025 starting average Chris (8.79) - should be able to retain average in 2025 Josh (6.74) - starts 2025 like he ended 2024 could push to a 7.25 Tai (8.45 inc Brit reduction) - massive risk including in 2025 team after again missing another big chunk of a season, can only see average going south due to that Jason (3.48 inc Brit reduction) - reached his threshold at number 6 with Owlerton as his home track, would increase average if allowed as RS in 2025 Dan- (3.18 inc Brit reduction) - maybe time for a change of scenery for his benefit as not moved on as expected in RS spot

When are we going to start seeing some team announcements, or do we have to wait for the annual pi$$ up/AGMin Spain to be finished in November? Every other country making riders as per usual just the usual dawdling around by British teams

Think Howarth is on a false average, he’s regularly had to do 6 rides a meeting to cover for MPT being injured in middle and end of season, it’s always difficult to maintain an average when that’s the case as usually means racing the opposition number 1 or 5 like 4 times a meeting (two regular, ht15 and R/R ride). He could be a steal for someone this season, think he’s based down south so it might be more down to travelling than numbers

Easy choice really keep the Holder bros. Nobody knows how Woffinden will come back from this latest injury so always a risk especially when carrying a high average