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Think there’s too many riders who have exceeded the 8 point limit for them to stick to that, o matter how much teams have manipulated riders averages at the end of the season. From what I was told a team can build using as many 8+ point riders as they want as long as the combined 7 riders don’t exceed the points limit of course. Oxford going down the Glasgow 2026 route by all accounts

Just seen one of the Sheffield posts on Facebook interviewing Pickering after Fridays Grand Final, his comments on the end of the interview made me think he’s on the move in 2027, maybe not by his choice though

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Can only assume the pre AGM they had at the end of September ironed out a lot of unknowns as teams in both leagues have been pressing on with team building, with the actual AGM that was scheduled for November being more of a rubber stamp event and possibly (hopefully) clarity on possible TV deal

Surely just about every promotion/team has been burnt by Cook and his antics over the years that he has to be a last resort option for any team building. No doubting his ability but the baggage he unfortunately brings with him means the risk is a lot higher than the reward

Think Oxford will go down the top heavy 3 heat leaders/big hitters route along with Kileen and have quite a weak tail end, they’ve tried the 2 heat leaders and solid engine room but just not worked as ended up again with weak reserves, maybe this is the way to go to secure play off speedway in 2027

Honestly think Sheffield will struggle to get mid 30’s, can see Fricke nudging double digits the rest not scoring much to shout about as has been case in majority of away meetings this year

Could see Pickering at Northampton, it sure where he’ll end up in 2027 in the Premiership if not

As it says he’s in riding in the Championship not at Scunny but at a track he’s never represented before 🤷‍♂️

Tom B back in Championship but unfortunately for a Scunny will be a little further down the country at a new home track for him

Neither of those two from what I’ve heard

Sam definitely back at Oxford, think the fans will like the upcoming rider announcement

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Standard 3,0,0,3 he’s usually first or last 😆

Zischke is at Scunthorpe for 2027 so I’d rule him out of the team building plans. Heard Dan T and Rowe both agreed terms for 2027

Thought on Klindt’s socials he was in Bangkok at minute unless he’s due back in UK for Friday

Also most of the Danish U21 riders like Mikkel Andersen, Baatian Pedersen and Vilads Nagel doing Poland, Denmark and Sweden as the third choice purely easier for logistics. A couple of the young Poles that I know talks have been held with by one UK club asking for quite a chunk of cash as not just points money but also then need mechanic, van, workshop, hotel and flights so in some instances equates to more than likes of Kurtz, Fricke and Holder getting as number 1’s. The continental U21’s know UK needs them more than they need UK so will be some pants being pulled down when it comes to negotiations

I was told that also

100% Scunthorpe, no room at Glasgow with the riders they’ve already signed (Harris, Thompson, Rowe 3 of them) and Workington’s payment issues this year means he isn’t back there

Pickering and Zischke two definite signings for 2027

Could just swap 2 and 6 around for that team to hypothetically work

There was an interview with him maybe 10 days ago saying he’d had surgery at end of September and noticed more improvement in that short period than he had done in all the time since the accident, believe he said the nerve had become tangled so been released, hopefully he can now move forward with his recovery plans

He’d be the U21 rider not the R/S

What team would Tigers fans like to see if their kevlars for the 2027 season? Think a couple of the play off legs have shown a few changes needed on top of the new team structure, 40 points team building with 1 x u21 from anywhere who can ride in any race number 1-6 and 1 x Rising Star with a Premiership average of under 3.5 If I was to be tempted back to going to Sheffield would love a team with a lot of racers not just gaters (have to have one though with Holder snr) 1 J Holder 8.75 2 A Bednar 5.00 3 C Holder 7.25 4 L Flint 5.98 5 R Lambert 7.62 6 K Howarth 4.63 (if un retires) 7 J Mulford R/S

Can see Cairns as Ipswich u21 rider his dad been in Coleman’s ear quite a bit, heard yesterday that Premiership will be using a revised Rising Star list, rider can’t have had a Premiership average of over 3.5 so that narrows the pot ridiculously to the likes of Hodder, Pjiper etc