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I thought when riders are tied it's decided for the clubs and the greensheet says what position they are in, maybe their foreign averages would decide it?

Does Plymouth not ride Saturdays now or have they went back to Tuesday?

I'm fairly sure I remember seeing an announcement about Ford stepping down as he had more commitments this year and he was replaced with someone but can't remember where I saw that and can't find it now. For Foord it could have just been he preferred Workington over Poole or Poole waited too long to sign him.

You can make like for like changes without having to redeclare the team under the point limit i.e. replacing a 5 pointer with a rider with an average 5 or bellow. Nicholls wouldn't be a like for like replacement for any rider other than Masters, so to slot him in the team would have to redeclare at 40 or below. It will most likely depend on how quickly Scott can return on if it will be possible.

To make those 2 changes you'd have redeclare the team at 40 or under, it's more a case of will the other 5 push their averages up enough where it won't fit

Was quite optimistic about him after watching him in the SON, but that optimism didn't last long. He seemed scared to race other riders round Glasgow, think he'd be equally terrified of Berwick

1. 1.5 times Prem average 2. I believe the Prem average would be used but after enough matches (4?) the previous champ scores would be used to calculate when the averages update (someone can correct me if I'm wrong)

I did have Fredriksen instead of Hook, who would do the job of a number 2 quite well in my opinion, but only fits with Nicholls instead of Pickering who I think would be the most likely rider to take a short term deal to replace Nicholls. Brennan instead of Pickering would also fit with Fredriksen. It's difficult to fit Masters, Jenkins and a strong enough rider to keep Scott's place till he's fit without having a weaker tail.

Masters 9.15 Pickering 9.42 Jenkins 6.21 Gilkes 5.08 Hook 4.17 Scott 2.00 Killeen 3.85 39.88 Maybe try and convince Picko to ride on a short term deal until Scott is back? Quite hard to guess who will be at Oxford to be honest.

Think some riders have gained in average due to riding with poorer riders (or riders having a poorer season). He's been riding a lot with Kye and if you look this year Kye has scored over double the bonus points than Paco. Looking at the averages including bonus points Paco is 7.56 and Kye is 7.47 but the GSAs are over half a point apart. Victim of the averages system I feel

Unless something has changed the team has said that they'd announce the team before the end of the month

There is a paragraph on the next page that states: Any other rider (meaning non-british) with an established average, cannot drop below 4.00 in the Premiership or Championship leagues at any time during the season. I'm going to assume that their average won't be able to drop until they are over 4.00 but who knows really.

Cat Rider Participates In Premiership League Average Championship League Average 1 Any rider who has been an FIM GP rider for 2 consecutive seasons within the last 5 seasons (excluding wild card riders and a reserve rider who has competed in 2 or less FIM GP rounds in any one season) 8.00 12.00 this rider would only be considered dependent on fixture clashes 2 Polish Ekstraliga with an average of 6.00 or above 7.50 11.25 this rider would only be considered dependent on fixture clashes 3 • Polish Ekstraliga with an average of between 3.00 and 5.99 • Polish League 1 with a published average of 6.00 or above 6.00 8.50 this rider would only be considered dependent on fixture clashes 4 • Polish Ekstraliga with an average of 2.99 or below • Polish League 1 with a published average of 5.99 or below • Polish League 2 with a published average of 6.00 or above • Swedish Elitserian League published average of 6.00 or above 4.50 6.00 this rider would only be considered dependent on fixture clashes 5 • Polish League 2 with a published average of 5.99 or below • Under 24 Polish League only • Swedish Elitserian League published average of 5.99 or below • Swedish Alsvensken League • Danish Super League 4.00 5.00 this rider would only be considered dependent on fixture clashes 6 Not participated in a professional league 3.50 4.00

Forgot to add Chris Harris when alerting that Bomber was coming

Cruz Harris?

Away from home put him at 2, at home he could even ride at 5 (if he rides like he has done when visiting Glasgow). Think him and Bomber would ride too similar lines at home to be productive together

I'm 50/50 on Flint, I'm fine if he's on the team especially if the team is built where he can ride at 3 or 4 but I'd also be completely fine if he isn't back. He showed improvement but only really near the end of the season and his consistency wasn't always the greatest.

I think as long as he doesn't get injured he'll be the favourite to win it

Would Riss not be on a converted premiership average of 8.42 since he didn't ride championship last year or am I getting the rule/calculation wrong?

We've got 99 riders but (personally) I don't think Leon is one. I don't have any inside information though so it's a guess on my part

Something like this, replacing Bailey with someone else if he isn't riding maybe? Wright 8.37 Flint 6.68 Edwards 6.18 Vuolas 6.40 Bailey 4.97 Mulford 4.27 Trigger 3.00 39.87

He's done 3 rides so he can be replaced (was probably already going to be anyway)

I don't see what Killeen was supposed to do there to avoid that

For me watching him that last meeting he wasn't afraid of the track and actually tried to fight round the outside and pass people, not many 2 pointers do that round Ashfield, he could have scored 2 points and I've have taken him

If no russians think it'll be Doyle Mikkelsen and Madsen with maybe Dudek or Janowski as the last one, though I also have a funny feeling Kvech could somehow get the wildcard