SandyLaner

I don't really know who Gusts is... any insights?

Apparently a piece in the Speedway Star about us going on a global search for our 7th rider. I.E we’re finishing 7th. Perfect.

It’s quite clear they’ve made a cock up in team building and are now having to scramble for options.

Reckon we'll be seeing a Christmas Day signing?

Easy to say but I’d much rather one competitive side than two non-competitive sides, which is exactly what the Spires and Cheetahs look like this year with Scotty knackered. Chargers on Sundays it is!

“I want rider who will score fewer points” said nobody ever.

If he's on a 6 in the Prem then we're quite simply idioted.

And if you assess them too high, then it gatekeeps the rider from ever coming back? He's clearly not the rider he was as you say - over the course of the season his average will find its way. He's not exactly been riding against world class riders so is going to take time to find his feet. It's an investment for any team. Ultimately you can't make it one rule for one and one rule for another - it's not like he's been sat around for 3 years intentionally not riding or riding in lesser leagues because we've asked him to come in on a 4 average.

Anyone could have picked him up on a 4 but didn't... that's not an Oxford problem?

Will he return on his 6.57 average from his last stint at Poole? Either way, looks like Rohan and Magic are our 1 & 5 edit: reading it should be a 4.5 - so now we wait to see what we can do with the 9 or so points remaining

A move away from our 2 big hitters approach. Can’t say I’ve seen much if anything of Knudsen and McDiarmid so don’t quite know where this leaves us. The only thing I will say is that Heeps is currently our second top scoring rider which, no offence meant to him, does concern me.

Heeps also returns.

I’ll get a battering from the ‘full time positivity, be grateful we have racing back in Oxford’ gang, but can’t see us winning many this year looking at that.

Erik Riss confirmed.

After his actions in our first season, and at the Champ Pairs last season, I don’t want to see that bloke anywhere near our track.