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Pila signed Marcin Jędrzejewski & Jonas Knudsen this morning.

The strongest side I could write down is Zmarzlik, Lambert, Lindgren, Janowski, Madsen, Bewley & Dudek. Seems about as likely in positions 3-6.

WTF?

I think I'll give up, except for Ekstraliga.

Ostrów confirm return of Oliver Berntzon.

Lambert & Dudek confirmed for Torun.

No, his lawyer did

Don't think anyone will argue with that.

Google translated from link Fredrik Lindgren is reported to have opted out of Sweden It looks like there will be no Fredrik Lindgren in the elite series in 2023. Västervik's team manager Morgan Andersson reveals that. - Fredrik will not start in Sweden, he says to Västerviks-Tidningen. During the summer of 2021, Fredrik Lindgren returned to the elite series after signing for Västervik Speedway. He has since been a strong scorer there, but next season he looks set to once again opt out of driving in his home country.

Yes, if I have interpreted it correctly then it gives Wolves & Ipswich a huge advantage as they had two RS's who held their own last year, in the case of the Monmore outfit it is slight more fair as they had two riders on the RS list in their line-up all year. But why should Ipswich get the benefit of Rowe deciding to take time out (don't remember him getting injured), Belle Vue only had Brennan because he didn't get injured or take time off. Actually, having done the math, Belle Vue are still getting more out of this with the minimum average being 2.5 should Witches retain Hume & Rowe and Wolves retain Kemp & Flint neither will get a team building points advantage as much as Belle Vue get for retaining Brennan as Kemp & Rowe don't average much more than 2.5 anyway.

The way it was written if I have interpreted it correctly, it's only RS's who are retained. So Panthers could only get 25% reduction on Mulford & Jenkins.

I don't think Flint will be far off doing that next year. But Wolves 5th rider in the averages was probably the strongest 5th rider in the averages in 2022. Which makes it more difficult. I do think there is more to come from Kemp also, possibly more than Flint. But it's as if he needs Eureka moment.

He never attained an average, as he never rode. His Championship GSA is 4.63 (rolling) or 5.11(whole season) so which one would be converted and what is the conversion rate for a Championship rider joining a Premiership team these days? He is listed on Belle Vue's declared GSA's as 3.00, 25% off that is 2.4 but the minimum average is 2.5! If Bailey is 2.5 then that septet would just fit under a 42.5 limit with the averages I have been using. Fricke instead of Kurtz would also fit.

Be interesting to see what they'd do with his 8.29 average from 2016 which was attained in the second tier.

Believe so. That was the assessed average for Vaculik with Leicester in 2018, he was the last rider in the GP's who signed for a British Club for the first time.

So Wolves could get a 25% on both Flint & Kemp... And Witches get 25% on both Hume & Rowe? So do the #8's (whether they rode or not) who were also RS's get 25%?

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It has been mooted on this forum if not this thread that RS's from 2022 would get 25% discount for the 2023 season. If Bailey is 3.00 and the points limit is 42.5, then no. That septet with the averages I've previously used adds up to 42.66.

Poor lad, didn't realise his injuries were that bad when I posted that.

2019 GSA. Zagar, Klindt, Fricke, Doyle, Musielak, Lambert, NKI, Jacobsen, Tungate ... all returned on averages from that year or older this season. Never been a GP rider, assessed commonwealth 4.00. Sure Belle Vue would take that!

Nah!

SHEFFIELD: Sam Masters, Lewis Kerr, Adam Ellis, Kyle Howarth, Tobiasz Musielak, James Wright, Connor Mountain. KING'S LYNN: Richard Lawson, Tom Brennan, Richie Worrall, Thomas Jorgensen, Nicolai Klindt R/R, Frederik Jakobsen, Jason Edwards

Bewley 8.92 (2021 9.14 less 2.5%) Blodorn 5.45 Wright 6.26 (2022 6.42 less 2.5%) Lidsey 5.16 (2019) Fricke 8.55 Brennan 4.69 (2022 5.68 less 25%) Leaves 3.47 if points limit is 42.5

Hancock was the 2nd best rider in the world when Doyle got injured with two GP's to go in 2016. Was born in 1970. So 46? Woffinden won 2018. Doyle 2017. So I'm fairly sure that was his last title.

Qualified for the GP's in 2015, so was 30.