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Not unexpected that they would go with Cook over Bjerre (although not yet confirmed). So that's 2 confirmed 8 pointers available now with probably Jacob Thorsell to follow - I wonder which teams will snap them up or will they be lost to Premiership speedway next season?

I said that a week ago!

Not a great looking team - where will the improvement come from?

I said this after the AGM so it will be interesting to see if thats the case.

I did tell you !!

Not unexpected but still sad that the world champion won't be leading the league champions in 2018!

A very good summary

That's old news as he was at home yesterday according to his tweet.

I'm sure there is a virus on a number of threads!!

A really poor attempt at trying to wind someone up TROLL :rofl:

Timo Lahti? Edward Kennett? I rest my case m'lud.

Only 3 SGP stars - surely you can do better?

That's what Poole fans have been saying for years - but no one believes them!

I guess if it has to be explained then you think there is nothing wrong with having one of the top 16 riders in the world replace a rider not currently at the same level as them! So Nick Morris is "too good" to ride in the same team as Doyley but better quality riders from the SGP can - and you can't see the madness?

Are you picking names out of a hat?

That would be sensible - then wanted riders aren't forced out of work

I'm pretty sure Newman isn't an asset

Who in their right mind would want to sign THJ? A complete dud and definitely on the downward slope of his career/talent

So all that cr@p around the playoffs about Adam signing for Poole was a load of hot air - what a surprise - NOT!

Dropped through choice or otherwise, it won't happen. You can get MC permission - the same ones who voted for the one 8 pointer (at least the chairman - who continues his anti-Aussie stance )

Except that you can't re-introduce a dropped rider from the previous season

I didn't say he was poor - I said he was not as good away. Whether poor or not I would be surprised if any team wanted him as their number 1 with an 8+ average.

I don't have an anti-Poole agenda (I even disagreed with orion yesterday when he said he thought Poole was at the root of this rule). I didn't mention Poole because I was talking about riders that were riding for their teams last season. I would refer you to hyabb17's post #180 above.

We know that but as your promotion voted to have only one per team, surely the were thinking of signing them - or were they just putting them out of work??

So where is your 8 point rider? Your promotion voted to have a limit of one 8 pointer per team to share them around so obviously they are going to sign one that is being released! Or was the rule just to screw Wolves, Swindon and BV from having an advantage in heats 13 and 15?