TTT Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 Who do you want to see line-up for the Lions in 2026? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishersGate Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 Whatever Stewart wants basically. He builds great teams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionsman66 Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 Fricke , Lawson , Douglas build around those 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 A decent RS is my wish, as this is the position we've struggled with in the last couple of seasons. I really liked what I saw in Dan Gilkes in his brief stint before he got injured and would love to see him back as our No.7. I'd trust Dickson in his judgement with the other six riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 I wanted Ipswich to win it this year because I’ve felt they’ve deserved to for building consistently one of the best teams, and arguably the best in recent years and been so unlucky for one reason or another. Now they’ve won it, I’m aboard the Leicester train for 2026. Runner up twice in a row, I’d like to see them go one better next time. Make sure to retain Fricke as priority, and work down from there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 I'd say if they can get the reserves right to add to the kind of top five they’ve had the last couple of years then they have every chance in 2026. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 R Douglas 8.12 S Masters 7.28 L Becker 6.88 K Howarth 5.00 D Kemp 4.72 New foreigner 4.00 D Gilkes R/S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarBoy Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 Fricke will be a certainty if the points limit is high enough. Can also see Nick Morris being drafted back in. Unfortunately, due to their success Leicester will be punished by having to weaken their team. Dickson might have to go further afield and get some riders from the continent. 1. Fricke - 10.04 2. N Morris - 5.89 3. Becker - 6.87 4. Lawson - 6.99 (6.82) 5. Masters - 7.15 6. 3-point assessed foreigner 7. D Gilkes - RS Total - 39.94 (39.77) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds85 Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 9 hours ago, StarBoy said: Fricke will be a certainty if the points limit is high enough. Can also see Nick Morris being drafted back in. Unfortunately, due to their success Leicester will be punished by having to weaken their team. Dickson might have to go further afield and get some riders from the continent. 1. Fricke - 10.04 2. N Morris - 5.89 3. Becker - 6.87 4. Lawson - 6.99 (6.82) 5. Masters - 7.15 6. 3-point assessed foreigner 7. D Gilkes - RS Total - 39.94 (39.77) There's no such thing as a 3 point assessed foreigner is there? Thought the lowest they could be assessed as it 4? Could be wrong, might have been a recent rule change? Not really followed British speedway for the last year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 12 hours ago, RoundTheBoards said: R Douglas 8.12 S Masters 7.28 L Becker 6.88 K Howarth 5.00 D Kemp 4.72 New foreigner 4.00 D Gilkes R/S interesting because thats near enough what i was told, no fricke, but id be very surprised if hes not, hes been a breathe of fresh air for Leicester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Just now, PhilTheAce said: interesting because thats near enough what i was told, no fricke, but id be very surprised if hes not, hes been a breathe of fresh air for Leicester Maybe Fricke is off to a new entry to the league.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 1 minute ago, Aries said: Maybe Fricke is off to a new entry to the league.. heard he likes it up north 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 20 hours ago, Lionsman66 said: Fricke , Lawson , Douglas build around those 3 That would leave 11.17 for the other three riders if the rumoured 36 point limit happens. Fricke is simply unemployable on an 9.89 average if its a 36 point limit for team building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 4 minutes ago, SJA said: That would leave 11.17 for the other three riders if the rumoured 36 point limit happens. Fricke is simply unemployable on an 9.89 average if its a 36 point limit for team building. And very expensive no doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionsman66 Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 13 hours ago, StarBoy said: Fricke will be a certainty if the points limit is high enough. Can also see Nick Morris being drafted back in. Unfortunately, due to their success Leicester will be punished by having to weaken their team. Dickson might have to go further afield and get some riders from the continent. 1. Fricke - 10.04 2. N Morris - 5.89 3. Becker - 6.87 4. Lawson - 6.99 (6.82) 5. Masters - 7.15 6. 3-point assessed foreigner 7. D Gilkes - RS Total - 39.94 (39.77) I'm hearing the points limit will be 36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 9 minutes ago, Lionsman66 said: I'm hearing the points limit will be 36 If so, I presume it reverses the plan of a couple of years ago to make the top league clearly stand out, standard wise, from the 2nd tier... Maybe down to TV money going? Or maybe down to reducing the gap with tier two to maybe encourage a team or two to come up? Running with a 9 point rider will need a 3 point rider to balance up the six poiints per rider that a 36 point limit will bring, (plus RS which I presume will stay given such a low team average).. 3 point riders, plus an RS, won't do too much for the racing level I would suggest... And there won't be too many "top riders" left also as no team can fit two in without seriously weakening the bottom end, especially if they have the worse RS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted October 22 Author Report Share Posted October 22 Surely not 5 Premiership Teams and a 36.00 Team Building Limit? Over 30 Riders finished with a GSA Over 6.00 in 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Hope they dump the rising star scheme in the present form and replace it with something else, such as a lower points limit per team combined with bigger discounts for British under-25 riders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 3 hours ago, PhilTheAce said: heard he likes it up north North Pole high enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 2 hours ago, Lionsman66 said: I'm hearing the points limit will be 36 Got to be more teams coming in then if its that low surely ? a 5 team top league with watering down would be a disaster otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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