Leicester Lions 2026

[TTT]

1 hour ago, speedwayfan8 said:

Just a guess
 

1. R. Douglas 8.12
2. D. Thompson 5.87
3. N. Morris 5.89
4. K. Howarth 5.00 
5. S.Masters 7.28 
6. D.Kemp 4.72
7. RS 

36.88 /37.00

1-5 is the exact 1-5 Leicester should be aiming for, Nick Morris is a trump card.

Defo get rid of Kemp though because he's let you guys down 2 Years in a row when the going got tough.

Jonas Jeppesen or Paco Castagna @ No.6 would be better imo.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

3 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

And let the doubling up begin, 

Indeed such a shame the Championship have to steal Premiership second strings to use as their No1s 

[IainB]

13 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Indeed such a shame the Championship have to steal Premiership second strings to use as their No1s 

It's surely the other way around... all these riders have been signed up to CL clubs for weeks 

[SJA]

2 hours ago, IainB said:

That remains to be seen if any of the top lads stay, if they do, Leicester will be sunk without a number 1.

I'd like to see Tom Brennan in the team sheet his KO Cup performances for us

Douglas was 5th in last years averages. That makes him an out and out number 1.

[Teromaafan]

2 hours ago, IainB said:

That remains to be seen if any of the top lads stay, if they do, Leicester will be sunk without a number 1.

I'd like to see Tom Brennan in the team sheet his KO Cup performances for us

That was my initial thought, but teams will not be able to accommodate two riders that will dominate heats 13 & 15 with next seasons reduced points limit, so Dougy at No.1 may not be so bad. Dickson is right to build without Fricke (as good as he’s been), because it would leave the Lions with an even weaker tail than what we’ve had for the last two seasons. Getting Gilkes in as the RS would be a great move in my opinion.

[BluPanther]

1 hour ago, SJA said:

Douglas was 5th in last years averages. That makes him an out and out number 1.

Douglas 2025 GSA was 7.90

That put him 9th in 2025...

[Teromaafan]

20 minutes ago, BluPanther said:

Douglas 2025 GSA was 7.90

That put him 9th in 2025...

His official GSA going forward to next year is 8.12, which is not the same as his over all 2025 average (based on 24 meetings). Whilst the official figure is I assume a rolling average, it is not over 20 meetings, as this throws up a different figure again (looking at Lions stats on their web page). Must therefore be based on a rolling average over probably 15 or 10 meetings. Bloody (and unnecessarily) confusing this! Anyone care to clarify this matter?

[gjcone44]

1 hour ago, Teromaafan said:

His official GSA going forward to next year is 8.12, which is not the same as his over all 2025 average (based on 24 meetings). Whilst the official figure is I assume a rolling average, it is not over 20 meetings, as this throws up a different figure again (looking at Lions stats on their web page). Must therefore be based on a rolling average over probably 15 or 10 meetings. Bloody (and unnecessarily) confusing this! Anyone care to clarify this matter?

NO

[Sir Sidney]

6 hours ago, IainB said:

No thanks 👎🏻

A half decent CL team 👍🏻

About a 55 point  average CL team I'd guess

[RoundTheBoards]

1 hour ago, Teromaafan said:

His official GSA going forward to next year is 8.12, which is not the same as his over all 2025 average (based on 24 meetings). Whilst the official figure is I assume a rolling average, it is not over 20 meetings, as this throws up a different figure again (looking at Lions stats on their web page). Must therefore be based on a rolling average over probably 15 or 10 meetings. Bloody (and unnecessarily) confusing this! Anyone care to clarify this matter?

Has GSA of 8.20 or 8.12 (depending on which conflicting figure you believe) is based on a rolling average of the last 20 matches, and places him 6th

Has average over all 24 matches in 2025 of 7.90, places him 9th.

 

 

[arnieg]

1 hour ago, Teromaafan said:

His official GSA going forward to next year is 8.12, which is not the same as his over all 2025 average (based on 24 meetings). Whilst the official figure is I assume a rolling average, it is not over 20 meetings, as this throws up a different figure again (looking at Lions stats on their web page). Must therefore be based on a rolling average over probably 15 or 10 meetings. Bloody (and unnecessarily) confusing this! Anyone care to clarify this matter?

The last 20 meeting figure of 8.20 is his average over the last 20 league matches [matches 5 to 24 inclusive - 28 April thru 25 Sept].

His official 'final' GSA is based on 20 matches: nos 4 thru 23, that's 21 April to 28 August.

At some point the BSPL decided regular season league matches held after the cut off date would not count towards green sheets.

[IainB]

2 hours ago, Teromaafan said:

His official GSA going forward to next year is 8.12, which is not the same as his over all 2025 average (based on 24 meetings). Whilst the official figure is I assume a rolling average, it is not over 20 meetings, as this throws up a different figure again (looking at Lions stats on their web page). Must therefore be based on a rolling average over probably 15 or 10 meetings. Bloody (and unnecessarily) confusing this! Anyone care to clarify this matter?

Dougy has been a bit of a slow burner, although he's shown year on year improvement he's never really stood out to me as a number 1, more of a Masters type who has maybe reached his level, which would be okay in a league with no "number 1's". His average last season was achieved from the number 3 spot and he didn't appear in any heat 13, so his average maybe a bit artificially high... for a number 1.

Hope he proves me wrong though. 

[Teromaafan]

2 hours ago, arnieg said:

The last 20 meeting figure of 8.20 is his average over the last 20 league matches [matches 5 to 24 inclusive - 28 April thru 25 Sept].

His official 'final' GSA is based on 20 matches: nos 4 thru 23, that's 21 April to 28 August.

At some point the BSPL decided regular season league matches held after the cut off date would not count towards green sheets.

Thanks for that ArnieG, but what a farce!

[Hamish McRaker]

Surely for a rider to be called an " out and out number one" he should have an average close to 10? 9.50?

"Number one" : 8.50 - 9.49

"Number one because that's the highest average in the team": 0.00 - 8.49 

[szkocjasid]

11 hours ago, IainB said:

No thanks 👎🏻

A half decent CL team 👍🏻

6 Champ heat leaders is a "half decent team"?

[szkocjasid]

11 hours ago, speedwayfan8 said:

Just a guess
 

1. R. Douglas 8.12
2. D. Thompson 5.87
3. N. Morris 5.89
4. K. Howarth 5.00 
5. S.Masters 7.28 
6. D.Kemp 4.72
7. RS 

36.88 /37.00

all look capable in those averages. If I was a Leicester fan, would be happy with that team. Especially if Gilkes was RS, as someone else mentioned.

[IainB]

53 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

all look capable in those averages. If I was a Leicester fan, would be happy with that team. Especially if Gilkes was RS, as someone else mentioned.

I am a Leicester fan and I never want to see quitter Kemp or sniffer Morris in a Lions race jacket again, they've both let the club down badly in the past!

[IainB]

18 hours ago, SJA said:

Douglas was 5th in last years averages. That makes him an out and out number 1.

His stats as a "number 1" make quite interesting reading. Of the 34 matches that Leicester rode last season Dougy didn't appear in any heat 13's but did appear in 19 heat 15's. If it was at home he generally won it or came 2nd to his team mate, if it was away he struggled.

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Not and "out and out number 1" for me

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

21 hours ago, speedwayfan8 said:

Just a guess
 

1. R. Douglas 8.12
2. D. Thompson 5.87
3. N. Morris 5.89
4. K. Howarth 5.00 
5. S.Masters 7.28 
6. D.Kemp 4.72
7. RS 

36.88 /37.00

 

21 hours ago, IainB said:

No thanks 👎🏻

A half decent CL team 👍🏻

 

10 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

6 Champ heat leaders is a "half decent team"?

4 Championship No1s isn't it plus 2 heat leaders and the RS will be a Championship 2nd string

Yet a significant section of posters continue to state that without the GP stars there will be little difference between the leagues.....

 

[1 valve]

1 hour ago, IainB said:

His stats as a "number 1" make quite interesting reading. Of the 34 matches that Leicester rode last season Dougy didn't appear in any heat 13's but did appear in 19 heat 15's. If it was at home he generally won it or came 2nd to his team mate, if it was away he struggled.

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Not and "out and out number 1" for me

For the majority of races didn’t he have Max F as his partner?