Ipswich Witches 2027

[Arthur73]

35 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said:

looking like the champ are building to 40 points, coleman wants a bigger gap between leagues so i very much doubt it will be 37 points for 6 riders, i really hope its 42 for 6 riders

While I completely agree that there should be a wider gap I worry if all clubs will be able to afford to build teams up to very high averages. Could lead to a very uncompetitive league? 

[Arthur73]

35 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said:

looking like the champ are building to 40 points, coleman wants a bigger gap between leagues so i very much doubt it will be 37 points for 6 riders, i really hope its 42 for 6 riders

While I completely agree that there should be a wider gap I worry if all clubs will be able to afford to build teams up to very high averages. Could lead to a very uncompetitive league? 

[Aries]

Can’t see it being anything other than 37. The proposed Northampton team has been built to 37 and hasn’t even quite managed that. 

[Aries]

42 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said:

looking like the champ are building to 40 points, coleman wants a bigger gap between leagues so i very much doubt it will be 37 points for 6 riders, i really hope its 42 for 6 riders

He does, but looks like nobody has listened to him shock horror. If anything, it looks like the leagues have got CLOSER 🙄

[therefused]

9 minutes ago, Aries said:

He does, but looks like nobody has listened to him shock horror. If anything, it looks like the leagues have got CLOSER 🙄

agreed its ridiculous that the championship has got even stronger by the looks of it, yet certain teams are scared to step up for some absurd reason. It also leads to bigger mismatches between the championships number 1 & 5 and the 6 & 7s. 

[SPEEDY69]

Most of the prospective teams being cited on here look hardly any different to last season's starting seven - and they won't, not with the same points limit.  All you can hope for is that most riders live up to their average and one or two increase theirs.

[SPEEDY69]

3 minutes ago, therefused said:

agreed its ridiculous that the championship has got even stronger by the looks of it, yet certain teams are scared to step up for some absurd reason. It also leads to bigger mismatches between the championships number 1 & 5 and the 6 & 7s. 

Absolutely.  The Championship is too strong in terms of top riders.  None of those riders at Number 1 and 5 should be able to ride if they're already Premiership heatleaders.  Turkeys and Christmas though.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

1 hour ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Most of the prospective teams being cited on here look hardly any different to last season's starting seven - and they won't, not with the same points limit.  All you can hope for is that most riders live up to their average and one or two increase theirs.

If the limit is 37 for 6 on average each team will increase by 2 points ish even with no real improvement from anyone

Utter madness continues

To start the ratchet of improvement it needs to be at least 40 for the top 6

[therefused]

2 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

If the limit is 37 for 6 on average each team will increase by 2 points ish even with no real improvement from anyone

Utter madness continues

To start the ratchet of improvement it needs to be at least 40 for the top 6

Id have been tempted to set the championship at 36 personally.