8 years away from competitive action will be his biggest problem + he is 8 years older ,everybody likes to think they are as fit as they were in body and mind.
No disrespect to Jason,but with 8pts+ to play with it shows how dire the sport has become in GB top level when they cant get some decent European or Scandinavian talent to race in UK.It will certainly be interesting to see how he fares.
Jason won’t see which way Nicki went IMO.Still if Ipswich are stumping up good money to subsidise his Euro jaunt with his son(who is going places in his sport) why turn it down.Good luck to him though.One of the greats of the sport.
He broke his leg in 2012 which set him back a bit ,to say he was going nowhere is a it harsh.He is a decent heat leader in any Team.If I remember Berwick had a chance of getting him after his 1st broken leg on a3 pt av, but never took it.
While they were in the same Team ,Sam Jensen rode at No 4 in all his matches Bickley never got out of reserve ,Nicol has a higher average than both of them so will have to ride at 2 or 4. Jensen is replacing Bickley at reserve is my point.On what I saw last season that is a big +.
Technically your are replacing Bickley with Sam Jensen at reserve.Thats a big difference .IMO .Nicol is replacing the No 2 or 4 slot.Wells had a bad season for various reasons still managed a decent average though ,can see him as a good signing.
The trouble being the sport is built round averages and every season Clubs have to take a chance on riders unknown that could potentially be a “find” rather than stick with riders who have been about 3/4 years and don’t seem to be making much progress.Clubs that “ find “that reserve who comes good usually have a good season.Imo.
Bit of dodgy weather around and they might stay in the house knowing they would see speedway if it was on.Wonder what the rules would be if the meeting started and was abandoned before Ht 12
Tend to agree ,outside the diehards there is not a lot of interest in the sport these days ,the club would risking people just staying at home paying £10 for the family to watch speedway.Good initiative by the promotion though.