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Having seen young Joe ride at Sheffield last season, I was surprised not to see him riding in the Ipswich line-up. Even more surprised to see the Ipswich pay out a loan fee for a 3 point who on paper was no better than Joe and less proven. Maybe Joe feels more at home and more welcomed by the Glasgow Promotion than he did at Ipswich.

I don't think that Neil has lost interest in the club, he probably takes a bit more of a back seat role, but he still there and still interested. Dave Hoggart, will have been given a budget to put the team together and will have to work within that budget set by Neil himself, and Neil been Neil will only spend what the club can afford. For me the team just needs to change very slightly, I can understand the reasoning behind the assessed riders, which was to bring fresh blood into the club assets. I just don't feel that the Team Managers play to our strengths, and the club badly needs a new Team Manager. Dave Hoggart is an excellent presenter/ centre green man, but he ain't no Team Manager, lets get a new Manager in and get Dave Hoggart doing what he does best.

I think that you will find that it is Dave Hoggart who has put the teams together and has done for the last three seasons to my knowledge.and if you believe the press releases, Neil will have given him a budget to work within Onto the team, it looks like the gamble of putting in three riders on assessed averages may not be paying off. I think the Team Management should shoulder some of the blame, after the Press and Practice it was obvious to everyone that Albin looked better than Koppe around Sheffield, most people know that in this sort of situation you put your stronger rider at reserve because they can get extra rides far more easier. At Sheffield over the years we have had a rider riding at the number 2 position who have been strong gaters (Skidmore and Wilson), Joe Haines is a good trapper why was he not put into the number 2 riding position. Hall is great at Sheffield and Wells is great away, why don't they alternate the two for the number 5 position, Hall at 5 for home meetings and Wells for away meetings. Simple and easy tactics that play to your teams strengths, something that the present Team Management seem incapable to do with their one dimensional thinking. I can understand the frustration of fans calling for 3 to 4 changes to the team, but I think that we simply need to make one change and the teams fortunes will change, but we are going to have to wait for the assessed riders averages to become true averages. By that time we will have lots of points to play around with, and by simply releasing one of the reserves we can replace that rider with some with an average between 6 and 7.5 depending on which reserve we release. If we do it now we looking at a lot less points to replace anyone, but if we wait just a little bit longer we could be looking at bringing.in someone decent at 2nd string, and then move Joe Haines to 2 and Albin at reserve, and for me that would transform the team.

Not too sure about that, he is injured, and Swindon who have allowed Eddie Kennett doubled up with Berwick have said that move is a temporary move, so maybe when Ricky Ashworth is fit then he might move back to Berwick.

We are waiting for you mate, might even teach you to surf the picnic tables if your good.

Here we go with the Elephantman and Oilyrag show. Both claim that they don't have an agenda. Truth is they both have agenda's Oilyrag who you only hear anything from when things are not going so well, funny how when the team were qualifying for League Cup Semi Final, then when things don't quite go our way he on here banging his drum calling fans happy clappers because they don't agree with what he says . The comment about Joe Haines made me smile, funny how we both backed a rider in the past who was older and no better than Joe, sorry I re- phrase that comment me and his boss. Then there is Elephantman, who if your not bigging the team will win the league and all th riders will make vast improvement on their averages you are classed as been negative and supporting the team. Two things ned to change at Sheffield. (1) New Team Manager, only the present Team Management could missed the chance to put Facu Albin at reserve for the start of the season, and in their troles of joint Team Managers they have made some monumental cock ups. Dave Hoggart is an excellent front man on the mic, get back doing what he does best Nigel Hinchcliffe, he has lovely smile and makes a nice cup of tea so I hear. Jack Lee is there at Sheffield every week ask him to have a go. (2) Fundamentally the team is okay just needs a few teaks here and there, but I think what they need to do is drop one of the reserves or let them job share the role. If we wait till the riders on assessed averages get true averages, by that time by reckoning we will have around 6 to 7.5 average to get replacement rider. Then move Joe Haines from riding at number 3 to number 2, a position that is far more suited to him. That would in turn put Albin at reserve. I think then we might see results start to pick up again. . .

Not again.

Exactly how I understood it as well, and if he had included Tyson Nelson, he would have received a 28 day racing ban. ,

Sets it up very nicely for Thursday for the return leg, and everything to play for. Rye have a set of riders that could come to Sheffield and pull it off. But I think that Richard Hall will likely be back on Thursday, and Simon Stead at Sheffield will be a total different proposition to the Simon Stead at Rye House. Looks like it could be a cracking meeting, maybe see you on Thursday.

Totally agree with what you say about the Promotion. Having read and listened to what the fans so far this season, if this does not inspire thw stay away fans to come back then nothing will. It will be interesting to see what happens when Ricky Ashworth is fit again will they keep Eddie or revert back Ricky, my gut feeling is that as from this moment Ricky is now available to ride for another club when he is fit and ready to ride.

Quality signing for the Berwick Promotion, and a bold move by them.. Will be interesting to see if h lives up to the big reputation, and a very high starting average which I make well over 10. I cannot see it but lets hope for the Berwick Promotion that they have not signed another Gjedde.

Like I say to do that we have to wait for the assessed riders to get proper averages to make an impact rider signing. If we make changes before then we would have to bring in a rider like the one that you mention. A lot will depend also what the Promotion can afford, but if they wait and bring in a 7 pointer rider in I thin you will see some different results, and the beauty of the play off's means that you can afford to have a bit of a blip.

I don't think that we need to make any drastic changes to be honest. If we wait for the riders on assessed averages (Albin, Knight and Koppe), to get a proper average we could have some serious points to play around with. For instance if we were to let either Knight or Koppe go we would probably be left with around between 7 and 7.5 points for a replacement. Stick that rider at number 3 . Move Joe Haines to number 2 which would more suited to Joe than the number 3 slot. And then move Albin to reserve. A simple change and the team has a completely different look about it.

Sedgemen is far too inconsistent, and is holed up in OZ. Poole would be a maybe, but he too is holed up in Oz. Rocco Scopellite is injured broken shoulder and broken arm in two places .

I think it could well be another tight match tomorrow, especially with no Richard Hall. With Skiddy riding at number 2 and the likelihood that Micky Dyer will ride 7, I think that the best thing that we could do is stick the Rider Replacement at number 2, so for me heat 8 will be a crucial race and that would mean using Steady in heat 8 to snuff out the Dyer/ Skidmore combination. .

Workington hump Ipswich. What is one the main points raised. Workington texter/ updaters

To be honest Jake has been the one that has impressed the most over the two so far this season and I think he has surprised quite a few of us including myself. Its is a tough one for the Promotion, but I do think that with the type of rider out there that will be available as a temporary replacement for Richard Hall means that we will have to lose one of the reserve boys.

Cannot really comment on the track at Berwick as I have never been before. But maybe it is the fact that they are not the landlords of the track and they don't have the proper time to prepare the track. Either way I hope that things get sort at Berwick would hate to see them lost to the sport. Onto Sheffield, a battling performance, and to go into the last heat with still having a chance to pick up a point was not bad for a team that everyone thought were going to get humped. Will be interesting to see how the Promotion deal with the Richard Hall injury, looks like it could be a lengthy spell on the sidelines, and I don't think the side is equipped to deal with Rider Replacement, and I think if we do bring in a new rider we might have to replace one of the reserve boys as well. Congratulations to Berwick on taking all three points, and a speedy recovery to Richard Hall.

If Sheffield are without Simon Stead then they will go with Aaron Summers as a Guest rider.

After 3 home meetings and 3 away meetings our heatleader trio average less bonus points. Home Simon Stead 10.13 Richard Hall 9.71 Ricky Wells 7.69 Away Simon Stead 7.63 Richard Hall 6.67 Ricky Wells 8.00 I make Ricky Wells our most consistent away performer so far this season.

He is not a bad guy sometimes let his mouth run away with him sometimes, but I have always found him to be very approachable. I do think that he was miffed at the predictions about the Sheffield team for this season But with three riders on assessed averages no one was realistically going to predict us to get anywhere near the play offs. But for the first half home match against Workington and the match at Derwent Park the side has done really well and has been punching above its weight, and prove in the pudding is the fact that we took out two good teams in the League cup. And interestingly after 3 home and 3 away meetings out of the 3 riders on assessed average 2 out of the 3 are not far off their assessed averages, which is something were not quite expecting.

Well I can only comment on what I read But I will say this. If the comments were so bad or in poor taste why was nothing said on the said meetings thread? Why did Workington invite the Promoter of another club, more so the Promoter of the team that is racing at the track as the Centre green presenter? Dave Hoggart is a wind up merchant. Dave Hoggart does have a habit of dropping himself in it. Dave Hoggart does have a bee in his bonnet that people predicted Sheffield to finish the bottom two. But if his words were that bad then the only person he has hurt is himself.

Not very often I defend Mr Hoggy. But lets get real, there is nothing wrong with a bit of trash talk/ banter, which is what it was and certainly got few of the fans from the Home of the Wulfsport Jacket talking and wound up. Good win for Workington last night, and they have been a thorn in our side on more than one occasion and have been the most successful visiting team to Sheffield over the years.

I suppose it depends on what he means by been scared. Scared of letting the side down. Scared of letting the fans down. Scared of letting his old man down. Scared of the track. or Scared of riding a bike. If its the latter two answers then he really needs to think about his future because he could be a danger to himself and other riders. I really do think that his old man did him no favours buying the team kevlars all it does is put added pressure on the lad and with his injury problems the lad needs is added pressure

Well not quite sure how we pulled that one off, but we did. For the first 8 heats Worky were really good, and really did fear that there was no way back, but if there is one side that has consistently been a thorn in our side at Owlerton its Workington. But we fought back and showed plenty of spirit and character, and as someone has said the moves by Stead and Hall were top draw and out of this world. The decision to put Howarth in heat 15 was the correct decision by the Workington Management, needed a racer and a gater and they did that with Howarth and Lawson. Special shout out for Roynon Fan the lady in Squall's life and lifelong Worky fan who did updates, but fortunately due to Simon Stead and Richard Hall's exploits in heat 15 saved Squall having to get the Marigolds out.