Japser

Excellent post Steve, yes I only saw the incedent in ht 2 and unaware of the ht 8 issue. I couldn't understand the comments that were being made but it now seems Josh made two passes on Robert Branford that were worthy of negative comment. I think that coupled with the outcry at Berwick a few days ago this more than coroborates your comments. I personally don't think Josh is being done any favours by this continual pretence that he is something that he is not. He has a lot to learn yet.

I suppose you think it was unfair to disqualify Garrity in heat 4 aswell. Seems to be someone else who thought josh Bates joined in attacking Jakobsen so I don't think your impression of what happened is absolutely beyond question. My opinion is also valid. It is my opinion of what appeared to take place.

It looked to me as if there was some previous hard feelings between Garrity and Jakobsen . In my opinion Jason is doing himself no favours acting like he did in heat 4 and after heat 13. Nikolai Jakobsen appeared to be by far the more reasonable of the two. I have been getting excited about Jason's skills on track but I was disappointed in him last night. It looked to me by the way that Josh Bates tripped Jakobsen as he crossed the dog track, but not sure if he did it deliberately or not. I think that jakobsen was treated pretty badly as a guest of sheffield tigers.

Although I know nothing about Josh apart from watching his fantastic skills on the track, surely for any rider who has these skills, to get to the top he needs some technical know how behind him. At 24 you don't really know much and unless you are part of a family who knows the game or lucky enough to bump in to someone who will pass on some info you won't progress much. Josh's gating kind of shows this up. All he needs is someone to show him how to set the bike and clutch up to suit a given surface. Its really just physics. If someone provided him up with some top engines and helped him get the set up right then I think he could get to the very top.

Any views on taking a point off Andre when his exhaust system was failing in some way. Didn't make a lot of sense to me.

Japser, on 21 Feb 2015 - 1:14 PM, said: Not sure what you mean but surely choice of team would be influenced by the idea of pursuing the fortress sheffield scenario.

What happened to the fortress Sheffield Idea then ?

Shane Parker

Afraid I have to disagree with that. Ben is a good solid points scorer around Owlerton. I think we need a mix of rider types, a few risk takers, a few good out of the gate, a few who can win from the back etc. and some solid performers who always get a respectable score. Forget away performance for the time being. Make sure we win on Thursday and everyone has enjoyed it. Swell the gates, hold the price down, hopefully swell the gates some more. THEN start thinking about other things........... Just a view

They didn't do their reputations any good in my view. Especially when asking for support and goodwill from the fans. I think a lot of people felt that hoggy was treated very badly.

Is the priority then to win every thursday and provide some exciting racing. I seem to recollect around the time that Reg Wilson left his team managers role that there were changes made to improve the away performance. The result was, away performance no change, home performance, down the pan. We've never recovered.

I know theory and practice don't always go hand in hand but doesn't it follow that for a given points limit riders who are not so strong on the road will be better around their home track. Should this not be considered when planning fortress Owlerton?

I couldn't figure out what the mystery rider was all about. I thought it was Screeny.

My favourite example of how to do it would be Shane Parker around Owlerton a couple of years back.

I will never know what advice neil gives and how the others act on it. I have a view on how people usually operate. Simon has now explained the reason for Neils continued involvement and I have thanked him for explaining this. No problem. No axe to grind. I like to think my opinions are updated in line with information I come across.

Yes..........Thanks

Such is life i'm afraid. There's quite a few racing in my view that should be seeking out a bit of good advice.

Is he only involved for this first season then?

I've no particular axe to grind. Just my observation on human nature. I still think a clean break would have been best if possible. I suppose the nature of any advice given and how it is acted upon is really the crux of this but I will never know.

Nothing to do with the BSF. I've been round the block a few times and its my take on the situation. Neil runs it for twenty or so years goes through a lean patch, someone else takes it over. if they had turned it around do you think he would have been jumping up and down clapping?

What happened to Simon Parker? His name seems to have been dropped. I think a clean break from Mr Machin would have been wise if at all possible. No disrespect to Neil but human nature being what it is I can't imagine he would have been cockerhoop if Tigers had been super successful under new leadership. I suppose I am questioning whether he can be fully commited to the success of the Tigers any more.

I understand how you feel. The touble is you missed Steady going for double points on the last bend. I'm still smiling.

Fantastic news about Andre.

Some talk recently of returning to "fortress sheffield". I remember Ben being part of this.

Sad to see Andre struggling. He seems to have got new equipment and I'm sure he's as good as he always was. Just needs to get the setup right in my view.