Quite right...
My appetite for the new season has been suppressed by this team switch!
VG will be behind Shanes/Morris and Paco in the averages....putting him 6th in the side....imo
Thomsen will be back before we know it? (especially if he carried on the way he ended the season?)
Looks like the management had limited options to replace THJ......if I remember rightly, VG performed reasonably well at PB last season?
He'll probably end up at reserve with Paco coming in to the main body?
Play-Off credentials have dropped massively : )
Unfortunately we didn't have much choice with Lee's departure, It was always going to be temporary, as he juggled both clubs....
It's just a shame that we didn't employ an apprentice to work alongside him?
Not an easy task selling 'speedway' these days?
Seems like an opportunity for the club to make a statement on the clubs website....build a bit of publicity and momentum for the start of the season???
Press and practice just 3 weeks away!?
Not wanting to sound 'dis-respectful' here.....are we swaying away from the thread point by analysing how many Brits each team have, as opposed to the development, or lack of, re: British Talent?
B'ham have 5 Brits, but how many of that 5 are we helping to develop? answer would be 3 imo ?
Are we asking for safer racing ? or better racing ?
Better/closer racing will always come with a high safety risk ?
It's tracks where riders fall without being challenged that need addressing? ( e.g Ashley Morris at Poole last season....bend 3 if i remember correctly?)
What we want is dirt on the track, just to give the rider an option of either racing, or just settling for whatever position they find themselves in after the start?
As for better racing? it would be a good idea to try and get all gate positions equal if that was possible? (just for starters.....pardon the pun)
I guess you have to earn respect and that can be done in many ways ?
i don't think you have to have been a 'good' rider to earn respect ?
Integrity,commitment and passion would be top of my list!
Everyone loves a trier as they say !
It all points to a positive acquisition.....I can't see him having 'any' authority when LR is present ? we might need someone with a tad more experience for tactical decisions?
He sounds very knowledgeable re: engines/set-ups etc ?
Alan was hard, but not dirty imo Sid !? having said that, I was only a kid when he was in his prime, so I wouldn't of had the knowledge to make judgement?
As for CM? he admitted that he 'done' Big Al, simply because he wanted to knock him down a peg or two!