Steve Turner Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Haven't seen the action Says it all... Well, me neither...and I sat through the whole meeting ! I wouldn't bother if I were you... As for me cheering on Nicholls... You still have no idea about me do ya ?! Perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Says it all... Well, me neither...and I sat through the whole meeting ! I wouldn't bother if I were you... As for me cheering on Nicholls... You still have no idea about me do ya ?! Perfect I've watched it now, young Turnip, and as I suspected it was better than any of the Elite League rubbish served up on Sky Sports so far. But you thought the SWC in Leszno wasn't up to much, so what does that say? Just you continue crying into your beer over the failure of British champions, former and current. I just don't know how the former British champion has the nerve to keep turning up - 59 GPs and not a sniff of a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Good GP for Millardisms - (Man from Mildura etc) but tonight we had a new one :- "Rune Holta, the FINN riding on a Polish Licence". Don't know what my pal f-s-p will make of that? Missed that one and there was me thinking he had got through a full meeting without a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Haven't seen the action, but will watch the replay. But everyone could see from the SWC last year that Leszno is a great track. But Olsen is a golem who hates everything the fans love. He hates entertainment, he hates great racing, he hates seeing happy fans and he's no fun whatsoever. I feel much the same about Olsen as I do about syphilis. The FIM need to get a funhog in as race director. Twice in the space of 24 hours and agree with you on something again, not quite sure that I would agree with how you feel the same way about Olsen and syphilis but I do think it is about time that Mr Olsen retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERACE Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Firstly well done Leigh Adams a worth winner. But Crumpy was robbed of a final place by the ref, he had passed Nicki and kept his line, Nicki realised to late he had been passed and tryed to shut the door on JC and in doing so turned in on him and hit him. The conclusion should have been and exclusion for Nick. I dont see how anyone can disagree with this unless they dont understand speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 I was not sure at first on the Crumpie and Pedersen crash, at the time it happened I thought Nicki had fell on his own, when I looked at the replay I thought Crumpie was at fault as he appeared to have clipped Nicki, but when you look carefully you see Crumpie is clearly in front and that Nicki runs into him. I would also like to say how disappointred I was with Scott Nicholls, he looked awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 as I suspected it was better than any of the Elite League rubbish served up on Sky Sports I just don't know how the former British champion has the nerve to keep turning up - 59 GPs and not a sniff of a win. Harsh! The P'boro v Eastbourne match on Sky was good. Nicholls has topped the qualifying scorers and picked the wrong gate position in the past. He's also made the rostrum a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Nicholls has topped the qualifying scorers and picked the wrong gate position in the past. He's also made the rostrum a few times. But he's never remotely looked like winning one. And he's had 59 goes. Only EIGHT riders have ridden in more GPs. And they've managed 76 titles between them. That's an average of nine and a half each. If he wasn't British, he wouldn't have appeared in half that many GPs. Edited May 11, 2008 by Subedei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 But he's never remotely looked like winning one. And he's had 59 goes. Only EIGHT riders have ridden in more GPs. And they've managed 76 titles between them. That's an average of nine and a half each. If he wasn't British, he wouldn't have appeared in half that many GPs. I think that a better stat would be to look at how many semi's and final he has reached in those 59 Grand Prix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) I think that a better stat would be to look at how many semi's and final he has reached in those 59 Grand Prix. Okay, finals - tell me how many finals? Nevermind semi-finals, they're irrelevent. Finals, how many? You might be surprised. Edit: By the way, just in case you don't know, young fellow, the answer is that he's made just SEVEN final appearances. Edited May 11, 2008 by Subedei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Okay, finals - tell me how many finals? Nevermind semi-finals, they're irrelevent. Finals, how many? You might be surprised. Don't have the answer just interest in your comments, and got me wondering, I still think that semi's and finals, would be an interesting stat, I will say though that Scott has been very disappointing so far this series and in this Grand Prix he looked absolutely awful. Also did he not qualify for this series outright finishing 8th in the last series. Edited May 11, 2008 by spin king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 By the way, just in case you don't know, young fellow, the answer is that he's made just SEVEN final appearances. Cheers a long time anyone called me young fellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Also did he not qualify for this series outright finishing 8th in the last series. Well, his statistics for final appearances is SEVEN in FIFTY-NINE Grands Prix. That's not good, is it? Yes, he qualified for this year, largely by knocking Harris flying in Germany last year. But he shouldn't have been in after failing to qualify for last season and the season before that. If it wasn't for his nationality, he'd only have about half the appearances he has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Harsh! The P'boro v Eastbourne match on Sky was good. Nicholls has topped the qualifying scorers and picked the wrong gate position in the past. He's also made the rostrum a few times. I've got that one up next on the Big Screen (after NASCAR Piston sorry, Sprint Cup live from Darlington,) courtesy of some Pommy Pals - ta Dave, leave some of that cheap Polish Beer for ME!! - forgotten the score already, don't spoil it; watched Belle Vue v Poole last night that wasn't too bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Well, his statistics for final appearances is SEVEN in FIFTY-NINE Grands Prix. That's not good, is it? Yes, he qualified for this year, largely by knocking Harris flying in Germany last year. But he shouldn't have been in after failing to qualify for last season and the season before that. If it wasn't for his nationality, he'd only have about half the appearances he has. Possibly you might be right in saying that he is not good enough, still would like to see how many semi's he has made, if you reach a semi final then you have the potential to make a final. I do think that if he does not qualify for the Grand Prix next season, then I think he should maybe consider stepping aside and giving someone else a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Scott actually has a relatively good record at reaching semi's but this just highlights the problem for me. He doesnt make many finals because he always only just squeezes into the semi after dramatically improved 4th and 5th rides and gets a duff gate pick. Why does he start gp's with poor setups? From that moment on he is chasing the right setup and makes life difficult for himself. The frequency that this happens is pretty astounding and things are just not right in his camp Of course it also doesnt help that he is not the best gater and manages to gate even worse when he is on the better performing gate. I'm a big Scotty fan when he is at the top of his game and the machinery is right..... despite him usually having to do it from the back while I shout at the tv!..... but I do wonder at the professionalism over the last couple of seasons and whether standards and preparation have dropped or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Authorised Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Typical nonsense from the Turnip. Probably distraught at the failure of the former British champion. Any useful knowledge you may divulge on this forum is negated by your personal diatribes towards Scott Nicholls. Lets face it, in April you called Lee Richardson as the British Number 1, based on his performances in Poland. The same week he got dropped by his Polish team. You will make an argument to suit your own ends, but that is it. How many semi's did Lee get to? You also seem to watch Speedway via TV or internet at the highest level? How many EL matches have you been to? How many GPs have you been to? Well I went to Eskilstuna when your so-called British Number 1 went 0,0,0,0, oh and, 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 FURROW Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 I've got that one up next on the Big Screen (after NASCAR Piston sorry, Sprint Cup live from Darlington,) courtesy of some Pommy Pals - ta Dave, leave some of that cheap Polish Beer for ME!! - forgotten the score already, don't spoil it; watched Belle Vue v Poole last night that wasn't too bad either. You are to late Dave me Brian Jean and the rest of the crew have just about drunk the place dry of to Rybnik for a league match today you must get out here next year and travel with us PS the next editions on disc are on there way to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clunsey Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Any useful knowledge you may divulge on this forum is negated by your personal diatribes towards Scott Nicholls. Lets face it, in April you called Lee Richardson as the British Number 1, based on his performances in Poland. The same week he got dropped by his Polish team. You will make an argument to suit your own ends, but that is it. How many semi's did Lee get to? You also seem to watch Speedway via TV or internet at the highest level? How many EL matches have you been to? How many GPs have you been to? Well I went to Eskilstuna when your so-called British Number 1 went 0,0,0,0, oh and, 0. I would have thought that watching the meetings on TV would mean you had a better view of the entire meeting. My example would be the heat 15 incident at Blunsdon on Thursday and the semi-final incident last night, on Thursday all I saw from the home straigt was Harris going fast under Batchelor and what looked like contact, but having just watched the repeat of last night I saw several different camera angles and could make an educated decision on what happened as opposed to guesswork. Apologise for any spelling mistakes just done a 12 hour night shift then watched the GP. Clunsey (tired, and overworked) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Any useful knowledge you may divulge on this forum is negated by your personal diatribes towards Scott Nicholls. Lets face it, in April you called Lee Richardson as the British Number 1, based on his performances in Poland. The same week he got dropped by his Polish team. You will make an argument to suit your own ends, but that is it. How many semi's did Lee get to? You also seem to watch Speedway via TV or internet at the highest level? How many EL matches have you been to? How many GPs have you been to? Well I went to Eskilstuna when your so-called British Number 1 went 0,0,0,0, oh and, 0. My understanding was that rico would not ride for his polish club on a matter of princeable over him not wanting to take the place of a rider who had rode well the week before . Richardson been a world champion at speedway won a elrc and scored a worldcup max thou i like nicholls he will never match what Richardson has done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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