Trees Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 And he's certainly not the least able rider in the GPs - braver than most as well. I just think that in the final, he had the least natural ability on a bike Do you really think so, I personally think, as does my husband, that Scott is a great motorcycle rider, fact that he's Suffolk born affects our judgement LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail_to_the_shale Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 scottie will never win a GP becuase he has a hole in his a** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 scottie will never win a GP becuase he has a hole in his a** Â Let's hope his arm recovers soon then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 scottie will never win a GP becuase he has a hole in his a** WHAT, so all GP winners so far don't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 WHAT, so all GP winners so far don't? Apart from Rune Holta, who is a cyborg, sent back from the year 2082 and disguised in the body of a speedway rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazza Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Good meeting last night. Very happy with james Wright, although gate 4 in the semi's would have suited him more. Well done Scott for winnig and well done Kennett for getting the wild card. I would have personally liked to see Tai Woffinden get the wild car but he can get it next year. Â As for the Booing, the only booing i heard was in the final when surprisingly some Coventry fans were booing Nicholls when he was at the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Do you really think so, I personally think, as does my husband, that Scott is a great motorcycle rider, fact that he's Suffolk born affects our judgement LOL  Completely agree. I would place Scott as one of the most naturally gifted and skilled motorcyle riders. That was my point about the difficult GP tracks. As to someone's previous post about winning a GP, I couldn't really care less  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Good meeting last night. Very happy with james Wright, although gate 4 in the semi's would have suited him more. Well done Scott for winnig and well done Kennett for getting the wild card. I would have personally liked to see Tai Woffinden get the wild car but he can get it next year. Â As for the Booing, the only booing i heard was in the final when surprisingly some Coventry fans were booing Nicholls when he was at the gate. Â now that is surprising!! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIROUT Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Big Cat Diary  Were you at Swindon last night....Thought it was a superb meeting  Jb  On another note i thought Lewis Bridger was superb last night and deserved a semi final slot....Well done to Edward Kennett,...and Tai Woffinden....and Adam Roynon who i thught was superb   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biddows Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Do you really think so, I personally think, as does my husband, that Scott is a great motorcycle rider, fact that he's Suffolk born affects our judgement LOL Â It's not even like people have taken my comment out of context - the context is plain to see! I never said Scott was an unable rider - he's a very good rider, in fact, and I'd never suggest otherwise. I just said that, talent-wise, of the four riders that appeared in the grand final of the British Final (Tai, Eddie, Bomber and Scott), the other three had superior natural ability on the bike. Can't really make it any clearer than that, now can I? Scott is a superb rider, but it's his determination, bravery (and yes ability - because he does have considerable ability) that make him the rider he is. Not once have I said that Scott isn't a good motorcyclist. Seems people read what they want to read... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) Here in Western Australia Tai raced as a Junior (Under 16) and won the state championship. Although he practiced on a 500cc bike he was not allowed to race one because of his age (15). His first competitive ride on a 500cc bike was in the UK. Edited May 30, 2008 by Stats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clunsey Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) I appear to be in the minority as I didn't hear anybody booing anyone last night. It was just one big cider fuelled love-in outside the terrace Bar  Now that is what I'm talking about. Edited May 30, 2008 by clunsey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Here in Western Australia Tai raced as a Junior (Under 16) and won the state championship. Although he practiced on a 500cc bike he was not allowed to race one because of his age (15). His first competitive ride on a 500cc bike was in the UK. Â Stats could you please tell me how long Tai rode as a junior, I believe that he did not jump on a speedway bike at junior level until he was 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colincooke Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 As for the Booing, the only booing i heard was in the final when surprisingly some Coventry fans were booing Nicholls when he was at the gate. As i was near the 3rd bend i never heard any of this but if that is the case then those Bees fans should be ashamed of themselves & are not true fans, how quickly some fools forget. Congratulations to the true Bees skipper. Chris had lost this final as soon as he chose gate2,alot around us said it & it was proven correct , very very correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheetahJake Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 What's the point of heat 21? Why not just have the 4 top point scorers in the grand final. We now have a guy who got 9 points in 5 rides in second place, ahead of 2 riders who outscored him in the programmed rides. Total bollox. Yea! and the top-scorer failing to get onto the rostrum. Â Eddie fought for his 9 points, and fought with absolue determination to win his semi-final. He also fought damned hard for his second placing on the rostrum, as indeed did Bomber fight in the final. Each and every one of them win some and lose some. That's the name of the game. Remember Mark Loram winning the world championship without winning one single round of the Grand Prix? ACCEPT IT and for crying out loud, SUPPORT OUR BRITS, they need it. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheetahJake Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 So focused, he gets a big 9 points? 2 wrongs don't make a right. He was 6th best scorer over 20 races, yet, with this rediculous format, finishes 2nd. Now THAT is an injustice. Â BULL!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) Yea! and the top-scorer failing to get onto the rostrum. Eddie fought for his 9 points, and fought with absolue determination to win his semi-final. He also fought damned hard for his second placing on the rostrum, as indeed did Bomber fight in the final. Each and every one of them win some and lose some. That's the name of the game. Remember Mark Loram winning the world championship without winning one single round of the Grand Prix? ACCEPT IT and for crying out loud, SUPPORT OUR BRITS, they need it.  Have to agree with you, I would have prefered to have seen Tai win the wildcard, but they all knew the rules before the meeting, and Eddie took full advantage of the situation, he turned on the style at the right time fair and square. Edited May 30, 2008 by spin king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesboybert Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Quite frankly, If Eddie, Scott or bomber are 8th highest scorer at Cardiff then win their semi and the final who on here will care? Â No me for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegum Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Quite frankly, If Eddie, Scott or bomber are 8th highest scorer at Cardiff then win their semi and the final who on here will care? No me for sure!  Absolutely, I really enjoyed last night; Tai really is something special and Kennett is a 100% racer, I have no problems with the format. I thought Bridger was unlucky, that boy gives everything and when he loses the rough edges will be very good & I thought Roynon looked very impressive, Ben Barker showed his Cov performance was no fluke despite engine problems and William Lawson got stuck in despite his score and seems to have improved a lot.  One slightly worrying thing though is we seem to be producing a crop of riders who really struggle out of the starts, Bomber is getting really exposed at GP level this year (his gating seems to have got worse!), Tai claims he is a poor starter, Bridger, Kennett etc. etc. Not sure if its a factor of our system, our tracks or what but if you can't make starts your always going to struggle at the very top level. Exciting for the fans though!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searley Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Tai claims he is a poor starter, Bridger, Kennett etc. etc. Kennett a poor gater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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