M08 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Richardson and Kennett the let downs tonight without a doubt. The thing is though, who do we replace them with?! King, Bridger or Wright aren't any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hannibal Thomas Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Richardson and Kennett the let downs tonight without a doubt. The thing is though, who do we replace them with?! King, Bridger or Wright aren't any better. I think Jason King is the shining light of British Speedway and he should be in the team for sure. spray them Kingy - in 2009! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Bee Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Why on earthg do they keep going on about how proud we should be?! It's not a testiment to us that we came third Why do they seem surprised about Laguta too?! Did they not watch him in the GP last season?! AGH!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervjankefanclub Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Richardson and Kennett the let downs tonight without a doubt. The thing is though, who do we replace them with?! King, Bridger or Wright aren't any better. Â thats a fact and it looks as though the russians are about to emerge as the fifth strongest nation within the next couple of years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Richardson and Kennett the let downs tonight without a doubt. The thing is though, who do we replace them with?! King, Bridger or Wright aren't any better. We werent good enough on monday and we arent good enough tonight.We are at the level we deserve,our riders arent good enough and no amount of excuses will make it any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyHart Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think Jason King is the shining light of British Speedway and he should be in the team for sure. spray them Kingy - in 2009! Â Â But how useful would he be away from the "Palace of Muck"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hannibal Thomas Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 But how useful would he be away from the "Palace of Muck"? with the likes of alan, selwyn, henry and muck man in his pit crew this boy would be world champ quicker than simon walker for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris26 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) overall.... average night for gb. BUT great to see Woffinden at least being able to compete at WC Level. Good stuff - Harris was better tonight too. Â lee richardson, hang your head in shame..... once again, letting the nation down. Some may think it is unfair criticism to pick on Rico but to be fair, he is capable and SHOULD have done better than what he has done. Very disappointing. Edited July 17, 2008 by chris26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashie Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 lee richardson, hang your head in shame..... once again, letting the nation down. Some may think it is unfair criticism to pick on Rico but to be fair, he is capable and SHOULD have done better than what he has done. Very disappointing. Â Â Agreed, suppose it was an off night, but, as one of the 3 experienced riders he cant afford an off night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashie Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Out of interest why were these SWC threads closed tonight again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Bee Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) lee richardson, hang your head in shame..... once again, letting the nation down. Â Once again?! The only other time he's let the Nation Down as such, is Monday. He's normally superb in world cups, but I agree tonight he was bordering on comical. He actually put the bike down before the Russian hit him too. Not a good decision from the ref. No contact at all. Edited July 17, 2008 by Silver Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashie Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) Once again?! The only other time he's let the Nation Down as such, is Monday. He's normally superb in world cups, but I agree tonight he was bordering on comical. He actually put the bike down before the Russian hit him too. Not a good decision from the ref. No contact at all. Â Â And earlier in the meeting when I think it was a Swede went down in second to give him the second he shut off half way down the back straight, rather than keep it tight to the line and carry on. He was lucky the Russian was not racing him close for that 3rd point, or he could have lost the gifted 2 points. Edited July 17, 2008 by Ashie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Agreed, suppose it was an off night, but, as one of the 3 experienced riders he cant afford an off night. In an interview at the start Richardson said he hoped Woffinden would support him as one of the top riders. Â Oh Lee get real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Bee Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) And earlier in the meeting when I think it was a Swede went down in second to give him the second he shut off half way down the back straight, rather than keep it tight to the line and carry on. He was lucky the Russian was not racing him close for that 3rd point, or he could have lost the gifted 2 points. Â Noticed that one too, said to SCB about it when it happened. I am a Rico fan, embarrassingly, but tonight he was ridiculous. Edited July 17, 2008 by Silver Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Right from the start I want to see the riders display some pride in riding for their country. IF the national anthem is played (and yes it is a dirge), at the very least I expect to see all 5 + team manager goldfishing (altho they should at least know the words to the first verse . To stand there like bollards implies to the opposition (and everyone else) they have no pride. Then I expect to see team spirit, whether it's true team spirit or false, matters not. I do not want to see 5 individual riders sitting on their own, heads down. I want to see them talking, patting backs, joking, kicking a*se, anything that implies they are a united unit. I want to see team talks, huddles of the riders and manager, even if they are actually saying "we look like plonkers doing this", the oppostion will think they are serious. I want to see Wuffinden and Kennett get all the support they need and deserve. If the don't score, so what, they hopefully will learn from the atmosphere and come back next time better prepared. I want to see each rider come in from their race, communicating track conditions and idiosyncracies to their team mates not slinking back to his own pit area and sulking. I want to see the manager in amongst the riders, coaxing, asking questions, giving instructions etc. I want to see mechanics getting on with their jobs and allowing the riders to focus on the on track action so they can react to ever changing track conditions and hopefully cheering on their team mates.  I would like to see Team GB progress, I have serious doubts that they will, if however they show most of the above it will be a vast improvement on last night and maybe just maybe a small step along the way to becoming a force in World speedway again. Part of being a decent speedway rider is in the mind, maybe by acting like a rider that beleives he can make an impact on the meeting some of Team GB might just become one.  I've made no comments on how to actually ride the bikes, because quite simply if they can't do that for themselves they shouldn't be there, and I wouldn't have a clue and freely admit it.  Well I got some of what I expected Nice to see some pride in the wearing of the Union Jack. Mechanics doing their job, allowing the riders to do theirs. Most impressed with the attitude of Kennett (who I thought a bit unfortunate). Harris did his job while it was still possible for GB to go thro. Nicholls, well I did cheer for him once (and it's a long long while since I've done that) and at least he had a positive mental attitude at the start. Richardson, I'd prefer not to comment. As for Wuffinden, THE BOY DID GOOD. Far better than I expected if I'm honest and I was probably even more impressed by his attitude off track than his antics on track. Must be the Aussie upbringing of never settling for second      Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcham Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 overall.... average night for gb. BUT great to see Woffinden at least being able to compete at WC Level. Good stuff - Harris was better tonight too. lee richardson, hang your head in shame..... once again, letting the nation down. Some may think it is unfair criticism to pick on Rico but to be fair, he is capable and SHOULD have done better than what he has done. Very disappointing.   overall i thought an excellent night for team gb.  nicholls score i expected harris score i expected richardson score i expected kennett score i expected woffinden genuinely showed the ability and promise i had heard about lynch the incompetence i expected (used the joker when even he knew it was wrong)  so in summing up 2 more decent riders and a manager with a modicum of intelligence and were almost there.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Out of interest why were these SWC threads closed tonight again? Â cos if you want to post during the meeting, you're meant to do it on the updates site. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyHart Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Poor performance from all but Bomber and Tai really. Â Still trying to work out why we took Kennet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) Why did it take Kelvin Tatum MBE about twenty minutes to decide that the global superstar had shoved Ljung off on Monday night and about two seconds to decide that Laguta had knocked off Richardson tonight. Shameful, shameful commentary from Tatum. Laguta was pushing hard and racing, while Richardson was riding like an old maid. In fact, that is unfair to old maids. Edited July 17, 2008 by Subedei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector 71 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 The thread being closed probably saved me from a ban given Richardson's performance and my thoughts on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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