Steve Shovlar Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Glad to see fresh English blood in the GPs. tai was a dead cert and I for one am very pleased that BSI have gone against the grain, booted Nicholls and Harris into touch, and not gone with Richardson who had his day a couple of years ago and did nothing. Kennett is young, improving and British. I would rather he be in it than some non discript foriegner like Zagar. Eddie will try his heart out and while not likely to rock the boat, its a brand new fresh rider in the series and that is very important. I am sure he will not let himself down. Together with Tai he will do just as well as Harris and Nicholls have done this year. Lets face it they can't do much worse!! Good luck to both young Brits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Glad to see fresh English blood in the GPs. tai was a dead cert and I for one am very pleased that BSI have gone against the grain, booted Nicholls and Harris into touch, and not gone with Richardson who had his day a couple of years ago and did nothing. Kennett is young, improving and British. I would rather he be in it than some non discript foriegner like Zagar. Eddie will try his heart out and while not likely to rock the boat, its a brand new fresh rider in the series and that is very important. I am sure he will not let himself down. Together with Tai he will do just as well as Harris and Nicholls have done this year. Lets face it they can't do much worse!! Good luck to both young Brits. Steve, An excellent posting with which I agree 100%. It is a massively positive step forward to have Eddie & Tai in the Series- one which should be warmly welcomed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 The only reason I can see why BSI gives a wild card to EK is that BSI is tired of Scotty, Lee och Harris and that they always end up outside top-8. Noone of Tai and EK will be able to get to top-8 but thay are atleast young and talented. Give EK a couple of seasons and he might be a stable GP-rider. I agree with this (maybe not the stable GP-rdier bit though!) Getting some new riders in the series is a good step and with Cardiff being the biggest event is was always likely that two Brits would get a wildcard. I guess that either Nichols or Harris will still get a ride at Cardiff by virtue of winning the British Final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeze Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 I am in a state of shock if this is true Hans (yes) Freddie(yes)Tai(maybe will be a gp class rider in time maybe a year too soon) Eddie(not gp standard never has been never will be).There must be a lot of pissed off riders if this is the case ,I personally would have put Richardson and zagar in . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Steve, An excellent posting with which I agree 100%. It is a massively positive step forward to have Eddie & Tai in the Series- one which should be warmly welcomed... Totally disagree. A massive step backward for the GP's when a rider who has never come anywhere near qualifying gets a slot. Only a one-eyed Brit with a disdain for "non-descript foreigners" (copyright - Steve Shovlar) would welcome the decision to give Ed a place in the GP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Edward Kennett in the GP series? Please tell me this is some sort of joke - the poor bloke will be massacred. He'll be lucky to get a point per GP. All the best Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesboybert Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Come on Rob... Someones got to keep Zorro company at the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Jasper Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Nothing against ek but to call Zagar non descript is racist in the extreme,Zagar has proved he can live at this level & was only forced out by injuries,EK has been worse than useless on the bigger tracks.Sure its not april the first. How is that racist? I might not agree with the sentiments but its certainly is not racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggin Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 A non-descript foreigner,maybe not racist,but a crass derogatory remark that i come to expect from shovlar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Come on Rob... Someones got to keep Zorro company at the back As Zorro demonstrated at Coventry, underestimate him at your peril. And he qualified, fair and square However, Kennett has never shown any form at all at world level (he was shocking in the World Cup this year)... or even at domestic level outside of the UK for that matter. He's gonna get slaughtered. All the best Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 A non-descript foreigner,maybe not racist,but a crass derogatory remark that i come to expect from shovlar. Blimey, someone needs to get out more. All the best Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 If this is confirmed, then Lindgren and Andersen were obvious choices. Apart from Adams - who is retiring anyway - anyone below those two in the standings is merely going to be a filler anyway. If it's Woffinden then I'm not surprised, but would have liked to have seen him have another year out to consolidate first. His end of year form was top class, but should have had a full season as a heatleader first really - ala Holder. His recent form does indicate he'll do ok though. Kennett, obviously, is a surprise. If there was going to be a second Brit I'd have gone with Harris due to his position in the GP qualifier. Nevertheless, Kennett has regularly qualified as the Cardiff wild card recently, so has probably been selected based on that. I do think he'll struggle, but good luck to him. I hope he takes the opportunity with both hands. Perhaps a season too soon for Woffinden? Not sure he'll make the top 8 next year, but decent enough performances should see him back for 2011, when hopefully he will be top class. Certainly Britain's best hope at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprog1 Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Blimey, someone needs to get out more. All the best Rob With all due respect to the riders concerned it makes a complete mockery of the qualifying rounds. Of the four riders concerned one couldn't even be bothered to do the qualifyers, one made the GP Challenge but fell short on the night and the other two were nowhere near good enough to qualify, couldn't even make the GP Challenge. The message to Zagar and every half-decent foreign rider is now very clear:- Don't even bother with the qualifiers lads, just get yourself an English licence and take the easy route in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sancho Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 (edited) Someone at BSI is taking the p**s. No dis-respect to Ed (I am a bees fan) but dint think me was even mentioned as a maybe. Is this Ole's parting shot P.S. Anyone know if Freddies sense of humour would stretch to this Edited October 26, 2009 by sancho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Well if it's true and I hope it is, I've got my betting slip ready as have 250/1 on Edward Kennett being World Champion by 2012 .... The only way to win this bet would be for him to be in the GPs. You have 2 years to make me rich Edward Oh and Mr Bridger you have 2 years also ..... got 200/1 on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 The lunatics have taken over the asylum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_D Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Edward Kennett in the GP series? Please tell me this is some sort of joke - the poor bloke will be massacred. He'll be lucky to get a point per GP. All the best Rob ....so no worse than Harris and Nicholls this year then Having said that I do not believe he is ready for will ever be for GP and if true am surprised by the decision. Maye Rico and Harris turned the chance down? After the demise of Slovenian GP that appears to have ruled out Matej which is a crying shame bit I am surprised Pavlic did not get it with the advent of the Croatian GP and all the money that is behind him. Eddie is nowhere near a top 16 rider in the world but if he is picked then i wish him luck and would expect him to but a lottery ticket for this weeks draw!!! 4 wild cards should be: No brainer in Lindgren and Andersen Tai or Richardson as the token Brit. Zagar, Pavlic or Protasiewicz (Spelling) (based on 3 polish GPs and GP Challenge result). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjw ministerofport Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 My view is to make them all qualify even the world Champion but that isn't going to happen. So we will be there with our union jack and just hoping to be able top wave it. Good luck to Tai and Eddie give us something to cheer and we will be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Great to see two ex Rockets in the GP Series Good luck to Ed and Tai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Bee Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha :lol: It's just not true. Kennett failed to beat 1 non Slovenian at the world cup this year and was the second lowest scoring wildcard (only beaten into last by the Italian. There's no way they have put him in. Doesn't make any sense from a business point of view either, who's going to bring in the crowds? Zagar/Lindback or Eddie Kennett? Hmmm. Not even as if he's got any big name sponsors to speak of. It was reported in the media last year that Zagar had got a pick when he hadn't. Can only assume this is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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