Najjer Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 And in my original post I said that the team was muted to be the 7 riders I named, I didn't say that was the team he was signing but the fact that those 7 were mentioned with no-one else does suggest that is the sort of team we will be seeing. No it doesn't at all - It reveals 6 of the riders being spoken to with a view to a team place. Franchetti has just said he wants to return. Any rider without a team place would be daft to not ring around a few teams and put his name about. He could have said that to every team in the league for all we know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovey Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 No it doesn't at all - It reveals 6 of the riders being spoken to with a view to a team place. Franchetti has just said he wants to return. Any rider without a team place would be daft to not ring around a few teams and put his name about. He could have said that to every team in the league for all we know. Blimey, all the poor chap did was express an opinion, based on a newspaper article! I hope you've got out of the right side of bed this morning . It must be tough to attract new riders when your location is very much out on a limb. The vital thing is for Bowden to build a team that is competitive at home - don't forget that the Devils didn't finish bottom in 2011 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovey Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Glanz is a 3 I believe and Werner is 5.83 from the figure he last attained with Newport in 2009. He rode 4 meetings in 2010 with Somerset achieving an average of less than 2! If the not very rolling Averages are taken from all matches up to a maximum 38, then those four meetings in 2010 should also be counted (assuming they were official) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpointfanatic22 Posted November 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 If the not very rolling Averages are taken from all matches up to a maximum 38, then those four meetings in 2010 should also be counted (assuming they were official) ... Good point! Personally I'd rather he just didn't ride for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Good point! Personally I'd rather he just didn't ride for us! Give it a month. Hes retired 3 times now, dont expect him to last the season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfiemorris Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Give it a month. Hes retired 3 times now, dont expect him to last the season! Ahh yes! then we can bring in good ol' R/R.............Not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpointfanatic22 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Oh no, Werner is confirmed on BSPA site now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Oh no, Werner is confirmed on BSPA site now How long before he retires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpointfanatic22 Posted November 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 How long before he retires Hopefully before March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Hopefully before March Nice one Mike. I sooooo hope you're right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpointfanatic22 Posted December 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) What annoys me is that Leicester finished bottom of the pile (mainly due to their early season form) and have done something about it by signing quality riders in Nemo, Bjerre and Karlsson to ensure that doesn't happen again. Yet we are talking about Cockle, Kristiansen and Werner. Yes we have Ben which is superb but we proved last season that Ben can't win the league on his own. Mr Bowden believes Brent Werner is the answer to our frankly weak middle order of last season, I think that says all you need to know about our likely chances for next season! Edited December 1, 2011 by torpointfanatic22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionking Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 The Leicester team will come at a massive expense to the promotion but like they said people will back a sucessful team there is around 1000 hardcore fans at Leicester will will turn up week in week out win lose or draw. But if the team is doing well then that figure could go up to 1500 , 2000 easy which would cover the extra expense & by their own admission they got the team buliding badly wrong last year which is why they say they owe the fans a strong team. Leicester is a sporting city which has a high sucessful rugby team & at the moment a well supported football team because they are doing ok, People in Leicester are very fickle & will only support winning team so if the lions are winning matches the crowds will get bigger. It appears a sad state of affairs at Plymouth if the muted team on here is the team that takes to the track in march because that team is a little more the awful & totally the wrong way about bringing new faces through the turnstile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWS Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 The Leicester team will come at a massive expense to the promotion but like they said people will back a sucessful team there is around 1000 hardcore fans at Leicester will will turn up week in week out win lose or draw. But if the team is doing well then that figure could go up to 1500 , 2000 easy which would cover the extra expense & by their own admission they got the team buliding badly wrong last year which is why they say they owe the fans a strong team. Leicester is a sporting city which has a high sucessful rugby team & at the moment a well supported football team because they are doing ok, People in Leicester are very fickle & will only support winning team so if the lions are winning matches the crowds will get bigger. It appears a sad state of affairs at Plymouth if the muted team on here is the team that takes to the track in march because that team is a little more the awful & totally the wrong way about bringing new faces through the turnstile. Wow.. That sounds all too familiar. One piece of advice, don't be too sure about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpointfanatic22 Posted December 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 It's been confirmed in today's local paper that Plymouth have signed Steve Boxall for 2012 and are hoping to finalise a return for Ricky Wells in the coming days. Welcome to Plymouth Steve, he goes well at our place and hopefully he can improve on his starting figure. Fingers crossed the Ricky deal can be sorted and announced shortly also which will give us 11.91 for the final two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter2310 Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Just need to hope that Boxall turns up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drac Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 What happened to Gary Spiller TP? He was the man who stopped me and others from lynching Bowden last year when he announced we could use our rain off tickets within the next 4 meetings. The man is clueless, and is killing the sport. Oh and someone needs to take the paintbrush off him as painting everything yellow and red is making the SBA look like the circus it is with Billy Butlin and his blazer in charge. I feel for all you devils fans, I really do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribbler Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 What happened to Gary Spiller TP? He was the man who stopped me and others from lynching Bowden last year when he announced we could use our rain off tickets within the next 4 meetings. The man is clueless, and is killing the sport. Oh and someone needs to take the paintbrush off him as painting everything yellow and red is making the SBA look like the circus it is with Billy Butlin and his blazer in charge. I feel for all you devils fans, I really do. Gazza found out that he had been replaced when somebody showed him a link to the local newspaper I believe . Gazza is Speedway through and through and I really feel for him and the way he has been treated . MB doesn't see supporters - he sees £ signs MB now has his friend Seemond Stephens as manager at home meetings and someone else as manager at away meetings... How MB gets away with it I don't know . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 The Leicester team will come at a massive expense to the promotion but like they said people will back a sucessful team there is around 1000 hardcore fans at Leicester will will turn up week in week out win lose or draw. But if the team is doing well then that figure could go up to 1500 , 2000 easy which would cover the extra expense & by their own admission they got the team buliding badly wrong last year which is why they say they owe the fans a strong team. Leicester is a sporting city which has a high sucessful rugby team & at the moment a well supported football team because they are doing ok, People in Leicester are very fickle & will only support winning team so if the lions are winning matches the crowds will get bigger. It appears a sad state of affairs at Plymouth if the muted team on here is the team that takes to the track in march because that team is a little more the awful & totally the wrong way about bringing new faces through the turnstile. One of the biggest league crowds I saw last season was the final match at Plymouth. Bearing in mind they were second bottom, it was against Edinburgh and it was, effectively, a nothing meeting the queue outside at start time was absolutely astonishing. A successful Devils outfit would be pulling in at least 2,000 every week and its one reason why I can't understand Bowden not trying to assemble a league challenging side instead of going for the likes of Brent Werner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 The question is, which rider will go missing first? Werner, Glanz or Boxall? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovey Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 It's been confirmed in today's local paper that Plymouth have signed Steve Boxall for 2012 and are hoping to finalise a return for Ricky Wells in the coming days. Welcome to Plymouth Steve, he goes well at our place and hopefully he can improve on his starting figure. Fingers crossed the Ricky deal can be sorted and announced shortly also which will give us 11.91 for the final two. Kristiansen and ... ... ... ... Dakota North Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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