nw42 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Tai showed more passion than the rest of them put together! With the exception of Phil Morris ... He showed plenty last night but in the past he hasn't appeared so 'passionate', then again he's maturing now, easy to forget how young some of these lads are when they break on to the international scene. On a side note, thought Michael Jepsen Jensen came across well when interviewed, not cocky at all, great style of riding too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Maybe it is ludicrous but according to you team selection is based on what a rider does abroad? I did answer your question. Rob Lyon selected youngsters a fews years back..... there was uproar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Tai showed passion, huge passion, it was clear for all to see! What do people want, blood!? His scores proved it too, not only in the race off.... !!! He's matured so much in the last few years too. He's a good lad and let's be honest here, he's the small light in the future of team GB Well said that lady! Wont stop people still saying he is an Aussie wannabie At least he rode with pride for GB, there are several that can learn from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Bigfatdave your comment is way off the mark, it is not up to us supporters to throw money at it, that is the authorities & promoters job to run their business and make it a success of it, they should set up youth system to benifit their own business and grow their asset base instead of filling their teams with every nation bar brits and paying well over the odds to do so!!! As supporters we all pay enough, we pay decent money to get it, most chip in buying raffle tickets, club or rider hats coats etc, we chip in to the SRBF, we do more than enough! If you do so much how come it's down to Aussies to support your youngsters? 50P for a sticker too much for you? Of course it's up to each and every one of us to support our sport and our riders - how is that comment 'way off the mark'? The authorities & promoters show us no future system so why should we do their job for them just to cover over the cracks, look the the GPs they have came in, got big sponsors on board, promoted it correctly and made it a very good product. Sadly to many clubs are run by businessmen who see it as their little hobbie for 1 day a week although sum promoters do run it as business full time and guess what they are the doing ok! The GPs are working with a finished product, aren't they? Don't see too many weekend wobblers on SKY, do we? If you enjoy the sport you should be trying to help, not leaving it up to everyone else to do your job for you. Who are these dilettantes who own a Speedway Club as a hobby - care to name names? You moan at us supporters to put our money where our mouth is but may i ask how much do the authorities and club promoters invest Into this scheme! For too long now speedway has been run people who are out of touch of what modern day speedway needs and acting like little kids not wanting to share their toys with only their own interests at heart not seeing the damage they are causing to british speedway overall and when and if british speedway completely falls apart they will blame it all on the supporters by saying not enough people came through the gates! So what are you going to do about it? Get off your backside and chip in, or sit back, leave it up to everyone else, wait for the sport to go down the gurgler and then say "I told you so"? If you're too blinkered to see that for everything we put into Speedway we get a direct return, then that's a bit sad, in my opinion. Support the Back the Brits Campaign or kindly leave the room, there's no middle ground where you can sit back in your comfy chair, rail against the Authorities and the Promoters & wait for someone else to do everything for you. The only people acting like little kids are those who can't see past the ends of their noses, who won't even try to help 'cos it's all 'too hard'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 This might be nonsense, but IMO, a big issue with the Brits is the mechanical setup, they seem to be sadly lacking, especially when the track changes. Seemed to happen in both the Lynn meeting and last night, once the track shifted from what they had been performing well on they seemed to start going backwards. I know this is a small thing, and perhaps it was some sort of reverse psychology going on, but Harris said something like “I thought I had the right setup, but I didn’t, but it is working anyway so I won’t change it”, while he was going well, it seemed a strange thing to say. Thats a Mark Courtney set up he was using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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