LagutaRacingFan Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Forget Jepsen Jensen Kolodziej should be in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 I use to back Tai on everything. Riding for GB, when he would swear on TV & his "they ride like girls" comment. He would get smashed by all and sundry but I defended him & supported him. Then he joined Twitter and OMG. Banged on about how great home was (Australia) dissed almost everything British / English, then topped that all off with he may not ride in Britain if he get a GP pick. How on earth is any passionate Brit meant to react???? I have my reasons and would happily not see him in a GB race bib again. I still believe if he makes the top 8 in the GP's he'll be riding for Australia in the 2014 World Cup Saying that, I'd still love to see him ride for my club King's Lynn week in week out. As a rider he's brilliant. I have no problem with that at all as were a rider comes from is irrelevant. Just doesn't sit right representing TeamGB for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Why does he need " every single fan behind him he can get" to succeed? Because he's not going to have many riders behind him, just the 3 in front each heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 ha ha...if you believe many on here then every rider gives 100% so they are all triers.........Just imo Jepsen Jensen is a far better trier Cuz you got wooshed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) Lets be honest though, he can't really do much worse than Bomber did, and that's no disrespect to him, we know what he is capable of. He's just had a bad couple of years. Had a bad couple of years ? Moved up from a 7.2 rider to just under nine points a match, taken over the #1 race jacket at Wolves ahead of Freddie Lindgren and has an average a point higher than any other Brit ...... I'd say apart from injuries Tai has had a decent 2011 and 2012. The fifteen members of the GP series should be the fifteen best riders in the world, as nearly as possible. Tai may have great potential, but is he in that group of fifteen on merit? Forget being a Wolves fan, coming from a speedway fan then I would say he is there on merit. A near 9 average in Britain and 123+15 points from 15 meetings in the Polish top league ...... not a bad record for a lad who turned just 22 in August MJJ is a great talent and likely to be crowned World U21 Champion and scored a creditable 161+25 from 22 meetings in Poland and scored well in Sweden too ..... but he averaged just 6.54 in England and only really hit double figures three times after moving into the main body of the Panhers team. At 20 years of age his time will come .... but not just yet I use to back Tai on everything. Then he joined Twitter and OMG. Banged on about how great home was (Australia) dissed almost everything British / English, then topped that all off with he may not ride in Britain if he get a GP pick. I still believe if he makes the top 8 in the GP's he'll be riding for Australia in the 2014 World Cup Saying that, I'd still love to see him ride for my club King's Lynn week in week out. As a rider he's brilliant. I have no problem with that at all as were a rider comes from is irrelevant. Just doesn't sit right representing TeamGB for me Sadly my fear is that he may well sit out riding in England next year ...... think a lot may depend on who is backing him finacially as he may need the support of a good British sponsor. As for riding for Team Australia ...... Tai wants that British title and although he is good mates with the Turbo Twins and a number of Aussies, I dont think you will see him switch sides at all. Tai may or may not be riding for Wolves next season ..... he may well ride elsewhere !! ..... but I wish him the best for the GP Series and he knows as weall do that it's going to be very tough as ALL 15 in the Series next year are capable of beating each other ..... but he will give it a good go and may not make the top 8 but he will add some spice to the Series Edited October 19, 2012 by T.N.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) What has MJJ's UK form got to do with anything, It's his first season in the UK. What did Woffinden average in his first year in the UK? UK tracks are pretty unique, Even Emil struggled on them. Compare there Swedish and Polish form as they have had a similar amount of time together. Jepsen Jensen has a higher Swedish+Polish average than Lindgren nevermind Woffinden. Edited October 19, 2012 by Jepsen Jensen Racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 "Pressure was on" World Cup Final and more specifically Heat 19 vs the best rider in the world in Chris Holder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Didnt realise Tai scored that well in Poland, fair play to him for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Jensen has proved his worth on the World scene as a very capable asset to the series,I don't see how anyone could think that Woffinden is a better pick,he's not in the top 15 in the World and not in on merit.Also MJJ didn't exactly go into the qualifier with the best preparation,clearly someone was out to get him I'm pretty sure you'll find Woffinden is in or will be in the Monster fold,(he share's the same sponsors as the TT's)if they have any influence in Wildcards it's not a good way for things to go surely?? This is nothing personal against Tai,great rider,I just feel others would have been more worthy of a chance and we should see new riders in the series,Tai now gets a second bite of the cherry and I'm sure he'll make the most of it, Anyhow I'm pretty sure he won't worry too much as afterall it says across his knuckles "DILLIGAF" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 TNT, Instead of posting the points they have scored. Post the averages as It's much more clear. Michael Jepsen Jensen: 7.71 in Poland Tai Woffinden: 7.09 in Poland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 ....T.N.T...... Had a bad couple of years ? Moved up from a 7.2 rider to just under nine points a match, taken over the #1 race jacket at Wolves ahead of Freddie Lindgren and has an average a point higher than any other Brit ...... I'd say apart from injuries Tai has had a decent 2011 and 2012. I read his post about having a bad couple of years to mean Chris Harris not Tai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 I read his post about having a bad couple of years to mean Chris Harris not Tai. Yes, but you have a brain... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 He's a trier and thats all you can ask for you keyboard warriors So we dare to put our opinion on here,its not excatly a crime,Woffinden is luck to be giving this wild card,on form alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Woffinden might have been injured for the GP qualifiers,but he wasn't injured for the Cardiff GP qualifier ,which just happened to be at his home track ......and he failed to get through!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June01 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 The irony now being that Sky won't be showing the 2013 series. Is that fact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Is that fact? http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=71865&st=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undercover Elephant Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 I use to back Tai on everything. Riding for GB, when he would swear on TV & his "they ride like girls" comment. He would get smashed by all and sundry but I defended him & supported him. Then he joined Twitter and OMG. Banged on about how great home was (Australia) dissed almost everything British / English, then topped that all off with he may not ride in Britain if he get a GP pick. How on earth is any passionate Brit meant to react???? I have my reasons and would happily not see him in a GB race bib again. I still believe if he makes the top 8 in the GP's he'll be riding for Australia in the 2014 World Cup This post does ring true. Some people have short memories on some of Tai's slap dash comments. The way I see it now, Tai has plenty to prove next season in more ways than one. Lets see if he can prove people wrong and get the job done on a consistant basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Yes, but you have a brain... ....and you don't - jealous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) Wonder if some peoples thoughts on Tai may change if he ends up riding for them next season ? Both Tai and MJJ are quality riders and are on the boarderline of being top 15 ..... but who outside of the GP Series next year (barMJJ) is better than Tai, Kasprzak, Zagar etc ? Edited October 21, 2012 by T.N.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 sadly i would say at the moment even in GB Tai is still behind Bomber and Scott.Both of them failed in the GPs,so i see no reason why Tai will fair any better.Time will tell,but i don't look good,because if Tai fails who do we choose then????? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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