Stan Duppcomic Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 C'mon Tigers fans wasn't it your first hit out? We were terrible in our first match against Belle Vue but it's best to get the gremlins out in a meaningless match which i actually enjoyed and Albin against Covatti was a crackin race. Good luck for the new season--Sheffield is always a great place to visit :-) Don't think it was Sheffield fans complaining. Just Odsalboy being Odsalboy. Obviously didn't understand what was going on. Bless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Id say six pl number ones... Smolinski would quite easily be one of the big guns in the PL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graz gp Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 Odsalboy you want to get real. What did you expect last night We were riding against one of the good elite teams. You should give them a chance judge them after a few meetings against premier team. I would say I thought it was a bad idea to start against a top elite team. When we had so many new riders in our team. The lads were always going to struggle to be on the pace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king junior Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) For what we was up against, I thought the riders showed a lot of promise- Stead- Looked like his usual self after mechanical gremlins. Didn't exactly gate most of the time, but was brilliant to watch and provided some entertainment. Albin- Leicester shouldn't worry about him visiting on Saturday, Facu can't gate to save his life! But by god was he entertaining. He'll do an awesome job for us around Sheffield. One of the riders I completely wrote off at the start of the season and thought he was going to be a complete dud. But he showed tonight he's a complete racer and definitely isn't afraid to make some risky manoeuvres! Haines- Looked very slow and off the pace. Didn't make a single gate, which is worrying considering that's Haines' strong point! But if he's going to have an off night, then this was the meeting to have it. Hall- Apart from being hit by mechanical gremlins, Richard looked really good tonight. Kept up with the competition & was pretty much his usual self around Owlerton. Just needs to sort his bloody bikes out! Wells- He looked rather average tonight but still looked half decent. There's not a lot to say really as it was your typical Wells performance of gate and go. Koppe- Flipped his bike on his first race around Owlerton, so he didn't exactly have the greatest of starts. But in his next races he looked good and was well on pace with the other riders. Given a couple of meetings, I think Damien will come good. Knight- To expect him to get anything from this meeting in particular would be madness. He was well off the pace of the competition, which was fully expected for who he was coming up against. To judge his performance would be incredibly unfair. I think you always have to keep in mind what team we're coming up against. Yeah we took an absolute battering, but there was a lot of promise shown despite what the scores show. After tonight I'm feeling at tad more optimistic of how we could fair this season, we won't be play off contenders, but I can definitely see that team finishing mid table. Edited March 29, 2013 by skj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerblues Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 We took a beating as expected, but the team definitely showed some promise. Facu looks a real prospect, so entertaining, can't wait to watch him progress. Some good races considering the scoreline and weather... and how good is it to have Steady back home in a Tigers racejacket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luluthetiger Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Watching what was happening in the pits between races, I saw some good things behind the scenes on Thursday. When Facundo's silencer came adrift before Heat 15, Damian Koppe was very quick to lend him his machine, showing the young ones are already showing team spirit. Richard Hall's problems weren't mechanical -- both times he pulled up it was as a result of picking up a puncture, which is pretty unusual. Dick Barrie was down from Scotland, mentoring Facundo in the lad's first-ever domestic UK meeting. The effort put in by Simon and his dad in trying to get his bikes going was incredible, but paid off when No 2 bike finally produced the goods in his later rides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chain link Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 For what we was up against, I thought the riders showed a lot of promise- Stead- Looked like his usual self after mechanical gremlins. Didn't exactly gate most of the time, but was brilliant to watch and provided some entertainment. Albin- Leicester shouldn't worry about him visiting on Saturday, Facu can't gate to save his life! But by god was he entertaining. He'll do an awesome job for us around Sheffield. One of the riders I completely wrote off at the start of the season and thought he was going to be a complete dud. But he showed tonight he's a complete racer and definitely isn't afraid to make some risky manoeuvres! Haines- Looked very slow and off the pace. Didn't make a single gate, which is worrying considering that's Haines' strong point! But if he's going to have an off night, then this was the meeting to have it. Hall- Apart from being hit by mechanical gremlins, Richard looked really good tonight. Kept up with the competition & was pretty much his usual self around Owlerton. Just needs to sort his bloody bikes out! Wells- He looked rather average tonight but still looked half decent. There's not a lot to say really as it was your typical Wells performance of gate and go. Koppe- Flipped his bike on his first race around Owlerton, so he didn't exactly have the greatest of starts. But in his next races he looked good and was well on pace with the other riders. Given a couple of meetings, I think Damien will come good. Knight- To expect him to get anything from this meeting in particular would be madness. He was well off the pace of the competition, which was fully expected for who he was coming up against. To judge his performance would be incredibly unfair. I think you always have to keep in mind what team we're coming up against. Yeah we took an absolute battering, but there was a lot of promise shown despite what the scores show. After tonight I'm feeling at tad more optimistic of how we could fair this season, we won't be play off contenders, but I can definitely see that team finishing mid table. I think Koppe just needs to settle in and then you will begin to see the best of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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