Django Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Back off my holidays and can't wait to get back to Derwent Park! Looking forward to seeing Mikkel Bech, so hopefully a good meeting in store. Looks like we've got a new number 1 as well but probably not until next week I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 dont get too excited weather forcast could spoil this meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workyboy Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Fingers crossed the weather stays good. Looking forward to going in to the V.I.P. box. Great viewing for the racing. 3 more points for the Comets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneylegend Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) Bech seems to be a rider not to miss looking forward to it. Worrall guesting for devils to I think Edited July 26, 2013 by stoneylegend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 did not see that result coming after you guys beat us at home last week but delighted,dont think we will make play offs if we dont hope worky can win play offs but you need to be more convincing at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneylegend Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Can't win em all well done Plymouth. Great set of fans too making a long trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted July 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Massively disappointed to see them lose tonight, fair play to Plymouth, fought hard and adapted to a difficult track better than our lads. Richie Worrall was the best rider on the night with Mikkel Bech a close second. For the Comets Rich and Rusty struggled, Rich seems to be really missing his Dads help now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Well done to Plymouth on the win, Worky beaten by the better team and some e/f's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Wasn't disappointed at all by the performance of Mikkel Bech, hoped he would be entertaining and certainly proved a worthy visitor, very much reminded me of a certain Peter Kildemand!! Richie Worrall, a more than able deputy for Ty Proctor, certainly showed our guys the fast way round here tonight, alarmingly so in fact that it proved our vulnerability to a side with potent Ht leaders in it? Very poor show from us tonight just far too inconsistent for our own good? Dunno what's happened to Rusty lately, absolute rubbish tonight, Tero not much better and again, gets a win when needed but poor in the others, "why"!! Ash tried hard but doesn't look sharp enough from the gate, Millsy gets into good positions but cant sustain them, Rene looked quick and was a bit unlucky tonight, an engine problem gifting a 1-5 to Plymouth when leading easily while Lawson is becoming an increasingly frustrating rider with too many one or the other rides, gate and win, miss the gate and trails in no good for a No1 and well trounced by Worrall too often tonight for my liking!! Kyle looks more like the rider he was only really eclipsed in Ht15 by two quick starting Devil's and never able to get in a blow, it's a shame for the Comets that as soon as one rider gets some form back someone else decides to lose their's, no good? This team now needs to sit down and thrash out the problem's as there are clearly some issues that need resolving, this form will not see us win the league or the play off's as there are far too many capable sides out there with quite frankly, some better riders than we have at the moment? Plymouth will be ecstatic with this win and so they should be, certainly wanted the win and more than kept themselves in the contest with several heat advantages won with determined riding!! As I said before, Worrall was outstanding, Bech more than capable and very entertaining, Lemon not the rider he was but steady enough, Gathercole did what he usually does here, start well then falls apart, Nielsen tried hard and had some good races as did Jake Anderson, once he got his eye in and looked very comfortable round here and plenty quick enough, Kurtz didn't do much but his two points made the difference so, fair play to him!! All in all, another bad day at the office for the Comets and not doing ourselves any favours at all, this result wont go unnoticed by our rivals and will make very pleasant reading for them, still think we will finish in the top six but if our guys don't pull their collective socks up we wont be arguing the title for too long at play off time, must do better!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stemoc Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Well done to Plymouth, better team won on the night just a shame they did not do a victory lap they deserved it. Mr Bech what a rider, great to watch and a great bunch of supporters too From our point of view just a bad day at the office, that said we are all but in the play-off now so it's how we finish the season which is all that matters. Come on the Comets the league championship awaits us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 7 points dropped at home in recent weeks after being seemingly untouchable there, question is - is the riders or the track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinh88 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Play offs will be a good season considering no campton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Play offs will be a good season considering no campton The absence of Campton put us on the back foot to begin with but there's been plenty of time to change, I do think going out in the play offs is the most likely ending now. Newcastle, Edinburgh, Ipswich and Somerset are all better than us at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorj Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Congrats Plymouth a well deserved win , helped along with a great guest at no 1 and a few e/f's for the Comets. Mikkel Bech looks a rider for the future reminded me a little of Kildemand. For us a bad night at the office time to re-group and onto next week, the play-offs is the place to be , it's anyone's from there look at Scunny last season who would have thought they would end up as champions , but with a strong top six we really need to do better than last night , onwards and upwards Good luck at Glasgow today Plymouth with our very own Richard Lawson at no 1 for you ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 7 points dropped at home in recent weeks after being seemingly untouchable there, question is - is the riders or the track? Could certainly think of a couple of riders not too enamoured with the current track set up, but to be fair to the track staff, it was an awful lot smoother this week than the ploughed field they provided for the Somerset match? My own opinion "FWIW" would be for the track to be dug up and re-laid during the off season, problems on bend 4 now last night caused delays with constant grading needed to smooth out the uneven areas and its that unevenness that's causing the problems!! I would also like to see the removal of all that banking around the track, no need for it now with the wider straight's and just does absolutely nothing for the quality of racing at all, would love to see it back the way it was when we first opened and get those racing lines back around the outside!! From a riders perspective, with the introduction of new fencing for next year, I would hate to be going upwards towards an air fence, much rather hit it flat least way's you've got a lesser chance of catapulting over it hence the idea of levelling the track... I know someone will come up with some form of statistic to counter my opinion but that's what I "personally" would like to see, (not testing my theory for real you understand) but at least take all reasonable precautions from the outset to minimize the chance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Well done Plymouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Well done Plymouth. See, it's started already!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workyboy Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Wasn't disappointed at all by the performance of Mikkel Bech, hoped he would be entertaining and certainly proved a worthy visitor, very much reminded me of a certain Peter Kildemand!! Richie Worrall, a more than able deputy for Ty Proctor, certainly showed our guys the fast way round here tonight, alarmingly so in fact that it proved our vulnerability to a side with potent Ht leaders in it? Very poor show from us tonight just far too inconsistent for our own good? Dunno what's happened to Rusty lately, absolute rubbish tonight, Tero not much better and again, gets a win when needed but poor in the others, "why"!! Ash tried hard but doesn't look sharp enough from the gate, Millsy gets into good positions but cant sustain them, Rene looked quick and was a bit unlucky tonight, an engine problem gifting a 1-5 to Plymouth when leading easily while Lawson is becoming an increasingly frustrating rider with too many one or the other rides, gate and win, miss the gate and trails in no good for a No1 and well trounced by Worrall too often tonight for my liking!! Kyle looks more like the rider he was only really eclipsed in Ht15 by two quick starting Devil's and never able to get in a blow, it's a shame for the Comets that as soon as one rider gets some form back someone else decides to lose their's, no good? This team now needs to sit down and thrash out the problem's as there are clearly some issues that need resolving, this form will not see us win the league or the play off's as there are far too many capable sides out there with quite frankly, some better riders than we have at the moment? Plymouth will be ecstatic with this win and so they should be, certainly wanted the win and more than kept themselves in the contest with several heat advantages won with determined riding!! As I said before, Worrall was outstanding, Bech more than capable and very entertaining, Lemon not the rider he was but steady enough, Gathercole did what he usually does here, start well then falls apart, Nielsen tried hard and had some good races as did Jake Anderson, once he got his eye in and looked very comfortable round here and plenty quick enough, Kurtz didn't do much but his two points made the difference so, fair play to him!! All in all, another bad day at the office for the Comets and not doing ourselves any favours at all, this result wont go unnoticed by our rivals and will make very pleasant reading for them, still think we will finish in the top six but if our guys don't pull their collective socks up we wont be arguing the title for too long at play off time, must do better!!!! May I suggest you go and spend £10,000, buy yourself all the kit and cabuddle that goes with being a speedway rider. Then throw your leg over and give it a lash around DP. Then IF you survive 4 laps in under 66 seconds without billowing the engine ( very expensive) snapping a chain, costly and will hurt a he'll of a lot, when you hit the dirt or with luck the boards. After you've done all that, I suggest you give Laura a ring and ask her to replace you with one of the riders your not happy with. Then we can come on here and moan and say what the "F" is that man doing riding for the Come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 May I suggest you go and spend £10,000, buy yourself all the kit and cabuddle that goes with being a speedway rider. Then throw your leg over and give it a lash around DP. Then IF you survive 4 laps in under 66 seconds without billowing the engine ( very expensive) snapping a chain, costly and will hurt a he'll of a lot, when you hit the dirt or with luck the boards. After you've done all that, I suggest you give Laura a ring and ask her to replace you with one of the riders your not happy with. Then we can come on here and moan and say what the "F" is that man doing riding for the Come aye, its a tough old game and its takes the special guys to do it. its not that simple as are some of the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 May I suggest you go and spend £10,000, buy yourself all the kit and cabuddle that goes with being a speedway rider. Then throw your leg over and give it a lash around DP. Then IF you survive 4 laps in under 66 seconds without billowing the engine ( very expensive) snapping a chain, costly and will hurt a he'll of a lot, when you hit the dirt or with luck the boards. After you've done all that, I suggest you give Laura a ring and ask her to replace you with one of the riders your not happy with. Then we can come on here and moan and say what the "F" is that man doing riding for the Come I assume you have never critisized anyone in your life without giving what they do a go? Starting with murderers and rapists? What about the plumber that left your radiator leaking? Or the chef that burnt your meal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.