Halifaxtiger Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I guess technically 4.59 is "near" 6 in the scheme of things. But when you consider he'd average 4.00 just by beating the draft riders, 4.59 is nothing to get too excited about. It suggests thats he rarely beat the second strings in the oppositions teams and then riders are the heatleaders in the PL. So as pointed out, he'll do well to get 6. Lets not forget Proctor only got slightly more than 6 and he's been averaging slightly more in the EL - and that included a spell as a heatleader. I think he's a good signing and will do better than that. That's partly based upon his excellent performance against Belle Vue in Birmingham's final match; there aren't many who pass Cook at Kirky Lane but he did it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northyorksbear Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Well Done to Sheffield on their offer to Birmingham Season Ticket holders, something some other tracks could look at doing to give a little encouragement to Brummies fans who have suffered an horrendous season. Full Marks to the promotion 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Duppcomic Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 There's a couple of tracks doing this. Good call. As for Argentinian Champions and second placers, didn't Lee Complin and Kyle Legault compete in the Argentinian Championships too? I think they did quite well and finished first and second. Not sure which way round though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel75 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 There's a couple of tracks doing this. Good call. As for Argentinian Champions and second placers, didn't Lee Complin and Kyle Legault compete in the Argentinian Championships too? I think they did quite well and finished first and second. Not sure which way round though. Kyle won the Argentinian championship in 2008/09 , 2nd Lee Complin, 3rd Franchetti, 4th Sanchez.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) If he (Covatti) is Agrentinian champ and rode for Italy in world cup, what nationality is he? Edited August 12, 2014 by RS50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cue Ball Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Think the Argentinian championship is similar to the New Zealand one, where nationality is considered to be overrated! More of a championship in Argentina than an Argentinian championship (if that makes sense) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 If he (Covatti) is Agrentinian champ and rode for Italy in world cup, what nationality is he? Argentian-born there anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 He was scoring near that in the EL. Should be a top heat leader in PL.EL averages are very misleading. He was up against the fast track reserves in many of his races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIS002 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Good shout Shadders, just hope he can cut the mustard as I'm a bit sceptical about his ability to score what Sheffield need. Just hope it's not a financial nitemare. Hope I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Duppcomic Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) He only rode 9 matches against fast tracks. His average is primarily 2013 meetings. Why would it be a financial nightmare?? Think he's probably already had one of those! Edited August 12, 2014 by Stan Duppcomic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIS002 Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 As I said hope I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geepeeargh Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Nico has ridden once at Owlerton in the 2013 opening challenge against Birmingham. He had 5 rides, one engine failure and five points, but Jake Knight was the only rider he finished ahead of... Match report at http://sheffield-tigers.co.uk/bruch28032013.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel75 Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Nico has ridden once at Owlerton in the 2013 opening challenge against Birmingham. He had 5 rides, one engine failure and five points, but Jake Knight was the only rider he finished ahead of... Match report at http://sheffield-tigers.co.uk/bruch28032013.html and Facu pass in superb heat 8.- Hope next year full season Facu and Nico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummiestormer Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Not Sheffield's fault that Birmingham got too big for their boots! Well thanks for your sympathetic thoughts--i'll be sure to say the same to you if you ever lose your team and have no team to watch! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hel'n'Back Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 I am sympathetic, we nearly lost our team last year if it wasn't for the consortium taking over! If Birmingham had stayed in the PL then I'm sure things would have been very much different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 I am sympathetic, we nearly lost our team last year if it wasn't for the consortium taking over! If Birmingham had stayed in the PL then I'm sure things would have been very much different? I bet they wouldn't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 According to a newspaper article, Ben Wilson is desperate that Sheffield should win their two remaining home matches. As far as I am aware we have Berwick 11 September, Plymouth 11 September, and Edinburgh with no date set as yet. Does this mean the Edinburgh match will not take place? If so why not? I also remember a statement from the promotion stating their intention to run 25 matches, irrespective of how we progressed in each competition. Would be interested to see what does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEK Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Never trust what is printed in the Star They probably mean to print that we need to win at least 2 of our remaining home fixtures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifordukesfan Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Once again today, The Sheffield Star refers to this weeks match against Berwick as the penultimate home league meeting, next week is against Plymouth, so when is the to be re-arranged clash with Edinburgh, or are Sheffield quietly conceding it to avoid another damaging home defeat ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Would be very disappointed if our season ends September 18th. I note according to this forum that Workington may have scrapped two fixtures. I was also at the Scunthorpe match on 31 August. Listening to their announcer, it would seem that there was little interest in staging their outstanding home fixture against Sheffield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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