Pirate Nick Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 That's nothing Shadders, the fish ran out an hour and twenty minutes before the start of the NLRC. Shocking! I don't think they had any to start with! Well disappointed, good meeting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Afternoon started off badly. The chippy ran out of fish over half an hour before the start time. Some good racing, Doyle superb as usual. Â A horrific crash in the second half MDL final with two Belle Vue riders ploughing through the 4th bend fence at speed and getting up to walk away relatively unscathed. Who needs an air fence when we have the safest fence in British speedway? Â Some interesting comments during the presentation. Much of what the riders said was more or less unintelligible due to the crappy PA system in the bar. Only Len Silver was clealy understood as everyone decided to hush up, except for Jason Bunyan, who barracked him about the track! Â The announcement that the first meeting of 2014 will take place as late as 20th April, Easter Sunday, was surprising. Looks like the League Cup may be binned No clues as to the make up of next years side, but I did get a "see you next year" from Anders Mellgren as we left the stadium. Jason Garrity said he hoped to be for for next year, so he's gotta be a cert. It was also announced that attendances are slightly up on last year, so that's heartening. That's amazing, if it hadn't of been for the strong Somerset support today the crowd would have been absolutely woeful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewer Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Afternoon started off badly. The chippy ran out of fish over half an hour before the start time. Some good racing, Doyle superb as usual. Â A horrific crash in the second half MDL final with two Belle Vue riders ploughing through the 4th bend fence at speed and getting up to walk away relatively unscathed. Who needs an air fence when we have the safest fence in British speedway? Â Some interesting comments during the presentation. Much of what the riders said was more or less unintelligible due to the crappy PA system in the bar. Only Len Silver was clealy understood as everyone decided to hush up, except for Jason Bunyan, who barracked him about the track! Â The announcement that the first meeting of 2014 will take place as late as 20th April, Easter Sunday, was surprising. Looks like the League Cup may be binned No clues as to the make up of next years side, but I did get a "see you next year" from Anders Mellgren as we left the stadium. Jason Garrity said he hoped to be for for next year, so he's gotta be a cert. It was also announced that attendances are slightly up on last year, so that's heartening. Â perhaps bunyan is wildcard in nz again and that gives him time to get back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockets Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Well done Somerset. Awesome team and good support. Not sure they deserved a win on the day though. Morris's falls self inflicted and almost bought nelson a cropper. Pleased for their promoters and management too. We also should give thanks to Doyle and josh who have been great guests for us. For us a strange season. Injuries again have killed it. however A team including mellgren nelson garrity Pontus and Bunyan next year won't be far away. Sorry but for me Olly has been a very poor number one. If we stay injury free ( for once) the good days will return. Bring on Lambert and a proper number one and we will be a good team. Just one thing about crowds. It's fairly obvious that only so many teams can be truly challenging for honours and they will always see solid crowds. Those who are nt challenging will see crowds fall. Rye are no different. If we have a top team so crowds will increase irrespective of whether there is enough fish or not . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Injuries didn't kill it. Â Silver starting with Simon Lambert in the side and about 3 points below the limit killed it. Oh and let's not forget the Garrity debacle for the second half of the season. Â Another crap year down the bottom for Rye and it won't get better as long as Silver is in charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmuffe Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Well done Somerset. Awesome team and good support. Not sure they deserved a win on the day though. Morris's falls self inflicted and almost bought nelson a cropper. Pleased for their promoters and management too. We also should give thanks to Doyle and josh who have been great guests for us. For us a strange season. Injuries again have killed it. however A team including mellgren nelson garrity Pontus and Bunyan next year won't be far away. Sorry but for me Olly has been a very poor number one. If we stay injury free ( for once) the good days will return. Bring on Lambert and a proper number one and we will be a good team. Just one thing about crowds. It's fairly obvious that only so many teams can be truly challenging for honours and they will always see solid crowds. Those who are nt challenging will see crowds fall. Rye are no different. If we have a top team so crowds will increase irrespective of whether there is enough fish or not . Â Top 6 will guarantee you a plaice at the top table Monarchs not happy with vissing so maybe he's a codtender for a team plaice. Eel have to do batter(Len that is)as I fear you cod be in for further batterings next year. Fans are not prepared to shell out their hard earned for the scallops they have served up to them. With all this carping its easy to see why the Rockets tend to flounder. Chip Silver is koi about bringing in Dave Mullett to strengthen his breen. Silver was also codsidering a dab on German rider Herr Ring and other possibilities on the team side are to sign are Hake Anderson, Jonas Prawn and the ex Monarch, Devil and Coventry Bee is suggested for inclusion but the thought of Fish at Rye House seems unlikely. Edited October 7, 2013 by seanmuffe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ore Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Comment of the day came from announcer Craig Saul..."the birthday boy is enjoying his special day". This was in response to another Jason Doyle heat win. What Craig didn't know is that the birthday boy was extremely disappointed as he was very much looking forward to some fish, chips and mushy peas. To further compound his misery, he didn't think his lucky dip bag was worth a fiver. All this on his birthday too, poor Jason. Surely the Somerset fans singing happy birthday would have taken his mind off the lack of fish. Made me think of egg sandwiches and trfle. It's all relative but the sausages looked much longer today and only £1.70 a throw but they aren't really fish. Talking of fish I thought Nick Morris was worth more than his final total and why Jason Garrity wasn't allowed to ride just showed us yet again what a farce the rules are. We are told that it is important that all teams are equal and yet we had the weaker team today unable to use their own rider. Hardly equal and yet more proof that points limits should be consigned to history.The most important cup final in British speedway ruined by a team being unable to use their best rider.  What a prima donna Jez Pestell is. Fell with nobody near him yet appeals to get Shaun Tedman excluded. Lucky the referee wasn't impressed. Disappointed not to see more from Milton Keynes but made the trip home easier.  Couldn't see an Ivan Mauger T shirt but assume you may have been the guy with the comb over and body warmer. Would have said hello but thought you might have eaten me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 perhaps bunyan is wildcard in nz again and that gives him time to get back During his interview he stated that he won't be racing in the NZ GP next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudflaps Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 During his interview he stated that he won't be racing in the NZ GP next year Barry Briggs nailed on for the NZ SGP 2014! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 WHY WAS DOYLE NOT IN HEAT 15??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statman Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) WHY WAS DOYLE NOT IN HEAT 15??? No need to shout.........it was his request not to ride in it....oh yes, I am sure that your congratulations on the team winning the KO Cup are much appreciated by all concerned...... Edited October 7, 2013 by Statman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Fantastic day yesterday, could easily have won the meeting had we not had the falls while in good positions. Great atmosphere from the rebels fans with balloons and confetti shooters. The track was very dusty, hard to watch the racing at times because of it. Â For the rockets it was a decent display but the only real time they threatened to come back at the rebels was when a rebel rider fell (one of which, morris, was not his fault as nelson locked up, while morris had the speed). Â For the rebels Doyle was fantastic and could have got a 15 maximum if not for riding today. The rest were solid scores which is all we needed. Â The one qualm I had was a rye fan further down the back straight, cheering as davies fell while in the lead. Good as it was for them it is disgusting to cheer a rider falling. They should try it, I think it would be different then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinh88 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Class act is Jason Doyle, a EL No1 next year I reckon  Hope he's still PL tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillpool Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Great atmosphere from the rebels fans with balloons and confetti shooters. Â Wow, it's just one non-stop Mardi Gras with you Rebels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Â Â Â Â The one qualm I had was a rye fan further down the back straight, cheering as davies fell while in the lead. Good as it was for them it is disgusting to cheer a rider falling. They should try it, I think it would be different then. I'm glad you have pointed this out, because I am reliably informed that Nick Morris was abused by a fan after he had fallen on turn 3/4 when dicing with Tyson Nelson. When confronted by Morris in front of other fans the gutless wonder denied saying anything. ...Disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) I'm glad you have pointed this out, because I am reliably informed that Nick Morris was abused by a fan after he had fallen on turn 3/4 when dicing with Tyson Nelson. When confronted by Morris in front of other fans the gutless wonder denied saying anything. ...Disgusting. Morris was no angel after that crash. Dunno who your reliable informant is, but he's not telling you the full story. Edited October 7, 2013 by Shadders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Morris was no angel after that crash. Dunno who your reliable informant is, but he's not telling you the full story. Lets here the full story then?. He responded to a fan who insulted him after he had crashed, how can that not be justified? Why insult someone for falling in the first place? My source is very reliable, and two reports of bad sportsmanship from a Rye House following of a couple hundred isn't exactly good statistics. Edited October 7, 2013 by whowasthatberntpersson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startline sid Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 A horrific crash in the second half MDL final with two Belle Vue riders ploughing through the 4th bend fence at speed and getting up to walk away relatively unscathed. Who needs an air fence when we have the safest fence in British speedway? Â How can the rider who orignally fell (for the second time when on his own) be allowed to race when he regularly seems to fall so easily? - he was very lucky again that he was being follwed by far more skillful riders than him who were able to miss him - felt very sorry for the lad who had the massive accident into the fence through no fault of his own. Not too sure he would have walked away had we had the new (but solid) airfence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Skid Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Exactly right regarding the fence, with an air fence, the first rider would definitely have damaged it, giving the second rider following very little protection. Along with the old Ipswich panel fence, two of the safest fences in the sport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) No need to shout.........it was his request not to ride in it....oh yes, I am sure that your congratulations on the team winning the KO Cup are much appreciated by all concerned...... I rudely forgot to add my congratulations, so here it is. Congratulations to all Edited October 8, 2013 by Shadders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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