Midland Red Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Great viewing last night, congratulations to a worthy champion (Tai, not Tia as some seem to call him!) Gutted for Barker who could well have beaten Cook but for his apparent injury Rider of the night, though, clearly was Jason Garrity - well done, sir, and a fine interview too! King unlucky to be discluded early on Nicholls let himself down with his childlike comments regarding Harris, as there was clearly contact on successive bends, and Scott had to go as the cause of Harris falling and the race being halted - I doubt very much riders will take a high speed fall deliberately, other than to lay down behind a fallen rider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theknow 2 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Very good meeting with some great rides from the young riders. Barker impressed and Cook. Kennett slow as a snail and should maybe look for a new career and Bridger fast but all over the place and does not ride with his head. Maybe he should join Kennett at Mc Ds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulvik Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 First of all good job by Cookie and can't wait to see him at Cardiff . As for Woffy's starting gate antics what is the differance between that and the last race of the second leg of the 2012 PL final when most the Scunny team came out and help "Prepare" the gates for the home team. In both incidents the ref took no action so it can't be against the rules. Last night in one race late on Woffy also balanced his bike between the ruts on the starting gate. A move that was called high risk by the TV puntits. but it worked I don't see anybody putting posts about that that or 2 riders almost coming to blows on the start line and the starting marshall having to walk between gates 1, and 2 as a result. People are also on about home advantage but surly that is the same no matter where the Final is held, 1 or 2 riders will have an advantage. On an indiviual meeting this isn't such a big problem as against something like the 4's where a home rider is out every race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry_Bee Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Although Scott's comments have re-opened a can of worms it's the biggest meeting of the year for so many last night. We want them to be passionate and Scott was going for it as he wanted to be in that final, he showed aggression that was going back to sunny Sunday afternoons at Coventry when Kelvin won his title in 87. The question is could Harris of stayed on ?? The answer is yes, he turned left where there was no gap and there was 1 outcome.. It's not just once or twice now we have seen bomber jump off the bike. Scott was hard on Bomber don't get me wrong but the rivalry, the meeting it was, what was at stake !! Was he meant to pull the throttle back and say "after you" ! I hope for there sake they can shake hands as I can't think of anybody who would have complained if the option was for all 4 back even at that stage. Racing incident in a highly charged moment.. End of really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 It's not just once or twice now we have seen bomber jump off the bike. Ridden in a speedway race have you? Lets stick you on a bike at high speed and lets see if you can stay on when barged. If you can, then I will happily consider your comment that Bomber could have stayed on as valid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinMills Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 my god, how can people on here moan about boo-ing? its sport! its heat of the moment stuff, it also creates a atmosphere, its banter..unless a stupid fight breaks out,who cares?.. we all meant to stand in silent, or politely applaud? its speedway, not tennis!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 The Crowd of loafs were out of order last nigh, it's all good a bit of Booing as banter as sorts we all expect that but when some one who has worked hard to get in the final and then gets knocked it is definately out of order. There is no point booing some one who has fell and could be injured. Unacceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinMills Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 omg, let me say this s-l-o-w-l-y........speedway is a high speed sport, if your a fan of a rider/team, something called adrenalin takes over..have you ever watched a local derby? have you never got "slightly" excited? slightly carried away on whats going on?..its called passion....no1 wants anybody hurt, thats obvious..people moan bout lack of atmospheres in stadiums, when you get one, they moan again??????? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 The question is could Harris of stayed on ?? The answer is yes, he turned left where there was no gap and there was 1 outcome.. It's not just once or twice now we have seen bomber jump off the bike. . . . could Harris HAVE stayed on ?? - you know for certain that he could, do you? Harris made a similar move on Saturday at Malilla (AJ I think) but the Swede didn't give him a push and Harris was widely applauded for a fine ride - the difference last night was that Nicholls made contact, causing him to go down - it wasn't a dirty move, just that there was contact No TV coverage of the incident supports any claim that Nicholls did not make contact and he loses a lot of respect for his comments on TV and Twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Good Bye Blocked. I'm wondering if Stevebrum is top of the blocks as for some reason (heaven knows why) he seems to irritate people on here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPNY Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 To be fair to Bomber, he's taken all the stick on Twitter in very good spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry_Bee Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Ridden in a speedway race have you? Lets stick you on a bike at high speed and lets see if you can stay on when barged. If you can, then I will happily consider your comment that Bomber could have stayed on as valid. Scott hasn't ridden him to the fence, Harris had room to move off the line so he could put his foot down to turn the bike, but like I said those two were no going to give an inch, the other way round I think exactly the same would have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 DHe knew he was going down cos he put his leg forward! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry_Bee Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 . . . could Harris HAVE stayed on ?? - you know for certain that he could, do you? Harris made a similar move on Saturday at Malilla (AJ I think) but the Swede didn't give him a push and Harris was widely applauded for a fine ride - the difference last night was that Nicholls made contact, causing him to go down - it wasn't a dirty move, just that there was contact No TV coverage of the incident supports any claim that Nicholls did not make contact and he loses a lot of respect for his comments on TV and Twitter They originally made contact because Harris had no momentum going off the last bend, Scott was much quicker causing the clash, causing Harris to not be where he wanted and scott having the inside run. They simply just ran out of track in a racing incident but yes I do think he could have stayed on rather than go for a gap that just wasn't there. The rider on the inside will always be deemed to be the cause. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Ridden in a speedway race have you? Lets stick you on a bike at high speed and lets see if you can stay on when barged. If you can, then I will happily consider your comment that Bomber could have stayed on as valid. I have and it's not always the force of contact which is important. Slow motion pictures don't always tell the story either. It's also not that big a deal to come off entering the bend in the way Harris did, as long as you separate from the bike. I've done it many a time . . . could Harris HAVE stayed on ?? - you know for certain that he could, do you? Harris made a similar move on Saturday at Malilla (AJ I think) but the Swede didn't give him a push and Harris was widely applauded for a fine ride - the difference last night was that Nicholls made contact, causing him to go down - it wasn't a dirty move, just that there was contact No TV coverage of the incident supports any claim that Nicholls did not make contact and he loses a lot of respect for his comments on TV and Twitter I haven't watched it since last night but in my view Nicholls was ahead of Harris at the end of the straight and did not move outwards. Therefore it's debatable that Nicholls hit Harris. In my albeit fairly limited experience, the rider on the outside will realise that the guy on the inside needs to turn at some point and can't simply keep going straight, which ususally means they move outwards and look for a cutback. Only Harris knows why he didn't. The rules should be changed as I'd have loved to have seen a re-run with all four. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 If the rules were changed, we would be lucky to see a full meeting, there would be that many reruns. Could be a good thing for Track Shops though, selling sleeping bags in team colours lol. Can't see the fuss about the incident. Scott caused the stoppage. End of story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkidSolo Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Sky+ Spoiler Alert: If you have recorded this to watch later you might find that due to the overrun, the programme cuts out just as Cook and Barker approach the last bend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 100% agree with you ColinMills. I get completely peezed off by people telling me how I should support my team. There are some freak accidents yes but 9 out of 10 times you can tell what's a bad crash or not. Woffy slide of last week at King's Lynn and it was the biggest cheer of the season so far. It's the way it goes. If you don't like it fair enough but don't tell me it makes me less of a human being because of it. Sport is sport and there's winners and losers believe it or not. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilb Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I just dont understand how anyone can say Scott was at fault, Chris was behind and laid the bike on scott to get him excluded,you cant dictate the race when you are not in front,Did scott cause the stoppage NO Chris did, scott was still racing,it was chris who laid the bike down and laid on the track, have I came of a bike at 60 mph yes, would I do it to win the British final you bet your life,Speedway is the biggest loser again, A rider wins the Brits again on his home track again,on a track not fitting to the Championship, Poole would be best hardly ever any british riders get a ride at the club these days so its about as neutral as you can get, Is Scott childish for his tweets no not really he was robbed by a ref who saw what Pederson does all the time take a dive and then throw his arms up in the air, I dont know when Speedway started turning into this pantomine that seems to be at the moment, but its not good, this fan who has been watching Grass and speedway for 45 years is fast getting disillushioned with the sport, and when bikes are getting faster and tracks smaller etc someone is going to get hurt again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I just dont understand how anyone can say Scott was at fault, Respected speedway riders Tatum and Louis both seemed to suggest they thought it was the right decision. Neither said it was wrong to exclude Nicholls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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