King's Lynn V Lakeside 9-4-14

[stevebrum]

Sorry to say, The new system will not work for all the National League newcomers. The cream will rise to the surface and going forward of course there will be casualties. I dont think we can expect anything less. To me, if you get 5/6 riders coming through from the first year, then it will have done its job. Ellis taking the place of Morley, who in turn had taken the place of Bridger is proof in point.

 

 

Well said. That should be the whole idea. Some will rise , well a few probably will. More will fail.

[semion]

One other thing about Wed Night was the size of the Crowd. Buster putting out 3 local lads certainly seems to have captured the people of Norfolk's imagination. I hope that next week the crowd is every bit as good for the Belle Vue meet.

 

Is the score board at the Arena knacked again?

[TMW]

I actually thought it was smart move by Neil Vatcher to put Morley in heat 13 , in place of Bridger.

 

Consider Vatch's options: He could leave Lewis in Heat 13 , but on the basis of his previous 3 rides it seems highly likely he wouldn't score. He could have put Ellis is but against NKI and Bjerre it is highly likely he wouldn't score either r, or he could also put Ben in, (which he in fact did) who also would only pick up a point if gifted by a KL fall or engine failure, so whatever Vatch did there would likely be a last place for Lakeside. However by putting Ben in heat 13 Vatch was able to put Adam Ellis out against Lambert and Rose in heat 14 and paired with Bech he took a 5-1over the KL pair which in in theory kept the match alive and the final score half -decent.

 

Would that damage Bens confidence ? I don't think so. For one thing he his regularly hitting double figures and getting wins in the NL so he is ok there, and also as a speedway rider learning is trade he has to get experience of lining up against the big guns and getting beat. That's something every rider has to deal with if they are going to make progress. Most importantly though it is a long season and Ben is learning all the time. Take last Fridays match against Leicester for example. Ben had already been beaten twice by Tom Perry, and looked short of speed, then had to line up against Perry in a "must win " heat 9 after Adam Ellis fell and was excluded. It seems that in between races Dave Watt had worked a bit of magic on Bens set-up and given him a bit of advice, then Ben came out with far more speed than before and beat Perry by half the length of the straight.

 

So that is the point. In a single meeting Ben learned something from a senior rider and took a small step forward. Multiply that by the help and advice he will get over the course of a season and he will be a better rider, as will a number of the other draft riders.

He was also taken out of his 4th in the Leicester meeting 'for the good of the team' and this was announced over the PA. That's what i'm talking about but maybe he will learn more than he will lose.

[stevehone]

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