Dave Jones Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 The doom and gloom for me came from one of the most boring meetings I've had the displeasure to witness. A dust bowl procession. How I yearn to see Coventry's racers actually race. If that was speedway, it wasn't speedway as I know it and love it. No complaints on presentation and good to see the Simpsons back. But Mr York's contributions were a total waste of time.. I couldn't hear a word of his interviews, with sound cutting out and very loud, annoying white noise hissing around the stadium. Everyone around me was remarking 'thank god' when he shut up. And then at the interval he cut directly across David Hammond while he was still talking! The guy really isn't worth the petrol money. And yet Chris' pits interview was totally clear. Good to hear some of the regular tunes and build ups to races. It certainly gave the night it's only sense of drama. In fact it was the only positive on a depressing, dusty night. And on the odd occasion that we could hear Yorkie he managed to ask some very silly questions, the best one when the two bees reserves were out in Ht9 and Sarjeant broke the tapes. Yorkie rushes over to Scroggins (I think it was) and asked what are we going to do now? Everyone around me burst into laughter.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresham78 Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 I may be a bit biased being a Robins fan but I didn't think the meeting was as bad as some people are making it out to be. I do acknowledge though the Bees riders seemed to be struggling with the track and if its not consistent week in week out the home team loses the advantage. Summers, Garrity and Bomber all managed passes on Swindon riders and the Bees went in to heat 15 with a chance of salvaging a draw following the the fight back in the previous 3 heats. I did expect Hans to get a bit more support from Bomber and Hansen but it just didn't happen on the night. Great effort by the Bobbins especially Steve Worrall who's come in for some unjustified flak from some Swindon fans. Finally, just a word about Brandon; its a great place to watch speedway, by far the best stadium for the sport in the UK. Its a travesty that its being sold off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Science Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 What a borefest. Good size crowd in again and they go and shoot themselves in the foot by serving up one of the slickest, dustiest tracks I've seen in a long time. Zilch entertainment value apart from the long overdue return of the Simpsons, with Chris finally replacing Yorkie on the centre brown, and the old buzzard relegated to unintelligible white noise style 'interviews' in the pits..I think I'll give the next meeting a miss. What a let down!Thanks for your honesty mate ! As someone who wasn't there I have to trawl thro 4 pages of people slagging off, or praising the riders of which ever team they support.Lets have more comment on what the meeting was really like rather than just a reaction to the result,and what it means to your team. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedybee Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 And on the odd occasion that we could hear Yorkie he managed to ask some very silly questions, the best one when the two bees reserves were out in Ht9 and Sarjeant broke the tapes. Yorkie rushes over to Scroggins (I think it was) and asked what are we going to do now? Everyone around me burst into laughter.. Ah, yes. I'd forgotten that in a fog of dust. Priceless moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbee Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 I agree. We have the best away record in the league, one of the best reserve pairings and sti only 1point off top 4 spot. Speedway is a funny thing, for example the only team to take points at Poole so far are Birmingham but cant against easier teams. Get the track sorted where there is dirt on it and we will be banging in the points. Still never lost by more than 8 anywhere. Another negative is amount of meetings with several riders missing esp when no facility will be granted for Hans at Eastbourne. dont agree there was dirt there last night it had to dry out from Thursdays deluge then if he watered and it rained it would have been of but he didn't and we had a meeting it wasn't a dust bowl as such there was a little bit but nothing to worry about we got beat by a better team Ah, yes. I'd forgotten that in a fog of dust. Priceless moment! A fog of dust I was on the second bend and I could see every race 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerspanner Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Eastbourne next week why no replacement for Anderson? Also without Harris & Garrity will be a no contest let's hope it rains & gets postponed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Because Gustafsson drives me crazy Simon cant even beat NL riders whilst Kennett can and also Kennett beat Simon around the Abbey on his final ride for the Brummies and we also know Kennett goes well around the Abbey . I watched enough of Kennett last season to last me a lifetime. Massive bottler when it matters as someone mentioned earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 I agree. So why do you want him back?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 dont agree there was dirt there last night it had to dry out from Thursdays deluge then if he watered and it rained it would have been of but he didn't and we had a meeting it wasn't a dust bowl as such there was a little bit but nothing to worry about we got beat by a better team A fog of dust I was on the second bend and I could see every race Agree we got beaten by a better team who 9 times out of 10 were quick from the gate and with Hansen and Fisher (in particular) not having a very good night there wasn't much chance of victory. Also agree about the dust as it wasn't that bad at all and was much worse at the previous meeting when rain was forecast. The one good thing was the much improved presentation/music so welcome back to Chris and Richard Simpson who I'm sure will get the crowd going a lot better when we've got something to shout about rather than being a bit dispondent. Oh....and the National Anthem being dropped, so that's two good things. Well done to Swindon on a deserved win. I've always liked Peter Kildermand so it was great to see him racing round Brandon again. If only we'd been able to hang on to him. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Just a case of average fitting if there was more riders on Gustafsson's average out there then I would want them instead but there is not. These rider all rode last season and have averages lower than Gustafsson's: Olly Allen 5.19 Michal Szczepaniak 4.86 Kim Nilsson 5.18 Bobby Miskowiak 5.11 Ludvig Lindgren 4.48 Lasse Bjerre 4.28 Ulrich Ostergaard 4.43 Kauko Nieminen 4.62 Magnus Zetterstrom 4.98 Kevin Wolbert 5.04 Bjerre and Ostergaard are riding particularly well in the PL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Maybe a Health and Safety issue was playing on the Coventry teams minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishRoundabout Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Just a case of average fitting if there was more riders on Gustafsson's average out there then I would want them instead but there is not. Finely crafted rationale Gater1...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Under the new format he would be. Four points agsinst nk riders. Prob 2.5 out of 4 against second strings. 1 from 4 against heat leaders. Gives u 7.5. No good as a third heat leader, but would be a strongish second string. Likes of fisher thorssel josh g must be averaging around 7 this season and kennett is as good as them? Or by beating the same riders (plus nl riders) he is doing to average three as a heat leader Jury still out as far as im concerned. seeing is believing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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