mdmc82 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Skornicki has a leg injury tonight riding for Birmingham so think gonna need another guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 I'd also go for Steve Worrall at 1, riding well and beaten 2nd strings often. Does seem poor that they can't swap the Cov and Swindon meetings around or swap Hans and Kildemand in the qualifiers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 EL racing with 5 NL riders on show dear oh dear just when you think it cant get any worse we will now see heats like a NL rider vs Pedersen and Michelsen for example. Exactly. No disrespect to Eastbourne promoters but how can they justify not changing the date. I know teams aim is to win but Coventry are handing it to them here. Going to be abit of a hollow victory when its against a team mainly made up of 6 NL and PL riders. Really poor advert for the sport. Â Gonna be a very small crowd and loss of profit as cant see many neutrals or bees fans going plus also GP & FA cup final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Exactly. No disrespect to Eastbourne promoters but how can they justify not changing the date. I know teams aim is to win but Coventry are handing it to them here. Going to be abit of a hollow victory when its against a team mainly made up of 6 NL and PL riders. Really poor advert for the sport. Â Gonna be a very small crowd and loss of profit as cant see many neutrals or bees fans going plus also GP & FA cup final. As an Eastbourne fan I am annoyed that it looks like we are going to have to put up with a meeting that is a walkover. Having said that, I would be just as annoyed if it was cancelled. We need a successful year to build the future and although the meeting may not be much we need the points (especially with our away form). It would be crazy to cancel this meeting and then have the misfortune of a couple of injuries when Coventry come back and end up losing the points! Â No, as far as I am concerned the blame lies fairly and squarely on the rules. They should be able to have a guest or Hans should not be allowed to ride elsewhere. Which one, I dont know but we should not be having a poor replacement for a number 1! Â Anyway, after what happened with Poole last year, I wont count my chickens until we have the meeting wrapped up! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukasdrymllukas Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Can't see many Eagles fans going tbh, just the die-hards.....  The people that have paid £10 to watch heats 12 & 13 from the centre green will probably wonder if £30 ( if you include a racecard & car-park) was the best £30 they ever spent.....  'Oh look, there's Bjarne, there's Mikkel, who's that bloke 1/2 a lap behind ?, and the bloke in last dosent look familiar ! ' 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsbane Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 I have no idea what the BSPA's beef is with the SEC. What I do know is that in order to maintain their stance they are perfectly prepared to short change their paying customers. Â Idiots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Exactly. No disrespect to Eastbourne promoters but how can they justify not changing the date. I know teams aim is to win but Coventry are handing it to them here. Going to be abit of a hollow victory when its against a team mainly made up of 6 NL and PL riders. Really poor advert for the sport. Gonna be a very small crowd and loss of profit as cant see many neutrals or bees fans going plus also GP & FA cup final. Oh the irony! I seem to remember that Swindon were forced to go to Coventry last season with half a team and I didn't see many Bees fans complaining - no sympathy I'm afraid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Oh the irony! I seem to remember that Swindon were forced to go to Coventry last season with half a team and I didn't see many Bees fans complaining - no sympathy I'm afraid! I was there and seem to remember facilities being granted for every rider (which heatleader did u use NL rider for?) Cov will always have riders missing due to doubling up but at least for those there can be replacements. Remember you having guests for Swindon that rode Brandon better than some that were missing (Rory, Doyle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Oh the irony! I seem to remember that Swindon were forced to go to Coventry last season with half a team and I didn't see many Bees fans complaining - no sympathy I'm afraid! Â I agree. Swindon were half witted in agreeing the Coventry fixture last year, and the Bees have been equally as half witted in agreeing to this one. No sympathy. Â It is humerous that Swindon are in exactly the same boat next Saturday as well though! Â I'd actually support a ban of Andersen (and Kildemand) based on the fact that the EL fixtures were in the calendar first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 I'd actually support a ban of Andersen (and Kildemand) based on the fact that the EL fixtures were in the calendar first. Exactly that. If we're going to clamp down on the SEC the BSPA need to do something. Ban Hans and if PK rides ban him too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Are not these riders actually "withholding their services" by riding in the SEC rather than for their contracted EL clubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophies Mate Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 As Adam was injured last night I'm guessing there's a frantic search for Coventry to get another guest now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Are not these riders actually "withholding their services" by riding in the SEC rather than for their contracted EL clubs? Exactly. And Coventry are bottling it by sucking up to him and having a junior in his place and the hell with the fans. Use a guest, let him get banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Exactly. And Coventry are bottling it by sucking up to him and having a junior in his place and the hell with the fans. Use a guest, let him get banned. To get round a ban, would riders only need to ask the DMU etc. to 'order' them to take part?  ATB  Dave  PS. Typo on your innovative EL Scorecard..... Sub(s)titute above Heat 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 To get round a ban, would riders only need to ask the DMU etc. to 'order' them to take part?  ATB  Dave  PS. Typo on your innovative EL Scorecard..... Sub(s)titute above Heat 9. I'm not totally sure that would work. Or the DMU could "order" riders to do anything the day of a meeting the rider doesn't fancy.  Thats why it's innovative! My unique spelling. Shakespeare would be proud of my new words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Andersen reckons the SEC fixtures were known first and he raised the issue in February but it fell on def ears. Â Someone needs to stick their hand up and take the blame for this one then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Andersen reckons the SEC fixtures were known first and he raised the issue in February but it fell on def ears. Â Someone needs to stick their hand up and take the blame for this one then! So Saturdays meeting wasn't initially due to be held in the Ukraine the weekend before but got cancelled at the end March due to political unrest and re-arranged for this weekend in Latvia? Â And the EL fixtures were out in January this year! Â Hans Andersen is a lair. He couldn't have know until at least late March he was due to be riding on this date so how was he raising the issue in February? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Exactly that. If we're going to clamp down on the SEC the BSPA need to do something. Ban Hans and if PK rides ban him too. Promoters were made aware in Feb so fixture could have been changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 So Saturdays meeting wasn't initially due to be held in the Ukraine the weekend before but got cancelled at the end March due to political unrest and re-arranged for this weekend in Latvia? Â And the EL fixtures were out in January this year! Â Hans Andersen is a lair. He couldn't have know until at least late March he was due to be riding on this date so how was he raising the issue in February? Â Good enough for me. Ban him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Â Good enough for me. Ban him. We have lots of fixtures next week so might be bad move banning him. Also would harm our team spirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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