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Witches V Panthers 15-5-14 ( Pl ) 7-30pm


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Half way to the UK and flight had to turn around and go back to CPH due to a problem with the flight! (6 Hours ago)

And a slightly iffy translation by Google from Danish to English 'niks kører i ipswich i aften' which translates to 'niks runs in ipswich tonight'

My 2 + 2 says he's at Foxhall tonight, assuming the flight was Ok eventually.

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Be another hard meeting tonight even if Peterborough are without Ostergaard because they have the riders to cover for him. Nice to have a full team again after it seems forever and Adam at reserve again could be the main factor although not sure what we will get from him. Hopefully Bob will prepare a good track that's got grip all around that will make passing a possibility.

My prediction is for a close meeting and a lot will depend on Worrell at one, if he ride as he has done for us so far we can only expect 8 or 9 from him which is not good enough for a number one.

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Risager riding for Ipswich but we are without Ulrich.

 

Our side looks pretty empty in the middle order without Ulrich and with Lasse, Ales, Blackbird and the reserves taking his rides; It won't cover his scoring power.

 

Can see us being turned over sadly, due to the fixture list more than this inept Witches side.

 

Nice to see you're on the ball as ever

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Im sure many will see the fact that the Panthers lost Dryml when already using R/R and put the result down to that.

 

In reality the Witches looked sharp from 1 to 7 and the score didnt flatter us.

 

With a couple of tapes offences and falls along with being on a 5-1 when Dryml fell that as often happens turned into a 3-3 in the re run it could easily have been 60+.

 

Plenty to be positive about not least of which was Cams superb night. Heart in mouth time when he hit the deck in 15 - didnt look good for his wrist. Fingers crossed that there will be no delayed reaction.

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Congrats to Ipswich....

We were up against it with no Ulrich....... Is Dryml ok?

Hope Lasse is ok ?

Could Panthers have used a guest for Ostergaard, riding in a national championship, and if they could, why didn't they. Was it another cost cutting exercise?

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Could Panthers have used a guest for Ostergaard, riding in a national championship, and if they could, why didn't they. Was it another cost cutting exercise?

No and no

 

SR 18.10 FACILITIES
a) Absent #1: G or RR
b.) 1 Absent Rider (2 – 5): RR
c) More than 1 Absent Rider (1 - 5) 1 x RR facility and G for all others
d) Absent #6: G
e) Absent #7: NL G*
f) Absent #6 and #7 Riders: G (for the absent #6) / NL G* (for the other)
g) “No Facility”: NL G*
NL G*: a Rider eligible for a NL Team who has never achieved an actual PL MA of 4.00 or above
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Congrats to Ipswich....

We were up against it with no Ulrich....... Is Dryml ok?

Hope Lasse is ok ?

 

Track was a lot more "Ipswich like" which is good to see. Witches helped the Panthers by again Worrall and then Tungate touching the tapes in heats 1 and 13. Hawkins and then Heeps fell in points scoring positions. Panthers up against it with starting with 6 riders and then reduced to 5 then 4 then 3!

 

Dryml took a heavy fall in heat 7, locked up and high-sided on 1st/2nd bend 1st lap. seemed to land on shoulder/head. (5 riders)

 

Don't think Blackbird will be too popular in the Panthers camp tonight. Heat 5 he took Fisher off but the American was wrongly excluded.Heat 11 saw them both race each other for 2nd and 3rd, Blackbird only just letting Fisher (on b/w tac) through at the last minute. Heat 15 then saw a tough 1st bend, Heeps (Witches mom) ending up in 1st bend airfence, then Blackbird taking Bjerre into 2nd bend fence . Bjerre landed on top of fence and then fell to the floor. (4 riders)

 

As Bjerre was unable to take his place in 4 rider rerun, it should have been Fisher in but was unable to as had no bike to compete with! So the Panthers unfortunately finished with 3!

 

Heeps got 3 race wins, Risager after poor 1st heat went unbeaten and Manzares i such an intelligent rider. Worrall and Tungate went un-noticed really and the reserves got stuck in.

Mention of Baby Bjerre too, showed his liking for Foxhall again and must have loved the extra dirt on the track.

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Don't think Bjerre qualified

 

No Ully = no chance of any points complete turn around of the Good Friday result is on the cards

 

At least someone saw it coming damm near spot on as well

 

Panthers need to strengthen up as other PL clubs have done or its going to be another fruitless year

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A more convincing performance from the Witches tonight . No doubt now that all will be rosy in the garden again as far as the promotion is concerned .

 

However , the truth of the matter is that the Panthers didn't really turn up with the exception of Bjerre . Blackbird scored in every ride but managed to take down two of his team mates (Fisher and Bjerre) at various points . They really missed Ostergaard and ultimately we only had a 5 man team to beat again . ( hope Dryml and Bjerre are OK btw )

 

One real plus for me tonight was the return of some form and confidence for Cam , hope this really kick starts his season ! Great to see some of his passing manoevers .

 

Richie W , he really really needs to stop jumping the starts , although he may get away with a few it could end up costing us at times . I've seen at least 3 exclusions recently .

 

Gino , another excellent nights work completed , just hope he can start repeating his home scores away .

 

Morten , shocking 1st ride then looked unbeatable , that's Morten all over .

 

Rohan , for me he still remains unconvincing but I'm sure will come good ( well hopefully ) .

 

Adam and Ritchie H , both did precisely what was required of a reserve pairing .

 

Now the real test comes to see if anything has changed , two away meetings at Edinburgh and Berwick in the next 2 days . The possibility of a league point of any kind looks pretty slim to me but maybe just maybe the team might have a tad more belief after this win .

 

Forever hopeful .

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