dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 All 4 wouldve been sensible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 What an awful decision by the referee in the final. Surely the logical decision would be all four back. So we have an excellent meeting ruined by a poor decision. What an anti climax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 #326 or whatever it is now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hutcheson Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Not so sure, for the spectacle maybe, but Morris could have easily avoided that! Was there any contact from Max? Not so sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy robin Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Well done to Jom McGregor as just when speedway need new fans he makes a decision like that. What a prize prat!!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Totally agree BCD ref has completely spoil't a very good meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Someone remind me where Mr McGregor is from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Macgregor has been a joke most of his refereeing career,has to be the centre of attention,I even known him to try and interfere at meetings where he has not been the ref,just attending as a spectator . Clown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandorum Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 In a normal meeting it would have probably been the right thing to do but in a meeting like this a bit of common sense was needed. Speedway and common sense parted company decades ago. I turned off after that as I know who won without bothering to watch. Damn shame as speedway needs exciting finals like that would likely have been. Speedway deserves it's fate sadly and won't be missed by many when it disappears. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckerroo Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 An exciting nights racing ruined by a barmy decision Good crowd , good tv and the ending ruined. Perplexing stuff for the neutral 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 In a normal meeting the referee made the right decision. Morris was ridden out of it and beaten, so he decided to put the bike down and hope for another go with all four back... ...But considering the fact that an exclusion for anyone ends the meeting, the common-sense decision in this meeting would be all 4 back, even if the technically correct decision was to exclude Morris. Daft comment from Tatum before the final "It's good to see it come down to a last heat decider"....What other finish can you have in the pairs? I predict tomorrow's GP will also go to a last heat decider. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwatcher Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) That was one of the worst referee decisions I think I have ever seen, the SCB should take him off the list. That soiled a good nights racing by giving such a stupid decision. It should have been all 4 back again. Edited July 11, 2014 by weatherwatcher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hutcheson Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Maybe a wee bit of karma for Morris if nothing else. Well done Sam and Max! The Smuggies roll on! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Not so sure, for the spectacle maybe, but Morris could have easily avoided that! Was there any contact from Max? Not so sure.once they entered the bend Morris had to keep it wound on. To knock off the throttle in the deep stuff mid bend wouldve just seen him catapulted into the airfence. There was contact but no way Fricke could be excluded. All 4 was the right choice but not made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodiepatchie Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Jim Mcgregor is from erskine near Glasgow he is a man who likes to be the big I am the decision was a terrible mistake on his part but Mcgregor is never wrong 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hutcheson Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 once they entered the bend Morris had to keep it wound on. To knock off the throttle in the deep stuff mid bend wouldve just seen him catapulted into the airfence. There was contact but no way Fricke could be excluded. All 4 was the right choice but not made. It's after the first bend, so by the book someone has to go. Can't tailor the rules to suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Not seen it myself but the Tv being there and the state of meeting should have no bearing on the Refs decision ...if Morris should have excluded then it was the right call ...No wonder people think speedway is a joke if your going based decisions on the state of the meeting or what is good for the crowd . 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Johnston1 Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 In a normal meeting the referee made the right decision. Morris was ridden out of it and beaten, so he decided to put the bike down and hope for another go with all four back... ...But considering the fact that an exclusion for anyone ends the meeting, the common-sense decision in this meeting would be all 4 back, even if the technically correct decision was to exclude Morris. Daft comment from Tatum before the final "It's good to see it come down to a last heat decider"....What other finish can you have in the pairs? I predict tomorrow's GP will also go to a last heat decider. If the technically correct decision was to exclude Morris in the final then the technically correct decision in the re-run is to exclude Sam Masters for not racing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 It's after the first bend, so by the book someone has to go. Can't tailor the rules to suit.theres actually no such rule as 'first bend bunching' at all only an unsatisfactory start. So going by that there should actually be a lot more exclusions. If you think there had to be a decision then Id go with the fact that Fricke rode across and hit Morris so Fricke had to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans fan Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 theres actually no such rule as 'first bend bunching' at all only an unsatisfactory start. So going by that there should actually be a lot more exclusions. If you think there had to be a decision then Id go with the fact that Fricke rode across and hit Morris so Fricke had to go. Fricke was just to clever , ref made the right decison 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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