stevec Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Thought I would start this up seeing as no-one else has. Hope I have done it right! Not sure that the Eagles will be as rampant as they were at Arlington but just maybe this is our best chance of a home win in some time!! However, I will predict a win by Kent by 6 points. Hopefully David and Bradley will be fit. What sort of reception will David get from the home fans? Also, just wondering. I went to the first Kent match when they opened up and had to park around half a mile from the stadium. Is that likely on Monday or should I get in the car park easy enough? Good luck to both teams and hoping for an Eastbourne win! Edited April 4, 2015 by stevec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I hope Eastbourne will win. It will be close it depends how Kent go on their own track and if our Kiwi is fit otherwise we are not looking at the strongest replacement ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboy Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Am hoping to get there on Monday, couldn't make Friday but am hoping we come away with some points. whats parking like at central park? weather looks set fair so should be a good afternoon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnTwo Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 40-50 to Eastbourne I think hoping we can break the two year losing streak! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) Thought I would start this up seeing as no-one else has. Hope I have done it right! Not sure that the Eagles will be as rampant as they were at Arlington but just maybe this is our best chance of a home win in some time!! However, I will predict a win by Kent by 6 points. Hopefully David and Bradley will be fit. What sort of reception will David get from the home fans? Also, just wondering. I went to the first Kent match when they opened up and had to park around half a mile from the stadium. Is that likely on Monday or should I get in the car park easy enough? Good luck to both teams and hoping for an Eastbourne win! The 1st meeting against the USA? team was packed but will not be so big tomorrow although with the weather good and lots of Eagles fans it should be very decent. You should be able to park OK if you get there in good time. I am putting my neck on the line by going for a 50-40 to the Kings. Great to see `Magic`back and he will get a great reception. Edited April 5, 2015 by AJ is King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Mason is still unwell and Greenwood will be at No 1 for the Eagles. Not bad for us at Eastbourne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted April 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 The 1st meeting against the USA? team was packed but will not be so big tomorrow although with the weather good and lots of Eagles fans it should be very decent. You should be able to park OK if you get there in good time. I am putting my neck on the line by going for a 50-40 to the Kings. Great to see `Magic`back and he will get a great reception. Thanks. Yes it was the dream team. I went for the hell of it plus I was considering following them if Eastbourne closed.....I didn't expect to be racing against them in the near future!! Impressed with the venue and looking forwards to tomorrow. Just dont like it when I cant park easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven101 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Am going to this cant wait for it hopefully eagles can grab an away win will be a tight match though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I think with greenwood as number 1 and hopefully drier conditions there will be some good racing we can win as long as Warwick ups his game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 This match may well be decided by the performances of the reserves, and from what i saw on friday at eastbourne does not look good for the Kings..,Having said that on balance it should be a close encounter ..Weather looks ok and a large crowd expected... A good show at Mildenhall in the under 21 semi from Ben Morley 14 points and James Shanes 12 points on a bad surface caused by fridays stock car meeting Many falls and some withdrawring from the meeting and many would say down right dangerous for the number of rookies in the meeting ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Well deserved victory for the eagles they look classy all the way through barring Warwick who looks a bit rusty. Marc Owen has always been a favorite with kent fans but after his pre Madonna hissy fit when he fell off all by himself certainly didn't sit well with many. Made a right twit off himself. How Barbara Horley is allowed to continue as a referee is beyond me. And before so one crys about sour grapes her worst decision benefited kent when danno verge fell turn 1 when last and away from the other three riders but all four were put in rerun. Every time I see a match she officiates she does her best to ruin the meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 At LONG LAST An away win! Early days I know but this is looking good. great to see a good noisy Eastbourne crowd there. We had something to shout about at last. I really REALLy like this team. So happy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Crowd was 1,200 today in case anyone wants to ask! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboy Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Great performance from the Eagles, Good all round performance though Danny Warwick looked off the pace. Yea a couple of funny decisions from the ref ..... Lets hope its not another 2years before our next away win. Liked the stadium, facilities and nice big car park but boy was it cold..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 I concur with Teaboys assessment of ref Barbara Horley..I have always considered her the worst of a pretty poor lot of current refs,,actually today was one of her better meetings,less to complain about than usual..Back to the meeting one of the best i have seen at Central Park The track was smoother than normal but the riders found it marbly,the shale just does,nt bind to the base,Still some good passes from the all action James Shanes 2 wins and 9 points ,,if only he could gate ?..Bradley Wilson-Dean for Eastbourne also made great passes and looks premier league class, how he gets in this league on a 5 point average beats me.. Ben Morley was solid as usual and got his revenge on Bradley in heat 15 scored 16 points including a tactical ride victory..Aaron baseby did his job, scored 6 ,,but Danny Ayers has yet to hit the form we all know he is capable, it will come 7 points..The bottom 3 riders are our achillese heal ,do we have time for them to improve ?? and will they..?? are there any riders out there that could do a better job, on a 3 point average??? Matt Saul maybe,??. Who else is there ??? Kings were beaten today by better reserves,in a team with strenght in depth,,Danny Warwick being the weak link at the moment,if he starts to click that team can start looking at honours in their first season..The track presentation was slick today, Derek Barklay doing a good job on the mike.. I.think the large crowd would have appreciated the excellent racing today and hope that will keep them comeing to the home of the kings despite the result this afternoon... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Well done Eastbourne deserved win and look solid throughout. Great guest in Greenwood and you have a real GEM in Wilson-Dean. Now Kent. I know it is early days etc,but already you can see why SS put Kings to finish 8th. My fear was that Ben would have to carry the team and he will until others up their game. Shanes is worth entrance money alone (his 3rd to 1st)in first ride at Home was great. I think there is more to come from Ayres and Baseby. What worries me is the other 3. Verge needs to be at reserve and Sheppard/Couzins just finding this a struggle. Compared to Eagles reserves,we are way behind. And on the subject of the referee,how is she allowed to officiate. When the Eagles rider went down first bend the red lights came straight on although he was getting straight up ? Then in the re-run the other Eagle who missed to start first time,flew second time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 The away meeting was well worth the journey! The first win away for a long time. Brad the kiwi did a great job passing Morley and holding him off! Also saw that no helmets were worn on parade which is a good idea so you can get to know the riders. More like this Eastbourne! And a few more points Warwick! Have to say that verge looked like he was out on a Sunday jolly! Hope we continue on a winning streak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven101 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Well worth the journey today was very fun indeed, have to say the whole kent track and stadium is very impressive my first trip there and i thought it was quality love the grandstand. Eagles rode really well and deserved the big 4 points i think, but will settle for 3. I hope when warwick drops to reserve he can bang in the scores kelsey has, BWD proved today hes not just a gater rode terrifically showed some superb pace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 A very good meeting today in front of an excellent crowd. I must admit I was suffering with the Artic like weather though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Meldrew Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 A good all round team performance by the Eagles but when Mason returns I do not think that he will score as freely as Greenwood did home and away. The ref can't please all of the people all of the time - but I did think that she released the tapes too quickly in the majority of the opening heats. The Kent boys looked startled at the early release and when Morley tried to beat her and got a flyer he was hauled back. Kent's reserves - ouch !! How are they going to perform on the away tracks ? - but where will the replacements come from ? Verge certainly out of sorts today and will hopefully improve. If he goes down to reserve then who will take his place ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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