ouch Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Injured rider continues to ride! Hold the front page! Although he didn't complete his last two. Edited September 21, 2015 by ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliant Robin Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Injured rider continues to ride! Hold the front page! Although he didn't complete his last two. Belle Vue fan with blinkered vision....hold the....oh no, not news worthy as fairly standard from a select few (not all Belle Vue fans but the usual suspects) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Big one for the Robins tonight....here's one for you. Would you rather be in Swindon's shoes and chasing a 14 point deficit on your home track, or in Coventry's shoes going away from home with the scores all level? I'm a bit like Natalie Imbruglia....torn! I'd rather be chasing Natalie Imbruglia than a 14 point deficit any day... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Must admit there is a train of thought that I had not seen coming and it's one I'm not comfortable with. People aren't happy that we have AJ in, which more or less compensates for an injured Zagar. People would rather see us weaken with a lesser rider say a 6 point PL rider to cover for Zagar or more distressingly they would like an unfit Zagar to take his place and ride round as this would offer the opposition an advantage. Grim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Just started raining and forecast to continue till 3pm, not sure how much it will rain, but with dog racing on they will not have much time to work on the track if the rain is heavy. Will need to keep an eye on twitter etc. I hope they do not run the meeting if the track is awful just to keep sky happy, it would be better to run it on thursday. If the track is ok I hope that a lot of Robins fans get behind the team. 14 points is a hell of a lot to get back but not impossible providing Troy has a decent heat 1 result and the heat leaders up their game from recent meetings. Edited September 21, 2015 by A ORLOV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Just started raining and forecast to continue till 3pm, not sure how much it will rain, but with dog racing on they will not have much time to work on the track if the rain is heavy. Will need to keep an eye on twitter etc. Dogs finish at 2pm- much better than when it was 6pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Dogs finish at 2pm- much better than when it was 6pm Did not realise that as the last race has usually been 6ish, a 2pm finish is good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Injured rider continues to ride! Hold the front page! Although he didn't complete his last two. That misrepresents the way the Golden Helmet works - he didn't ride in his third semi final heat because he had already qualified. If you look at the scorecard you will see several riders missed their third group ride for that reason. This is hardly a new situation, I recall Matej missing a Racers meeting with a pre announced injury. It will be fun watching Rossiter hyperventilating this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces51 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Is a bit rich Swindon fans complaining about a rider with a genuine injury who, very sensibly, decided to have a try out meeting to see if the injury had mended before riding in what is a very important meeting for his club. As has been reported his injury had not healed and he is going for further treatment today. Swindon fans would have preferred he didn't ride yesterday and instead took a chance today which, in the light of what has happened after riding yesterday, could have resulted in him not being able to give 100% and the Aces losing out on a place in the final. I can understand that but don't try to justify it by pretending to take the moral high ground when you have a history this season of using a guest for Miedzinski when he was obviously fit enough to ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 The fact is if A.J. was not available Zagar would almost certainly ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Any chance of a weather update around Swindon, has the predicted wet stuff turned up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Any chance of a weather update around Swindon, has the predicted wet stuff turned up. Yes it has been raining for a couple of hours but the rain has not been heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Any chance of a weather update around Swindon, has the predicted wet stuff turned up. So far the forecast has been spot on with the time the rain has arrived. If they are right about it being clear after 2/3 then I reckon we will be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspman Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Rain stopped in South Wales blue sky should clear at Swindon soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 .......arnieg........ It will be fun watching Rossiter hyperventilating this evening. It's times like this that I wish I still had Sky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukas Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Can't wait to see a Rosco interview about this whole Zagar debacle..even better if it gets rained off after 10 heats with Swindon eating into B.vue's lead... I personally hope B.vue go all the way and defeat the cheating Pirates. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Deleted Edited September 21, 2015 by arnieg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Now Arnie...why didn't you just use the 'hide' option? My imagination is working overtime now wondering what you wrote that you've deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 That misrepresents the way the Golden Helmet works - he didn't ride in his third semi final heat because he had already qualified. If you look at the scorecard you will see several riders missed their third group ride for that reason. This is hardly a new situation, I recall Matej missing a Racers meeting with a pre announced injury. It will be fun watching Rossiter hyperventilating this evening. Is there are problem with zagar flying at the moment ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Is a bit rich Swindon fans complaining about a rider with a genuine injury who, very sensibly, decided to have a try out meeting to see if the injury had mended before riding in what is a very important meeting for his club. As has been reported his injury had not healed and he is going for further treatment today. Swindon fans would have preferred he didn't ride yesterday and instead took a chance today which, in the light of what has happened after riding yesterday, could have resulted in him not being able to give 100% and the Aces losing out on a place in the final. I can understand that but don't try to justify it by pretending to take the moral high ground when you have a history this season of using a guest for Miedzinski when he was obviously fit enough to ride. If Miedzinski was still in the Swindon side and riding overseas, then Swindon should not have had a guest for him. I'm not sure if they did anyway, as they signed Kildemand as cover. And Miedzinski could have been given a 28 day ban if deemed to be witholding his services, which would also have allowed a facility. But there may have been matches when Miedzinski was riding overseas and was till in the Swindon side, and if so then I don't see why Swindon should have had a guest. But I don't know if that was the case, so if you know better perhaps you could point out which matches it applies to. Edited September 21, 2015 by grachan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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