MattJ81 Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 The cynic in me says the nature of the injuries is just about sufficient to ensure the Brummies can book the best available guests (Jack PB is a fantastic prospect) even though Wilson completed all of his rides in the recent under 19 championship. Brummies reserves scored 11 last night and both looked impressive - I would say they probably scored perhaps 6 or 7 more than Wilson and Banks would have in the meeting. Having said that Brummies were the better side as they have been all season and especially after losing Clegg in his second ride there was only ever one result on the cards. Brummies were quicker generally out of the gate especially early on so no real complaints over the result. Neale had I think his only real off night of the season, which says a lot of the progress he has made. We'll just have to win the cup instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete cc Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 are you commenting on one post in particular or are you watching monty pythons holy grail The Heathens are my holy grail Always look on the bright side of life 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 The cynic in me says the nature of the injuries is just about sufficient to ensure the Brummies can book the best available guests Riders don't have to be injured to be replaced by a guest in the NL. "any other reason, e.g. Work, school, holidays, etc." is the additional rule for that league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJ81 Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Riders don't have to be injured to be replaced by a guest in the NL. "any other reason, e.g. Work, school, holidays, etc." is the additional rule for that league. Thanks, that had slipped my mind. Seems I'm not a very good cynic after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordoftheShale Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 I thought that was a really good meeting, shame Clegg got injured. Speedy recovery chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) Let's skip leg 2 and go straight to final I think it's decided now really Edited September 25, 2015 by Alex2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummies_Ste Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Let's skip leg 2 and go straight to final I think it's decided now really No Way We want to thrash them Heathens again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen1984 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Again? First time u thrashed us and was never in doubt with all our injuries was it, fair play to ya but winner will only lose to Eastbourne anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ommer Mon Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 The main thing is that Cleggy doesn't appear to have broken anything. That's incredible after his crash. I'm still trying to work out what happened. Did his chain go or did his footrest get caught in the fence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJ81 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 The main thing is that Cleggy doesn't appear to have broken anything. That's incredible after his crash. I'm still trying to work out what happened. Did his chain go or did his footrest get caught in the fence? It's strange, he seemed to just catch the fence which I guess would indicate as you say that his footrest caught it - we stand on the entry to the first bend and look straight down the straight at that bend and the amount of times that you could swear a rider is about to clip that fence is amazing (unfortunately a few times this season they have - Mikey, Nathan and now Max have all come a cropper there). I was amazed that Max jumped up so quickly after the crash, adrenaline I suppose. As you say it could have been a lot worse, hopefully just bumps and bruises and a few days rest should sort it. Thankfully his bike missed everyone else as it bounced across the track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argos Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 It looked like his Bike was a right off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 It's strange, he seemed to just catch the fence which I guess would indicate as you say that his footrest caught it - we stand on the entry to the first bend and look straight down the straight at that bend and the amount of times that you could swear a rider is about to clip that fence is amazing (unfortunately a few times this season they have - Mikey, Nathan and now Max have all come a cropper there). I was amazed that Max jumped up so quickly after the crash, adrenaline I suppose. As you say it could have been a lot worse, hopefully just bumps and bruises and a few days rest should sort it. Thankfully his bike missed everyone else as it bounced across the track I agree it was strange, as he came out of turn four it did appear something wasn't right. He really hit it hard too. Glad to see the kid get up, but I don't think the medics were too keen on him walking around so soon. Lets hope he is fit for the return, as a brummie fan, he's a good rider to dislike... in a good sporting way of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Again? First time u thrashed us and was never in doubt with all our injuries was it, fair play to ya but winner will only lose to Eastbourne anyway. I know and that's good as it means we get the trophy. I think Cradley Produced the better match at Arlington than Birmingham the Brum ones have been a bit slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Might as well present the Sparrows with all the knock-out trophies before the start of the season as with their trick track advantage no one will compete on aggregate. I shudder to think how Jack P-B will get on at Eastbourne. He was nowhere near the kerb at any point at Perry Barr the other night so gawd help him on an even smaller and oddly shaped track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Might as well present the Sparrows with all the knock-out trophies before the start of the season as with their trick track advantage no one will compete on aggregate. I shudder to think how Jack P-B will get on at Eastbourne. He was nowhere near the kerb at any point at Perry Barr the other night so gawd help him on an even smaller and oddly shaped track. He manages to get around Buxton pretty well so think he will be ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinthehat Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Think you find that Jack won the British Youth Round at Eastbourne this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Might as well present the Sparrows with all the knock-out trophies before the start of the season as with their trick track advantage no one will compete on aggregate. I shudder to think how Jack P-B will get on at Eastbourne. He was nowhere near the kerb at any point at Perry Barr the other night so gawd help him on an even smaller and oddly shaped track. It's not a trick track!!!! It's an oval made of shale with a white line and starting tapes. Just need to be a bit level headed to ride it because it's so tight compared to bigger tracks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argos Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Sorry it's not an oval, each bend are totally different, Then you have Bob the tractor doctoring the track, Don't you just love the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Sorry it's not an oval, each bend are totally different, Then you have Bob the tractor doctoring the track, Don't you just love the place As its my local home track yes a speedway track is a speedway track at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_art Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Speedway is not a rich sport and so has to make do with what they have. So as far as size is concerned Easty and Rye and lakeside have do the best they can in the space available. Of course the actual shape of the track is a matter of choice within the confines of the available shape and Easty have chosen to make theirs egg shaped. This of course confers a greater amount of home track advantage to Eastie than to a fairer track such as for instance Somerset or Birmingham. No point arguing history doesn't lie. Interestingly one of the Cradley riders (I forget who) was bemoaning the lack of home advantage of Birmingham and implying that this was a contributing factor in them not winning the league. To which I can only reply. This didn't seem to hinder Birmingham! As for those wanting to award the trophy to Eastbourne I have two thoughts really. I find this insulting to Cradley. They are not out of it until they are out of it. While it will be difficult it isn't impossible. They have already beaten us once this season by the required amount I remember a previous Eastbourne team saying they were sure fire winners of a previous cup competition. There opponents at the time were the winners of the league. A team by the name of Birmingham who went on to turn over a 16 point deficit to take the KOC that year. It ain't over until its over folks. Should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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