SCB Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 With that average the only team signing Zengota will be a desperate one. He's a decent seconds strong, possibly even an ok-ish 3rd heatleader but no way will he get 7.5 with half a season as heat leader! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.V 72 Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) These are his averages home and away http://www.swindonrobins.co/statistics15.php My liking the post earlier about building teams to a high level is because I get fed up with the top teams having to get rid of riders each year because they are successful. My like is a thanks for the top part. for the second part thats ok for the top teams not so good for the other 2/3rds of the league as i have said before back in the day when they all wanted to ride over here i would have agreed with you but sadly now there are not enought riders willing to ride over here for the rest to strenghten up. ps thank you all for your opinions re Zengota With that average the only team signing Zengota will be a desperate one. He's a decent seconds strong, possibly even an ok-ish 3rd heatleader but no way will he get 7.5 with half a season as heat leader! Yep thats the problem with the present heat format gives to many riders false averages eg hans finished with an average of 6.45 having rode most of the season as an heat leader so who would be the better signing ?. Edited October 6, 2015 by B.V 72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) IMO Zengi is only going one way & that's up. Yes his average is high but the race format is to blame for that. All heatleaders dropped their averages once against each other & Zengi was at that birth when we started to struggle. I think to say that he average 5.45 in that position & judge him on that alone is harsh. He has very good equipment, is commited. Look at Magic in the UK, year on year he got better!!!! Having watched alot of Polish speedway I can tell you that Zengi can & does beat the best in a heatleader role. I think that the format will revert back to it's previous format & that will balance out teams better otherwise you will continue to have false averages. Edited October 7, 2015 by hyabb17 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishRoundabout Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Good to hear Rosco at Somerset tonight talking so positively about the new stadium being built at Blunsdon. He did say how frustrated he has become with the negativity surrounding the building of the new stadium. Rosco remains confident that the Robins will be in their new home in 2016, maybe not in March, but certainly soon after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzCagney Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Oh Rosco always gets upset if people don't trot the line. Sorry, but he hasn't managed to calm nerves given there is no indication of a stadium going in, has he. And it really is his job to do so. Even correspondence from the Council says that they are concerned at the lack of progress. So I would say its Rossiter that is out of step on this one. I would hope he'll forgive us for being doubtful until we see construction work starting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans fan Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Good to hear Rosco at Somerset tonight talking so positively about the new stadium being built at Blunsdon. He did say how frustrated he has become with the negativity surrounding the building of the new stadium. Rosco remains confident that the Robins will be in their new home in 2016 seeing is believing as they say , stadia u k have history of shafting people 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Good luck to Swindon getting their track ready for 2016. I believe it is to be a much smaller track than the present one ... as long as it has wide bends with banking plus banking on the straights , it should be good for quality racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishRoundabout Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 He did indicate it would be similar in shape/size to Cardiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 He did indicate it would be similar in shape/size to Cardiff. But will it have a roof. One problem ER is that they keep giving out different info, originally the shape was going to be based on the Birmingham Track and it would be of FIM standard and able to hold international meetings, but when you look at the crowd capacity and parking, I am doubtful of that . It has been quoted as taking 5 months to build, possibly 6. I believe it will be built but we may have a delay to the start of the 2016 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzCagney Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I'd heard it was going to be similar to Somerset! I'd also heard the bends would be as now but much shorter straights. I reckon they have no idea what it will be till they come to mark it out! As Kirky says, whatever the size or shape lets get some banking back in. The Abbey was never the same when they razed some of the brilliant banking it used to have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van wolfswinkel Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Good luck to Swindon getting their track ready for 2016. I believe it is to be a much smaller track than the present one ... as long as it has wide bends with banking plus banking on the straights , it should be good for quality racing. As long it has seats it will be great. Dunno if its 2500 seats plus standing on the banks. Will be "horse-racing style" seating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagonshocker Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 A company actually willing to put the drainage in would help...but apparently that was left off by the house builders ...convenient or an oversight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritPete Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I think the new track could be very similar to the the Slough one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk Bear Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 As an outsider who does not want to see tracks being lost, I would say to Swindon remember the promises made to Reading , best short term option is Oxford , better than nothing at all...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van wolfswinkel Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 they wont be going to Oxford, Slough, or Reading, the new track will be built in Blunsdon in 5/6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagonshocker Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 they wont be going to Oxford, Slough, or Reading, the new track will be built in Blunsdon in 5/6 months Gotta admire your optimism if nothing else... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 He did indicate it would be similar in shape/size to Cardiff. Built by David Copperfield Construction I hear with the landscaping by Penn & Teller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspman Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 If built by British company u can wait until 2017 they will only use a handful of men bring in the poland workers then maybe next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonian Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Im not usually a pesimist but got the feeling that Swindon are going to be left red faced with this stadium, just like Reading. Im not local.. But there doesn't seem much positive news about it the new stadium, apart from people involved in the club who seem to be either keeping something from the public about the building of it, or are just papering over the issues and hoping it gets done. Only time will tell..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Will riders sign for a team without a Stadium on a promise that it's going to appear!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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