Brummies_Ste Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 BIRMINGHAM: Zach Wajtknecht R/R, Danyon Hume, Tom Bacon, Darryl Ritchings, Tom Perry, Jack Smith, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn.STOKE: Ben Wilson, Chris Widman, Shaun Tedham, Danny Phillips, Tony Atkin, Lewis Millar, Ryan MacDonald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen1984 Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Brummies will hammer a poor Stoke team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 I suspect Ben Wilson will run riot but that about it. Best vs worst reserve combos (and there are a few dodgy pairs) looks like a painful watch for Potters fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 "Brummies V Stoke Nt Good Friday" Â For a moment there I thought that was txt spk 4 NOT Good Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGT Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 RR for Brum already, great start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 RR for Brum already, great start. Â That's life at the bottom I'm afraid. Good luck to Zach though, I hope he has a good meeting at Somerset. It can only do him good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 They are trying to get people back to watch speedway and Belle Vue cannot get the track ready for two meetings and first match the best rider from Brummies is elsewhere!!!. People want to see the best riders available. Good luck on that speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellioth4 Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Updates for tonight's meeting will be covered by Lauren and myself - please come and join us on this link: http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/15282/birmingham-stoke-nt-fri-30pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builderbob Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 without zach i see a rare stoke win away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten2502 Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 without zach i see a rare stoke win away *coff coff* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete cc Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 It wasn't that bad for a first meeting. Yes Stoke are not the strongest team in the league but, Birmingham will not lose at home this season.Stoke do have the ever youthful Tony Atkin & Ben Wilson to keep the scores closer away from loomer road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Very encouraging to seeing lots of 'new' fans due to the bank holiday no doubt. Stoke were a 3 man team and very weak at the bottom. Processional racing past bend 2 tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Birmingham will take some beating. Stoke are poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 ... the ever youthful Tony Atkin & Ben Wilson ... Â Get Jon Armstrong in the team and they would become the Dads Army of the NL. Â I feel more confident about the 2016 Brummies team now than I did 12 months ago about the 2015 team. And let's not forget that Reidar Replacement, our stand-in #1 only got half of what our usual #1 would be expected to score, so it demonstrates not only some resilience within the Brummies team but also that Stoke got off lightly. ... the best rider from Brummies is elsewhere!!!. People want to see the best riders available.... Â This is the National League. Get used to it. It's only right that a higher league team should have first call on a rider. That way they stand to progress more quickly and earn more. It's not ideal but at least it's not as bad as when the Brummies were in the EL and had riders missing because a lower league team had first call on their services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Â Â Â I feel more confident about the 2016 Brummies team now than I did 12 months ago about the 2015 team. And let's not forget that Reidar Replacement, our stand-in #1 only got half of what our usual #1 would be expected to score, so it demonstrates not only some resilience within the Brummies team but also that Stoke got off lightly. Â This is the National League. Get used to it. It's only right that a higher league team should have first call on a rider. That way they stand to progress more quickly and earn more. It's not ideal but at least it's not as bad as when the Brummies were in the EL and had riders missing because a lower league team had first call on their services. Â I'm not surprised as they just don't have a weak link. There was a lot said about the two Jack's at reserve (not unreasonably) but I was impressed by Hume. Â Completely agree Besides, Graham Drury said in the programme that the Brummies have done everything possible to avoid fixture clashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Â I'm not surprised as they just don't have a weak link. There was a lot said about the two Jack's at reserve (not unreasonably) but I was impressed by Hume. Â Completely agree Besides, Graham Drury said in the programme that the Brummies have done everything possible to avoid fixture clashes. Only one meeting of course but he already looks an improved rider from the rider we saw last year. A baby when it comes to speedway experience, and the lad clearly has something the Ipswich promotion took a liking too as they made him a club asset a few weeks ago. Â Hume has spent time with Chris Louis and the Witches travelling to the pre season training camp in Italy as well as practice at Foxhall. Â That experience already looks to be rubbing off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Â Get Jon Armstrong in the team and they would become the Dads Army of the NL. Â I feel more confident about the 2016 Brummies team now than I did 12 months ago about the 2015 team. And let's not forget that Reidar Replacement, our stand-in #1 only got half of what our usual #1 would be expected to score, so it demonstrates not only some resilience within the Brummies team but also that Stoke got off lightly. Â This is the National League. Get used to it. It's only right that a higher league team should have first call on a rider. That way they stand to progress more quickly and earn more. It's not ideal but at least it's not as bad as when the Brummies were in the EL and had riders missing because a lower league team had first call on their services. Whilst understanding to a degree what you say that the lad needs to be riding higher speedway to progress, you could say that riding against "lesser" riders holds him back; therefore should not be in NL. I don't have to get used to it, I work too hard to spend it on anything that is not worth it and at present speedway isn't,. After watching since 1978 I packed in 4 years ago as the scales fell from my eyes to the poor fair on show. Others enjoy and that's great for them but saw a quote further up that it was processional after bend 2......not good enough to me.......first match of the season I hear people cry....then do not charge for admission until they are ready or mark as a challenge. I check in now and again to see it rules have changed that might bring me back, like seven equal standard riders against each other but as of yet it has not happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Whilst understanding to a degree what you say that the lad needs to be riding higher speedway to progress, you could say that riding against "lesser" riders holds him back; therefore should not be in NL. I don't have to get used to it, I work too hard to spend it on anything that is not worth it and at present speedway isn't,. After watching since 1978 I packed in 4 years ago as the scales fell from my eyes to the poor fair on show. Others enjoy and that's great for them but saw a quote further up that it was processional after bend 2......not good enough to me.......first match of the season I hear people cry....then do not charge for admission until they are ready or mark as a challenge. I check in now and again to see it rules have changed that might bring me back, like seven equal standard riders against each other but as of yet it has not happened. Â Fair comment. Like you I'm not particularly impressed with British Speedway in general, and as for what's on offer at Birmingham, well for me it's a chance to meet up with old (and getting older) friends with the hope of a race or two that can remind me of what the sport can be if done properly. Whether I've "gotten used to it" or simply accepted it for what it is, who knows. What I have accepted though is that the Brummies are in the 3rd tier, and the days of them being this "big club" that you hear about every now and then, are over. It's kindergarten speedway at Perry Barr now, and that's the way it is, at least for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argos Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Fair comment. Like you I'm not particularly impressed with British Speedway in general, and as for what's on offer at Birmingham, well for me it's a chance to meet up with old (and getting older) friends with the hope of a race or two that can remind me of what the sport can be if done properly. Whether I've "gotten used to it" or simply accepted it for what it is, who knows. What I have accepted though is that the Brummies are in the 3rd tier, and the days of them being this "big club" that you hear about every now and then, are over. It's kindergarten speedway at Perry Barr now, and that's the way it is, at least for now. But why do more supporters go now than ever,even the season we finished top of the EL and I say that his as a supporter that has missed a handful of meetings since the rebirth in 07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummies_Ste Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 But why do more supporters go now than ever,even the season we finished top of the EL and I say that his as a supporter that has missed a handful of meetings since the rebirth in 07 NL is a lot cheaper than EL & PL Also NL riders don't have big ego's & all they want to do is race its very refreshing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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