Steve Shovlar Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 We now have the Hammers V Pirates return A fixture after tonights meeting at Wimborne Road. I think the result of this meeting will be very different to tonights. For starters the Lakeside boys are very solid around the tight turns of their track and some of the Poole riders may struggle big time. Holder is OK around the track but can have the duff ride there. Kurtz has probaby never ridden there. Watt is a track specialist but is in terrible form at the moment. Buckowski scored big tonight but around Lakeside? Doubt he will score many. Hans should do ok as he must have been there dozens of times. Newman is usually pretty good there, and Ellis is pretty good there. I personally think the Hammers will take some beating around their own place and expect them to get revenge for tonight. 48-42 to Lakeside. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Lakeside to be brought back down to earth. 43-50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Really tough to call this one, the Lakeside top five have been looking good at home but Kerr hasn't seemed to get dialled in yet and Mear looked great against Kings Lynn but poor against Leicester. The reserves could well decide this meeting and I hope we manage to get a win but it could be really tight. If the track is prepared the same as last week hopefully we will see some great racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyfan Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 We now have the Hammers V Pirates return A fixture after tonights meeting at Wimborne Road. I think the result of this meeting will be very different to tonights. For starters the Lakeside boys are very solid around the tight turns of their track and some of the Poole riders may struggle big time. Holder is OK around the track but can have the duff ride there. Kurtz has probaby never ridden there. Watt is a track specialist but is in terrible form at the moment. Buckowski scored big tonight but around Lakeside? Doubt he will score many. Hans should do ok as he must have been there dozens of times. Newman is usually pretty good there, and Ellis is pretty good there. I personally think the Hammers will take some beating around their own place and expect them to get revenge for tonight. 48-42 to Lakeside. Thoughts? I'm sure Hans normally rides well round there, scored 10 for Coventry on his last visit there last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 We now have the Hammers V Pirates return A fixture after tonights meeting at Wimborne Road. I think the result of this meeting will be very different to tonights. For starters the Lakeside boys are very solid around the tight turns of their track and some of the Poole riders may struggle big time. Holder is OK around the track but can have the duff ride there. Kurtz has probaby never ridden there. Watt is a track specialist but is in terrible form at the moment. Buckowski scored big tonight but around Lakeside? Doubt he will score many. Hans should do ok as he must have been there dozens of times. Newman is usually pretty good there, and Ellis is pretty good there. I personally think the Hammers will take some beating around their own place and expect them to get revenge for tonight. 48-42 to Lakeside. Thoughts? I think it might be closer than that.2 points either way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Rain will be a problem, if you fully believe the weather forecast yesterday..... That's a forecast produced over 55 hours before tapes up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Latest forecast is a dry day with the occassional shower. More rain about today. Should be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytripper Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) We now have the Hammers V Pirates return A fixture after tonights meeting at Wimborne Road. I think the result of this meeting will be very different to tonights. For starters the Lakeside boys are very solid around the tight turns of their track and some of the Poole riders may struggle big time. Holder is OK around the track but can have the duff ride there. Kurtz has probaby never ridden there. Watt is a track specialist but is in terrible form at the moment. Buckowski scored big tonight but around Lakeside? Doubt he will score many. Hans should do ok as he must have been there dozens of times. Newman is usually pretty good there, and Ellis is pretty good there. ? I agree with that assessment of the riders except Hans is usually a lot better than merely ok, in fact I would be delighted to see him as second heatleader for the Hammers. Despite Davey's form, it must be a good few years since he scored less than 7 at Lakeside, and the track suits his style perfectly. It is undoubtedly his best track apart from Poole. I woukd normally expect Hans and Daveyto score about 19/20 between them if Hans has 5 rides and Davey has 4. It is an interesting balance. Poole are widely predicted to finish top and the match is a must win for them if they are to establish an early advantage over Belle Vue and the rest. If they fall short of a win it will give some encouragement to the likes of BV. Lakeside are widely predicted to finish bottom two, but if they can see the Pirates off, or at least keep,it close I doubt that any of the others will beat them at home, and they will then have decent prospects of moving up the table. So there is everything to play for. Very difficult one to call because both sides have riders with question marks over their form just now but in paper I would say it's Pooles to lose. Edited April 7, 2016 by Daytripper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Lakeside are predicted to finish bottom 2?? Since when? Surely that is KL and Leicester. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytripper Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Lakeside are predicted to finish bottom 2?? Since when? Surely that is KL and Leicester. Look at the predictions on here and in SS. In fact even Steve Shovlar put them bottom two at one stage. Personally I think Kelvin's influence will keep them off the bottom but we shall have to wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Look at the predictions on here and in SS. In fact even Steve Shovlar put them bottom two at one stage. Personally I think Kelvin's influence will keep them off the bottom but we shall have to wait and see.Okay. Fair enough. I wouldn't put them bottom 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Look at the predictions on here and in SS. In fact even Steve Shovlar put them bottom two at one stage. Personally I think Kelvin's influence will keep them off the bottom but we shall have to wait and see. Personally i think Kelvin could end up doing a good job. I agree with that assessment of the riders except Hans is usually a lot better than merely ok, in fact I would be delighted to see him as second heatleader for the Hammers. Despite Davey's form, it must be a good few years since he scored less than 7 at Lakeside, and the track suits his style perfectly. It is undoubtedly his best track apart from Poole. I woukd normally expect Hans and Daveyto score about 19/20 between them if Hans has 5 rides and Davey has 4. It is an interesting balance. Poole are widely predicted to finish top and the match is a must win for them if they are to establish an early advantage over Belle Vue and the rest. If they fall short of a win it will give some encouragement to the likes of BV. Lakeside are widely predicted to finish bottom two, but if they can see the Pirates off, or at least keep,it close I doubt that any of the others will beat them at home, and they will then have decent prospects of moving up the table. So there is everything to play for. Very difficult one to call because both sides have riders with question marks over their form just now but in paper I would say it's Pooles to lose. Would be nice to win, but i wouldn't say its a must win meeting.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRushbrook Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 I've made a point of looking over the pits in between some races and Kelvin is definitely getting about to provide feedback to everyone. He can't transform riders into world class but he can certainly get the best out of them and I believe he will. There appears to be a good team spirit as well. AJ helps immensely in this area. Great team man. Onto Friday and my only fear is the reserves. Kyle is class at that level and Ellis has suddenly decided he can ride the track after all. Think the respective top 5 will be quite evenly matched. Hammers to shade it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Davey has a lot of 'off-track' stuff going on at the moment which is clearly getting into his head. It won't be long (hopefully) before he gets going!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMMER180 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Need to bounce back after the tonking on weds or heads will start to drop should get the win but will be close also feel last chance saloon for lewis bridger but hopefully he will come good. but I feel we should have eddie in tomorrow as he is not riding anywhere else what I can see as he is a good for a defo 6/8 points at home. COME ON YOU HAMMERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice Of Reason Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 If Rob Mear struggles (yet again) then surely Ben Morley is a better punt for future home meetings? With all due respect to a bloke who has always given us 100%, constant 0's is basically making us a 6 man team from the outset. I truly hope that Rob hits some form and improves; but he currently looks so off the pace, it's extremely worrying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Nice to wake up to a forecast of a dry day and no worries about making the rotten Friday afternoon trip around the M25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 If Rob Mear struggles (yet again) then surely Ben Morley is a better punt for future home meetings? With all due respect to a bloke who has always given us 100%, constant 0's is basically making us a 6 man team from the outset. I truly hope that Rob hits some form and improves; but he currently looks so off the pace, it's extremely worrying. I would imagine that might only be another one or two poor meetings away from happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) Kennet has been in great form at Rye,why are they not using him??? Surely he could replace Bridger ? Edited April 8, 2016 by waco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytripper Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 Kennet has been in great form at Rye,why are they not using him??? Surely he could replace Bridger ? Because he has five early season fixture clashes with his PL club which would mean missing Lakeside meetings if he wasn't doubling up with Richard Lawson. Jon Cook said they were going to get those out of the way first then review the situation depending on form so Ed might yet have a full team place instead of Lewis. Very difficult decision because Lewis on his 2014 form is a match winner, but he needs to get the Jawa going properly. His actual riding looks good to me but as others have said the bike doesn't seem to be delivering power in the way that it should. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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