Brummiestormer Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 What a cracking meeting. Thoroughly enjoyed a good contest between 2 good sides of which the better strength team won over the 2 legs but a meeting in which the lead swung to and fro throughout providing plenty of excitement until late on. Starting with Brum Waj. Racked up the points nicely for a consistent tally Bacon. Was excellent throughout Hume. Best ive ever seen him ride & was as close to Ayres as anyone. Ritchings. Below par, picked up easy points without looking competitive. Perry. Rode better than his score suggests & especially considering his return from injury. Smith. Outstanding (barring the naughty move in ht 2) JPB. Will have better days, was shuffled into the tougher heats to make way for a more in form Smith. As for the Kings Greenwood. Hope he was embarressed to collect his money. Equipment of effort? At least one was seriously amiss. Thomas. Better than his score suggests and rode a huge win in ht 8 when it really mattered. Shanes. Awesome as ever. Gating is improving but still able to swoop around everyone from the back. Mason. The curse of number 4? Average at best and can see a change required if Kent are to kick on... Ayres. Run out of superlatives. Gated superbly & never looked like being beaten. Verge. 2 great rides in ht 2 but looked adrift of the pace after that. Clifton. Suffering with injuries i suspect. bashed around again and didn't really mount much of a challenge all evening. Overall i would watch speedway like this happily every week. Great appreciation from most fans especially the travelling Brummies and the home crowd (except the few idiots who boo'ed, shame on you) would liked to have seen the rest of the Kent side out congratulating the Birmingham team and not just Ayres but all in all an excellent advert for the NL as echoed by Graham Drury' kind comments. Greenwood struggled at Coventry the day before---to be honest i didn't hear any of the booing i was to busy celebrating(if it was at the end poor form) Look forward to our next encounters for sure the second half of the meeting was enthralling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 You could see what they were thinking with Greenwood after his last outing there, but why not go for the best possible guest, unless Ben wasn't allowed to in the regulations. I notice Ben has NEG PLR against his name on the NL green sheets. Perhaps Rob Branford was unavailable, or too expensive No Robert wasn't asked and will never knock back any ride he took the IOW booking at 9am and and was ready to go before it was rained off , and is guesting at Kings Lynn. As for Dam I'm sure he gave it his best and had a bad day , it happens, I'm sure he was upset to have let the team down. Chopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Are you saying he broke the track record off 15 mtrs..If so that is a feat. Or they clocked it wrong... No! Greenwood lowered the track record (held since 2013 as you know by Boxall) twice - in two different meetings; so NOT to do with track conditions. In one of those same meetings but NOT in the race he set the T/R obviously, he caught Ayres off 15 metres. He WAS awesome for the Storm both times he visited CP this season but after his performances on Sunday and then on Monday one can only assume his machinery is spent and/or he's now in shocking form... Very surprising and in equal measure disappointing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Thanks for that information Parsloes...he can be quick and forcefull...I don't know if it his bikes but his form is up and down lacks consistency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) Perhaps those having a dig at Dan Greenwood on this thread should read Pete Hill's article in this week's Speedway Star and take note too of Kent's Manager Chris Hunt's remarks. Riders at any level of competition don't travel to meetings expecting not to do well. Edited June 30, 2016 by Bryn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Perhaps those having a dig at Dan Greenwood on this thread should read Pete Hill's article in this week's Speedway Star and take note too of Kent's Manager Chris Hunt's remarks. Riders at any level of competition don't travel to meetings expecting not to do well. It was none the less as I said, a dramatic dip in form which was both massively disappointing and very surprising... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchfield aces Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Brummies speedway, every single one of the lads battled and grafted and refused to be denied, victory tonight at Kent, silverware secured, this was a special performance by a special team. I am so loving this season and this team. I am so loving my speedway. This is just like watching the successful Warwickshire Bears cricket team in the 90's, no stars but something more than the sum of its parts. Go Brummies go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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