E I Addio Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 R/R for Ed Kennett. Jon Cook says on the club website that they are strong enough at home to cover for Ed. Going by the latest GSA's it seems that his rides can be taken by Richard Lawson, who is roughly the same level, Lewis Bridger, who is very hit and miss on the Jawa at the moment, and the two reserves, who might beat Joe Jacobs if they make the gate and that's about it. Meanwhile Belle Vue are strengthened by Nick Morris in for Max Fricke. Cooke is calling on his riders to raise their game which I suppose is coded language for saying we are up the creek without a paddle. Belle Vues to lose. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMMER180 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Oh dear it gets worse no EK now its the same every year (except last) in the top four till 6 meetings left and it all goes ** up through injury or availability. Then whoever the team is who can get their full team out for the last 6/7 meetings make the playoffs. if we don't win tomorrow then it is defo all over for another year god I am getting bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 The farce that is EL speedway nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces51 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 R/R for Kennett weakens Lakeside, whether that is sufficient to overcome their strong home advantage is the question. The Aces seem to be on a run at the moment. If Morris rides as he did for Swindon and he has the incentive to keep Swindon in the top four, we could get another 3/4 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuxtonTiger Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 How's AJ feeling?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 We can cover for Eddy at home? we didnt have Eddy against Poole, how did that one work out for us? I can only see crowds dropping off further than they have been already this season, I hate getting drawn into such negativity but this scenario does have air of familiarity about and its a shame as I thought we had a decent team this season if everyone lived up to expectations but nearly half the team were coming back from retirement or injury and in truth you look at the stats and it was a gamble that did not pay off, I think fans of other clubs were probably more wise to that than ourselves who were going on blind faith it would work out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytripper Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 The team is not a bad side the problem is the fixture clashes or riders otherwise missing. With hindsight it seems a big mistake to have let Piotr Swiderski go. Ed Kennet is a better rider but at least Swid was always there and good for 8 or 9 points at home riding at No2 which would have been more than enough to get the win over Poole and almost certainly enough to see Belle Vue off. Admittedly Swid sometimes struggled away but they never won any away matches after he left so that really makes no difference. As has been said Lakeside are weak at reserve, and can in no sense replace Kennets ability. Very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim3751 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 And thanks to the fixture clash we won't get the opportunity to see if Ben Morely is an improvement on Rob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevueace Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Nice day down here in west thurrock looking forward to a good weekend. As for r/r for kennett i think the hammers are strong enough at home to cope with that. Hope theres some interesting micro brews on in the theabold arms 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornsey Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Such negativity- Should be a cracking match on a lovely day. I don't mind if we only win by 1, as long as we get 3 points Up the Hammers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Bridger, Lawson and the reserves won't score aswell as Kennett would have. Can't we use someone from our squad to replace him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.V 72 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Oh dear it gets worse no EK now its the same every year (except last) in the top four till 6 meetings left and it all goes ** up through injury or availability. Then whoever the team is who can get their full team out for the last 6/7 meetings make the playoffs. if we don't win tomorrow then it is defo all over for another year god I am getting bored. Sorry i dont agree with your post.Most teams have missing riders these days just look at your last three visitors i think 11 away team riders were missing over the three meetings. Now this is only my opinion but i think the reason that Lakeside fall away every year is because your track gives you a massive home advantage its very different to all the other Elite league tracks.The problems start because your promoters pick riders that are track experts round Lakeside but most of them do not ride other tracks anywhere as good as they do at home.I would even say that if this team rode their home matches at any other clubs track they would be nowhere near a play off position as they would have lost a good few home meetings. The plan seems to be win every home meeting and hope to pick up the odd away point and just scrape into the play offs.Then if we do that with our home track advantage we stand a chance of beating anyone over 2 legs but if you loose at home this plan goes to pot.The teams that finish in the top 4 will have picked up more away points than Lakeside and you are only in with a chance that the plan will work this year because Swindon have lost 4 at home.So until your promoters pick a balanced team that can win more on the road theres a good chance that it will be the same every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 We have and have had riders who can ride bigger tracks just that when they come to us they forget how to ride them but the main issue is just poor team building using riders with very limited potential to improve if at all. I like Kelvin but one of the reasons he was brought in was to help with the bikes yet we are over halfway through the season and some of the boys are still struggling for power or something, Robert has been racing a lawnmower engine for much of the campaign, it's something that surely should have been sorted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 We have and have had riders who can ride bigger tracks just that when they come to us they forget how to ride them but the main issue is just poor team building using riders with very limited potential to improve if at all. I like Kelvin but one of the reasons he was brought in was to help with the bikes yet we are over halfway through the season and some of the boys are still struggling for power or something, Robert has been racing a lawnmower engine for much of the campaign, it's something that surely should have been sorted? AJ can ride snywhere well, Kim does well on the bigger tracks in Sweden, Lewi Kerr is a KIngs Lynn asset, Ed and Rich are top of the PL averages and score well on virtually all the PL tracks wherever they go. Lewis Bridger is a bit of an enigma but suffers from lack of regular racing but suffers under the daft ruling that allows Team GB members to ride PL for regular racing and regular money but not Bridger.. Rob Mear is simply a bad pick. Quite why they travel so badly is a difficult one to solve, but the fact remains that going into this match with /r/r for Ed is a masterpiece of bad planning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 No zagar for belle vue tonight, R/R instead. 'Tape burn to his neck' is the official reason for his absence. Don't you just love the EL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 No zagar for belle vue tonight, R/R instead. 'Tape burn to his neck' is the official reason for his absence. Don't you just love the EL! :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice Of Reason Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Be interesting to see what Cook says on the mic. Best 'stand-up comedian' in Essex since Jimmy Jones! STOP PRESS: From our club's website............R/R for Belle Vue's Matej Zagar. Ongoing 'issues' with tape burns to his neck - I kid you not! www.lakesidehammers.co/hammers-v-aces-meeting-preview/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces51 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 He had a dressing on his neck on Wednesday from a tapes burn and it was mentioned then it was a bad burn. Seriously weakens us and can now only see a Lakeside win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 If he told Chris Morton he wouldnt be riding after Wednesday's meeting BV could have booked a guest ...... another selfish rider who doesn't give a tuppenny damn about those who pay his wages (the fans) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 M25 this afternoon in all kinds of mess, could affect riders trying to get to the meeting never mind the fans be warned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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