kitten2502 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Brilliant thank you. From Ipswich so off the M6 and in via the Aston Freeway or whatever its called. Free to put cones wherever you like the last fortnight. Took me 45 minutes just to get on the M6 proper last Thursday an my way to Sheffield v Rye House..... Never had much luck with the traffic flow around Birmingham Simpler to carry on to Junction 7 (Great Barr) exiting onto A34 Walsall Rd towards Birmingham IMHO. Good luck in getting there on time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Brilliant thank you. From Ipswich so off the M6 and in via the Aston Freeway or whatever its called. Free to put cones wherever you like the last fortnight. Took me 45 minutes just to get on the M6 proper last Thursday an my way to Sheffield v Rye House..... Never had much luck with the traffic flow around Birmingham Simpler to carry on to Junction 7 (Great Barr) exiting onto A34 Walsall Rd towards Birmingham IMHO. Good luck in getting there on time! As Kitten2502 has said, avoid coming off Spaghetti Junction onto the Aston Distressway at all costs and go to Junction 7. It is a couple of miles further but several minutes quicker. Crazy but true. Ellis Perks is in the form of his life, 43 points in 7 days Sadly it's been our experience that no matter how well a rider performs elsewhere, there's a jinx on them guesting for Birmingham. Only twice (3 times possibly?) have we had a true #1 performance from our guest for ZW. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummiestormer Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Unbelievable comment! Ellis Perks is in the form of his life, 43 points in 7 days from three away meetings Kent, IOW & Mildenhall. With Zach's average dropping you could well find Perks strengthens the side, and Smith will no doubt take one of Blackburns rides. Birmingham are still favourites. I've only missed one Brummies match all season so i can say what i like on a public forum thank you---losing JPB and not knowing if Darryl is riding yet tips the balance--in my unbelievable opinion that it! Does this make you a better supporter than me? Well it seems to in your eyes. Having said all that. I really hope that you have a good time there and do me a favour and give a Brummie war cry for me.It only seems so in your It only seems so in your eyes to me--don't presume so much about me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUFC_Brummie Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Fair to say the track won't suffer from a lack of water tonight.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Ellis Perks is in the form of his life, 43 points in 7 days from three away meetings Kent, IOW & Mildenhall. Well now you can add another 5 points to that tally... yipee do dah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) Decent contest, good to have a nice close result for a change. For me the tie is evenly balanced going into the second leg, Kent will be happy to only have conceded a 10 point deficit. Whilst we have a handy lead bearing in mind we have won there this year. We came back quite good in the end after Kent started fairly well. I honestly thought we screwed up with the track prep, seemed to be over watered which caught the riders out in the early stages. Very impressive from Bacon again, and Perry had 3 great wins towards the end. They had 3 quality NL riders in Bowen,Ayres and Shanes. As expected all 3 were on the money, but their reserves were poor for the averages they hold. I often wonder why James Shanes doesn't ride in the Premier league, he would be in his element at a track like Peterborough being the racer he is, is it purely because of all of his grass tracking?. Hes one rider I would love in a 2017 Brummies NL side. Edited September 7, 2016 by Brummie Kev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikec Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Decent contest, good to have a nice close result for a change. For me the tie is evenly balanced going into the second leg, Kent will be happy to only have conceded a 10 point deficit. Whilst we have a handy lead bearing in mind we have won there this year. We came back quite good in the end after Kent started fairly well. I honestly thought we screwed up with the track prep, seemed to be over watered which caught the riders out in the early stages. Very impressive from Bacon again, and Perry had 3 great wins towards the end. They had 3 quality NL riders in Bowen,Ayres and Shanes. As expected all 3 were on the money, but their reserves were poor for the averages they hold. I often wonder why James Shanes doesn't ride in the Premier league, he would be in his element at a track like Peterborough being the racer he is, is it purely because of all of his grass tracking?. Hes one rider I would love in a 2017 Brummies NL side. Totally agree Kev about Shanes, he was brilliant round the wide open spaces of Belle Vue too. Looking forward to watching Tom Bacon again guesting for Buxton on Friday night too, not to mention Jack Smith for the Colts. Back on topic, how did Jack Thomas get on tonight? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) Totally agree Kev about Shanes, he was brilliant round the wide open spaces of Belle Vue too. Looking forward to watching Tom Bacon again guesting for Buxton on Friday night too, not to mention Jack Smith for the Colts. Back on topic, how did Jack Thomas get on tonight? Next week is the British Under 19 final and it should be interesting to see how Shanes gets on against Bewley and Clegg. If theres a bit of dirt down and the outside is working like tonight, I honestly wouldnt rule him out beating them both. I thought Jack Thomas would have done better, he was impressive earlier in the season at reserve here and in the second match he held his own in the main body. Seemed to struggle tonight Edited September 7, 2016 by Brummie Kev 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_art Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 I've only missed one Brummies match all season so i can say what i like on a public forum thank you---losing JPB and not knowing if Darryl is riding yet tips the balance--in my unbelievable opinion that it! It only seems so in your eyes to me--don't presume so much about me. I am not really sure what your problem is and I apologise if I have upset you. Really all I have done is offer the opinion that I hoped the riders did not throw in towel as quickly as you seemed to have done. After all you did offer that we might as well give the tie to kent now. You seem to be offering the opinion that because you have been lucky enough to attend all away matches this in some way entitles you to have an opinion over others. I quote: - " I've only missed one Brummies match all season so i can say what i like on a public forum thank you---losing JPB and not knowing if Darryl is riding yet tips the balance--in my unbelievable opinion that it!" Yes you CAN say what you want on a public forum but it also follows that such posts can be criticised by others, including me, and how many matches I, or others, have attended (And I have attended a lot) is neither here or there. However I seem to have upset you and I have no wish to do so, so I will conclude my participation on this thread and put my head back behind the parapet. Sincerely have a nice day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Sincerely have a nice day. And would you like Fries with that? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckerroo Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Second leg nicely poised , both sides pretty happy i would think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GiveusaB Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Guitar Art....I think your sparring partner must have a touch of PMT ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete cc Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Fair to say the track won't suffer from a lack of water tonight.... It didn't need doing twice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Second leg nicely poised , both sides pretty happy i would think Do not agree. Kent have to beat Brum by 10 odd points. Brum have WON twice at Central Park already. So Kings will have to improve by 12-15 points from those meetings. Cannot see it. Love to be proved wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Apologies that this is a lengthy Post: I just love the humour and the banter on the Brummies Threads. Since I have been following Danyon, it has been a pleasure being at NL meetings and talking with proper speedway people (then I haven't been to Eastbourne yet, lol, sorry Eagles followers). Actually saw Heat 1 last night, and then wondered why as you needed a speed boat, not a speedway bike for the opening heats. Caught Dan out good and proper, but he got up and... well, not dusted himself down, more squeezed out his racesuit and bounced back with two cracking wins over the mighty Danny Ayres, the first a very brave drive around the outside which, imo, then swung the momentum a bit. (Dan now facing five meetings in six days, having picked up a Guest booking with Stoke on Saturday.) Even though some of the heats ended up reasonably spaced out last night, what an enjoyable meeting that was. The Kent HLs are as good a measure of NL top standard as any and for some of the Brummie lads to top them shows how far they have progressed and what talent they have. I love Danny Ayres and he was good, strong and very fair last night. Luke Bowen fast from the gate and James Shanes was, well, outstanding after he got the measure of the track after his first ride and only a bit of an injury forced him to stand down from Heat 15, protecting himself sensibly for future outings. I spoke with him afterwards and what a fantastic young lad he is. Gee, there is a good crop of very pleasant and talented British (English?) speedway riders around at the moment. Well done them and well done the NL. And finally, thank you to kitten2502 and uk martin, how I wished I asked about J7 / J8 before. So, so much easier as the Aston Expressway is anything but at the moment, and whomever makes cones must be a billionaire. But, of course, I followed my satnav out of Perry Barr last night and..... the Junction I was directed to was closed, so I spent a few minutes of my life following the Diversion signs to the motorway. Back by 1:15 am though, so all good and another hugely enjoyable visit to PB. Thanks for making me so welcome. All set up nicely for a cracker on Monday. Lets hope the weather plays fair. I can sense a whiff of controversy coming up... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten2502 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Glad to have been some help in getting you there for Heat 1 Macca56 ☺ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Glad to have been some help in getting you there for Heat 1 Macca56 ☺ Thanks again. It was becoming a standing joke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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