Hunters Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 I should imagine they will rest Powell and use a guest for Knight at Arlington, and use Kemp and Edwards at reserve both legs. Now that is imaginative. I'm impressed, I hope they are listening to you. Very, very , very impressed with Tom Brennan last night. Came within a couple of feet of getting under Adam Roynan 3 times but couldn't quite get enough speed to be first into next bend so switched outside on last bend for drive and beat him to the flag by a wheel. A couple of rides later gated poorly against Josh Bailey and Steve Boxall but came under Boxall on lap three and held it. Great Speedway from a terrific prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 If Plymouth had shown a bit more fight last night they could of pulled off a shock. The delay with the paramedic played into the eagles hands. With the wet stuff closing in I would have settled for 11 heats before the start. The crowd was poor, but understandable considering the awful weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Thanks Jayne, but why penalise the club or is there a rule that says the club is responsible to ensure that riders turn up for individual meetings? If not then the sensible thing would be to give the club a guest facility in that situation for the banned rider regardless of whether he is no 1. The track specialist argument does not hold up because it is home meetings and no rider of the same average should score better than the man that rides the track all season. As regards the incident itself from what I have read I have some sympathy for Jake. He was at Belle Vue on the Saturday and would have stayed overnight somewhere to be at Leicester on Sunday rather than driving back to Norfolk through the night and then setting off to Leicester after Lunch . No chance to get his machinery sorted and he even had to be left out of the team due at Cradley the following Wednesday so what was he expected to do. With hindsight he should have turned up and used his second bike for a lap or two before it packed up and then had to retire, that way he would be out of trouble and could collect his travel expenses into the bargain. He was probably gutted to miss the meeting because what better than to stop off on his way home from B Vue and pick up 7 or 8 points at least and continue on home with an extra pay check. in hindsight he shouldn't have been so honest . it would have been better to have kept quiet and given the 'my van has broken down on the way' excuse 2 hrs before it was due to start .perhaps the powers that be would prefer deceit . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 in hindsight he shouldn't have been so honest . it would have been better to have kept quiet and given the 'my van has broken down on the way' excuse 2 hrs before it was due to start .perhaps the powers that be would prefer deceit . why not, the sport is full of deceit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moleman27 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Even if Plymouth had shown fight they would not have won over after 15 heats at Arlington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 I should imagine they will rest Powell and use a guest for Knight at Arlington, and use Kemp and Edwards at reserve both legs. Far too much of that legal manipulation occurs. Its bad enough with them picking a different number 6 each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Even if Plymouth had shown fight they would not have won over after 15 heats at Arlington.I agree, but they threw in the towel too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 I agree, but they threw in the towel too early. What happened to Boxall and Compton to make them withdraw anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Looks as if they they aggravated pre-existing injuries- knee (Boxall) and shoulder (Compton) Yep, that was what was announced. All a bit of a strange end to the meeting really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscambelt Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 What a great result for the Eagles last night another Big step for us towards the play offs. If i was a kent fan i would have some skid marks in my pants knowing that the kent season is almost over. cant tell you how rude the kent fans were last night turining very bitter towards any Blue and Yellow fans. The pits reaction said it all after the meeting, A very upbeat Eagles one side and a very down in the dumps kent team, The Eastbourne pits was full of fans when the kent side of the pits was just mechanics and a very black cloud. Saturday speedway is the place to be. Eastbourne speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 What a great result for the Eagles last night another Big step for us towards the play offs. If i was a kent fan i would have some skid marks in my pants knowing that the kent season is almost over. cant tell you how rude the kent fans were last night turining very bitter towards any Blue and Yellow fans. The pits reaction said it all after the meeting, A very upbeat Eagles one side and a very down in the dumps kent team, The Eastbourne pits was full of fans when the kent side of the pits was just mechanics and a very black cloud. Saturday speedway is the place to be. Eastbourne speedway Don't start mud slinging. There are fans like this at all clubs and I would bet the majority of Kent fans were fine. Obviously that's what the pits were like. Just the same as our pits will be like if Kent pull a shocker on us Saturday.....like they already have a couple of weeks back. I certainly wont be celebrating until we are mathematically through to the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moleman27 Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Actually I agree with how many Kent fans are, never gone anywhere before were you are so hated and always get someone being quite nasty. Is why I have said the Kent rivalry is so much bigger than Lakeside ever was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Wolves has been my only bad experience tbh. Enough that I felt I needed to move. Maybe I just dont notice it. I certainly have never seen it at Kent. Though I wasnt there last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 I went to Sittingbourne last night and certainly never saw any aggro' from any Kent fans, or Eagles fans for that matter. Where I sat in the high part of the main stand the atmosphere was as you would expect, cheers when the Kings riders won and sadness when the opposition did the same. Actually, as a neutral, the meeting itself was fabulous with some really great races and lots of talking points with luck swinging both ways. Thought Jake Knight's wheelies out of the gate were highly spectacular and amazingly successful. It was obvious that both sets of riders had every intention of winning and so produced some great speedway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofers Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Wolves has been my only bad experience tbh. Enough that I felt I needed to move. Went there once, didn't feel any aggro but as everyone is crammed into the one place it is easy to feel a bit of tension. (It bug's me when Pearson says how good the crowd is at Wolves - of course it's packed, there's only the main grandstand area to watch from !) My only experience of unpleasantness was at Coventry, couldn't get out of there quick enough and would never return. Don't like to see club's go under but I find it hard to elicit any sympathy for the Coventry Bee's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistlegang Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 What a great result for the Eagles last night another Big step for us towards the play offs. If i was a kent fan i would have some skid marks in my pants knowing that the kent season is almost over. cant tell you how rude the kent fans were last night turining very bitter towards any Blue and Yellow fans. The pits reaction said it all after the meeting, A very upbeat Eagles one side and a very down in the dumps kent team, The Eastbourne pits was full of fans when the kent side of the pits was just mechanics and a very black cloud. Saturday speedway is the place to be. Eastbourne speedway this post is so full of crap. the eagles rode very well last night and us Kent fans always clap the race winners regardless of which team they ride for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzac Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 I must be lucky I've never been to any track and had 'agro '. I can imagine some riders can stir up the opposing fans, and we were lucky to have the past master in that in Nicki Pedersen, but what an atmosphere it created. Banter is part of it between fans and riders, but 99.9% do it in good humour, things like the Danny Ayres booing make me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Albeit I stand on turn 1 so away from the masses but I thought the atmosphere was great. The rivalry between kent and eastbourne will always be bigger then the Eagles Hammers one for 2 reasons. A fair number of kent fans are old Canterbury fans, and more significantly Kent actually have fans.... lol In all seriousness Georgie got cheered when he beat Bowen, cracking ride. But there was not anything contriversial to get either fans overly animated. I said in advance of the meeting that I felt the home leg was more of a concern. I can see a few grey hairs developing Saturday evening, and think the bar may do good business on "nerve settlers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnTwo Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 See I completely disagree, the eagles have just turned a massive improvement from their last fixture at Kent, eagles if all on form on a well prepared track will leave Kent trailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunters Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 See I completely disagree, the eagles have just turned a massive improvement from their last fixture at Kent, eagles if all on form on a well prepared track will leave Kent trailing. [/quote Not if Kent gate like they did last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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