Rye House 2018

[hackneyrocket]

9 hours ago, Gemini said:

Okay I have looked.   I guess he is a very good signing then but as you will probably have noticed I didn't know much about him, except wondering if he was any relation to Alf Busk. 

In my opinion NBJ should have been in the team from the start.

[Najjer]

Seems a bizarre signing to me. Would of been better off keeping Robson in for a month and use R/R whilst taking advantage of Kenneth are reserve. Missed a trick there.

[GWC]

18 hours ago, Najjer said:

Seems a bizarre signing to me. Would of been better off keeping Robson in for a month and use R/R whilst taking advantage of Kenneth are reserve. Missed a trick there.

Kennett has been injured so unlikely he would want to take 7 rides.

[hammer1969]

2 hours ago, GWC said:

Kennett has been injured so unlikely he would want to take 7 rides.

Also if you use R/R and one of your other riders gets injured at the start of the meeting you could be down to 5 as what happened at Ipswich the other night.

[Ben91]

On 03/05/2018 at 5:48 PM, Gemini said:

Don't know what he will be like on the Rye House track but he was pretty impressive at Leicester last week so hope he does well. 

We were the side who gave him his first British team spot in 2015. So he'll be plenty familiar with the track. Should have been a permanent fixture in the team since then too in my opinion. 

[Chris]

Possible options for changes:

Kim Nilsson

Danny Gappmaier

Matej Zagar(seems he's only doing Polish league at the moment)

Gregorz Zengota

Krystof Buczkowski

 

Edited May 8, 2018 by Chris

[tocha]

On ‎06‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 7:36 PM, Ben91 said:

We were the side who gave him his first British team spot in 2015. So he'll be plenty familiar with the track. Should have been a permanent fixture in the team since then too in my opinion. 

I think NJB would miss too many Wednesday fixtures due to his riding commitments in Denmark. He may even have to miss the home leg KOC match against Swindon on 23rd May although it is possible that his 28 day stint might have expired by then anyway.

[Goldhawk]

On 5/8/2018 at 11:43 AM, Chris said:

Possible options for changes:

Kim Nilsson

Danny Gappmaier

Matej Zagar(seems he's only doing Polish league at the moment)

Gregorz Zengota

Krystof Buczkowski

 

Kim Nilsson would be suspect away , the bottom three look good and much more suited away . Could they get Zagar in though as over 8 points ? Great signing if so retaining Scotty and KK .

[Ben91]

On 08/05/2018 at 11:43 AM, Chris said:

Possible options for changes:

Kim Nilsson

Danny Gappmaier

Matej Zagar(seems he's only doing Polish league at the moment)

Gregorz Zengota

Krystof Buczkowski

 

Never rated Nilsson, too inconsistent. Zagar used to do all he could to avoid racing at Rye when he was at Reading, doesn't get on with the track though granted it's a different proposition these days. Agree that there's scope to make changes though and feel that they could well be needed. 

On 08/05/2018 at 12:16 PM, tocha said:

I think NJB would miss too many Wednesday fixtures due to his riding commitments in Denmark. He may even have to miss the home leg KOC match against Swindon on 23rd May although it is possible that his 28 day stint might have expired by then anyway.

Was the reason given for him not being in the side from day one but I'm sure if offered the right deal in the winter, along with having a team spot at Berwick, he could have focussed on racing here first and foremost this season. 

[Rayleigh]

1 hour ago, Ben91 said:

Never rated Nilsson, too inconsistent. Zagar used to do all he could to avoid racing at Rye when he was at Reading, doesn't get on with the track though granted it's a different proposition these days. Agree that there's scope to make changes though and feel that they could well be needed. 

Was the reason given for him not being in the side from day one but I'm sure if offered the right deal in the winter, along with having a team spot at Berwick, he could have focussed on racing here first and foremost this season. 

Its OK playing fantasy speedway but all the options will be too expensive unless you unload either Harris, Nicholls or KK. without the TV money and reduced attendances from FRN I suspect the sport is in serious danger and coming to the tapes in April 2019 might be the biggest success any club can achieve this year.

That said, as shown on Monday (wasn't Nicholls excellent) its the bottom end of the team that may need tweaking not the top.

[Ben91]

50 minutes ago, Rayleigh said:

Its OK playing fantasy speedway but all the options will be too expensive unless you unload either Harris, Nicholls or KK. without the TV money and reduced attendances from FRN I suspect the sport is in serious danger and coming to the tapes in April 2019 might be the biggest success any club can achieve this year.

That said, as shown on Monday (wasn't Nicholls excellent) its the bottom end of the team that may need tweaking not the top.

I think that is what was being suggested, not by myself though. But I did say in the winter that we should only have retained one of Harris or Nicholls. Just as fans shouldn't be going overboard with Harris for one bad meeting at Leicester we mustn't also get ahead of ourselves because Nicholls scored a maximum on Monday. 

As with reduced money from TV and the fixed racenights they're just small parts of the greater problem that the sport has got itself into over the years here. That in itself is a completely different can of worms to suggesting team changes for us, but I think we're in a position where we need to make Speedway a semi-professional sport and knock doubling up on the head. We shouldn't be letting riders have two teams just to earn a living. If the sport can't sustain it, which it clearly can't with riders "needing" to double up/down then it needs to be nipped in the bud. The standard/strength of teams may suffer short term but long term British Speedway and British Speedway fans will benefit. 

[Rayleigh]

17 minutes ago, Ben91 said:

I think that is what was being suggested, not by myself though. But I did say in the winter that we should only have retained one of Harris or Nicholls. Just as fans shouldn't be going overboard with Harris for one bad meeting at Leicester we mustn't also get ahead of ourselves because Nicholls scored a maximum on Monday. 

As with reduced money from TV and the fixed racenights they're just small parts of the greater problem that the sport has got itself into over the years here. That in itself is a completely different can of worms to suggesting team changes for us, but I think we're in a position where we need to make Speedway a semi-professional sport and knock doubling up on the head. We shouldn't be letting riders have two teams just to earn a living. If the sport can't sustain it, which it clearly can't with riders "needing" to double up/down then it needs to be nipped in the bud. The standard/strength of teams may suffer short term but long term British Speedway and British Speedway fans will benefit. 

Hard to disagree on anything you said.

No doubling up, if riders want to be full time get out and promote the sport (do you see any rider going round the terraces during a meeting or attending schools and precincts during the week), are grasstrack riders fulltime?

Close racing is far more important than a "named" rider half a lap ahead so we don't need big names just riders that are associated with our club. A 9 point No 1 will be king pin with fans regardless of his overall standard. I don't remember Nicki Pedersen putting  2,000 on the gate at Eastbourne, Hancock at Reading and did the ex world champion pack the stands at Kings Lynn last year?

But the really sad part is I have so little faith in the BSPA that I even question why I waste my time bleating out the bleeding obvious.

 

[waytogo28]

On 5/11/2018 at 11:09 AM, Rayleigh said:

But the really sad part is I have so little faith in the BSPA that I even question why I waste my time bleating out the bleeding obvious.

 

Thank You Rayleigh. I need to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest that because I feel just the same.

[SPEEDY69]

Harris is shocking for Glasgow as well - not sure what's gone wrong there but it's hurting two teams - at Lynn last year he was absolutely brilliant.  Clegg in my view will never make the grade at Premiership level, Perks was much better.

[GWC]

With Poole away and Kings Lynn home being the remaining fixtures for May the averages will no doubt allow for some changes next month.

[poppetman]

Change of team manager would be a good start. One of the basic requirements of a T/M is knowing when to put in a tac.sub. What's John Sampford up to these days?

Edited May 16, 2018 by poppetman

[Steve Shovlar]

15 minutes ago, poppetman said:

Change of team manager would be a good start. One of the basic requirements of a T/M is knowing when to put in a tac.sub. What's John Sampford up to these days?

Unbelievable error tonight. Gobsmacked a t/r wasn’t used against us. Basic error!

[GWC]

13 minutes ago, poppetman said:

Change of team manager would be a good start. One of the basic requirements of a T/M is knowing when to put in a tac.sub. What's John Sampford up to these days?

That meant removing Summers who had previously gained a 5-1 with Harris so I guess he deserved another ride.

Harris falling and Kennett’s woeful score cost the result in the scheme of things.

[tocha]

1 hour ago, GWC said:

That meant removing Summers who had previously gained a 5-1 with Harris so I guess he deserved another ride.

Harris falling and Kennett’s woeful score cost the result in the scheme of things.

Kennett has to go and Ricky Wells brought back asap before someone else signs him up. 

[Chris]

1 hour ago, GWC said:

That meant removing Summers who had previously gained a 5-1 with Harris so I guess he deserved another ride.

Harris falling and Kennett’s woeful score cost the result in the scheme of things.

What an earth are on on about.

Any sane team manager would have stuck a world class rider like KK in for Summers.

A losers attitude to not upset a rider by pulling him from a heat. So Schroeck would have cost his side a win if Harris would have stayed on his bike.

The guy is a very poor TM as is way to matey with the riders and is like a star struck fan afraid to upset anyone.