justathought Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 http://www.leicesterlions.co/news.php?extend.31174.1&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) K Bjerre & Todd Kurtz in. Vaculik & Palm Toft out Bjerre permanent replacement and Kurtz temporary pending bates return? Edited April 20, 2018 by 1 valve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmax Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I may be wrong but i presume the reason for replacing Toft is due to his average being too high with Bjerre as Vaculiks replacement ? If so its another situation where Speedway shoots itself in the foot. Surely some allowance should be given in certain circumstances where teams lose riders through injury that they do not have to disrupt the rest of the team just to bring in a replacement On 2/13/2018 at 9:40 AM, Barrow Boy 2 said: Lions v Somerset March 26th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Fullmax said: I may be wrong but i presume the reason for replacing Toft is due to his average being too high with Bjerre as Vaculiks replacement ? If so its another situation where Speedway shoots itself in the foot. Surely some allowance should be given in certain circumstances where teams lose riders through injury that they do not have to disrupt the rest of the team just to bring in a replacement What do you mean - just let them have a team average higher than the other teams because someone was injured? Obviously not as box office as Vaculik but Bjerre has good experience of the tracks in this country and did well last season for BV. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bump Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, 1 valve said: K Bjerre & Todd Kurtz in. Vaculik & Palm Toft out Bjerre permanent replacement and Kurtz temporary pending bates return? I’m assuming Kurtz is permanent as Bates & Palm Toft have almost the same average. Bates’ return would now put us over the dreaded limit with Bjerre in the team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces51 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Bjerre is an excellent signing if he rides as he did for Belle Vue last year. Many Aces fans were sorry that the only one 8 and above rule prevented his return this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethelion Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 26 minutes ago, Mr Bump said: I’m assuming Kurtz is permanent as Bates & Palm Toft have almost the same average. Bates’ return would now put us over the dreaded limit with Bjerre in the team? Assuming Kurtz's average is 4.02 (5.23 divided by 1.3) , the team total is 41.27. If Bates was included instead of Kurtz it would be 42.77, which would be 0.27 over the limit, so a bit of average manipulation is required for when Bates is able to ride, for him to slot back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 On 13/04/2018 at 1:31 PM, Call me wolfie said: Average too high Bjerre is 8.48, Vaculik just 8 Yeah right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmax Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Simple solution . Any rider with an average of 8.00 or above is classed as 8.00 in the averages. Problem solved. You can replace a No 1 without having to disrupt the rest of the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 So Leicester have gone from having an exciting rider at number one to one of the sports biggest gating tarts. Guess he will do well at Beaumont Lees though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Feel sorry for MPT. Bjerre had a really good 2017, and proved he still has it. He will do ok and can trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 We will never know what Vaculik would have produced unfortunately. Although a GP rider, how committed to the UK would he have been in terms of bike priorities for this country? (I think that there will be a few people looking closely at the current World Champion's UK performances this season). My impression is that the management want to make a real go of it this season and today's changes are positive. Sorry to see that MPT has to make way (loved watching Toffy at BP), but we do need an established No.1. Past seasons have shown that so called great signings with no UK experience have not delivered and either jump, get injured or are pushed back to where they came from. If KB has a season like last year, I do not honestly think that MV would have performed better. With the current race format, it seems that, providing a team is no more than 6 points adrift by Heat 13, you are in with a shout regarding match points if you have some clout with your top two riders. The Lions have fallen away many times at this stage of a meeting in recent times (sorry DK but you seem to bottle it in Heat 15). Kenneth and Hans in 2 out of the last 3 races would seem to be a match for anyone in this league. I hope the situation regarding Josh Bates is correct, in that team re-shaping is not based around his average when he becomes fit/available and that family connections are put to one side. Nothing against Josh, but if he is in the seven, it has to be on merit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KN1 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 4 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: So Leicester have gone from having an exciting rider at number one to one of the sports biggest gating tarts. Guess he will do well at Beaumont Lees though! Bet you wouldn't have minded him at Poole on weds Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRacer Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Does Kurtz come in as a reserve and bump Newman up to second string? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 I hope that MPT will be able to return to the team before too long. But there's the chance of course that he's going to be snapped up elsewhere before long. Kurtz looks like a cheap short term filler-in to me, so whilst MPT and Bates are waiting in wings, the pressure stays on King, Newman and Sarjeant and one or even two of those could be removed especially if Pieszczek continues his form. Newman's made a promising start, he had to this year and so if that continues the spotlight will be on King and Sarjeant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattfordfan Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 I think the changes make Leicester weaker. Palm Toft is better than Todd Kurtz. Martin Vaculik was only getting started and could have been a top No.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionsman66 Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 But that's injuries for you & lions have done the best they can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justathought Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 On 4/21/2018 at 11:05 AM, Matt Ford Fan said: I think the changes make Leicester weaker. Martin Vaculik was only getting started and could have been a top No.1 Why state the obvious, we all know that it's why Leicester got him in the first place,. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionsman66 Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Personally I'm happy with KB & Kurtz actually surprised me v Swindon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbobee Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Dare I say it but wouldn't Lions be better off with Paul Starke ( 5.08 ) now that he has been released by Belle Vue Aces instead of Todd Kurtz (4.02 ) ? Better rider than Kurtz even though Todd Kurtz did ok the other night and it would also mean Kyle Newman would be back at reserve again ...... gotta be a plus plus move hasn't it ? Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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