IainB Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said: If there's anything learnt, this meeting over 2 day delivered exceptional, out of this world racing. That's the track... they should try holding it at Leicester 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) The two-day experiment didn't work either. How many Poles, thinking the chance had slipped, didn't bother for the second day? A one-day meeting doesn't offer the chance to choose. I think a race-off on the Friday would have been better, like the SWC had, which used to give good racing. Edited June 10, 2018 by moxey63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, KIRKYLANE said: Most impressed with Michael Jepsen Jensen ... some quality manoeuvres in his races Tai was absolutely magnificent on the track with some quality team riding with Robert Robert has shown his capabilities on the world stage and it augurs well for his and GB's future. I dont think that was lost on to many people mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 30 minutes ago, iainb said: That's the track... they should try holding it at Leicester But that's never gonna happen is it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Just now, Daniel Smith said: But that's never gonna happen is it It was held in a field in Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Arson fire said: Well we are into June and Big AL has just set the benchmark for the post with the biggest load of sh!te in it 2018...will it/can it be beaten i wonder?. So do you think that a rider who is in the final of a world championship competition, should need assistance to pass someone in front and get into 3rd place? He had done it a few heats previously. And the rider he passed wasn't exactly a slouch, was he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Big Al said: Woffinden was effectively giving a message, to Lambert and possibly Speedway GB also. He was saying "you shouldn't need to be over reliant on me now - I've done more than my fair share of points scoring and nursemaiding, time for you to stand on your own feet and prove your worth." Well if that assumption was correct, I would say what a stupid time to make the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 No doubting his talent on a speedway bike,but Woffy only does what suits Woffy,everybody should know that by now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 3 hours ago, moxey63 said: It's a bit wrong, isn't it, how this tin-pot competition - like the SWC before it - can impact on our top league in Britain and force a complete wipe-out for a week, in the height of summer, the best weather we're having day-after-day. Just seems a bit iffy. I'm sure that if Coventry were still running at Brandon under Charles Ochiltree, he would have put on a meeting in order to maintain his full, regular, calendar - no blank weeks for the CO (except the regular Stox Saturdays) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Arson fire said: Well we are into June and Big AL has just set the benchmark for the post with the biggest load of sh!te in it 2018...will it/can it be beaten i wonder?. Presumably you are a former rider? Could you go through exactly how Tai Woffinden should have engineered the race so as to enable Lambert to pass Sayfutdinov, without undue risk to himself being passed by the Russian. By the way I take no offence at your language. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 3 hours ago, moxey63 said: It's a bit wrong, isn't it, how this tin-pot competition - like the SWC before it - can impact on our top league in Britain and force a complete wipe-out for a week, in the height of summer, the best weather we're having day-after-day. Just seems a bit iffy. tbf it doesn't take a tin-pot competition like SoN/SWC to wipe Speedway out in the UK... wasn't there a thread somewhere commenting on there recently being no Speedway anywhere in the UK on a recent Saturday night 3 minutes ago, Midland Red said: I'm sure that if Coventry were still running at Brandon under Charles Ochiltree, he would have put on a meeting in order to maintain his full, regular, calendar - no blank weeks for the CO (except the regular Stox Saturdays) Yes but it probably would have been a tin-pot Cov vs League Select Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Big Al said: Presumably you are a former rider? Could you go through exactly how Tai Woffinden should have engineered the race so as to enable Lambert to pass Sayfutdinov, without undue risk to himself being passed by the Russian. By the way I take no offence at your language. He'd been doing it all competition until the final! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke Potter Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 So why did Woffinden chase Laguta down for the win when he should've tried to team ride Lambert through from last place? Were they not aware of the rules for the final? Did Rosco not make this abundantly clear to them? I'm sure the Speedway Star will have the answers in the next issue... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, adonis said: Your'e the laughing stock . what an absolute pillock . only a haflwit like you could claim there's anything xenophobic about calling someone arrogant . what a knobend It's based upon your other posts. It's always a sign one has hit close to the grain when the response is so aggressive. I understand though, tough week for you. You were sat there dying for GB and Woffinden to fail. Only after the final did you suddenly pipe up. Other posters, ones who don't particularly like Woffinden were adult enough and had the integrity to put that to one side and congratulate him and GB on their performance. You fall into a very very small minority of folk who weren't able to do that.. it speaks volumes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Stoke Potter said: So why did Woffinden chase Laguta down for the win when he should've tried to team ride Lambert through from last place? Were they not aware of the rules for the final? Did Rosco not make this abundantly clear to them? All good questions.... It's not about lambasting Woffy, but it would be interesting to find out what went wrong in that final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, moxey63 said: It’s all about opinions. Woffinden rode really well this week, no taking that away from him. But I rate riders on how they have performed domestically - and who was in opposing starting slots when in championship racing. So, therefore, during my 40-odd years (since 1975) I put the likes of Mauger, Nielsen, Rickardsson, Crump etc in the lead. Comparisons should be, I feel, on 10-15 year periods. I must say though since about 2010 the level of competition in world speedway has dramatically dropped. I am not going to name names of current day men, but Jason Crump racing now… he could win it on a moped. Regarding Tai being the best Brit… on domestic form over here? Give your head a wobble. Two world titles, ok, but, with respect, against a near 50 year-old who in recent times turned into being the best, I would say, simply because the best had retired (he won his second title two decades after his first, which tells you) and another man who lifted the crown who perhaps would not have stood a chance in other years? Speedway now is more professional at the highest level that it has ever been. In fact it is more professional at every level. Back in Collins day he's racing against amateurs turning up with a bike strapped to the back of their car in many of his races Seriously, not attacking Collins, he was brilliant and rightfully in the conversation for best Brit ever. Your comments regarding Crump are nonsense. He was still racing. He wasn't winning. He wasn't on a moped. As for Tai, when did I mention domestic form in the UK? Edited June 10, 2018 by BWitcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, iainb said: tbf it doesn't take a tin-pot competition like SoN/SWC to wipe Speedway out in the UK... wasn't there a thread somewhere commenting on there recently being no Speedway anywhere in the UK on a recent Saturday night Yes but it probably would have been a tin-pot Cov vs League Select Not under the CO - he ran four team events, three team events, amongst others, to ensure the good speedway folk of Warwickshire did not go without their weekly meeting He ran the sport as an entertainment for his customers, putting them at a level on par with the riders - he did things right 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Midland Red said: Not under the CO - he ran four team events, three team events, amongst others, to ensure the good speedway folk of Warwickshire did not go without their weekly meeting He ran the sport as an entertainment for his customers, putting them at a level on par with the riders - he did things right He was a promoter in the true sense of the word. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 16 minutes ago, Big Al said: Presumably you are a former rider? Could you go through exactly how Tai Woffinden should have engineered the race so as to enable Lambert to pass Sayfutdinov, without undue risk to himself being passed by the Russian. By the way I take no offence at your language. Being passed by Emil was irrelevant - it would've meant 2nd place just the same as his heat win Attempting the team ride even if it had a 1 in 100 chance of coming off was a 1 in 100 greater chance than taking the heat win provided of lifting the title 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, iainb said: He'd been doing it all competition until the final! 7 minutes ago, TheReturn said: NOT when the opposition were ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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