Wolverhampton v Rye House 16/4/18

[westhamboy66]

Not surprised by the result but disappointed by what I saw on track. 

KK looked completely disinterested, nothing worse than watching a rider who can't be bothered to finish a race without coasting the last lap hundred yards behind third place

Scott Nicholls a shadow of his former self will struggle at Peterborough let alone Rye House

Chris Harris once a rider who went from last to first now a rider who goes from first to last in heat one and sends all the wrong signals

Robbo I hope had one of those nights when little went right.

Edward did ok but never looked capable of winning a race.

Max Clegg looked out of his depth on a track I thought he would score reasonably well

Aaron Summers looked our best rider which says it all

Compared to Wolves we looked like a bunch of over the hill amateurs and the shabby shirts worn over multi coloured Kevlar's looked pathetic.

All in all a 300 mile journey to watch a top half Premiership team wipe the floor with a team that would likely struggle in the Championship with little racing evident on track

Given the state of the stadium and the team we are putting out seems like we are out of the frying pan into the fire since Silver was replace by the BMR mob. I hope things improve but I got big doubts

[westhamboy66]

10 hours ago, Chris said:

Pathetic, but no surprise.  It's a poor side which will get nothing away from home all season.

Should be a laugh seeing what crap Schroeck comes out with.

No tac sub used?

We were rubbish the only excuse for no tac sub was there wasn't one rider who would have scored better than the rider being replace thats how bad we were, the current team would struggle in the Championship or whatever its called these days

[cityrebel]

Rye should have moved back to the middle tier. Saturday night racing with more local derbies is a no brainer really. The team is too old and too expensive, coupled with the awful facilities at hoddesdon, it's a recipe for disaster.

[SPEEDY69]

Blimey, it's no wonder we are where we are in Britain, talk about glass half empty.

No matter the results etc. I always will my team to improve and look and the optimistic side, it's a real chore being miserable about it. Some matches are like that and results will topsy turvy throughout the season. To me, UK speedway is a lot less predictable than Poland, as is Sweden. The meetings I've seen in PL this season have been fastest bike wins, once they've done the first bend but many seem to like it. Rye will have some good results this year, you can't win em all  

[GWC]

Yes Poland is light years away from the UK and we can blame the promoters of yesteryear for all our current troubles through lack of investment when they had it good.

 

 

[Wolfie456]

Unfortunately Rye House are what they look like an ex Coventry Bees retirement home.

[GWC]

1 minute ago, Wolfie456 said:

Unfortunately Rye House are what they look like an ex Coventry Bees retirement home.

Sadly that is the case and doubt this team would make much impression in the Championship!

Another reason for merging the leagues.

[cityrebel]

I'm not a rye fan, but I am a hoddesdon regular just giving my opinion. My team Wimbledon closed years ago, and we had plenty of poor results!

[westhamboy66]

Well I have been following Rye since 1976 home and away through good times and bad and this period since Silver left is poor. That’s not glass half full nonsense it’s reality anyone who thinks otherwise doesn’t have a clue. 

[dabbsjoe]

said it before with Max Clegg, he should be doing a lot better at Monmore due to the amount of time he has spent riding there with Wolves and Cradley before that.

if he can't learn the way round a track he's spent years on there is no hope

[BWitcher]

1 hour ago, GWC said:

Sadly that is the case and doubt this team would make much impression in the Championship!

Another reason for merging the leagues.

Rye are not a great top flight side.. however, they'd walk the Championship.

[stevebrum]

12 hours ago, CB252 said:

A soul destroying, festering sore of a meeting.

That one was enough to kill your enthusiasm for a season before it even starts.

After watching lots of fast, vibrant, modern speedway from Poland so far this year on the TV, this one was like a trip back in time to the seventies.

And Monmore is generally one of the better tracks to visit in the Premiership!!

Watched heat 15 on fans page and was certainly exciting. 

Hopefully the awful weather that has wrecked tracks for a month now will see gradual improvement of racing on all tracks. When you get people moaning about racing at the NSS you know tracks aren't in great shape right now. 

We are lucky at Wolves at its usually rated highly by riders and visiting fans alike so hopefully Doc can work his magic over the coming weeks.

Rye appeared to be very poor visitors which can have a bearing on the excitement level. 

[cityrebel]

I was at Eastbourne last Saturday, where the track was still tricky despite a few days of dry weather.

[hammer1969]

We made the trip up from Rye in the hope of a good close meeting and perhaps coming away with a point - what a waste of time. A shambles of a Rye team and as for heat 15 being exciting, well from a Wolves point of view it was from a Rye point of view what a depressing end to the night to see your rider going from first to last but he did get one point - probably because only 3 riders finished the race.  As for the programme £2.50 for what was a Wolves v Belle Vue meeting with a Rye House insert, if I'd known that before purchase I could have saved my cash and perhaps donated it to the so called improvements being made to Rye Stadium.

[Ben91]

6 hours ago, BWitcher said:

Rye are not a great top flight side.. however, they'd walk the Championship.

A few Championship sides would give us a test over two legs I'd wager. 

Hoping Nicholls' problems are bike related, if not then his form in both tiers (obviously he's only had 1 1/2 top flight meetings thus far) is a major cause for concern. Harris isn't even a number one in the second division at present. If things aren't looking rosey then Kasprzak soon can become CBAsprzak. Summers is uninspiring to say the least. Kennett could suffer from lack of meetings. There's a lot of pressure on Robbo to score well at reserve and potentially be taking lots of rides. Clegg's performance on the track he probably has done more laps around than any other concerns me too, he's not the rider he was looking like developing into a few years back. 

[BWitcher]

37 minutes ago, Ben91 said:

A few Championship sides would give us a test over two legs I'd wager. 

Hoping Nicholls' problems are bike related, if not then his form in both tiers (obviously he's only had 1 1/2 top flight meetings thus far) is a major cause for concern. Harris isn't even a number one in the second division at present. If things aren't looking rosey then Kasprzak soon can become CBAsprzak. Summers is uninspiring to say the least. Kennett could suffer from lack of meetings. There's a lot of pressure on Robbo to score well at reserve and potentially be taking lots of rides. Clegg's performance on the track he probably has done more laps around than any other concerns me too, he's not the rider he was looking like developing into a few years back. 

You wouldn't be wagering very well if you did.

Rye House are WAY above anything in the Championship. There isn't even the slightest argument. I'd be surprised if any Championship side got within 20 over 2 legs.

 

[Ben91]

1 hour ago, BWitcher said:

You wouldn't be wagering very well if you did.

Rye House are WAY above anything in the Championship. There isn't even the slightest argument. I'd be surprised if any Championship side got within 20 over 2 legs.

 

In your opinion. Mine is different. This hypothetical match won't happen anyway. 

[New Science]

22 hours ago, CB252 said:

A soul destroying, festering sore of a meeting.

That one was enough to kill your enthusiasm for a season before it even starts.

After watching lots of fast, vibrant, modern speedway from Poland so far this year on the TV, this one was like a trip back in time to the seventies.

And Monmore is generally one of the better tracks to visit in the Premiership!!

Must admit I'm on the same page as you. After 32 years of going virtually every week its very possible I might not go again this year. Heat 4 broke the camels back, with Sam Masters off in front we had a much quicker Scott Nicholls hunting down Wolves reserve Ashley Morris. After trying the outside line and going backwards , Nicholls then tracked Morris for 2 and a half laps on the inside line the only hope of passing being a mistake from the Wolves youngster, it was not to come. Sorry its not the sport I used to recognise. I will still do 4 GP's this year and have BT sport so that I can get a fix if I need it. Very sad but maybe time to move on and spend my money somewhere else.

[BWitcher]

43 minutes ago, Ben91 said:

In your opinion. Mine is different. This hypothetical match won't happen anyway. 

Of course it won't, nor anything remotely close to it because such strong teams aren't allowed in the Championship.... there's a clue for you there.

These kind of sweeping statements are often made, but in reality it's nonsense.

Think of the strongest Championship team, then compare the two rider for rider.

Rye have a Championship 2nd heat leader at reserve. A Championship No 1 at 2nd string.

[Pinny]

2 hours ago, BWitcher said:

Of course it won't, nor anything remotely close to it because such strong teams aren't allowed in the Championship.... there's a clue for you there.

These kind of sweeping statements are often made, but in reality it's nonsense.

Think of the strongest Championship team, then compare the two rider for rider.

Rye have a Championship 2nd heat leader at reserve. A Championship No 1 at 2nd string.

And also a number one whos not even top of his sides averages in the second division.

however, I do agree the top flight is stronger but the gap seems to be getting narrower all the time. Can you imagine Loram and Louis riding in the PL when riding as EL number ones?!

the EL has gone on the decline for a while, the promoters are pathetic and have to be blamed. They bring in set race nights to entice the big stars back yet saddle them all with pathetic averages and bring in a one over 8 rule. Jokers