Steve Shovlar Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Rain coming in tomorrow evening could be the winner. Hope they get on with it at 7.30 prompt and avoid an interval if it’s looking iffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersub Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Linus scored 0 from 2 rides in Poland yesterday so not sorted over there yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 10 hours ago, stevebrum said: I don't get this 'such a massive home advantage' bit that is often trotted out. Did we have such a great advantage in the lean years when we were losing for fun (not for the supporters) and adrift towards the bottom? The riders we currently have and have had the past couple of seasons have built up some good home advantage. However I do find it odd that some of those riders who might struggle now rode it very well in the those lean years. Merely a layman's opinion, but to the eye Monmore has a unique shape that requires a different approach than other tracks. . Always well prepared, it has long straights and tight corners this create many problems to unexperienced riders. The difference we have at Lynn is that most riders like to come here and race. Our home advantage is very little. That's not a moan, merely an observation. I actually enjoy evenly contested matches, even when we lose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, g13webb said: Merely a layman's opinion, but to the eye Monmore has a unique shape that requires a different approach than other tracks. . Always well prepared, it has long straights and tight corners this create many problems to unexperienced riders. The difference we have at Lynn is that most riders like to come here and race. Our home advantage is very little. That's not a moan, merely an observation. I actually enjoy evenly contested matches, even when we lose. always like heat 15 when both teams can still win the meeting if we lose so be it . a point for poole at monmore will be as good as we are going to get nice to be proven wrong ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Wolves is a unique shape, the team contains riders who ride it very well and they very rarely lose at home so they very much do have a good home advantage. However the majority of the riders in the league have ridden it enough to know how to get round it quickly, the difficulty is going there twice a season against good riders who ride it twenty odd times a year. It's good to have different tracks in the league, variety is good for the Premiership. They are all there to be ridden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) Threat of rain has now thankfully disappeared for this evening so no stress there anymore. Wolverhamptons trick track has been discussed litterally hundreds of times but it will still be the same trick track there to be ridden tonight. Bagpuss is on the money when he says the difficulty is only riding it twice a season compared to the home riders. The home advantage is massive and easily the biggest in the premier league. Still, we come to try and win even though it will be very difficult. Edited April 23, 2018 by Steve Shovlar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, g13webb said: Merely a layman's opinion, but to the eye Monmore has a unique shape that requires a different approach than other tracks. . Always well prepared, it has long straights and tight corners this create many problems to unexperienced riders. The difference we have at Lynn is that most riders like to come here and race. Our home advantage is very little. That's not a moan, merely an observation. I actually enjoy evenly contested matches, even when we lose. The racing at Monmore is often very good so win or lose its good to watch. Riders generally like riding at Wolves although there are some that apparently struggle with the tight turns. 58 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Wolves is a unique shape, the team contains riders who ride it very well and they very rarely lose at home so they very much do have a good home advantage. However the majority of the riders in the league have ridden it enough to know how to get round it quickly, the difficulty is going there twice a season against good riders who ride it twenty odd times a year. It's good to have different tracks in the league, variety is good for the Premiership. They are all there to be ridden. We have lost at home plenty during the lean years of the past 15 years or so! I would still say that it's a good home advantage track that there is no denying. However I have seen some Wolves teams over the years that haven't adapted that home advantage and lost several at home. Thankfully not in the past few seasons tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattfordfan Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Another battering. Wolves by a mile. Might as well not turn up and give them the 3 league points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguest Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Matt Ford Fan said: Another battering. Wolves by a mile. Might as well not turn up and give them the 3 league points. Said no actual fan ever... JT and Kyle took a good few years to master Monmore. People assume it happems overnight. Many teams have won when we've had young inexperienced riders. The management have learnt to go with more safer options since! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, superguest said: Said no actual fan ever... JT and Kyle took a good few years to master Monmore. People assume it happems overnight. Many teams have won when we've had young inexperienced riders. The management have learnt to go with more safer options since! It doesnt happen overnight, quite right. Magic admitted to me he hated Wolverhampton, but once he won his first race he was away. Its pretty much all in the mind. Kyle Newman mastered it pretty quickly and i was very suprised that Wolves didnt come in for him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 I seem to remember Sundstrom going quite well at Monmore but he isn't riding well, Shanes is good there sometimes but we miss Hans at tracks like Monmore. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Just gate and don't ride mid track or watch video's of meetings and see what the Wolves riders do. Away riders definitely need to do their homework first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, lisa-colette said: Just gate and don't ride mid track or watch video's of meetings and see what the Wolves riders do. Away riders definitely need to do their homework first! Most thinking riders know how to ride it. It's all about throttle control. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, stevebrum said: Most thinking riders know how to ride it. It's all about throttle control. Correct, every track has racing lines that the home team know best but yes its all about being able to control a bike and not just be a throttle jockey. Look at Mark Loram, could ride any track, fast ones like Exeter but good at Wolves , Eastbourne and Arena, Darcy Ward was good at Arena to. Unfortunately some riders have a mental block before they even ride there 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sommelier Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, stevebrum said: Most thinking riders know how to ride it. It's all about throttle control. Agree, Ward was a class act at Wolves 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 58 minutes ago, sommelier said: Agree, Ward was a class act at Wolves Agreed although Ward could ride any track. Don't ever recall him having a track he struggled on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Does that local bbc radio lot cover all the matches, ie is tonight on the wireless ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattfordfan Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) Meeting over after 4 heats again. Changes needed ASAP. Good team on paper but the performances are pathetic how many more times is the meeting going to be over after 4 Heats. Edited April 23, 2018 by Matt Ford Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 37 minutes ago, The Doctor... said: Does that local bbc radio lot cover all the matches, ie is tonight on the wireless ? Try radio solent, but not sure they are covering the meeting.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattfordfan Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Shanes needs to go. He is dead weight and will not improve because the standard of reserves is too high for his ability at this moment in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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