Leicester Lions v Wolverhampton Wolves, 19.30, 21/05/18

[Shale Searcher]

1 hour ago, Big Al said:

Unless there was a very compelling reason, I'd challenge Stead's decision to put both guests into heat 15 and not Kenny Bjerre. 

After all, Bjerre is the number one rider and even though he'd had an inconsistent match, he still needs to be put into those situations, not excused from them. The guests had done a good job, but with the match won I'm not sure they would be 100% committed to ensuring the opposition didn't get a point. 

The Leiicester score chart was remeniscent of the Martin Rogers era!!

It was, wasn't it.....!!! 

[Mr Bump]

2 hours ago, Big Al said:

Unless there was a very compelling reason, I'd challenge Stead's decision to put both guests into heat 15 and not Kenny Bjerre. 

After all, Bjerre is the number one rider and even though he'd had an inconsistent match, he still needs to be put into those situations, not excused from them. The guests had done a good job, but with the match won I'm not sure they would be 100% committed to ensuring the opposition didn't get a point. 

The Leiicester score chart was remeniscent of the Martin Rogers era!!

Really pleasently surprised by the whole team performance, including the guests. Didn’t see us winning that meeting. Bjerre couldn’t seem to get out of the gate all night, bike issues maybe & his brother was in the pits helping quite a bit too. 

But I’d like to have seen him in heat 15. Pushed Thorssell real close in heat 13, fancy he might have got us a 3-3.

Good 3 points though against a strong team.

[stevethelion]

Just another theory on the choice of riders in heat 15, this was the last meeting before the averages are calculated for next month (23rd of each month), maybe Lions had the figures required to make any changes ( eg. Bates returning) & didn't want to run any risks in getting them altered, so played safe & let the guests have the ride.Probably miles out & it was just the fact that Worrall was top scorer & Wells had done a pretty good job too. Must say was fearing a defeat before-hand, so was pleasantly surprised at the result. Special mention to James Sarjeant, excellent for his 8 +1.

[Mr Bump]

1 hour ago, stevethelion said:

Just another theory on the choice of riders in heat 15, this was the last meeting before the averages are calculated for next month (23rd of each month), maybe Lions had the figures required to make any changes ( eg. Bates returning) & didn't want to run any risks in getting them altered, so played safe & let the guests have the ride.Probably miles out & it was just the fact that Worrall was top scorer & Wells had done a pretty good job too. Must say was fearing a defeat before-hand, so was pleasantly surprised at the result. Special mention to James Sarjeant, excellent for his 8 +1.

Sarjeant was excellent, looks comfortable when he makes a gate. Regarding averages, I think only programmed rides count, so heat 15 riders/scorers are irrelevant to the GSA’s. However with my overall knowledge of speedway rules/regs I could be completely wrong.

[Paulco]

8 minutes ago, Mr Bump said:

Sarjeant was excellent, looks comfortable when he makes a gate. Regarding averages, I think only programmed rides count, so heat 15 riders/scorers are irrelevant to the GSA’s. However with my overall knowledge of speedway rules/regs I could be completely wrong.

Glad James had a decent meeting , hopefully he can kick on from this in both leagues . He's come in for a load of heavy criticism from fans of his own team in the Championship , most of it unjustified , and fans of a certain other team have shown great delight in sticking the knife in . Be nice if he could throw all the criticism back at them . 

Edited May 22, 2018 by Paulco

[Gambo]

19 minutes ago, Mr Bump said:

Sarjeant was excellent, looks comfortable when he makes a gate. Regarding averages, I think only programmed rides count, so heat 15 riders/scorers are irrelevant to the GSA’s. However with my overall knowledge of speedway rules/regs I could be completely wrong.

All rides taken in a meeting are included in the GSA.

[Skodaman]

12 hours ago, g13webb said:

What makes this result surprising, was it was achieved with Rory having a bad night.     A big done for keeping it so close....     Nobody likes to see a one-sided meeting.

Kenneth and Kristian also had poor nights!!!

[Mr Bump]

2 hours ago, Gambo said:

All rides taken in a meeting are included in the GSA.

Thanks. Apologies for my ill-informed spreading of fake news.

[Smithchops]

On 22/05/2018 at 12:35 PM, Shale Searcher said:

It was, wasn't it.....!!! 

 

On 22/05/2018 at 10:51 AM, Big Al said:

Unless there was a very compelling reason, I'd challenge Stead's decision to put both guests into heat 15 and not Kenny Bjerre. 

After all, Bjerre is the number one rider and even though he'd had an inconsistent match, he still needs to be put into those situations, not excused from them. The guests had done a good job, but with the match won I'm not sure they would be 100% committed to ensuring the opposition didn't get a point. 

The Leiicester score chart was remeniscent of the Martin Rogers era!!

In what way ?

[Smithchops]

On 22/05/2018 at 5:45 PM, Mr Bump said:

Sarjeant was excellent, looks comfortable when he makes a gate. Regarding averages, I think only programmed rides count, so heat 15 riders/scorers are irrelevant to the GSA’s. However with my overall knowledge of speedway rules/regs I could be completely wrong.

All rides count, but they are calculated in a way that 4, 5 6 or 7 rides makes no difference, it calculates back to relate to 4 rides

[Big Al]

14 hours ago, Smithchops said:

 

In what way ?

Well there were often wins by a small margin. And although Les and sometimes another would score a 12 max or 10 or 11 (from 4 rides), the reserves chipped in with race wins and second places. But there were also quite a lot of last places dotted around the scorechart, as well as being plenty of heat wins.