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2 hours ago, phillwhitewasmad said:

Come on chaps give the lad a chance maybe there were others in front of him and are further advanced in their careers but maybe just maybe they didn’t want to come to the uk or scunny 

Sounds like Keleher is literally inviting calls from British tracks and ruling out nothing ? Perhaps Ryan & Jake see something in Jedd List that marks him out as ready to "hit the ground running". Suppose we'll find out soon enough ? But a 17 old rooky kid just off 250s into a vital second string position in a Championship Speedway team looks a bit of "a Leap of faith" to me ? I know we have no idea how Zane Keleher would turn out if he was in ? But he's 8 years older a proven Motorcycle background and cutting it in the Aussie Championship. While Jedd is "mates" with Ryan and Jake just out of Junior racing and nowhere near the Aussie Championship ? It's not a critique it's just plain fact. 

Cannot help but think our "tail end" is way too long ?. If the starting 1-7 is still intact come 1st June I'll be happy to concede I was totally wrong ?

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Agree totally but it’s easy to invite calls when all teams are full and another 7 riders still looking for a team after the demise of Workington.  I will be happy if we have 7 men standing at the end of April early season is usually carnage. Personally think most teams have a fairly long tail this year due to the points limit.

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On 2/3/2019 at 3:06 PM, the outsider said:

Sounds like Keleher is literally inviting calls from British tracks and ruling out nothing ? Perhaps Ryan & Jake see something in Jedd List that marks him out as ready to "hit the ground running". Suppose we'll find out soon enough ? But a 17 old rooky kid just off 250s into a vital second string position in a Championship Speedway team looks a bit of "a Leap of faith" to me ? I know we have no idea how Zane Keleher would turn out if he was in ? But he's 8 years older a proven Motorcycle background and cutting it in the Aussie Championship. While Jedd is "mates" with Ryan and Jake just out of Junior racing and nowhere near the Aussie Championship ? It's not a critique it's just plain fact. 

Cannot help but think our "tail end" is way too long ?. If the starting 1-7 is still intact come 1st June I'll be happy to concede I was totally wrong ?

List along with Gilmore are the two after Lidsey that have been noted as the best two young riders coming through in Australia.You also have Kew, Browne, Bowes progessing nicely and i thought Mcguinness might of had a bit of interest shown in him also.Keleher is a different proposition alot older than List but in European terms  no more experienced.I believe List has alot of ability and i would be giving him the whole season and see him as a longterm project.Scunny there top four i believe is very good and also the reserves should be able to mix it with the likes of Ruddick,Chessell,Phillips, Clegg ( ect) injuries allowing??  Scunny will do ok.

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53 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said:

List along with Gilmore are the two after Lidsey that have been noted as the best two young riders coming through in Australia.You also have Kew, Browne, Bowes progessing nicely and i thought Mcguinness might of had a bit of interest shown in him also.Keleher is a different proposition alot older than List but in European terms  no more experienced.I believe List has alot of ability and i would be giving him the whole season and see him as a longterm project.Scunny there top four i believe is very good and also the reserves should be able to mix it with the likes of Ruddick,Chessell,Phillips, Clegg ( ect) injuries allowing??  Scunny will do ok.

Related to Shane?

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6 hours ago, Sidney the robin said:

His son Steve, i remember Shane he was a very good NL rider.

Shane was very much a fans favourite at both Newcastle and Glasgow. Always had a wide grin. :D

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3 hours ago, Tsunami said:

Shane was very much a fans favourite at both Newcastle and Glasgow. Always had a wide grin. :D

He was a joy to watch around Shawfield and was a big part of our phenomenal team's  of the 93 - 94 seasons.

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4 hours ago, Tsunami said:

Shane was very much a fans favourite at both Newcastle and Glasgow. Always had a wide grin. :D

He was a really good rider Shane,  Kenny Mckinna, Robert Nagy, Les Collins, and Mr Glasgow Steve Lawson.It was  great days for the NL and Glasgow not that i saw nearly as much as i would of liked. 

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Feel sorry for Scunthorpe fans, surely as Mr Godfrey sees himself as "Mr Championship" you'd think he would be eager to be the best / up with the best of all aspects of running  a CL Club, seems the opposite is the case in terms of communication, effort and outlook.

Shameful!

 

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2 hours ago, jenga said:

oopps . look like the cutbacks started in 2018 then . good ole Godfrey , start as you mean to carry on . 

Pretty sure the weather was unkind last March!

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3 hours ago, jenga said:

oopps . look like the cutbacks started in 2018 then . good ole Godfrey , start as you mean to carry on . 

hows your team jenga ? think if some ran as tight a ship they might still exist. offering twice as much as the biggest payers for a 3 point reserve then wondering why its not going well

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7 minutes ago, phillwhitewasmad said:

hows your team jenga ? think if some ran as tight a ship they might still exist. offering twice as much as the biggest payers for a 3 point reserve then wondering why its not going well

Uncalled for and unnecessary comment i feel. Especially for somebody clearly known in and around certain tracks. You may currently have a chirpy view of your local tracks but that can change very quickly.

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