Gemini Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 2 hours ago, cityrebel said: Why would Eastbourne ride at home on a Wednesday night, and give up their regular saturday. Crazy in financial terms. Because Coventry will probably turn up with only half of their team due to work commitments mid week so they are guaranteed a massive lead? Worth it for a big crowd in the final. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 As I understand it we are missing at least Armstrong and MacDonald for Wednesday. Best guest available for Armstrong seems to be Stoneman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 27 minutes ago, Woz01 said: As I understand it we are missing at least Armstrong and MacDonald for Wednesday. Best guest available for Armstrong seems to be Stoneman. You can only use a guest if your no.1 is missing, unless you have two riders missing in the main body of the team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 54 minutes ago, cityrebel said: You can only use a guest if your no.1 is missing, unless you have two riders missing in the main body of the team. It's a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) Should Eastbourne get through the 1st leg will be 21st at Mildenhall and if they dont it'll revert to a league fixture. I'm guessing if its Mildenhall v Coventry it'll be 27th and 28th. Edited October 15, 2018 by Woz01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 29 minutes ago, Woz01 said: Should Eastbourne get through the 1st leg will be 21st at Mildenhall and if they dont it'll revert to a league fixture. I'm guessing if its Mildenhall v Coventry it'll be 27th and 28th. 1st leg is at Arlington on the 21st if Eastbourne qualify. According to the Eagles website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnTwo Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 I’ve read and read and read the fixtures and I still don’t understand how woz can get them wrong rofl! Copied from the www.eastbourneeagles.co home in bold. October 17th PO semi-final, Eastbourne v Coventry, 8pm start home October 20th PO semi-final Coventry v Eastbourne away October 21st Eastbourne v Mildenhall, 7.30pm start Play Off Final OR league match home October 24th National League, Stoke v Eastbourne away October 26th RESERVED Eastbourne v Mildenhall, 8pm start – only if we have qualified for the PO Final. Home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunters Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Woz01 said: As I understand it we are missing at least Armstrong and MacDonald for Wednesday. Best guest available for Armstrong seems to be Stoneman. We don't know the teams yet but if you are right it will make Coventry stronger not weaker. I'll take Stoneman over Armstrong any day of the week at Arlington where Armo really does struggle and the prospect of MacDonald even getting a point would be remote. If they have to go r/r for Armstrong it would not be a disaster with Mountain getting an extra ride and a couple of extra rides for Luke Harris who has plenty of experience at Arlington and looks better every time. I expect Luke to be in double figures on Wednesday. The way the Eagles are riding and with Charlie Brooks coming on leaps and bounds at No 7 they don't need to be plotting to get an advantage only to make sure that mechanically they are sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 48 minutes ago, Hunters said: We don't know the teams yet but if you are right it will make Coventry stronger not weaker. I'll take Stoneman over Armstrong any day of the week at Arlington where Armo really does struggle and the prospect of MacDonald even getting a point would be remote. If they have to go r/r for Armstrong it would not be a disaster with Mountain getting an extra ride and a couple of extra rides for Luke Harris who has plenty of experience at Arlington and looks better every time. I expect Luke to be in double figures on Wednesday. The way the Eagles are riding and with Charlie Brooks coming on leaps and bounds at No 7 they don't need to be plotting to get an advantage only to make sure that mechanically they are sound. It’s Halder at reserve, not Harris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnTwo Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 58-32 to Eastbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, TurnTwo said: I’ve read and read and read the fixtures and I still don’t understand how woz can get them wrong rofl! Copied from the www.eastbourneeagles.co home in bold. October 17th PO semi-final, Eastbourne v Coventry, 8pm start home October 20th PO semi-final Coventry v Eastbourne away October 21st Eastbourne v Mildenhall, 7.30pm start Play Off Final OR league match home October 24th National League, Stoke v Eastbourne away October 26th RESERVED Eastbourne v Mildenhall, 8pm start – only if we have qualified for the PO Final. Home I have the flu, that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it . I seen their tweet and just assumed it would be at Mildenhall considering it's on a Sunday and Eastbourne usually ride Saturdays. Doh! We need to keep it to no more than 12 in all honesty, we've beaten them by that already at Leicester. We should hear team news tomorrow. Edited October 15, 2018 by Woz01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Looks like a decent day weather wise on wednesday. Hopefully it's a good meeting, for those of us attending! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzac Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Glad I saw the ko cup final Saturday, as the playoffs are out for me now not running any of it on a Saturday. Hopefully the weather stays good and we do the double. Might be the last year I go if the fixtures and points limit are similar to this season; run through the summer and have finals in September would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Coventry team on Wednesday 1. Connor Mountain 2. Danny Phillips R/R 3. Luke Harris 4. Nathan Stoneman 5. Luke Ruddick 6. Nick Laurence 7. Jamie Halder So 3 of our 1-7 missing. Probably the best two guests we could bring in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunters Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 I did not realise that Halder was back at reserve, He goes pretty well at Arlington for a reserve and Laurence has a lot of experience there. The biggest plus is r/r for Danny Phillips who cannot master the track with 12 points from last 13 rides. Horses for courses this Bees side is stronger than their declared 7 but should still have a mountain to climb (no pun intended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Head Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Told it will be RR for Ethan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckerroo Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 very clever from cov, Armstrong hates it and phillips is useless there, plus stonemans terrific there, very clever indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, ruckerroo said: very clever from cov, Armstrong hates it and phillips is useless there, plus stonemans terrific there, very clever indeed. Plenty of reasons not to turn up for a midweek away match at NL level. Work commitments is the most common one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) All have work commitments. Even before the date was announced Armstrong and MacDonalds family said on my Facebook page that there is no way they could get to Eastbourne midweek because of work. It's at least a 16 hour round trip for MacDonald so he's have to get a minimum 2 days off. Edited October 15, 2018 by Woz01 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 3 hours ago, gazzac said: Glad I saw the ko cup final Saturday, as the playoffs are out for me now not running any of it on a Saturday. Hopefully the weather stays good and we do the double. Might be the last year I go if the fixtures and points limit are similar to this season; run through the summer and have finals in September would help. know how you feel , between the weather and car trouble we haven't seen any live speedway since the double header on 15th sept . now it looks like the only one we can now make is covester on sat , and that's only if the car is finally sorted out on weds , gutted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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