arnieg Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Yes noted. The Rebels team looked top heavy to start with and now looks even more vulnerable. Atkins and Rowe are both promising young talents but they really need to be riding with a strong first reserve to take off some of the pressure. It means that Grobauer will be very unlikely to get a spell at reserve no matter how badly he struggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerforever Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Real shame for Somerset, Berge I believe would have been fantastic around the Oak tree arena , he also had issues with both Glasgow and Berwick and could struggle to get a team in the championship in the future unless there are a glut of injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Somerset should of just come out and slaughtered him, not tried to protect him about struggling to find a mechanic. Berge simply couldn't be assed and that's that, and in the process completely destroyed Somerset's team further. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Look on the bright side, should have plenty of exciting last heat deciders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlakejawa Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, oldtimer said: Look on the bright side, should have plenty of exciting last heat deciders. Yea,but will you be watching them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 3:53 PM, Najjer said: Somerset should of just come out and slaughtered him, not tried to protect him about struggling to find a mechanic. Berge simply couldn't be assed and that's that, and in the process completely destroyed Somerset's team further. He has history when we first brought him over he was like a spoilt brat , we were slated by some on here for showing him the door , but wouldn't touch him with a berge pole. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Bergé has acted like a "spoilt brat" in long-track racing, too, when he was beaten by Smolinki for the world title last year. He is a very good rider, but at times he's not easy to get on with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffeboy Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Time to forget about Berge, I have, never turned a wheel for us , good riddance, his loss. It’s gonna be tough for us now as the whole balence of the team has gone out the window, bet Gary is privately fuming. It’s funny clubs often take a lot of stick when they jettison riders for poor form and such like, I suppose the Berge thing is like the boot being on the other foot. Hasn’t Bomber been similarly stitched up by Peterborough. Aaah Speedway we love shooting ourselves in the foot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffeboy Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Well done new Rebels skipper Chris Harris, big 15 point max for Ippo last night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) Albeit a somewhat pointless heat formula, the new cup competition in the Premiership offers even more fixtures in the comparison to the Championship. If Somerset were still in the Premiership that would of offered up at least 3 more home meetings. One of the 'positive' reasons for dropping down was for more fixtures but that has now been proven to actually have reduced the amount of fixtures. Edited March 26, 2019 by Najjer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry The Goat Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 I did a quick tot-up of the number of home fixtures over the past few years... 2009 - 26 2010 - 23 2011 - 25 2012 - 25 2013 - 27 2014 - 25 2015 - 24 2016 - 27 2017 - 18 2018 - 17 2019 - 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 nothing to worry about there then ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 54 minutes ago, Harry The Goat said: I did a quick tot-up of the number of home fixtures over the past few years... 2009 - 26 2010 - 23 2011 - 25 2012 - 25 2013 - 27 2014 - 25 2015 - 24 2016 - 27 2017 - 18 2018 - 17 2019 - 14 In all the leagues we need to happen to get back to a full season of racing instead of two or three times a month with all the postponed fixtures held in the last week of October. The easy way to do that with the current size of each league is to race home and away more times. Each round of fixtures to be run in a fixed month time slot. Such an arrangement would give 18 home league fixtures in the Premiership with each side racing home and away three times. First round in April and May, second round in June and July with the third round in August and September. In the Championship it would be home and away twice for 20 home fixtures. First round in April, May and June and the second round in July, August and September. The National Development League could run the same way as the Premiership with 21 home fixtures. KO Cup and other fixtures could be used to fill in any empty dates so every track is running every week through the season. Regular racing means supporters don't find something else to do and makes advertising much easier (if a track does actually advertise!) Last season at least one track had an advert just outside the stadium which was regularly showing the previous meeting when I arrived for a meeting, no wonder the crowd vanished and it went bust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Harry The Goat said: I did a quick tot-up of the number of home fixtures over the past few years... 2009 - 26 2010 - 23 2011 - 25 2012 - 25 2013 - 27 2014 - 25 2015 - 24 2016 - 27 2017 - 18 2018 - 17 2019 - 14 wow thats a depressing list harry!! never realised,can it possibly go any lower than 14? promoters might argue theyve reduced costs,but theyve also greatly reduced their opportunitys to make money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) No team suits and just racejackets that look like they made in the 1980s again this year Edited March 27, 2019 by Najjer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Anybody know who is riding in both teams for Rebels v Poole ? Edited March 27, 2019 by oldtimer change to text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Najjer said: No team suits and just racejackets that look like they made in the 1980s again this year Does it really matter? Especially as we aren't in the top tier this season. Majority of teams probably won't have team suits. Would rather save money on that and use it elsewhere that needs it. 1 hour ago, oldtimer said: Anybody know who is riding in both teams for Rebels v Poole ? Thought it was just the teams from this season but probably with a NL guest for Poole to even the sides up more. So Schlien, Todd, VG, Covatti, Harris, Atkins, Rowe - Holder, Josh, Worrall, Klindt, Brady, NBJ, guest. How did the lads and track look today? Any work on it after a bad year last season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 hours ago, SomersetBlue said: Does it really matter? Especially as we aren't in the top tier this season. Majority of teams probably won't have team suits. Would rather save money on that and use it elsewhere that needs it. Does it really matter - in my opinion, yes. Top division or not, they look like a bunch of amateurs from the 80s at the moment. Hardly appealing to new sponsors. When you look at Ipswich, they look the part with a great image to put under the nose of investors. Money could actually be made from aside from other sponsors on them. Other clubs like I think Leicester and Glasgow to name two have ordinary seen the chance of getting fans to pay for them and then keep them at the end of the year. A silent auction could be held which could generate profit to put back into the club. Can’t do that to the same extent with race jackets from the antiques roadshow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew2 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 hours ago, SomersetBlue said: Does it really matter? Especially as we aren't in the top tier this season. Majority of teams probably won't have team suits. Would rather save money on that and use it elsewhere that needs it. Thought it was just the teams from this season but probably with a NL guest for Poole to even the sides up more. So Schlien, Todd, VG, Covatti, Harris, Atkins, Rowe - Holder, Josh, Worrall, Klindt, Brady, NBJ, guest. How did the lads and track look today? Any work on it after a bad year last season? Track was slick and dusty (understandably on a sunny afternoon) but looked smooth all round. Henry looked quick as did Anders despite starting his scrap metal collection already with an brand new engine fit for the bin! Valentin looked more of a Katt than a Kroger as favoured the outside line more it seemed but looked quick out there and said the track is similar to his home track in Germany which bodes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Najjer said: Does it really matter - in my opinion, yes. Top division or not, they look like a bunch of amateurs from the 80s at the moment. Hardly appealing to new sponsors. When you look at Ipswich, they look the part with a great image to put under the nose of investors. Money could actually be made from aside from other sponsors on them. Other clubs like I think Leicester and Glasgow to name two have ordinary seen the chance of getting fans to pay for them and then keep them at the end of the year. A silent auction could be held which could generate profit to put back into the club. Can’t do that to the same extent with race jackets from the antiques roadshow. If it's the same as last season didn't we have 6 sponsors on the jackets? That's more than some other teams get on a race suit as riders like the arms and legs for their own sponsors. Just look at Cook with Peterborough. Boro wanted to put sponsors on the arms and Cook wanted his own sponsor, now they have to find a new rider. You can still auction off these jackets and I imagine they will. Only 3 teams out of 11 will have team suits this season: Glasgow, Newcastle and Leicester. Edited March 28, 2019 by SomersetBlue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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