Baldyman Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 If the mix of materials is still going to be the same, the only real way of making it slicker will probably be to have it drier.. Unless they are going to run with a lot less material. Let's hope its better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) Did Hartel do enough matches to become a Witches asset? Thought you had to ride a certain number of matches before a promotion could lay claim that he’s an asset. Something like 8 or 12 meetings springs to mind. No idea how many he rode but think he was dropped after getting injured fairly on in the season. Edited December 29, 2019 by Speedball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 7:21 PM, Speedball said: Did Hartel do enough matches to become a Witches asset? Thought you had to ride a certain number of matches before a promotion could lay claim that he’s an asset. Something like 8 or 12 meetings springs to mind. No idea how many he rode but think he was dropped after getting injured fairly on in the season. Expand Hartel is a Witches “asset”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 7:21 PM, Speedball said: Did Hartel do enough matches to become a Witches asset? Thought you had to ride a certain number of matches before a promotion could lay claim that he’s an asset. Something like 8 or 12 meetings springs to mind. No idea how many he rode but think he was dropped after getting injured fairly on in the season. Expand Looks like he rode in eight matches in 2018 scoring 31 points from 37 rides which is an average of 3.35, all as a second string. No idea what he achieved in 2019 in whatever leagues he rode in, maybe somebody could shed some light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) On 12/29/2019 at 8:33 PM, Bagpuss said: Looks like he rode in eight matches in 2018 scoring 31 points from 37 rides which is an average of 3.35, all as a second string. No idea what he achieved in 2019 in whatever leagues he rode in, maybe somebody could shed some light. Expand Hard to find much info on him. Did find this, but English is hard enough for me, let alone this I did find a quote from him saying the "grippy" Ippo track will take some getting used to though . https://www.michael-haertel.de/termine Edited December 29, 2019 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 Looks like his only league racing outside of Germany was for Krakow in Poland, presumably third division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scrutton Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Cant find that either Cook or Haertel have signed for Lynn or anyone yet where was this announced ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted December 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 10:58 AM, John Scrutton said: Cant find that either Cook or Haertel have signed for Lynn or anyone yet where was this announced ? Expand It hasn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Think I saw on Facebook somewhere the last two riders are being announced on the 3rd and 10th January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starboy118 Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Nothing like stringing it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 11:47 AM, Bagpuss said: Think I saw on Facebook somewhere the last two riders are being announced on the 3rd and 10th January. Expand If teams have really got riders on their books and signed up, what possible advantage is there in delaying the announcement? Does nothing for the sale of season tickets, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) On 12/30/2019 at 1:16 PM, False dawn said: If teams have really got riders on their books and signed up, what possible advantage is there in delaying the announcement? Does nothing for the sale of season tickets, surely? Expand Might not do the sale of season tickets much good if they were announced! Edited December 30, 2019 by foreverblue 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 1:16 PM, False dawn said: If teams have really got riders on their books and signed up, what possible advantage is there in delaying the announcement? Does nothing for the sale of season tickets, surely? Expand My take on it is that you get more publicity with seven separate press releases rather than one big one. The pros and cons are for others to bicker about but that’s why they do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 9:53 AM, g13webb said: Why don't we go down the experience route when the rider is of a known standard and a guaranteed points scorer Expand If we have signed Cook, can you name me a rider of a known standard and guaranteed to score points on about a 4.5 average. You won't find a great deal. And I'm not having a go it's a fact. I would rather them take a gamble on someone like Kvech. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Star Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 2:32 PM, tellboy said: If we have signed Cook, can you name me a rider of a known standard and guaranteed to score points on about a 4.5 average. You won't find a great deal. And I'm not having a go it's a fact. I would rather them take a gamble on someone like Kvech. Expand Pickering 4.36 Jeppesen 4.00 i think would hold their own as a number 7 Other options would be Garrity,NBJ or Haertel Would rather go with Nicholls and Lebadevs tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 We are 29.98 and add Cookie 7.39 (after 5% reduction) come out at 37.37. Would leave 5.13 Pretty handy for a reserve. Hope they make full use of the points available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLFAN Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 5:04 PM, Bald Bloke said: We are 29.98 and add Cookie 7.39 (after 5% reduction) come out at 37.37. Would leave 5.13 Pretty handy for a reserve. Hope they make full use of the points available Expand I think it is more like 4.93 as the reduction is 2.5%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 2:32 PM, tellboy said: If we have signed Cook, can you name me a rider of a known standard and guaranteed to score points on about a 4.5 average. You won't find a great deal. And I'm not having a go it's a fact. I would rather them take a gamble on someone like Kvech. Expand If you look hard enough they'll always be an answer. I look at the other teams and they seem to find an option without having to gamble. In our league format, the reserves are second only to the heat headers in the terms of importance. We need to be confident that our riders are of known quality and are capable of scoring points against similar positions in the other teams. In Kvech we have neither of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 7:22 PM, g13webb said: If you look hard enough they'll always be an answer. I look at the other teams and they seem to find an option without having to gamble. In our league format, the reserves are second only to the heat headers in the terms of importance. We need to be confident that our riders are of known quality and are capable of scoring points against similar positions in the other teams. In Kvech we have neither of those. Expand Give us some examples then, apart from the names already mentioned on the thread I can’t think of any who fit your description. By the way Kvech would be a fantastic signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 5:31 PM, KLFAN said: I think it is more like 4.93 as the reduction is 2.5%. Expand Yep. Your are right. 2.5 it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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