ray c Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 luke could easily beat the best riders in this league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 Don’t think he’ll maintain his average but a great signing who should do an excellent job, and I think a year in the Championship will do wonders for his development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 Happy to be proved wrong on yesterday's post, excellent signing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 Won't know until he rides if he is on a par with BW-D better or worse. Most tracks will be new to him and may take him time to bed in. He'll likely have all US linked Competitions to deal with plus Poland so key for Somerset will be how many Friday / Saturday / Sunday matches he will miss on FIM or Polish commitments. He will do well to average 8.5+. It's a more than adequate replacement for BW-D in my eyes but the weakness or strength in Somerset team will be Barker / Bates who if they stay fit and focused could make Somerset a top 4 team, but if they don't stay fit or focused could make Somerset a bottom 4 team. If Barker or Bates bomb out, and both have a tendency to self-destruct it looks like a long tail to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 45 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Don’t think he’ll maintain his average but a great signing who should do an excellent job, and I think a year in the Championship will do wonders for his development. I think he can tbh in his first season on these shores he was getting double figure scores in the top tier and while some people say the two are close the Premiership is still a fair better standard of quality than the Championship. I'm really excited about this signing. Strong heat 13 partnership too with Schlein riding together week in week out. A strong middle order with Barker/ Bates Rowe improved a lot last season and Cook looked a decent little rider too. With the right equipment Stoneman should mix it with the other reserves as well. I think we could be in for a good season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 He will have to finish in the top ten of the averages to maintain his starting figure....not knowing the vast majority of the tracks makes that a very tall order. If he finishes with a figure somewhere between seven and eight he will have had a good year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 6 hours ago, Bagpuss said: He will have to finish in the top ten of the averages to maintain his starting figure....not knowing the vast majority of the tracks makes that a very tall order. If he finishes with a figure somewhere between seven and eight he will have had a good year. Other than Wright, Cook and Masters I would say Becker could mix it with pretty much any other rider in the league tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, SomersetBlue said: Other than Wright, Cook and Masters I would say Becker could mix it with pretty much any other rider in the league tbh. I’m sure by the end of the season he’ll be mixing it with those three too but there are several other riders he’ll be facing in the Championship who averaged more than he did in 2019 in the Premiership. I think your expectations of him are a little high, he’ll need time to settle in and learn the circuits and he is still young so I expect him to improve fairly quickly but as I’ve said anything over seven will be a good year for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabba59 Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 Believe me having watched Luke all of last season he will easily be in the top ten in the championship averages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Bagpuss said: I’m sure by the end of the season he’ll be mixing it with those three too but there are several other riders he’ll be facing in the Championship who averaged more than he did in 2019 in the Premiership. I think your expectations of him are a little high, he’ll need time to settle in and learn the circuits and he is still young so I expect him to improve fairly quickly but as I’ve said anything over seven will be a good year for him. Well yeah there are 17 riders who averaged over him other than the other 3 but I think realistically he can beat most of them. As I said last season was his first season in British Speedway and personally I think he can improve again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelDan Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 Well done to the management a terrific replacement considering the circumstances. Im sure he will be great around the OTA once dialled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Without doubt there’s already a lot of pressure on Becker’s shoulders. Think he will average around 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Pinny said: Without doubt there’s already a lot of pressure on Becker’s shoulders. Think he will average around 7 I think he is more than capable of averaging over eight he was impressive last year at the Abbey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Good signing. Does he start as the second heat leader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffeboy Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 35 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: Good signing. Does he start as the second heat leader? I think at 4, with Bates, stick Barker in at 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Looks a really interesting team, not the same old names, good to see new faces with potential that we can follow their progress throughout the season. I predict many last heat deciders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlata prilba Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 I would have been happy if Becker had ended up at Birmingham so I presume that he not got a Polish team this year..I predict he will be in the GPs in a couple of years.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew2 Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 6 hours ago, Cliffeboy said: I think at 4, with Bates, stick Barker in at 5. To start with what about Luke at 2 at the OTA with Rory in heat 1? Anders at 3 with Bates at 4. Agree with Ben at 5. Might move that around away from home though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelDan Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 1 hour ago, drew2 said: To start with what about Luke at 2 at the OTA with Rory in heat 1? Anders at 3 with Bates at 4. Agree with Ben at 5. Might move that around away from home though. Unless the rules have changed (?) Luke will have to start at No 5 as he is 2nd in the averages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, RebelDan said: Unless the rules have changed (?) Luke will have to start at No 5 as he is 2nd in the averages. Don't think it's like that anymore, position 2 - 5 I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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