Sheffield 2020

[spin king]

Ipswich are our nearest rivals for a Play Off.

 They have ridden 6 matches at home and have lost 3 of those matches.

What we need to try ensure is that we don't lose anymore meetings at home to pip Ipswich.

Providing Jack Holder is back sooner rather than later, I believe we can achieve this by replacing 3 riders.

Those that needs replacing are;

Troy Batchelor

Forget , the likes of Nicki Pedersen won't be available until the Polish play offs start, and to be honest we cannot wait that long.

Forget Vacilik, his Polish club will make the Play offs and he GP commitments and won't want to ride in the UK.

Forget Barker or Kennett, not in the best of form, and frankly I doubt that they would be any better than Batchelor.

Possible replacements

Rohan Tungate could be a possibility, he has been released from his Polish club, could be issues with visa's, but if we can get over could possible do a job for us.

Niels Kristian Iversen, could be a possibility rides for the same Polish team as Tungate, but the likelihood is that he too will be released but it would depend how or when he is fit as he has been injured.

James Wright

We need a reserve who will score decent points at home.

Simon Lambert is scoring well this season, and he rides Sheffield well so he would my first choice.

Ashley Morris is another we could consider.

Josh Bates       

Time to stop using Guests for Josh, if he is not coming back for the next meeting then we need to get in a new permanent Rising Star.

James Shanes would be my choice, would be capable of matching or bettering what Josh would be scoring.

If Shanes is not available then how about bringing in Dan Thompson.  

  

 

[spin king]

5 minutes ago, Andrew said:

8.00 was his given figure for Leicester back in 2018.

To replace Troy,a riders average has to be equal or lower than his average if you want to keep the other four. So for example,you couldn't use Nicki in a straight swap,but you could use Jack's big brother Chris 7.16,or Tai 7.03.(If only!)

Also there are Swedish fixtures on Thursdays that could impact a signing of a rider free of Polish meetings.

I believe the top league in Sweden ride on a Tuesday, its the lower leagues ride on Thursday.

So any rider that we would be looking at to replacing Batch would be available on Thursday's.

[Bald Bloke]

Is there any news on Jack Holder. 

[Tom Thumb]

5 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

Is there any news on Jack Holder. 

Rode ok for Torun this afternoon.

[Charlieboy]

42 minutes ago, spin king said:

Ipswich are our nearest rivals for a Play Off.

 They have ridden 6 matches at home and have lost 3 of those matches.

What we need to try ensure is that we don't lose anymore meetings at home to pip Ipswich.

Providing Jack Holder is back sooner rather than later, I believe we can achieve this by replacing 3 riders.

Those that needs replacing are;

Troy Batchelor

Forget , the likes of Nicki Pedersen won't be available until the Polish play offs start, and to be honest we cannot wait that long.

Forget Vacilik, his Polish club will make the Play offs and he GP commitments and won't want to ride in the UK.

Forget Barker or Kennett, not in the best of form, and frankly I doubt that they would be any better than Batchelor.

Possible replacements

Rohan Tungate could be a possibility, he has been released from his Polish club, could be issues with visa's, but if we can get over could possible do a job for us.

Niels Kristian Iversen, could be a possibility rides for the same Polish team as Tungate, but the likelihood is that he too will be released but it would depend how or when he is fit as he has been injured.

James Wright

We need a reserve who will score decent points at home.

Simon Lambert is scoring well this season, and he rides Sheffield well so he would my first choice.

Ashley Morris is another we could consider.

Josh Bates       

Time to stop using Guests for Josh, if he is not coming back for the next meeting then we need to get in a new permanent Rising Star.

James Shanes would be my choice, would be capable of matching or bettering what Josh would be scoring.

If Shanes is not available then how about bringing in Dan Thompson.  

  

 

Jack rode today and got 9 points so he should be back unless he has a relapse. I think Shanes would be best RS option and that position needs sorting ASAP. If Jack moves upto number 1 Bachelor to 3 or 4 that might take pressure off him and give him another couple of meetings to improve. It’s a bit of a conundrum 

[The Third Man]

Would Kye Thompson from Edinburgh fit instead of Wright?

Looked good in the two matches for Edinburgh this weekend, very much in the Josh Pickering mould, 

Edited July 26, 2021 by The Third Man

[stevebrum]

13 hours ago, Trackerman48 said:

Maybe not nicki Steve but maybe someone from a polish team that's not in the play offs if you get where I'm coming from? 

Possibly yea, good call. Although might be too late to make a difference to make the top 4 tho?

[RS50]

33 minutes ago, The Third Man said:

Would Kye Thompson from Edinburgh fit instead of Wright?

Looked good in the two matches for Edinburgh this weekend, very much in the Josh Pickering mould, 

Is he non British, and therefore have a minimum 4 average?  If so would he fit the points limit?

[The Third Man]

8 minutes ago, RS50 said:

Is he non British, and therefore have a minimum 4 average?  If so would he fit the points limit?

Yes he would, so would need to be tied into gettng a replacement for Batchelor

[RS50]

Just seen that Josh Bates named as reserve for British final. Presume therefore that he will be back.

[Baldyman]

On 7/26/2021 at 8:16 AM, stevebrum said:

Possibly yea, good call. Although might be too late to make a difference to make the top 4 tho?

Why will they not make top 4? They have plenty of meetings in hand over Ipswich 

[Col]

On 7/25/2021 at 8:15 PM, spin king said:

Troy Batchelor

Forget , the likes of Nicki Pedersen won't be available until the Polish play offs start, and to be honest we cannot wait that long.

Forget Vacilik, his Polish club will make the Play offs and he GP commitments and won't want to ride in the UK.

James Wright

Simon Lambert is scoring well this season, and he rides Sheffield well so he would my first choice.

Ashley Morris is another we could consider.

Pedersen's competitive Ekstraliga season is over,  Grudziadz will surely be relegated.
If Vaculik is riding anywhere except Ekstraliga I've not noticed, Gorzow have had no issue with Zmarzlik & Wozniak riding in Elitserien.
How deep are Sheffield Pockets?
Haven't noticed Lamberts scores so can't be doing that much better than I'd have thought, Morris has not been great for Brummies on comeback from injury.
As for Bates replacement, is Shanes eligible?  He hasn't been great for Brummies either!  Kemp & Rowe as rolling guests is your best option.

In truth you might make the playoffs with that team but Wolves, Aces & Panthers, whoever Tigers face will not have problem in the semi. Do you wanna win the league or make the 66.7% are in end of season party?
 

[The Third Man]

Replace Bates with Shanes, if he will come

Replace Wright with Kye Thompson from Edinburgh, he was at Sheffield with Josh Pickering last Thursday anyway

Replace Batchelor with anyone that fits after that, about 7.2 or thereabouts, who ever it is cant be worse, they only have to score more than 4 or 5 at home to outscore Batchelor 

We would at least have riders who will try, and can pass, if the track allows them to

Edited July 28, 2021 by The Third Man

[thommo34]

30 minutes ago, The Third Man said:

Replace Bates with Shanes, if he will come

Replace Wright with Kye Thompson from Edinburgh, he was at Sheffield with Josh Pickering last Thursday anyway

Replace Batchelor with anyone that fits after that, about 7.2 or thereabouts, who ever it is cant be worse, they only have to score more than 4 or 5 at home to outscore Batchelor 

We would at least have riders who will try, and can pass, if the track allows them to

I find the most annoying thing is that there is no visible effort from Troy, there is more effort in one race from Josh Pickering than we have seen all season from Troy

[SPEEDY69]

He's always been that type of rider though in my view. If he comes out of bend 2 in front he can be fast, if he doesn't, he isn't and looks as if he's not interested. Confidence is a funny old thing. 

[LisaColette]

Where else is Batch riding though? If it is just for Sheffield then that is not enough to keep you match fit! Let's hope he is signing for Kent! 

Edited July 28, 2021 by lisa-colette

[spin king]

Batch is riding only for Sheffield.

He has stated that he is having problems with the bike and not feeling right on the bike.

And I do have degree of sympathy for him.

But in the past we have had riders who have suffered loss of form, and they are back on the track after the meeting trying to sort any problems they have.

From what I have seen so far this season he has a bad meeting packs the bikes away as soon as he finished.

No sign of him going for an after meeting spin to try and sort out his problems.  

[Charlieboy]

With the Bates owning Leicester he could practice there all day long I’m sure there would be a couple of young brits who would share the track with him. They could have some gating practice, he could give them a start and chase them down and check out any bike problems at the same time. I appreciate it’s not like the pressure of a proper meeting but at least it’s bike time he claims he’s missing. I’m hoping when Jack goes to number 1 Bachelor don’t feel the pressure as much and can relax a bit and hopefully his scores improve. 

[OdsalBoy]

James Wright out, Stefan Nielsen in, confirmed on SpeedwayGb

 

Thoughts ?

[RS50]

Stefan Nielsen replaces James Wright. Two riders have now been dropped by the Tigers. The two, who, in my opinion, have been the biggest disappointment have kept their team place.