Pinny Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: Sorry Smartie he was great value. Awesome. Even better after his ban than before too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: I know you enjoyed your Newport days Pinny , Iversen, Watson, Freddy ( ect) personally i enjoyed the Premier league with Gjedde, Allen , Fryer ( RIP).I know the Amalgamation did not really work all those years ago but for me British speedway maybe has some sort of chance of surviving if this happened and everyone worked together.???? Maybe this is pie in the sky, for me personally not really interested in the Premiership it is there in name only and the admission prices they charge are a joke.Do you think there is any chance of this happening? cannot see the Premiership surviving in this climate now for much longer. Think amalgamation should have taken place few seasons ago when it was obvious the difference between the leagues was narrowing,might have still be able to tempt decent foreigners to stay in UK,but they just kept reducing averages and finished up paying mediocre riders more money ,and running out of decent standard of riders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 8/5/2021 at 8:52 AM, Endeavour said: It is a price to pay for being top heavy BUT a rider with 18 years experience should come to the tapes with a functioning bike. It’s a slap in the face to team mates that show a higher standard of professionalism. Nathan is a reserve who has been stuck in number 2 spot. Hopefully a spell at reserve will help his confidence and he can kick on. He might have started out about 18 years ago but he had quite a few years off so has only ridden for about 12. Constantly going on about poor machinery or maintenance will not do anything for a rider in his later years of speedway as he is not going to go out & spend a thousand or more on decent kit. From what I remember though, he did score relatively well when loaned 1 of Masters engines back in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 21 hours ago, mac101 said: play offs would give him a few more matches Only League points count towards averages. Play offs & Cup matches do not count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 23 hours ago, lisa-colette said: I know there was an Edinburgh fan on here asking about a live stream, not quite the same but H4 is on the Speedway Portal account on Youtube with a 4 lap battle between Hume and Richie Worrall. Entertaining race I thought! Yes and when compared to the video of Basso it shows how narrow some of our tracks are compared to the tracks abroad. This must inhibit rider development as you have to be quite precise in your manoeuvre as Richie showed. Thumbs up to Hume who along with Bowtell I watched as novices at Rye House and it’s great to see them keep at it and not lose heart. If U.K.speedway is to succeed in these difficult times then we need plenty more of these lads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 8/5/2021 at 8:01 AM, Endeavour said: We weren’t left with much to choose from when this rising star thing was brought in. Promotion pinned their hopes on Willie increasing his average. Would never be back to rider he was but would do much better with decent equipment. Lawson has increased his average! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 8/4/2021 at 9:58 PM, Steve Shovlar said: Just got back. All very, very easy for Pirates with the meeting all but over by heat 8. Edinburgh are a three man team and managed a bonus point by having the luck of losing the toss. Danny King chose 1 and 3 which gave Edinburgh 1 and 3 in heats 13 and 15. The problem for Poole with that is that not one heat was won off gate 4 all night. Never seen the gates so lopsided as this. Will also say the track was not as good as it has been this season, with an issue on bend one, which was quickly addressed, and something coming out the back straight of bend two which caused Pickering to Buck and rear, allowing Schlein through, then the same happening to Shclein in a lap latter returning the compliment to Pickering. Rory said after the meeting that the track only had one racing line tonight with no grip on the inside, allowing riders to go wide and not be caught. A very good crowd in on a lovely evening and a small group of Monarchs fans made themselves heard at the end of heat 15 when they got a point. Good for them but it means nothing in the scheme of things. Poole were a class above and are two riders short at the moment. It certainly does, means Edinburgh are more likely to make the play-offs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endeavour Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 4 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Lawson has increased his average! Not to what promotion was expecting from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Endeavour said: Not to what promotion was expecting from him. Personally I think Lawson has done better than expected, so Monarchs can only blame themselves for having unrealistic expectations of his ability! Edited August 7, 2021 by szkocjasid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanAndersen Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 6 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Personally I think Lawson has done better than expected, so Monarchs can only blame themselves for having unrealistic expectations of his ability! It’s probably unrealistic expectations of his machinery more than ability. It would be interesting to see him do a few laps on Sam or Josh’s bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted August 10, 2021 Report Share Posted August 10, 2021 If they knew it was probably unrealistic expectations of his machinery why did they not help him out a bit more. He proved he could score more with one of Sam's engines a few years back. For the benefit of Edinburgh. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted August 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2021 There is a 6 min highlights video on youtube on speedway portal acc if anyone is interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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