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Birmingham v Poole and return leg. 27-29/7/22. Jubilee League


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36 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Woolley and Verge, WTF? That's an horrendous side. Embarrassing.

Honestly Baggy,I could bloody weep!!:rolleyes:

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18 minutes ago, HGould said:

The idea of running a "Summer Cup" that was then renamed a "Jubilee Cup" in the middle of the League programme because the League programme started too soon and ended too soon now looks to be the joke it is!

In 2019 the season started with "The Shield" (the Summer Cup in another name). The benefit starting with "The Shield" was that it actually attracted good early season Crowds, actually had full strength Teams and delivered some competitive semi-finals later in the summer.  If I remember correctly the infamous Eastbourne v Glasgow match was a Shield semi final - certainly full strength Teams and no lack on intensity in that one was there!

Had they started 2022with The Shield (aka Summer / Jubilee Cup) it would have been taken seriously and led to a more sensible spread of League Fixtures, especially in August!

Not rocket science is it? 

I thought the season started with K.O.Cup meetings?!   ....and it looks like Poole will be waiting for their semi-final opponents until September!!

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4 minutes ago, HGould said:

The idea of running a "Summer Cup" that was then renamed a "Jubilee Cup" in the middle of the League programme because the League programme started too soon and ended too soon now looks to be the joke it is!

In 2019 the season started with "The Shield" (the Summer Cup in another name). The benefit starting with "The Shield" was that it actually attracted good early season Crowds, actually had full strength Teams and delivered some competitive semi-finals later in the summer.  If I remember correctly the infamous Eastbourne v Glasgow match was a Shield semi final - certainly full strength Teams and no lack on intensity in that one was there!

Had they started 2022with The Shield (aka Summer / Jubilee Cup) it would have been taken seriously and led to a more sensible spread of League Fixtures, especially in August!

Not rocket science is it? 

Fine, but.....

If the extra tournament had been staged in springtime, the meetings now taking place would be Championship matches -- with the same number of injured/suspended/unavailable riders missing.

Birmingham (and Plymouth) have been blighted this season, with every effort to replace long-term absentees thwarted by total unavailability of new riders.

The real reason for the drastic rider-famine is Brexit.     Any speedway fan who voted for it must now be realising what a monster they helped create.

 

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49 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

Birmingham Brummies 

1. R/R for Josh Auty - 
2. Danno Verge (Guest) - 
3. Paul Starke (Guest) - 
4. Tom Woolley (Guest) - 
5. Justin Sedgmen - 
6. Lee Complin (Guest) - 
7. Ben Morley (Guest) -

Keeping the costs down like I previously posted!

Lambs to the slaughter!

Can't blame B'ham for this....

 

Best team I can construct from riders available would be:

1 Wells

2 r/r for Morris

3 Summers or Starke

4 Dan Thompson

5 Sedgmen

6 Heeps

7 Morley

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45 minutes ago, crescent girl said:

Fine, but.....

If the extra tournament had been staged in springtime, the meetings now taking place would be Championship matches -- with the same number of injured/suspended/unavailable riders missing.

Birmingham (and Plymouth) have been blighted this season, with every effort to replace long-term absentees thwarted by total unavailability of new riders.

The real reason for the drastic rider-famine is Brexit.     Any speedway fan who voted for it must now be realising what a monster they helped create.

 

I don't agree completely with that. There is a current dearth of British riders of age approx 25-35 because of a lack of co-ordinated rider development initiatives. Reasons for that? Easier and cheaper to bring in foreign riders and the money from TV being spaffed up the wall on ridiculous money to star riders - again, mostly foreign. 

The Brexit argument you forward is only responsible for some of the shortage 

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9 minutes ago, Big Al said:

I don't agree completely with that. There is a current dearth of British riders of age approx 25-35 because of a lack of co-ordinated rider development initiatives. Reasons for that? Easier and cheaper to bring in foreign riders and the money from TV being spaffed up the wall on ridiculous money to star riders - again, mostly foreign. 

The Brexit argument you forward is only responsible for some of the shortage 

we are developing riders but they can't make the leap into Div 2 because its far too strong.

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