Arthur54 Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 8:00 AM, MD said: The only downside to last night was Chris Holder being announced as the replacement for Vaclav Milik in the GP Qualifier in a couple of weeks. #FFS Expand Why the downside with Chris Holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 12:16 PM, Arthur54 said: Why the downside with Chris Holder Expand There comes a time when at almost 35, having not been a GP rider for 4 seasons and having required a wild card that final year, you accept you are not at that standard anymore and as a former World Champion make a dignified exit from Grand Prix's for good. Time to let the new generation have their chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) On 8/6/2022 at 8:21 PM, MD said: There comes a time when at almost 35, having not been a GP rider for 4 seasons and having required a wild card that final year, you accept you are not at that standard anymore and as a former World Champion make a dignified exit from Grand Prix's for good. Time to let the new generation have their chance. Expand Chris Harris still wants to get back in GP.Not in the same league as Holder IMO. Edited August 6, 2022 by Fromafar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 8:21 PM, MD said: There comes a time when at almost 35, having not been a GP rider for 4 seasons and having required a wild card that final year, you accept you are not at that standard anymore and as a former World Champion make a dignified exit from Grand Prix's for good. Time to let the new generation have their chance. Expand He was 4th in his qualifier missed out on qualification on count back in a meeting where he finished above dudek and our wild card for Cardiff scored 3. Deserves his place far as I'm concerned 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 8:27 PM, Fromafar said: Chris Harris still want to get back in GP.Not in the same league as Holder IMO. Expand Dont disagree. Most recently I can think of Kasprzak and Zagar coming through the qualifiers and were woeful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted August 6, 2022 Report Share Posted August 6, 2022 I tend to agree with MD regarding Chris Holder fantastic in his prime but sadly his prime is long gone. One serious injury too many and is no longer at that elite level. still a competent rider but no more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 10:22 PM, Gazc said: I tend to agree with MD regarding Chris Holder fantastic in his prime but sadly his prime is long gone. One serious injury too many and is no longer at that elite level. still a competent rider but no more than that. Expand The whole GP Qualifiers need revamped.If a riderlike Chris gets there on merit there’s not much argument .IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 6:59 AM, geoff100 said: Cant escspe guests,8 cats does countdown had 2 guest captains last night ! Expand But that's a comedy show that doesn't pretend to take itself seriously... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) On 8/6/2022 at 8:21 PM, MD said: There comes a time when at almost 35, having not been a GP rider for 4 seasons and having required a wild card that final year, you accept you are not at that standard anymore and as a former World Champion make a dignified exit from Grand Prix's for good. Time to let the new generation have their chance. Expand I could not disagree more, if Holder want's to return to the GPs & qualifies, there's no reason he shouldn't be there. As for having accepted a wildcard in that final year, not sure what that means, as almost half of this year's field got wild card / reserve picks. Finally if the "new generation" want their chance, they need to beat the "old generation" and qualify for the GPs. Otherwise why should they be in there? Edited August 11, 2022 by szkocjasid 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 8/11/2022 at 12:08 PM, szkocjasid said: I could not disagree more, if Holder what's to return to the GPs & qualifies, there's no reason he shouldn't be there. As for having accepted a wildcard in that final year, not sure what that means, as almost half of this year's field got wild card / reserve picks. Finally if the "new generation" want their chance, they need to beat the "old generation" and qualify for the GPs. Otherwise why should they be in there? Expand Spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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