Gavan Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 Well I’ve never been to a meeting where the top away rider scores 6!! Rew is a talent definitely going places he passed Worrall twice tonight and Emil couldn’t Peterborough were a disgrace bar Jenkins and to a lesser extent Cook and Worrall Hans was not trying , Basso awful apart from one ride and Iversen isn’t a heat leader anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 hour ago, lisa-colette said: Is all a reserve is meant to do! You seem to expect him to be a HL at reserve, which is ridiculous when first year in the Prem. Disagree…. You want your number 6 to be able to go out there and pressure the other teams second strings Cook was ok on what I believe is his first visit but 6 rides and 6 points isn’t good enough … he beat a clearly out of his depth Thompson for 3 of those and beat Hume once …. Never gave up but should do better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 11, 2023 Report Share Posted May 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Tinker said: Couldn't agree more. Top rider, top bloke. Whoever he rides for, I always try and get along to the NSS when he is there... Always full value and rides like a bit of a throwback to when I started going.. ie. No matter the occasion, he wants to win, and will ride hard to do it.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 7 hours ago, Gavan said: Disagree…. You want your number 6 to be able to go out there and pressure the other teams second strings Cook was ok on what I believe is his first visit but 6 rides and 6 points isn’t good enough … he beat a clearly out of his depth Thompson for 3 of those and beat Hume once …. Never gave up but should do better If he does that, it is a bonus. First job is to beat opposing teams reserves. One of the second strings wasn't there so that only leaves Rew really. Any away reserve will do well to beat anyone in Ipswich top 5 around Foxhall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 If it was his first ever visit then I'm not sure 'he should do better' really. Would you really expect him to beat any of Ippo's top four? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 7 hours ago, Gavan said: Disagree…. You want your number 6 to be able to go out there and pressure the other teams second strings Cook was ok on what I believe is his first visit but 6 rides and 6 points isn’t good enough … he beat a clearly out of his depth Thompson for 3 of those and beat Hume once …. Never gave up but should do better That's very harsh, he was their best rider given his lack of experience at Foxhall and first year in premiership. He was pressuring riders ahead, made a couple of good starts and passed as well. He was only passed by iversen in heat 9 because he was trying to overhaul Rew and made a mistake. Peterborough's weaknesses are elsewhere. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: If it was his first ever visit then I'm not sure 'he should do better' really. Would you really expect him to beat any of Ippo's top four? Well we are missing the big elephant in the room here!..... ..... Cook is also a Poole rider and we know Gavan has issue with them! I bet he is secretly gutted that Cook got as many as 6! Edited May 12, 2023 by lisa-colette 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 So Cook should do better from his 6 rides on first visit,,, so from that Hume must have been awful,, as he only got 4 from his 6 rides,,, and he has been there plenty of times 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin bass Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, Baldyman said: So Cook should do better from his 6 rides on first visit,,, so from that Hume must have been awful,, as he only got 4 from his 6 rides,,, and he has been there plenty of times I thought Cook looked a tidy little rider and was on the pace and improved with each ride, he certainly tried harder then most of his team mates that's for sure 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin bass Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 At least Joe has been snapped up by Birmingham so should give him some extra race time, still don't think he's strong enough for the top league but there can't be many other options available i suppose, then again you can afford to carry both reserves to a certain degree if the top 3 plus Rew ride like they did last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 I said Cook rode well but yes I would hope our number 6 if he had six rides away from home would hopefully do better than an average of a point a race And yes Hume to only get 4 was very disappointing he can’t be doing that against stronger opposition For Lisa to say it’s a Poole thing is pretty pathetic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 I’d like to see joe Thompson get team kevlars and bike covers and get the rest of the season regardless. he is a great trier and worth persevering with. 20 years ago we did the same with a young Danny king and have had 17 loyal seasons. I can see a lot of similarities 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 25 minutes ago, Gavan said: I said Cook rode well but yes I would hope our number 6 if he had six rides away from home would hopefully do better than an average of a point a race And yes Hume to only get 4 was very disappointing he can’t be doing that against stronger opposition For Lisa to say it’s a Poole thing is pretty pathetic Haha, it's true though. The past shows us that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 Good to see Rew have a great meeting - the rest pretty much as expected other than Basso - is he demoralised or something? Going backwards in the scoring. Expected a bit more from Hans although he had 2 Ret's it seems or was that just pulling up when in last? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Baldyman said: So Cook should do better from his 6 rides on first visit,,, so from that Hume must have been awful,, as he only got 4 from his 6 rides,,, and he has been there plenty of times Have to feel for Danyon a bit as he seems to take the R/R in heat 1 and thats always likely to be a 1 or a 0 (although I am aware he popped out for a 5-1 the other week in heat 1) As ever with reserves its their programmed rides I take note of and for DH it was 4+1 from 4 Edited May 12, 2023 by GeneralMelchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, bigcatdiary said: Utter rubbish, he wasn’t even team manager until press and practice. Oh well - no more than the squit that you spout And … given that it was a poor looking team, he obviously didn’t exercise his best judgement Edited May 12, 2023 by Roger Jacobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 58 minutes ago, kevin bass said: still don't think he's strong enough for the top league but there can't be many other options available i suppose Polish U24 League... like any other youngster with aspirations to progress in Speedway. JT, his brother and some of our other youngsters have been treated like 5h1te this season! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplepanthernotred Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 33 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said: Oh well - no more than the squit that you spout And … given that it was a poor looking team, he obviously didn’t exercise his best judgement He wanted other riders in the team and that was essentially black balled by good old buster, with that in mind he didn’t want too be team manager and as previously stated it was only the morning of P&P that he agreed too do it so rob Lyon in my opinion isn’t too blame for anything at all! Wouldn’t blame him if he walked away 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 54 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Haha, it's true though. The past shows us that. Give it a rest the Poole thing is tiresome Once again can’t stand Poole as a club for all the past stunts they pulled Can’t stand some of your supporters on here because they are blinkered morons who actually don’t understand the sport and can’t see past their own club Never have I had anything against their riders just because I can’t stand other areas Ben Cook is a neat and tidy rider and is doing ok for his first season in the top flight though his home scores have been awful He did ok at Foxhall and was one of Peterborough’s better riders which wasn’t saying much My point that you clearly missed was he scored 6 from 6 … yes he was on the pace no question but yes I thought before the meeting he had the potential to win heat 2 and to also cause Rew a few problems but Rew was awesome I’d hope my number 6 could get 6 from 4 not 6 from 6 but no Cook wasn’t the issue for Peterborough last night At Belle Vue he beat Brennan and at Leicester he beat Lawson twice and Harris once …. I don’t think it was beyond the realms of possibility he couldn’t have beaten Rew and certainly had the potential to win heat 2 I think in 5 maybe 6 matches he has won heat 2 once … the way the team is built he needs to be winning more of those he is a championship heat leader But he is doing an ok job in a side that is pretty pathetic to be fair 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 1 hour ago, GeneralMelchett said: Good to see Rew have a great meeting - the rest pretty much as expected other than Basso - is he demoralised or something? Going backwards in the scoring. Expected a bit more from Hans although he had 2 Ret's it seems or was that just pulling up when in last? Yes, he just gave up rather than have any real issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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