topaz325 Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 This Saturday afternoon the Workington GT Tyres Comets face the Leicester Lion Cubs in another tough League encounter. The boys will be looking for a win after the defeat last week against Mildenhall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Looks like Harry drops to reserve on Saturday and Elliot moves into the main body. No news on whether we will be using a guest or rider replacement for Elliot. Always a bit of gamble using rider replacement in case you lose another rider early in the meeting which may result in only having one rider in a heat in the worst case scenario. Conversely it's also a gamble bringing in an effective guest at Elliot's average. Ace will be the only higher average rider able to take one of his rides . Looking forward to this fixture and suspect we will need better luck and all round team performance than last week if we are to secure the points. UTC ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 it says in today's speedway star its rider replacement for elliot and Adam roynan in as a guest for Leicesters Dan Thompson who's missing due to the concussion rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Looks like 7 rides for young luke harry has to step up his game big style . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Think Royno makes Leicester stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc131 Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, SteelShoe said: Think Royno makes Leicester stronger. Over dan t he definitely doesn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Crikey Harry drops from 7.11 to 3.00. Can't imagine any riders keeping thier place with that form. Thats worse than Dayle Wood and William Richardson. Interestingly Sam is very much heading in the other direction.....must make sunday dinner Interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 1 hour ago, geoff100 said: Looks like 7 rides for young luke harry has to step up his game big style . Yeah Harry needs to step up and help take a bit of pressure off Luke who is just returning from injury. Thinks this also applies to the skipper geoff. Need all the lads chipping in for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, mc131 said: Over dan t he definitely doesn't Haven't seen much of Dan Thomoson to be honest so maybe that comment is reminiscing back to the Roynon who was a Comets heat leader and former track record holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Tsunami Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 40 minutes ago, SteelShoe said: Haven't seen much of Dan Thomoson to be honest so maybe that comment is reminiscing back to the Roynon who was a Comets heat leader and former track record holder. Dan is probably the second hottest rider to come out of recent British Youth Championships after say Jordan Palin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) Gonna be a tough and interesting meeting, Leicester look a strong side, roynan could not be as bad this time as in the Edinburgh meeting, looking forward to seeing young Aston bougham looks to be a very good prospect 3rd week in a row he has been to the Northside areana, the comets need to be on top form and carrying no passengers to win the meeting, also a njl meeting then tha day rounded off by a group, another sunny day forecast . UTC Edited June 8, 2023 by Neila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 16 hours ago, SteelShoe said: Looks like Harry drops to reserve on Saturday and Elliot moves into the main body. No news on whether we will be using a guest or rider replacement for Elliot. Always a bit of gamble using rider replacement in case you lose another rider early in the meeting which may result in only having one rider in a heat in the worst case scenario. Conversely it's also a gamble bringing in an effective guest at Elliot's average. Ace will be the only higher average rider able to take one of his rides . Looking forward to this fixture and suspect we will need better luck and all round team performance than last week if we are to secure the points. UTC ! As Kelly is a second string, r/r may be the only option available to them. Pijper gets one ride & 3 for Harrison is good cover. Does mean Harry McGurk needs to take 4 rides though (unless they use a number 8) which I never thought would be a negative before this season! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, szkocjasid said: As Kelly is a second string, r/r may be the only option available to them. Pijper gets one ride & 3 for Harrison is good cover. Does mean Harry McGurk needs to take 4 rides though (unless they use a number 8) which I never thought would be a negative before this season! Callum Foy is the A.R. but wouldn't expect him to get a ride. Extra R/R rides for Pijper, Harrison, and H McGurk make Workington massively stronger than if Kelly was riding. Leicester are weakened by the loss of D Thompson, and have a pretty much like-for-like with Kai Ward in for injured Vinnie Foord. That means this will be a very comfortable home win. Edited June 9, 2023 by PotteringAround Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 Travelling up for this one on the Jolly Boys Outing Looking forward to visiting the new track after many visits to Derwent Park. I'm a neutral, being a Pirate, for this meeting but travelling with 2 Lions so there will be plenty of banter shared between us. Could go either way so I'm excited with the prospect of seeing some great racing no matter who wins. Keep turning left 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersteady84 Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 1 hour ago, PotteringAround said: Callum Foy is the A.R. but wouldn't expect him to get a ride. Extra R/R rides for Pijper, Harrison, and H McGurk make Workington massively stronger than if Kelly was riding. Leicester are weakened by the loss of D Thompson, and have a pretty much like-for-like with Kai Ward in for injured Vinnie Foord. That means this will be a very comfortable home win. Clearly new to speedway I take it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Supersteady84 said: Clearly new to speedway I take it Don't worry. You'll soon get the hang of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 2 hours ago, PotteringAround said: Callum Foy is the A.R. but wouldn't expect him to get a ride. Extra R/R rides for Pijper, Harrison, and H McGurk make Workington massively stronger than if Kelly was riding. Leicester are weakened by the loss of D Thompson, and have a pretty much like-for-like with Kai Ward in for injured Vinnie Foord. That means this will be a very comfortable home win. Whilst extra rides for Pijper and Harrison strengthens the Comets, Harry having to take all 4 rides weakens them (plus there is the unknowns of how Luke Harrisons fitness will hold up on a hot day and taking extra rides. For the visitors much depends which version of Roynon turns up but Kai Ward is notably weaker than Vinnie Foord would have been. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersteady84 Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 3 hours ago, PotteringAround said: Callum Foy is the A.R. but wouldn't expect him to get a ride. Extra R/R rides for Pijper, Harrison, and H McGurk make Workington massively stronger than if Kelly was riding. Leicester are weakened by the loss of D Thompson, and have a pretty much like-for-like with Kai Ward in for injured Vinnie Foord. That means this will be a very comfortable home win. Makes comets massively stronger lol elliots last 2 full meetings 10+2,8+3 clueless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 9 minutes ago, Supersteady84 said: Makes comets massively stronger lol elliots last 2 full meetings 10+2,8+3 clueless Don't worry about being clueless. You'll soon pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, Supersteady84 said: Makes comets massively stronger lol elliots last 2 full meetings 10+2,8+3 clueless Scores don't always tell a story though. Paid 12 and paid 11 looks decent enough but it was from reserve against other poor reserves (and one ride a meeting against Harry whos been getting beat by the mascot...probably). Riding in the 1-5 would have been a much tougher afternoon and a good haul would have been 4-5 points, i would be expecting Pijper and Harrison to easily achieve that covering his rides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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