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15 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Dan Gilkes signs for Redcar. More track time over here should help his scores for Sheffield I'd expect

Much needed! He needs to find some form asap for the tigers, nobody’s expecting him and Edwards to win races but had too many last places which is putting too much pressure on Tai, Jack and Chris 

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19 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Dan Gilkes signs for Redcar. More track time over here should help his scores for Sheffield I'd expect

100% this defo needed more UK track time, he needs to bin off going to Poland to get zero rides for Pila, plus the tracks/opponents in the U24 league where he rides for Grudziadz won’t help him one bit, Polish league promises the world but delivers little unless your in top bracket of riders 

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1 hour ago, 4BM said:

If that’s Woffinden out for a length of time then get play off Bob in the team, with Lambert having a lower average it might help with possibly strengthening up the reserve area 

Reported on Wroclaw Facebook site he has to have an operation on a seriously broken elbow

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1 hour ago, 4BM said:

If that’s Woffinden out for a length of time then get play off Bob in the team, with Lambert having a lower average it might help with possibly strengthening up the reserve area 

You could get Lambert in for Woffy,but that won't give you any more points to play with at reserve.Your team average is over by more than a point in a couple of days.

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10 hours ago, 4BM said:

If that’s Woffinden out for a length of time then get play off Bob in the team, with Lambert having a lower average it might help with possibly strengthening up the reserve area 

 

8 hours ago, tellboy said:

You could get Lambert in for Woffy,but that won't give you any more points to play with at reserve.Your team average is over by more than a point in a couple of days.

Tellboy is correct. Lambert for Woffinden still put you over the 40 point limit so it’ll just be a straight swap, and any other changes will have to be the same, or lower than the average of the rider they’re replacing. 

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Woffinden has been excellent value in the British League but that soil sample looks as though that is his season done. Blame the track prep over watering and making it a one racing line 2cms from the airfence. Vaculik was saying that the track prep is very different for Ekstraliga but they have no say in the SGP meets and it is no advantage being a home rider. Even Hancock wearing his SGP Monster hat reading between the lines said the track was very different from a Ekstraliga meeting. 

Playoff Bob has to be the answer for Sheffield with Steady using his Team GB persuasion. 

 

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7 minutes ago, Gasser90 said:

What do we think tai’s announcement will be tomorrow ?? Finished for the season or just something like he won’t be fit for Cardiff which was his target to be back for ? 

My guess is season over.

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4 minutes ago, spin king said:

My guess is season over.

Could it be career over ? I’m sure I read somewhere that If he has one more crash and damages that elbow he will have very complicated issues for the rest of his life….. can’t be worth the risk surely, he’s got his fingers in a few pies business wise plus he’s starting his DJ career, 

3 time world champ, he’s got nothing to prove to anyone anymore 

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3 minutes ago, Gasser90 said:

Could it be career over ? I’m sure I read somewhere that If he has one more crash and damages that elbow he will have very complicated issues for the rest of his life….. can’t be worth the risk surely, he’s got his fingers in a few pies business wise plus he’s starting his DJ career, 

3 time world champ, he’s got nothing to prove to anyone anymore 

More than a possibility, but Tai is an adrenalin junkie, so I think he will carry on for another few seasons.

I do that he is on a wind down in his career, and I think that he will maybe ride UK and Poland 2nd or 3rd tier, and of course I think we all know that his GP career is over.  

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3 hours ago, Gasser90 said:

Could it be career over ? I’m sure I read somewhere that If he has one more crash and damages that elbow he will have very complicated issues for the rest of his life….. can’t be worth the risk surely, he’s got his fingers in a few pies business wise plus he’s starting his DJ career, 

3 time world champ, he’s got nothing to prove to anyone anymore 

That's what he said could happen if he came back too soon. As far as I'm aware, as long as he waits till the injury is properly healed there's no long term risk.

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4 hours ago, Gasser90 said:

What do we think tai’s announcement will be tomorrow ?? Finished for the season or just something like he won’t be fit for Cardiff which was his target to be back for ? 

He said on Sunday when being interviewed at the World Superbikes by Discovery+ that he is aiming to ride at Cardiff.

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Sheffield ride their 18th league match (75% marker) of the season on 1st August, can they really afford to wait for Woffinden? He’s not going to ride until Cardiff and even if he did ride prior I imagine Wroclaw will have first dibs on his services possibly the weekend prior to Cardiff and if that doesn’t go to plan for him that’s R/R and guests for the rest of the season and we’ve seen how that hasn’t worked recently.  
Surely if there’s anyone out there (Musielak, Lambert, both have good relations with the club) that can ride from next week/week afters fixtures before we hit that 75% threshold they need to come in.  Gone are the days of Woffinden bringing in additional 10’s of fans to Owlerton (away meetings possibly) and a new face might just bring that team spirit spark back which hasn’t been there this season. 

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