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3 hours ago, iris123 said:

Stick my neck out a bit here

Celina is only 2nd track reserve for Saturday. I'd say she has no chance of qualifying in that field even if a couple of riders drop out at short notice. At this stage in her career I would have thought she would give Worky priority. Sure she could have said she doesn't want to ride in the meeting to the German authorities. Think Huckenbeck told them he doesn't want to do any FIM Europe meetings

Also, if she drops out I think she'll get a ban since FIM meetings take priority.

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21 hours ago, iris123 said:

Stick my neck out a bit here

Celina is only 2nd track reserve for Saturday. I'd say she has no chance of qualifying in that field even if a couple of riders drop out at short notice. At this stage in her career I would have thought she would give Worky priority. Sure she could have said she doesn't want to ride in the meeting to the German authorities. Think Huckenbeck told them he doesn't want to do any FIM Europe meetings

Think guest is a good option.IMO

not knocking Celina though she is giving it a good go over hear.

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31 minutes ago, Neila said:

Get your point would love Celina to put the vomets 1st  but I think the Germans will want here at the meeting from a PR point

A good point. In fact thinking about it, i could believe that the FIM want her at the meeting. Trying to give female riders a boost

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18 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

Also, if she drops out I think she'll get a ban since FIM meetings take priority.

Yes i know. I was more thinking of putting Workington as top priotiry from the start, not dropping out. As i stated, similar to Huckenbeck, who before the season started told the Germans not to consider him for these meetings 

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If the comets have any real ambition this year then we really need a change at reserve?

I think we can carry 1 with our top 5 but we ain't going to win anything carrying them both 

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4 minutes ago, Midget said:

If the comets have any real ambition this year then we really need a change at reserve?

I think we can carry 1 with our top 5 but we ain't going to win anything carrying them both 

Don’t worry midget , we are doing fine , enjoy the racing ,support  the team we have 

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1 hour ago, Midget said:

If the comets have any real ambition this year then we really need a change at reserve?

I think we can carry 1 with our top 5 but we ain't going to win anything carrying them both 

You have one aggregate point in the bag, won away from home at Plymouth so that aggregate point is pretty much secured, Celina will never drop below a 4 average so I think stick with what you've got wait until just before the 75% league completion and then bring in a four pointer if needed.

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23 hours ago, Midget said:

If the comets have any real ambition this year then we really need a change at reserve?

I think we can carry 1 with our top 5 but we ain't going to win anything carrying them both 

Reserves are always a easy target and so many expect so much from them they are often under more pressure than heat leaders 

Yes we all want them to score more but just keep the pressure off them and let them gain the confidence they need 

Both Sam and celina can improve 

We need them challenging for 2nds rather than 3rd places with the odd win 

But id be sad to see any replaced by  another rider who scores similar 

Cant fault the effort celina puts in on track I've never seen her give up before the flag 

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17 minutes ago, scaramanga said:

Reserves are always a easy target and so many expect so much from them they are often under more pressure than heat leaders 

Yes we all want them to score more but just keep the pressure off them and let them gain the confidence they need 

Both Sam and celina can improve 

We need them challenging for 2nds rather than 3rd places with the odd win 

But id be sad to see any replaced by  another rider who scores similar 

Cant fault the effort celina puts in on track I've never seen her give up before the flag 

Celina has got the speed she’s shown that. She just needs to improve her gating and be a bit more forceful into the first bend

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The team is doing just fine,

Up until the Poole meeting we'd won 60% of all official heats ridden (7 meetings), having 2 Number 1 riders helps.

Sam seems to be able to get in front from time to and then ride the wrong line, just learning

Edinburgh's reserves are similiar to ours so lets see how they get on against them on Saturday

Speedway isn't really a cutthroat sport anyways

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5 hours ago, bigdave said:

Comets latest averages after 4 meetings in this weeks Speedway Star:

Cookie: 10:40, Troy: 9.47, Tate: 7.73, Claus 7.53, Antti 6.40, Celina 2.82, Sam 2.44 

cannot complain about those numbers .

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From the declared team the only one riding under their average is the one everyone expected to struggle at the start.

Winning at home is what really matters in the first year, this side was predicted to take some hidings on the road and not many will come from Poole without it looking like a battering, Cook has been good for double figures all season and if he'd have hit the norm it wouldn't have looked so bad.

Don't think there is a need to panic for Workington.

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1 hour ago, Supersteady84 said:

Reserves are way off at the minute 

relax , its a team event .

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In reality there is only Hodder and James performing "worse" in the reserve positions and Atkins overall if its based purely on averages at this stage and ignoring teams raced, home vs away bias and bad luck etc. The fixtures where the 1-5 can continue to dominate will save plenty of blushes but if there are any close losses with the reserves scoring poorly the calls for changes will get louder.

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