szkocjasid Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 With more dropped home points, struggle to see Oxford making the play-offs now. Lack of bonus points really costing them. Their own fault for making the team weaker than. On paper Leicester & Lynn should be good enough at home to finish above Oxford. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 You've been Kemped! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toady Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 On 5/17/2024 at 6:52 PM, Toady said: OK, so Chris Harris has had a couple of bad meetings, ( he has had hundreds of good ones) so you want to replace a rider who gives his all with someone else who no doubt in a few weeks you will want replacing and so the cycle carries on desperate team changes never work especially when there are very few better options out there. People were calling for changes to the Cheetahs a couple of weeks ago, but the meeting against Redcar apart from the bowser incident was full of excitement and great racing from the very riders that people wanted to get rid of. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 8 minutes ago, Toady said: Lol So there is going to be another change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted July 16 Report Share Posted July 16 My bruv and sister-in-law over from Australia visited Oxford for the speedway v Sheffield and said how impressed they were with the racing and the stadium. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirates Of Poole Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 On 6/29/2024 at 2:15 PM, Hilly said: Crikey, if Oxford are struggling cash wise then everybody else must be, crowds are very good in Premiership, decent sponsorship. Championship levels seem slightly down but still more than most other tracks and Chargers crowds very good. Will be very revealing when the time comes to declare for next season. I would say it's very likely Championship racing will stop at Oxford in 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobblywheel Posted July 17 Report Share Posted July 17 What is your basis for saying that Championship speedway is unlikely in 2025? The attendances for both leagues are good and supporters seem to relish regular, weekly meetings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 Spires have released kemp and brought in killeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 Every change Oxford have made has weakened them imo. Now they've just lost their (supposedly) strong reserve. They either don't want to make the play-offs or have given up for the season & planning for next year with new reserves? I cannot see how these changes can be considered strengthening the team at all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 Just now, szkocjasid said: Every change Oxford have made has weakened them imo. Now they've just lost their (supposedly) strong reserve. They either don't want to make the play-offs or have given up for the season & planning for next year with new reserves? I cannot see how these changes can be considered strengthening the team at all. Completely agree. It’s incredible to weaken 3 times in a season and remove a high scoring reserve just as you are in the running for the play offs. bonkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 Comment by Schroeck "our one to five is a match against anyone in this league" can't say I agree with that, but if he believes it's true why not supplement with a strong reserve pairing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinspeedway Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 4 minutes ago, Racin Jason 72 said: Completely agree. It’s incredible to weaken 3 times in a season and remove a high scoring reserve just as you are in the running for the play offs. bonkers Very bizarre to keep weakening the team particularly with points to play with.. unless they are planning something big very quickly (would seem unlikely considering other teams have been struggling to get in replacement number 1s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Theman Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 Basically Oxford have replaced Lewi Kerr with a development league rider, they have given up on the chase for a play off spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 I think it's very hard on Kemp, he's a Prem reserve who was expected to ride at number 2. Now it'll be hard on Killeen who's not had a shot as a RS, but expected to be a number 6. If they really felt Kemp wasn't working out, what about Heeps who's been having a much better season for the Cheetahs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 (edited) 23 hours ago, Colinspeedway said: Very bizarre to keep weakening the team particularly with points to play with.. unless they are planning something big very quickly (would seem unlikely considering other teams have been struggling to get in replacement number 1s). When they dropped Klindt for Kerr same question was asked, "are they going to use up the spare points", they didn't. So don't see a second change to bring in a big hitter coming. Edited July 21 by szkocjasid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 The Oxford merry go round continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeyin Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 I suspect they dropped Kemp to keep Killeen, perhaps Belle Vue were looking at Killeen as a replacement for Bailey as RS, I remember Edinburgh tried to sign Killeen at last season as he had been guesting and it was not allowed by Oxford as they wanted to keep him on a 2 point average for this season, he was allowed to guest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 No idea what this is about. Must be some method in the madness or some master plan coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 One change in a team can help with a rebuild. Two starts to be unsettling. Three has riders looking over their shoulders wondering if they’re next. Oxford have dropped Kerr twice, Klindt, Cook, and now Kemp. I think I see the pattern - every rider has a K in their name. If I was JanowsKi, EriK Riss, or even LuKe Killen (two of them!) I’d be worried. Unless it’s all a plan by ShroeK to have room to bring in ZmarzliK! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishersGate Posted July 20 Report Share Posted July 20 Strange moves by Oxford again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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