Manifesto Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Rain due Monday which isn’t promising.. if things do change with the forecast I fancy Sheffield to win this by 10 points. We ran Oxford very close after having no laps as a team before this. Similar kind of track shape I think we will start better. hoping for some good racing I will be making the trip down Monday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway fan Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 forecast changing all the time ..... now shows a few morning showers which saves early watering . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProperSport Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Im on business in Wolverhampton so hoping this is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 If this one beats the weather I’ll hopefully be off to this one, can only see an away win for Sheffield, unlike the Oxford visit all the Sheffield riders have prior experience of Perry Barr, even though Birmingham should have upper hand at reserve the top 5 of Sheffield should see them through, so going for a 40-50 away win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 Brum 38 Tigers 52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummies_Ste Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 BIRMINGHAM: Vaclav Milik, Tom Brennan, Wiktor Lampart, Steve Worrall, Scott Nicholls, Zach Cook, Leon Flint. SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Kyle Howarth, Chris Holder, Josh Pickering, Tai Woffinden, Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 On paper should be an easy ride for the champions. Here is hoping for a last heat decider and 43-47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) If I was Birmingham I'd have sacrificed heat 13 & aimed for points in heats 8 & 14. Plus tell Ermolenko he can put Cook in heats 12 & 14 if he's riding better than Flint. 1. Vaclav Milik 2. Steve Worrall 3. Wiktor Lampart 4. Scott Nicholls 5. Tom Brennan 6. Zach Cook 7. Leon Flint Edited March 24 by szkocjasid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten2502 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 22 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: ....... tell Ermolenko he can put Cook in heats 12 & 14 if he's riding better than Flint. He is fully aware of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 24 minutes ago, kitten2502 said: He is fully aware of that! Maybe he forgot to ask P.Adams ...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hobbit Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 (edited) 9 hours ago, kitten2502 said: He is fully aware of that! Yes… he has already said that he could have made one more change at Oxford…. Cook for flint in heat 14 but as those of us in attendance debated, would that have knocked Leon’s confidence and remember that Leon had won his last race in heat 8 . A hard call… we were doing far better than any of us expected but, which way would you have gone? personally, I was happy to support whichever decision he made because there were pro’s snd cons either way and, he’d already shown he had the nouse and the bottle by dropping milik for Worrall in heat 13 Edited March 25 by the hobbit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston197 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 (edited) BBC midlands news this morning, small piece about Birmingham speedway, it could have been a good advert for the club and to let people know about it with some enthusiasm for the sport ? No! it was a warning by Nigel Tolley if the crowds do not turn up, then speedway will not be sustainable and will disappear from Birmingham , this before a home match has even been staged, pessimistically expecting a poor turn out it would seem ? Full article from last night was a bit better BBC One - Midlands Today, Evening News, 24/03/2022, Brummies banking on speedway fans' backing Edited March 25 by piston197 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Worrall at no.2 is a good move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Weather forecast looks pretty grim, rain until 16:00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 2 hours ago, piston197 said: BBC midlands news this morning, small piece about Birmingham speedway, it could have been a good advert for the club and to let people know about it with some enthusiasm for the sport ? No! it was a warning by Nigel Tolley if the crowds do not turn up, then speedway will not be sustainable and will disappear from Birmingham , this before a home match has even been staged, pessimistically expecting a poor turn out it would seem ? Full article from last night was a bit better BBC One - Midlands Today, Evening News, 24/03/2022, Brummies banking on speedway fans' backing That was dated March 2022! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 9 hours ago, the hobbit said: Yes… he has already said that he could have made one more change at Oxford…. Cook for flint in heat 14 but as those of us in attendance debated, would that have knocked Leon’s confidence and remember that Leon had won his last race in heat 8 . A hard call… we were doing far better than any of us expected but, which way would you have gone? personally, I was happy to support whichever decision he made because there were pro’s snd cons either way and, he’d already shown he had the nouse and the bottle by dropping milik for Worrall in heat 13 A few thoughts, if you're worried a rider getting dropped for a stronger rider will knock their confidence, is Speedway a suitable vocation for them? Riders can't go around expecting not to get replaced (not saying Leon thinks that) so team managers need to be ruthless for the good of the team. Now you point out the clever move made in heat 13, which worked a treat, but could that not have knocked Milik's confidence, if that's on Sam's mind? Now when you're 30 points in front, by all means give a weaker more rides to boost their confidence, not in a close match though. As for the heat 8 win, that's a perfectly acceptable reason to leave him in. If Sam though Leon had got the right set-up etc & left him in for that reason, can totally support that decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston197 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 23 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: That was dated March 2022! My bad. thought it was a lot different to what was broadcast this morning, which was basically a moaning piece NT doing a Steve Mallet doom and gloom piece, along the lines of "use it or you lose it " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, GiveusaB said: Worrall at no.2 is a good move Quote BIRMINGHAM: Vaclav Milik, Tom Brennan, Wiktor Lampart, Steve Worrall, Scott Nicholls, Zach Cook, Leon Flint. SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Kyle Howarth, Chris Holder, Josh Pickering, Tai Woffinden, Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes According to https://www.birmingham-speedway.com/news.php?extend.3436 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazS Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 ht 1 5-1 Birmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Not sure the Birmingham riders got the memo about struggling! Although tbh perfect time to ride against Sheffield, they haven't really got going yet. Also good to read on speedway updates that they have got a big crowd in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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