4BenMoran Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 (edited) Battle of the big cats. Ultimately the winner here though might be the weather if it continues like this into tomorrow, as we know that back straight at Owlerton floods pretty easy. If the meeting is on will the Lions turn over the Tigers like last season at Owlerton? The Lions definitely have riders who can go good around Owlerton in Fricke, Lawson, Masters, and Douglas (all been frequent guests at Sheffield for home and away teams) in the past couple of seasons, Becker can be hit and miss at Owlerton but the trump card could be Kemp at reserve. Sheffield will be hoping that Edwards is back racing, with Pickering (shoulder injury seeing specialist in Poland) and Gilkes (9 day concussion rule) both on the sidelines they’ll definitely needs a Rising Star guest and with only Birmingham not riding there’s not a lot to choose from guest wise for Pickering, so can only see the choice of an out of form Worrall or R/R (C Holder, Howarth and reserves eligible). The powerhouse three of the Holder’s and Woffinden will need to be firing and Sheffield will be hoping that Howarth has managed to solve his speed issues out with good performance for Scunthorpe last Friday and Edwards can get in the points at home as struggled to date around Owlerton this season if they are to have a chance getting back to securing home wins. Tight one again going for a home win 48-42 ** UPDATED** Schlien for Pickering and Mulford for Gilkes Edited May 22 by 4BM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 8 minutes ago, 4BM said: they’ll definitely needs a Rising Star guest Joe Thompson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Lashing it down right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 (edited) 58 minutes ago, 4BM said: Battle of the big cats. Ultimately the winner here though might be the weather if it continues like this into tomorrow, as we know that back straight at Owlerton floods pretty easy. If the meeting is on will the Lions turn over the Tigers like last season at Owlerton? The Lions definitely have riders who can go good around Owlerton in Fricke, Lawson, Masters, and Douglas (all been frequent guests at Sheffield for home and away teams) in the past couple of seasons, Becker can be hit and miss at Owlerton but the trump card could be Kemp at reserve. Sheffield will be hoping that Edwards is back racing, with Pickering (shoulder injury seeing specialist in Poland) and Gilkes (9 day concussion rule) both on the sidelines they’ll definitely needs a Rising Star guest and with only Birmingham not riding there’s not a lot to choose from guest wise for Pickering, so can only see the choice of an out of form Worrall or R/R (C Holder, Howarth and reserves eligible). The powerhouse three of the Holder’s and Woffinden will need to be firing and Sheffield will be hoping that Howarth has managed to solve his speed issues out with good performance for Scunthorpe last Friday and Edwards can get in the points at home as struggled to date around Owlerton this season if they are to have a chance getting back to securing home wins. Tight one again going for a home win 48-42 One of the visits of Leicester in 2023 was an away win so be interesting to see how this one goes - Feel Leicester in with a chance but still expect the top three for the Tigers to win the meeting late on - if it goes ahead! Edited May 22 by GeneralMelchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Third Man Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Rain supposedly to stop at 6 today and a 10% chance of rain tomorrow, so have a chance, however i can see an away win without Pickering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 10 hours ago, 4BM said: Battle of the big cats. Ultimately the winner here though might be the weather if it continues like this into tomorrow, as we know that back straight at Owlerton floods pretty easy. If the meeting is on will the Lions turn over the Tigers like last season at Owlerton? The Lions definitely have riders who can go good around Owlerton in Fricke, Lawson, Masters, and Douglas (all been frequent guests at Sheffield for home and away teams) in the past couple of seasons, Becker can be hit and miss at Owlerton but the trump card could be Kemp at reserve. Sheffield will be hoping that Edwards is back racing, with Pickering (shoulder injury seeing specialist in Poland) and Gilkes (9 day concussion rule) both on the sidelines they’ll definitely needs a Rising Star guest and with only Birmingham not riding there’s not a lot to choose from guest wise for Pickering, so can only see the choice of an out of form Worrall or R/R (C Holder, Howarth and reserves eligible). The powerhouse three of the Holder’s and Woffinden will need to be firing and Sheffield will be hoping that Howarth has managed to solve his speed issues out with good performance for Scunthorpe last Friday and Edwards can get in the points at home as struggled to date around Owlerton this season if they are to have a chance getting back to securing home wins. Tight one again going for a home win 48-42 ** UPDATED** Schlien for Pickering and Mulford for Gilkes Thank you for starting this thread. There is still no preview for this on the Speedway GB or Lions website, only on the Sheffield site. I was going to highlight this apathetic approach to the Lions management………..but then couldn’t be arsed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 9 hours ago, The Third Man said: Rain supposedly to stop at 6 today and a 10% chance of rain tomorrow, so have a chance, however i can see an away win without Pickering Just got back in from playing football - been raining throughout - looks like it might finally have stopped now! lets hope tomorrow is clear and dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W9 Lion Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 12 hours ago, Teromaafan said: Thank you for starting this thread. There is still no preview for this on the Speedway GB or Lions website, only on the Sheffield site. I was going to highlight this apathetic approach to the Lions management………..but then couldn’t be arsed. Err, its the second news feature on the home page and has been for over 24 hours. If you looked you would have found it as you post is timed 12 hours after the meeting preview was uploaded. Previews on Speedway GB are uploaded on the morning of the meeting with the exception of some weekend meetings, but dont let facts stand in the way of a forum post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Guilty as charged then! I swear that there was nothing there at the time but probably didn’t scroll down enough.Apologies to all at the Den! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rearingtogo Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 2 minutes ago, Teromaafan said: Guilty as charged then! I swear that there was nothing there at the time but probably didn’t scroll down enough.Apologies to all at the Den! Been on the piss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 R/R for Jack Holder tonight as his partner has given birth to their first child, congrats to them both. With Jack being number 1 in the Sheffield average all remaining 6 riders eligible to take one of his rides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rearingtogo Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 6 minutes ago, 4BM said: R/R for Jack Holder tonight as his partner has given birth to their first child, congrats to them both. With Jack being number 1 in the Sheffield average all remaining 6 riders eligible to take one of his rides So he’s still been riding then off track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 41 minutes ago, 4BM said: R/R for Jack Holder tonight as his partner has given birth to their first child, congrats to them both. With Jack being number 1 in the Sheffield average all remaining 6 riders eligible to take one of his rides I am off to do a rain dance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8gdp Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Can we get Robert lambert in lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 If this one does indeed managed beat the weather and spin king’s rain dance then Woffinden maybe having 7 rides tonight as can see Leicester having a lead after Ht8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifesto Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Congrats to Jack Holder and partner. leaves us abit bare bones I hope Woffys got a few monster energy’s in tool box to keep him going. prediction with current team line ups 42-48 away win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 (edited) Must win meeting for Leicester if they want to make the play-offs. They're fighting for 4th place with Oxford imo and tonight is a golden opportunity for the Lions to pick up a win on the road against a weakened side that they wouldn't have stood a chance against had they been at full strength. Busy night in store for Noddy and Woffy. Edited May 23 by TTT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 The Lions must and should be looking for a win here. They won’t have many better chances. A loss here and I can see them missing the play offs with opportunities like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Leicester will smell blood and I expect their Management get them fired up. For Sheffield we need to keep it as tight as possible, Tai and Chris Holder will need to be at their very best, and if we are going to lose we need to keep it as tight and lose by the smallest margin and take it to a super heat so we get something out of the meeting. And we desperately need Kyle Howarth to put in a performance, and Jason Edwards needs a big performance. Rory Schlein as a guest has me worried, never been totally convinced in him around Sheffield. But Leicester will be thinking that they have a great chance to take the win and they will be up for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Definitely a tough ask tonight for the Tigers - still think they can pull off the win but Leicester will equally be thinking we can win this too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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