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Oxford vs Belle Vue - Thurs 23rd May


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1 hour ago, gazzac said:

Slightly off topic, but forgot that Kyle Newman was in and around some really top line riders that year points wise. Such a shame some really bad injuries stopped his progression from there.

All scored from reserve as that was the previous version of 'Rising Stars' but the riders stayed at reserve all year and faced 6 fellow reserves and just two second strings in their programmed rides.

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1 hour ago, arnieg said:

Didn't seem to be a problem in 2015

 
Meetings: All meetings, Home and away
Bonus points: Included
Averages: All riders

 

Rider
M
R
Pts
BP
Tot
Av
no BP
Av
inc BP
10
50
116
14
130
9.28
10.40
29
130
280
25
305
8.62
9.38
29
145
327
10
337
9.02
9.30
28
140
307
11
318
8.77
9.09
31
137
242
46
288
7.07
8.41
20
101
198
14
212
7.84
8.40
31
151
270
43
313
7.15
8.29
12
55
100
12
112
7.27
8.15
30
140
248
35
283
7.09
8.09
26
118
223
14
237
7.56
8.03
32
149
266
29
295
7.14
7.92

 

 

That superb then tragic year for Darcy Ward, was brilliant for Swindon then the injury. Poole beat Belle Vue in a cracking Grand Final, top 4 of Poole, Coventry, Swindon, Belle Vue...also Lakeside and Wolves were in League of 8, with Leicester and Lynn. Only 3 left in top div.!

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Magic's not slow, he's clearly got pace. Problem is he's about two bikes lengths behind at the first bend each race. If he can sort out his starts, he'll be a bargain on his current average.

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Oxford and the team are an enigma. The entertainment value is high but you never know what is going to happen next. With the exception of Tungate, no consistency, even within a meeting. Who would have bet on a 5-1 in 13 and 15 and a 1-5 in 14 last night. Oxford have points to play with and need to add another consistent heat leader if they want to challenge. The difficulty is who do you drop? You already have 8 riders for 7 places and every week someone different has an off night. You can not just win home meetings by a few points, especially in the play offs.

 

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He might have had a good night at Owlerton (how I don’t know) but I’d be brining Kerr back in for Cook, you know what you’re getting with Lewi week in week out where’s as Cook continues to be an enigma and with already having one of those in Janowski in the team you can’t have two of them.  
Is it true also that Wrocław have advised Janowski that he can’t make any changes to his kit from what he has in Poland i.e. it works in Poland make it work in UK?  Heard from a mate who mechanics for a GP rider over in Poland that the other week Wrocław stopped him getting an engine looked at over here with a well established UK tuner and that they wanted him to us Kowalski direct in Poland only as that’s who they as a team have a relationship with.

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Oxford can think bigger than just swapping Kerr for Cook. If and a big If, there are heat leaders out there willing to ride in the UK, then swapping Cook or any of the second strings is an option. 

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Surprised, not surprised, Lemo didn't go for Lidsey in 15.

Surely you've got to put your big hitters in the crunch races.

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50 minutes ago, iainb said:

Surprised, not surprised, Lemo didn't go for Lidsey in 15.

Surely you've got to put your big hitters in the crunch races.

me too should have put lidsey off gate 2 he would have trapped in front of harris leaving bewley a free run around the outside ??

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52 minutes ago, iainb said:

Surprised, not surprised, Lemo didn't go for Lidsey in 15.

Surely you've got to put your big hitters in the crunch races.

Yeah, I was surprised as well. Gate 4 had become dead towards the end of the meeting, and it felt like Lemon just put all his eggs in a Bewley basket off a good gate 2.

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11 hours ago, RedOx69 said:

Oxford and the team are an enigma. The entertainment value is high but you never know what is going to happen next. With the exception of Tungate, no consistency, even within a meeting. Who would have bet on a 5-1 in 13 and 15 and a 1-5 in 14 last night. Oxford have points to play with and need to add another consistent heat leader if they want to challenge. The difficulty is who do you drop? You already have 8 riders for 7 places and every week someone different has an off night. You can not just win home meetings by a few points, especially in the play offs.

 

Couldn't have put it any better

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22 hours ago, iainb said:

Surprised, not surprised, Lemo didn't go for Lidsey in 15.

Surely you've got to put your big hitters in the crunch races.

I was surprised as was many in the crowd but Mountain had a good night particularly if he gated he was hard to pass. 

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1 hour ago, Colinspeedway said:

I was surprised as was many in the crowd but Mountain had a good night particularly if he gated he was hard to pass. 

Agreed, it was a bit of a dammed if you do dammed if you don't choice though, if Mountain had been in invincible form it would have been a no brainer to pick him, or a reserve with last heat decider experience. Surely he should have picked Lidsey, he's a pretty established rider now with experience of pressure on the world stage... of course if he'd trailed in last everybody would say he should have picked Mountain.

... and Lidsey is Australian, Lemo always picks the Aussie. It's not the first time Lemo has made a questionable decision and won't be the last

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