jbell1995 Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 Saves making two separate threads. Scunthorpe host Plymouth on Friday and then the reverse fixture in Devon on Saturday. Scunny looking strong this season… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie4388 Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 Be two home wins. Scunthorpe massive home 18-20 points win Plymouth narrow 4-6 points home win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh1218 Posted July 31 Report Share Posted July 31 Whose guesting for Plymouth please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbell1995 Posted July 31 Author Report Share Posted July 31 1 hour ago, Tosh1218 said: Whose guesting for Plymouth please ? Not heard anything yet for either leg. In the announcement of Baek's signing last night, Mark Phillips did say Garry was still trying to source two guests (Fri and Sat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbell1995 Posted July 31 Author Report Share Posted July 31 Plymouth team for Friday: 1) Rider Replacement 2) Alfie Bowtell 3) Dan Thompson 4) Patrick Baek 5) Ben Barker 6) Joe Thompson 7) Jacob Hook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted August 1 Report Share Posted August 1 9 hours ago, jbell1995 said: Plymouth team for Friday: 1) Rider Replacement 2) Alfie Bowtell 3) Dan Thompson 4) Patrick Baek 5) Ben Barker 6) Joe Thompson 7) Jacob Hook That'll have them packing the terraces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbell1995 Posted August 2 Author Report Share Posted August 2 On 8/1/2024 at 7:31 AM, Skidder1 said: That'll have them packing the terraces I’m not sure what your expectations were of the side Garry May could’ve put together? As someone has eloquently explained on the Gladiators Facebook page when someone questioned the choice to go RR at No.1 - Out of the 14 riders available to Garry and Mark, 6 are reserves, 5 are second strong with only Kemp, Cook and Heeps as second string. Realistically the only two who could score as well as rider replacement is probably Zack Cook and Drew Kemp. However stepping up from being in the middle order for their teams to being the team’s leader at No.1, against a side who’ve been excellent all season is a really tough ask. Simply put there’s a lack of riders. There’s also a financial decision to bring into the mix. Plymouth’s chances of the playoffs are about as small as they come. They’d need to win AT LEAST 5 of their last 8 and claim a bonus point win or two in there as well, why waste money on guests when you can give your other riders track time as we try and shape the team for 2025? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 1 hour ago, jbell1995 said: I’m not sure what your expectations were of the side Garry May could’ve put together? As someone has eloquently explained on the Gladiators Facebook page when someone questioned the choice to go RR at No.1 - Out of the 14 riders available to Garry and Mark, 6 are reserves, 5 are second strong with only Kemp, Cook and Heeps as second string. Realistically the only two who could score as well as rider replacement is probably Zack Cook and Drew Kemp. However stepping up from being in the middle order for their teams to being the team’s leader at No.1, against a side who’ve been excellent all season is a really tough ask. Simply put there’s a lack of riders. There’s also a financial decision to bring into the mix. Plymouth’s chances of the playoffs are about as small as they come. They’d need to win AT LEAST 5 of their last 8 and claim a bonus point win or two in there as well, why waste money on guests when you can give your other riders track time as we try and shape the team for 2025? Both Zack Cook or kemp would score more than R/R. Its financial decision. I hope Plymouth get their act together in 2025, because both their track and team have been shambolic at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 3 hours ago, jbell1995 said: I’m not sure what your expectations were of the side Garry May could’ve put together? As someone has eloquently explained on the Gladiators Facebook page when someone questioned the choice to go RR at No.1 - Out of the 14 riders available to Garry and Mark, 6 are reserves, 5 are second strong with only Kemp, Cook and Heeps as second string. Realistically the only two who could score as well as rider replacement is probably Zack Cook and Drew Kemp. However stepping up from being in the middle order for their teams to being the team’s leader at No.1, against a side who’ve been excellent all season is a really tough ask. Simply put there’s a lack of riders. There’s also a financial decision to bring into the mix. Plymouth’s chances of the playoffs are about as small as they come. They’d need to win AT LEAST 5 of their last 8 and claim a bonus point win or two in there as well, why waste money on guests when you can give your other riders track time as we try and shape the team for 2025? Surely if decisions were 'financial' they wouldn't have replaced Dorset-based Kyle Newman with Dane Patrik Baek who would need to be flown in each week etc. Could have kept Kyle and put Barker at 1. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 8 hours ago, Skidder1 said: Surely if decisions were 'financial' they wouldn't have replaced Dorset-based Kyle Newman with Dane Patrik Baek who would need to be flown in each week etc. Could have kept Kyle and put Barker at 1. maybe thats why it's now a financial decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0310 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 Pathetic Plymouth we get all the flak we deserve absolute joke and don’t any one try to defend it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0310 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 16 points out of 28 from reserve well done Joe and Jacob utter utter garbage from barker and Bowtell that’s going to help the crowd tomorrow and Howarth gets a 15 point maximum brilliant.two reserves in heat 15 they deserve it because the rest are crap to a lesser extent Dan t but so angry I feel for Scunthorpe fans paying to watch that . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 19 minutes ago, Mike0310 said: Pathetic Plymouth we get all the flak we deserve absolute joke and don’t any one try to defend it. Did you watch any of the racing Mike0310? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimmy Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 I think Dan thomson deserved more points he battled really well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimmy Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 Mr barker spinning his wheel at the start to generate heat..lambo picked up on it and tried getting the refs attention..naughty naughty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloom89 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 21 minutes ago, lewy said: Did you watch any of the racing Mike0310? Maybe he’s annoyed at the team you sent to Scunthorpe rather than the racing, I think most fans could’ve seen that score line coming a mile off with the two sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan555 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 22 minutes ago, Mike0310 said: 16 points out of 28 from reserve well done Joe and Jacob utter utter garbage from barker and Bowtell that’s going to help the crowd tomorrow and Howarth gets a 15 point maximum brilliant.two reserves in heat 15 they deserve it because the rest are crap to a lesser extent Dan t but so angry I feel for Scunthorpe fans paying to watch that . To be fair the racing was far better than the score line might suggest 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimmy Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 14 minutes ago, Ryan555 said: To be fair the racing was far better than the score line might suggest I agree…I took a mate for the first time and he loved it and he loved the close racing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0310 Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 He won’t no what’s hit him if you take him next week I think you might have Poole that will be close racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 Barker is just scraping around picking up some money.Totally unprofessional these days.Plymouth are becoming a laughing stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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