Sheffield Tigers 2025

[spin king]

Surprised to Leon Flint join us, but reasonably happy with the picking him.

Lets face it he had a poor season last season, sometimes it happens, but there have ben glimpses in the past that he could have some potential.

Sometimes riders are slow burner and take time to reach their full potential.

For instances look at Jason Doyle signed for Birmingham on a 6:50 average in 2013.

By 2016 he was in the GP's and 2017 he was World Champion, and since then he has been the best rider in the UK. 

[r8gdp]

That’s it then Flints got 3 years to get in the Gp s then win it in his 4th year 😆 

[OdsalBoy]

Not many including myself saw the signing of Flint coming, and i wouldn't be surprised if the management had a few more surprises up their sleeves either. A lot of people already seem to know the line up, but i'm not so sure....

[szkocjasid]

12 hours ago, spin king junior said:

Hope I'm proved wrong, but I feel Leon is a poor fit for Sheffield. Never seemed to have gone particularly well round Owlerton and haven't seen much improvement in last few years.

 

Feels a bit of a make or break season for the lad, and hopefully we'll see some improvement and reap the rewards of his previous experience.

Who would you have picked instead?

[szkocjasid]

11 hours ago, Gavan said:

Is it the strongest top 4….. Doyle Emil Brennan and Ellis similar 

Rew will do better than Rowe

Dan T and Jenkins are better than Gilkes and Flint

It’s an ok Sheffield side and will make the play offs but doesn’t look like a championship winning one ….. 

Then again anything can happen in speedway 

I'd say Sheffield's 3&4 are far stronger than Ipswich's. But Dan T vs Gilkes is a massive advantage for the Witches.

I'm a big fan of Rowe, think he'll do fine in the top 5 for Sheffield.

[szkocjasid]

13 hours ago, Manifesto said:

Flint never been great around owlerton but think he will be better than Edwards come mid season. Have every faith Rowe would be an improvement on Howarth too

I think Rowe won't be far worse than Howarth, but they have the advantage of his 25% reduction, which makes him a great signing.

The biggest concern for me would be Gilkes at 6, he wasn't great at 7 last year, so could easily see him dropping a point from his average.

Tough team to call as the top 4 is VERY strong.

[spin king junior]

10 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Who would you have picked instead?

Personally I'd have had Gilkes, but I know that isn't how it works with how our team is presumably being built. 

 

I've just never felt like over his visits Leon has been a big fan of Owlerton and not looked particularly 'fast'. Whether that's set up issues and not having the right machinery, I'm not sure. 

 

 

[The Third Man]

41 minutes ago, spin king junior said:

Personally I'd have had Gilkes, but I know that isn't how it works with how our team is presumably being built. 

 

I've just never felt like over his visits Leon has been a big fan of Owlerton and not looked particularly 'fast'. Whether that's set up issues and not having the right machinery, I'm not sure. 

 

 

Gilkes couldn't have been the rising star as he is needed at 6

[spin king junior]

40 minutes ago, The Third Man said:

Gilkes couldn't have been the rising star as he is needed at 6

If its going the way people reckon then aye.

 

I personally would've preferred us to scrap one of the Holders or Woffy to give us a stronger middle order and reserve. 

If the team is what everyone says it is then it does feel like a mistake imo.

I've got no doubt in Rowes ability but to me he should be starting at reserve, there's gonna be a lot of pressure at 2, espically if the rest of the team is having to hold up the reserves, and I feel particularly away from home we will get found out.

Gilkesy is a fantastic rider to watch - but does he really look much better than he was in 2023? I wouldn't say so personally. He's also very prone to picking up an injury, so for me it feels like a massive risk bringing him in at 6.

It just feels like it's too unbalanced and then you've got to question will our top four want to always carry the team if they don't get going? There were whinges last season when we had to go to super heats and particularly from woffy when Howarth was under performing. So how will they handle it with what I'd say is a weaker bottom 3?

Edited Saturday at 11:20 AM by spin king junior

[FishersGate]

If they go for a strong top 5 with Gilkes and Flint at reserve it's still a play off side. Flint and Gilkes will find it tough but if everyone stays fit the Holder bros, Woffy and Picko should win them most meetings. Especially at home

[4BenMoran]

Biggest risk in the side if it’s what everyone believes it to be is Woffinden.  In a very big average and coming back from an injury where even now 4 months after he’s still only got 10% ability to fully straighten his arm.  March/April season start usually wet, sometimes deep tracks can easily see him dropping at least a point from his average  

[szkocjasid]

On 10/19/2024 at 12:20 PM, spin king junior said:

If its going the way people reckon then aye.

I personally would've preferred us to scrap one of the Holders or Woffy to give us a stronger middle order and reserve. 

If the team is what everyone says it is then it does feel like a mistake imo.

I've got no doubt in Rowes ability but to me he should be starting at reserve, there's gonna be a lot of pressure at 2, especially if the rest of the team is having to hold up the reserves, and I feel particularly away from home we will get found out.

Gilkesy is a fantastic rider to watch - but does he really look much better than he was in 2023? I wouldn't say so personally. He's also very prone to picking up an injury, so for me it feels like a massive risk bringing him in at 6.

It just feels like it's too unbalanced and then you've got to question will our top four want to always carry the team if they don't get going? There were whinges last season when we had to go to super heats and particularly from woffy when Howarth was under performing. So how will they handle it with what I'd say is a weaker bottom 3?

If there were no play-offs I'd agree with the risks you mention. But all they have to do is make the top 4.

If the top 4 can get you close to 40 points away, they should get plenty of bonus points. Then it just comes down to having a couple of strong meetings to finish the season.

It's easier to take risks with teams now, than it was in the pre play-off era. Or even when they started clubs had to be top 4 out of 9 or 10. Now it's top 4 out of 7.