david2905

Possibly, but we signed Nermark and Scornicki for those roles, and they are more than meeting expectation, Barker & King have a reliable history at Brum so it was always going to be Kennett to go first if he didn't perform. What I'm trying to say is we have riders in the 6 point area catered for, we need higher and lower averaged ones really as I believe a well balanced side doesn't suit this new format anywhere as near as much as a top heavy one.

Riders goes up and down all the time, but I'm baffled by how Danny King can suddenly go from Lee Smart to Jason Crump, what on earth changed there ?.

When was the last time he had a significant improvement in his average and performances ?, Eddies been on a downward slope for 2 years or more now, ask Coventry and Swindon, if he was that good why was he the proverbial last item on the shelf in winter ?.

Still rather have the 2 points for more options for changes, in any case Kennet would have ceased to be a heat leader at the recent averages so that point is no longer valid. Second question is less easy to answer, but Belle Vue pulled out Zagar when faced with the same problem.

I do wonder if Barker is still feeling his tumble at Swindon on Monday night.

Have King and Woffy swapped kevlars for a laugh or something ?.

I'd suggest his score tonight will determine King's fate.

Clearly someone who gets a considerably larger wage/bank balance than most then!.

So, who has a spare £500 then ?................ yep that's what I thought! Even those that could would have reservations it would not be squandered based on the last 12 months. Bottom line is Phillips doesn't have the bank balance to make speedway pay, he can't get in decent riders meaning he can't get in a decent crowd meaning it's a struggle to pay the bills and in a circle back to the riders again, there needs to be an initial sum to get decent riders in and start the chain I've mentioned going, it's this lack of initial sum from Phillip's that's the issue. I can't afford it even if I wanted to, and I suspect 95% of supporters will say that too.

Interesting, ties in with another event about the same time...

True, but looking at it another way, the current side is a hiderence to maintaining income.

In theory yes, I suspect some will want to see how he goes for us before taking an interest however. This season will make or break Covatti as he's had a full season racing in the UK in 2013, so should know what to expect.

Average suggests so, but better to have a 4.5 guy scoring 3 than a 6.5 guy scoring 3 and use those 2 points towards a stronger change elsewhere in the team (replace King with a 9 pointer for example).

Yep, doubt it will be the only change though, Kings done himself no favours in the race for retention in his last few rides.

Was rather hoping we'd make a second change at the same time as Kennett/Covatti rather than hanging fire for a bit, although it's a positive change, on it's own it's not going to help that much, so still think we'll struggle to get anything.

Indeed, plus no loan fee, so unsure how it's not a positive move ?.

Yeah cuz Swindon are setting the league on fire currently Yes the current side is crap, but your hardly in a position of strength to take the proverbial.

But Covatti will score more points per meeting than Kennett, so why have a bloke on a 6.5 average scoring 3, when your own asset in a 4.5 average can do the same or even slightly better ?, higher averages are rather meaningless unless the rider is living up to that average. Taking the 2 or so points from replacing Kennett with Covatti, combined with points other riders have dropped means you have quite a few to play with if you make another change. Yes it would be harsh to drop Nermark, but I'm not convinced there is enough bottle to drop King in all honesty, Barkers performance at Poole has probably saved him and Scorno is meeting expectation.

Have you not met Eddie Kennett then ?, someone with a vague hope of getting a point is an improvement. I suspect there will be another change with a rider of a much higher average coming in, the new format seems to favour big hitters over strength through the order, so Covatti + ???? on a decent average for Kennett and Nermark/King seems logical.

Struggling to see where your reply is relevant to my post you've quoted. I was referring to a subsequent comment on the Brummies forum after the post you've highlighted. Unless KKS has a particular fetish for posting frequently on the Brummies forum (and making sense too), I can confirm GiveuseaB is not him.

Tell me you didn't giggle though when someone suggested it was Shovlar

"2nd string" ?, that's not how you spell dole queue ?.

Postponed, oh well time to swing the axe over Mr Kennett then.

He's not wrong, Kildemand rides the dog track when he visits Perry Barr

First thought is we need to bring back the one 8 pointer per side rule rapidly (possibly change it to 8.5 or 9 pointer after a season of the averages being warped in 2014), the difference in quality between some side is alarming and no good for the sport in general.