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  1. Dandelion

    Newcastle 2017

    Maybe I'm bias because I used to live in Plymouth, and they're my second team, but I quite like Boxall Plus, he's only got to be an improvement on Connor, although as I said, I bet he'd come in on his 5 something average... I don't think Ben will become our source of points from reserve, that's why I'm saying he should be out 'junior' reserve, at 7... And find someone else to be out 'senior' reserve... Where is Ludvig for tomorrow? And I do hope Lewis is fit enough to take his place... Well done Josh, that's what you need, NL time
  2. Dandelion

    Newcastle 2017

    Ben Hopwood is a decent reserve, he is scoring pretty well (for him), home and away and I think he's averaging more than 1/1.5 point a meeting... So he'd outscore both Sam and Mark's scores easily I would have thought, not that I've heard of either of them Connor, probably won't equal them, he's not even scoring a single point in most meetings, no offence to him, but he needs to find an NL team and just stick with them for now... I feel it'll just get worse now Eastbourne have dropped him too... Maybe Mildenhall can fit him back in somehow? Connor has 6 points from 10 meetings... 1 second place and 4 3rd places (averaging 0.6 points a meeting) Ben has 15 points from 5 meetings... 3 second places and 9 3rd places (averaging 3 points a meeting) Obviously if Connor sticks at speedway, he will get better than Ben, he has more potential, but for now, I'd rather Ben over Connor... And maybe get another reserve in, even if it means sacrifices to the top 5, a reserve who can actually win a race... And have Ben at 7 (Where he'll score even more points than he already does at 6, a much harder position) I think that Jake Knight would be a good option, obviously, he'll want to ride for us first... But he is a much better rider than Connor is in the NL for starters, he's much more experienced, and all the Eastbourne fans I've spoken to seem to think Jake and Connor are in different leagues... Yeah, Jake tried the PL in the past, years ago, when he was relatively new to the sport and when the league was so much better than it is now... But I think now that he is older, better and has more experiences, he'd be a much better rider in a weaker league... I'd like to see him in Newcastle colours... As for Connor, I hope he gets an NL team place, but if Newcastle want to do anything this year... We need another rider in for him, sorry, it's harsh, but it's reality... I know this is controversial, but would Steve Boxall come in on his old average of 5ish whatever it is, or will he come in on a new assessed average? Also, I know he's got a 3.85 average, but Ben Morley would be nice to squeeze in somehow... Dan Halsey, Nathan Stoneman, Dan Greenwood and Liam Carr are all names I'd like to see in Diamonds kevlars and riders who I think could score a few more than what Connor is...
  3. Dandelion

    Sheffield 2017

    No no, I know what you mean, from a cost point of view it makes the most sense But from an entertainment point of view... I want to see the best 4 riders possible for each race, regardless if they're Ugandan, Bosnian or British... Would rather we have the best leagues in the world with lots of entertaining riders and teams than a lot of British riders for the world cup team/grand prixs, because that, other than just looking after your own riders, is the only reason to be developing Brits... Anyway, that's just my opinion And I wasn't directing "dirty" foreigners at you, but plenty of people have said it to me in the past (not on here) so it's just something I've come to live with and joke about xD And I was just making the point that I might have a different opinion because I'm not British
  4. Dandelion

    Ipswich 2017

    That's Aussie's for you...
  5. Dandelion

    Sheffield 2017

    I'd prefer to see the riders who are good enough for good races in the league... Although I am a dirty foreigner myself so maybe I don't see it the same way I think there's not enough young Brits around that are good enough... We need another way to nurture them, not just throw them into the deep end and expect them to swim... Maybe we have the fast track reserve thing that the EL had, have the reserves not count towards the points total, but say they have to be Brits with averages under 5, therefore people like Ashley Morris, Dan Bewley, Max Clegg and Liam Carr would be reserves instead of riders like JPB and Connor Coles when it's clearly too early for them... They should stick to the NL and the development leagues... The SDL would have been perfect for Connor Coles...
  6. Dandelion

    Newcastle 2017

    Connor Coles... 3 in the National League tonight, was he ok? Or did he simply just not score the points? The SpeedwayGB website just shows the numbers, not the situation and the Speedway Updates website didn't cover the meeting he was in...
  7. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    So it was starting to get a little tight for time, maybe they just tried to rush it through... And thought finishing was more important than grading the track... Like they did in Latvia Oh, I completely agree, but sometimes, due to the weather or a number of different reasons, the track can't be perfect every week, I mean, I've never been to Ipswich, so I can't comment on what it's like week in week out... One crap meeting of riders going round and round is acceptable, but if it is constantly happening, they need to change something during the winter
  8. Dandelion

    Sheffield 2017

    This is what happens when the rules force young, not ready kids into the championship, they end up retiring or hurting themselves/others Just look at the crash Connor had in front of Aarnio at Newcastle... Inexperience caused that and experience was the only thing that stopped Tero ploughing straight into Connor... You shouldn't be allowed to ride in this league until you've had at least 3 years experience in the NL or at least a 8 point average in the NL at some point (Which Jack didn't have at the start of the year) .....Just an idea for a rule? Anyway, what about Jake Knight as a replacement? lol
  9. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    Do people that high up in the sport even read this crap? They probably purposely avoid this website, along with most riders/promoters What time was it towards the end of the meeting?
  10. Dandelion

    Ipswich 2017

    "I may be being a little harsh wanting to drop these guys but the way I see it is every year we keep faith with riders and the teams that make the tough calls win silverware!" Couldn't say another thing more accurate about my team...
  11. Dandelion

    Newcastle 2017

    Can't have an Aussie at number 7 Unless you're Edinburgh of course
  12. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    I agree, if a paying customer is not happy, it's not very good, but it's hard to keep EVERYONE in the stadium happy, at the end of the day, were the riders happy to go out and race on it... Because that's the most important thing...
  13. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    Wouldn't people rather wait 10 minutes for them to sort the track out to make it interesting rather than just keep ploughing ahead with a crappy track? Then again, the meeting was so delayed at the beginning anyway, maybe they were worrying about the curfew...? Dunno when that is at Ipswich
  14. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    Oops, didn't see that, sorry, just quoted the post I was answering when I was on page 5 and didn't bother reading page 6 because it's just full of people moaning about the track
  15. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    22 I think, so not very young really, but not old of course... Danny Phillips is more of a prospect imo (I'm not hating on Connor, just think Danny will be better if he returns from his injuries well)
  16. Dandelion

    Newcastle 2017

    Haha, don't want to be confusing anyone now
  17. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    You mean, they're a different team every week That didn't cost us, just our crap reserves in general did, even if they stopped on their bike, they wouldn't have scored, I expected Connor to do a little better, considering how much he rode Ipswich last year... But cannot stop on...
  18. Dandelion

    Newcastle 2017

    What's wrong with us signing Jake Knight too? We're not stuck with what we've got... 2 points from the reserves is just not good enough... And I feel with someone like Jake Knight at 7, we'd be more likely to get 4 or 5, which is just getting on for acceptable, especially with the top 5 we have... On another note, I see Steve is out new number 1, no surprise there...
  19. Isn't the M for meeting?
  20. You're right!! Jerry will make a comeback when I'm on my laptop, or if I can figure out how the bloody hell to do it on my phone!! I can't just name something and then abandon it like that So many easily confused people here... Including myself
  21. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    Considering I'm a maths student in uni Haha... I was just over exaggerating (can't think of the right word), because he falls a lot... I didn't mean it literally... A bit pedantic
  22. But you'll get used to it soon Or might the loss of Jerry the Kangaroo be too great of a loss?
  23. Dandelion

    Ipswich V Newcastle 1june 17

    SHHHHHHHHHH, Let me feel smart with English words for 10 minutes or so
  24. I might explode from confusion in a minute O.o
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