Gearhead 31 Posted December 12, 2014 Covatti signing of the prem winter IMO will be a huge improver on average a bargain Agreed,the guy nearly made the GP's ffs,he'll go straight up to heat leader and maybe even stay there IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shadders 4,134 Posted December 12, 2014 Covatti 4.19 Lykke Nielsen 4.65 I know who's got the best deal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halifaxtiger 5,318 Posted December 13, 2014 You have to factor in that the younger members of the team should be improving. Manzares for example now has a season's racing under his belt and raced all the tracks so in theory should do even better next season. Doesn't always happen like that obviously but there looks to be improvement in a fair few members of the team. Heeps could well be our biggest improver if as it looks, he's over his hand injury. Very impressed with Manzares at the back end of 2014. No reason why he can't go forward next season. Agreed,the guy nearly made the GP's ffs,he'll go straight up to heat leader and maybe even stay there IMO Quite clearly you didn't see him at Sheffield. I thought the same thing last August and was proved totally wrong. To be fair, he's definitely better than that average and worth signing. The question will be whether he has decent machinery or not. If he has, then he could easily be a heat leader. If not, he won't improve that much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Last year I did a best/worst rider profile so here goes again. Danny - Could be up there as a challenger for the PL no1 no1 - 10+ or if the PL is just a top up to his regular job in the EL he will stand still - 8.5 Rohan - Could increase his average as he has done each year so far especially without the pressure of being at no1 - 9+ or he has found a level and loses interest - 7.5 Gino - Becomes the true heat leader many hope he can be - 7.5 or doesnt cut out the mistakes andstruggles -5.5 Cam - Returns to his 2013 form and kicks on - 7.25 or turns into just a solid team man - 5.5 Ritchie - Continues to revel in the captains role - 5.75 or rides like he has signed for Edinburgh - 4.5 Nico - KEY MAN - could be this years Sedgman. Has the ability but not all are convinced he will prove it - 7+ or instead does a Makinen - 4.5 Stefan - gets into the groove and scores confidently - 5.0 or suffers falls and mechanical gremlins to slip away - 3.75. Edited December 13, 2014 by dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheScotsman 2,483 Posted December 13, 2014 You are including bonus points I assume. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted December 13, 2014 You are including bonus points I assume.no! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,692 Posted December 13, 2014 no! Been on the old vino bruv ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted December 13, 2014 Been on the old vino bruv ? sober as a jugde! The 'best' would be a champagne supernova dream season so wouldnt expect any to do that - even if 1 did it would be a real bonus. The 'worst' are perhaps more realistic for an individual poor season which again you wouldnt expect from all in one go but each team will likely have at least 1 rider that has 'one of those years' A range of under 40 to over 50 so it was always going to look a bit extreme one way or the other! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CardinalSin 346 Posted December 13, 2014 sober as a jugde! The 'best' would be a champagne supernova dream season so wouldnt expect any to do that - even if 1 did it would be a real bonus. The 'worst' are perhaps more realistic for an individual poor season which again you wouldnt expect from all in one go but each team will likely have at least 1 rider that has 'one of those years' A range of under 40 to over 50 so it was always going to look a bit extreme one way or the other! Which was the point of your post. Don't worry bruv I got it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted December 14, 2014 Just to be clear, and facts straighter than a straight thing Nico Covatti was born in Coronal Pringles in Argentina. Who he rides for in SWC, or what license he rides on is just pure choice or coincidence. So you've been clear and posted some fact eh? Shame you missed out the FACT that in the World Cup you ride for the country named in your passport under "Nationality". Nico rode for Italy, thus he must be Italian. License is, as you say, choice, anyone can take out any license they wish (to some extent) but you can only get a passport for a country if you qualify for it. Nico has an Italian passport, he must be Italian. in the same way,Rune Holta is now Polish, he changed his nationality. As for quoting Wikipedia. Please, do me a favour.The site is full of errors. But, if we're going to use Wikipedia as some sort of guide, it tells us Covatti is Argentiain and then that he raced for Italy but tlls us Rune Holta is Norwegian in the write up but Polish on the right as he has Polish citizenship now - the same way Nico has Italain citizenship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smod 145 Posted December 14, 2014 So you've been clear and posted some fact eh? Shame you missed out the FACT that in the World Cup you ride for the country named in your passport under "Nationality". Nico rode for Italy, thus he must be Italian. License is, as you say, choice, anyone can take out any license they wish (to some extent) but you can only get a passport for a country if you qualify for it. Nico has an Italian passport, he must be Italian. in the same way,Rune Holta is now Polish, he changed his nationality. As for quoting Wikipedia. Please, do me a favour.The site is full of errors. But, if we're going to use Wikipedia as some sort of guide, it tells us Covatti is Argentiain and then that he raced for Italy but tlls us Rune Holta is Norwegian in the write up but Polish on the right as he has Polish citizenship now - the same way Nico has Italain citizenship. You won't let this go, will you? Nico Covatti is an Argentine citizen, holding an Argentine passport. Born and bred. Speaks Spanish, not Italian. He also qualifies (by some dubious means) for an Italian passport. Dual nationality, ever heard of it? That he races as an Italian in the WTC is due to Armando Castagna being sharp enough to grab him for Italy, as the Argies don't have a team of their own. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) He also qualifies (by some dubious means) for an Italian passport. Dual nationality, ever heard of it? BINGO! So, when you posted, "He's from Argentina. If you must snipe at the hard-working promotion, at least use the correct bullets." to the p[erson who suggested getting an Italian flag you now admit that the Italian flag is NOT incorrect. Nobody has ever said there is no Argentinian in him - go back an check if you like - just that he IS Italian as you have just agreed to. As for, "You won't let this go", until I posted this, you'd had the last word, you were continuing the discussion as much as I was Edited December 14, 2014 by SCB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted December 16, 2014 Note to Presenter - to keep everyone from arguing just put in an order for 7 UN flags! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldyman 6,243 Posted December 18, 2014 Not really much to chat rubbish about now the team is sorted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2ndbendbeerhut 1,781 Posted December 18, 2014 Not really much to chat rubbish about now the team is sorted Plenty of rubbish on other threads! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
