EnglishRoundabout 1,752 Posted July 21, 2017 Wells and Sedgeman must be replaced ASAP if we are to have any chance of making the play offs. Can't see it happening though. Rye House making the play offs? No chance. Nowhere near strong enough. Harris and Nicholls are always superb to watch because they never ever give up, but the team were woeful at Swindon last night. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonga 53 Posted July 21, 2017 Rye will be lucky to finish above Leicester this year. Feel for the loyal suporters as they deserve more, new signings are terrible IMHO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rayleigh 362 Posted July 22, 2017 Rye will be lucky to finish above Leicester this year. Feel for the loyal suporters as they deserve more, new signings are terrible IMHO What a silly statement, Leicester are 11 points behind us (they only have 10 all season) we have lost only once at home and that was down to Kennett our "No1" bottling heats 13 and 15. I do though feel that the play offs are just out our reach thanks to being completely stiched up by KL TWICE 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
False dawn 2,298 Posted July 22, 2017 The right changes can get any team into the play-offs at this moment. There may be more truth in this statement than we care to believe. This merry-go-round of riders is surely not the spirit of team racing as seen over the years. Juggling averages, wholesale changes, riders moving from one club and then turning up somewhere else means we could be supporting a very different team come the play offs from the one that opened the fixtures in March. Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but I guess it's possible to have a completely different 1-7 in October from the the one you started with despite the transfer window cut off. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oafski 174 Posted July 22, 2017 What a silly statement, Leicester are 11 points behind us (they only have 10 all season) we have lost only once at home and that was down to Kennett our "No1" bottling heats 13 and 15. I do though feel that the play offs are just out our reach thanks to being completely stiched up by KL TWICE Not wishing to pick an argument but we got turned over at home by Swindon in the KOC so that makes 2 home defeats. There a are potentially 3 "Banana Skins" in the coming home meetings, Swindon and Belle Vue who have both tasted success at Hoddesdon and Poole when surely Eddie Kennett will be out to prove a point one way or the other. Time will tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben91 1,743 Posted July 22, 2017 There may be more truth in this statement than we care to believe. This merry-go-round of riders is surely not the spirit of team racing as seen over the years. Juggling averages, wholesale changes, riders moving from one club and then turning up somewhere else means we could be supporting a very different team come the play offs from the one that opened the fixtures in March. Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but I guess it's possible to have a completely different 1-7 in October from the the one you started with despite the transfer window cut off. We're seeing riders signing for Premiership clubs on old Elite League averages too. Teams were built to Premier League averages pre-season. Swindon have a bargain in Musielak while Lahti could prove to be a bargain at Poole too. There are plenty of riders with existing EL averages that could come into teams on those figures and make a mockery of them for sure in this league. For example a team of Iversen, Zagar, Kildemand, Woffinden, Lindback and two two pointers could be assembled within the points limit now if old EL averages are to be used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A ORLOV 8,628 Posted July 22, 2017 We're seeing riders signing for Premiership clubs on old Elite League averages too. Teams were built to Premier League averages pre-season. Swindon have a bargain in Musielak while Lahti could prove to be a bargain at Poole too. There are plenty of riders with existing EL averages that could come into teams on those figures and make a mockery of them for sure in this league. For example a team of Iversen, Zagar, Kildemand, Woffinden, Lindback and two two pointers could be assembled within the points limit now if old EL averages are to be used. Would really like to have that team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben91 1,743 Posted July 22, 2017 Would really like to have that team Exactly, of course money means it won't happen but if someone wanted to go for the s*** or bust approach it would be legal as far as I can see going by signings made elsewhere. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JmeRay 53 Posted July 23, 2017 We're seeing riders signing for Premiership clubs on old Elite League averages too. Teams were built to Premier League averages pre-season. Swindon have a bargain in Musielak while Lahti could prove to be a bargain at Poole too. There are plenty of riders with existing EL averages that could come into teams on those figures and make a mockery of them for sure in this league. For example a team of Iversen, Zagar, Kildemand, Woffinden, Lindback and two two pointers could be assembled within the points limit now if old EL averages are to be used. That's where our lack of experience in the management roles hinders us. Not enough knowledge of riders and European speedway in the initial team building and all the changes we've seen at Rye so far. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC2 11,150 Posted July 23, 2017 For example a team of Iversen, Zagar, Kildemand, Woffinden, Lindback and two two pointers could be assembled within the points limit now if old EL averages are to be used. Really? To 42 points? Don't those five alone add up to more than 42? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shadders 4,134 Posted July 23, 2017 That side would bankrupt a small nation, let alone a speedway club. Anyway, it would go against the BMR promotions policy of only signing UK based riders Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hackneyrocket 139 Posted July 23, 2017 That side would bankrupt a small nation, let alone a speedway club. Anyway, it would go against the BMR promotions policy of only signing UK based riders Not sure that's the case now. On BT's coverage of Rye' s visit to Wolves it was said that the promotion had been speaking to a GP rider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben91 1,743 Posted July 23, 2017 Really? To 42 points? Don't those five alone add up to more than 42? Niels-Kristian Iversen 9.04 Matej Zagar 7.48 Peter Kildemand 7.10 Tai Woffinden 7.03 Antonio Lindback 7.00 Two Pointer 2.00 Two Pointer 2.00 Total: 41.65 That side would bankrupt a small nation, let alone a speedway club. Anyway, it would go against the BMR promotions policy of only signing UK based riders If that's the policy it is a bad one when looking to win the top division title. There are certain riders to avoid of course that are based abroad but if handled right (like we did when we had Linus originally) then it can work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 441 Posted July 23, 2017 That side would bankrupt a small nation, let alone a speedway club. Anyway, it would go against the BMR promotions policy of only signing UK based riders I'd hope that the new promotion realise that policy is absolute folly now they have a taste of the top league. The changes made were pointless & showed a lack of any European rider knowledge. Look at what a good signing Musielak has been for Swindon & Lahti is on a bargain average if you have followed his scores in Sweden the last couple of years. I'd suspect Jenson & Schroeck have never heard of these riders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bald Bloke 3,282 Posted July 23, 2017 Rye will be lucky to finish above Leicester this year. Feel for the loyal suporters as they deserve more, new signings are terrible IMHO Really....... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
