Dandelion 775 Posted December 21, 2018 So the team lines up as follows before the big night... Our two final riders to be announced tomorrow... Fill in the blanks 1. Thomas Jorgensen 7.66 2. Nike Lunna 5.63 3. Victor Palovaara 6.25 (correct average, I got it wrong the other day, 5.80 was his average before he signed for Edinburgh last year) 4. Matthew Wethers 5.78 5. 6. Max Clegg 3.17 7. 9.51 left... Who will the blanks be? Danny Phillips and Lasse Bjerre seem the popular choices, but who knows... I still think we have a decent looking team, might not look the strongest on paper, but I am really looking forward to watching the Diamonds next year, with a lot of new faces and a lot of entertainers... Watching Nike Lunna fly around the outside will be reminicent of watch Rene Bach back in the 2010/2011 seasons... Maybe Rene can be that blank at 5? Maybe he needs money to look after his kid, and speedway is the best way he can make it... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillwhitewasmad 1,486 Posted December 21, 2018 Lunna will be fantastic to watch which will be tempered by watching Phillips if he replicates hisform at scunny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mac101 1,187 Posted December 21, 2018 Would go for something like jan gravesen 4.62 and mark Riss 4.84 =9.46 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dandelion 775 Posted December 21, 2018 22 minutes ago, phillwhitewasmad said: Lunna will be fantastic to watch which will be tempered by watching Phillips if he replicates hisform at scunny I like Danny, he rode well for us the season before... I just fear his injury has taken it out of him tbh... Sad really Young British rider, career knocked back like that and all people can do is take the p!ss out of him... If it happened to someone like *cough* Dan Bewley... Everyone would be devastated... I know Bewley is probably on for bigger and better things anyway, but it's the same principal... And just to let you know Phil, this isn't directed at you so much, it's directed at anyone else who spat on him while he was down... 19 minutes ago, mac101 said: Would go for something like jan gravesen 4.62 and mark Riss 4.84 =9.46 Problem is then, who would our number 5 be? Nike? Victor? I think we do need a second big rider in the team, like Lasse or similar... Which leaves us with just a reserve place to fill... And I do like Ben Hopwood Even before he signed for us... Enjoyed watching him in the NL, seems very solid and gives 110%... And has already experienced Brough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruffdiamond 6,115 Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Surely Danny should be worth a punt on a 2.00,,,, if it doesn't work out, there's always the shop. Edited December 21, 2018 by ruffdiamond Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
comet49 313 Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Dandelion said: So the team lines up as follows before the big night... Our two final riders to be announced tomorrow... Fill in the blanks 1. Thomas Jorgensen 7.66 2. Nike Lunna 5.63 3. Victor Palovaara 6.25 (correct average, I got it wrong the other day, 5.80 was his average before he signed for Edinburgh last year) 4. Matthew Wethers 5.78 5. 6. Max Clegg 3.17 7. 9.51 left... Who will the blanks be? Danny Phillips and Lasse Bjerre seem the popular choices, but who knows... I still think we have a decent looking team, might not look the strongest on paper, but I am really looking forward to watching the Diamonds next year, with a lot of new faces and a lot of entertainers... Watching Nike Lunna fly around the outside will be reminicent of watch Rene Bach back in the 2010/2011 seasons... Maybe Rene can be that blank at 5? Maybe he needs money to look after his kid, and speedway is the best way he can make it... Not saying it won’t be Rene but he does have a job, did last season anyway. Rode great last few meetings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dandelion 775 Posted December 22, 2018 1 hour ago, ruffdiamond said: Surely Danny should be worth a punt on a 2.00,,,, if it doesn't work out, there's always the shop. There's plenty of young 2.00ers to take a gamble on... 19 minutes ago, comet49 said: Not saying it won’t be Rene but he does have a job, did last season anyway. Rode great last few meetings. Massive fan of Rene, it would be a dream come true for me if he came back, good luck to him, whatever life brings 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillwhitewasmad 1,486 Posted December 22, 2018 10 hours ago, Dandelion said: I like Danny, he rode well for us the season before... I just fear his injury has taken it out of him tbh... Sad really Young British rider, career knocked back like that and all people can do is take the p!ss out of him... If it happened to someone like *cough* Dan Bewley... Everyone would be devastated... I know Bewley is probably on for bigger and better things anyway, but it's the same principal... And just to let you know Phil, this isn't directed at you so much, it's directed at anyone else who spat on him while he was down... Problem is then, who would our number 5 be? Nike? Victor? I think we do need a second big rider in the team, like Lasse or similar... Which leaves us with just a reserve place to fill... And I do like Ben Hopwood Even before he signed for us... Enjoyed watching him in the NL, seems very solid and gives 110%... And has already experienced Brough No offence taken if you’re u look at my comments on Danny on the scunny threads I don’t criticise him he was just never in the races after the tapes went up whether that was the injury playing on his mind lack of effort or lack of talent we will never know . With reserve position being slightly weaker this year he could benefit and get his form back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePark 2,780 Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, phillwhitewasmad said: No offence taken if you’re u look at my comments on Danny on the scunny threads I don’t criticise him he was just never in the races after the tapes went up whether that was the injury playing on his mind lack of effort or lack of talent we will never know . With reserve position being slightly weaker this year he could benefit and get his form back Clearly things weren't going right for him last season (for whatever reason). IF he is our number 7, then I'm sure he can put all of it behind him and be happier in his riding. Hopefully supporters will get behind and support him, rather than slag the guy off if things don't go well. Edited December 22, 2018 by StevePark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben91 1,743 Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/20/2018 at 8:29 PM, StevePark said: They tried it a few years ago in the then PL and it was scrapped half way through the season because a couple of the reserves were averaging somewhere near 8, IIRC (one was Tai Wofinden and I think the other was Jon Armstrong, but could be wrong). It was Boxall and Armstrong, Woffinden stepped up to the PL the following year. We had half a chance of retaining the league title in 2006 at Rye before the rule was changed mid-season and Steve had to move into the main team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamonds7 112 Posted December 22, 2018 which last 2 riders do diamonds fans want then ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aceslider 218 Posted December 22, 2018 Danny & Lasse Bjerre would be okay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
highside 118 Posted December 22, 2018 Jason king Carl Wilkinson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike7164 96 Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/20/2018 at 8:29 PM, StevePark said: They tried it a few years ago in the then PL and it was scrapped half way through the season because a couple of the reserves were averaging somewhere near 8, IIRC (one was Tai Wofinden and I think the other was Jon Armstrong, but could be wrong). Yeah I remember that if I correctly recall it would of been 2006? and again if I am right another rider to do similar was Steve Boxall? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePark 2,780 Posted December 22, 2018 6 hours ago, diamonds7 said: which last 2 riders do diamonds fans want then ? Tai Woffinden and Greg Hancock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
