lisa-colette Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 dreadful showing. Despite a tail end fight back that meant naff all. Nicholls - no excuses. a poor nite - yet again on the big stage. Harris - battled in a coupla heats but looked anything but a home rider. Richardson - why oh why are we persisting??? His best days are well behind me internationally. Stead - out of form, can turn it on at Cov. Surely cannot be considered in the reckoning from now on as clearly not up to the level required. A great pity as i like Simon. Allen - cant understand why he was ever picked. Rides Cov well but is a 2nd string at best. yet, everyone last year was saying he should have been in the team instead of kennett and this year when he is everyone starts moaning!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 yet, everyone last year was saying he should have been in the team instead of kennett and this year when he is everyone starts moaning!! do we think Kennett would have scored more than Allen? Not sure. The problem is everyone else too!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 do we think Kennett would have scored more than Allen? Not sure. The problem is everyone else too!!!!! the problem is when the british riders make a bad start to a meeting, especially in the world cup it takes a lot to get them going. plus the team spirit doesn't sound too good, even if denmark had made a bad start, i'm sure the team spirit would have still been there to pull them through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 The BSPA need to arrange, perhaps a week before the world cup to send the British squad to a 'boot camp' for a week. Team bonding and things like that. Similar to what Polish clubs do during the winter. If it means the league racing, in particular the EL has to close down for an extra week, then so be it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invadersfan Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 do we think Kennett would have scored more than Allen? Not sure. The problem is everyone else too!!!!! I think ben barker would of scored more than allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I think Cristiano Ronaldo would've scored more than Allen, Stead & Nicholls put together. Oh wait, he's Portugese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 the problem is when the british riders make a bad start to a meeting, especially in the world cup it takes a lot to get them going. plus the team spirit doesn't sound too good, even if denmark had made a bad start, i'm sure the team spirit would have still been there to pull them through it. team spirit has always been rubbish. dont know what it is about the team that they just seem to want to ride as individuals. I think ben barker would of scored more than allen wouldnt have been difficult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I think Cristiano Ronaldo would've scored more than Allen, Stead & Nicholls put together. Oh wait, he's Portugese he wouldn't have finished the race as he would have laid it down if anyone got close to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Nicholls is to focused on beating Bomber. It's obvious. He pretty much admits it in the interview in speedy star's Cardiff preview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 he wouldn't have finished the race as he would have laid it down if anyone got close to him LMFAO!!!!!! Well if he can't finish a race, he has ticked a box for GB selection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 LMFAO!!!!!! Well if he can't finish a race, he has ticked a box for GB selection but the riders we have can finish the races, they just find it hard to be leading them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rob Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 but the riders we have can finish the races, they just find it hard to be leading them!! The riders we have couldn't finish their dinner tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) on a more positive note the yellow start tart was in a class of her own! Couldn't agree more, pretty apt that she represented the Danes. As for the meeting, well it was nothing short of a farce from a British perspective. Yes Allen tried hard but he still scored just 5 points on his home circuit, Stead was as crap as expected. Meanwhile the other three seriously underperformed, although Harris did at least win a race. The race with Rymel and Andersen was top draw and former Newport legend Iversen had a couple of great last bend surges. Also mightily impressed by Jonas Davidsson, a rider that is surely ready for the GP's in the next couple of years? His ability to up his game in International meetings was a lesson to the entire British side this evening. As for Coventry Speedway itself, slightly disappointed by how shabby it appeared, having heard of major improvements. Plus the announcer and that bloody 1980's Primary School disco music was toe curling, no wonder the sport is still highly unfashionable in league venues. Look forward to Woffinden on Thursday. Edited July 15, 2008 by JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masked_rooster Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 What do team GB care!! what a disgrace if i were Jim Lynch Nichols,Harris and Richardson would not get near the gates of Vojens. We have no chance anyway so why not bring in 3 kids with Kennett and Woffenden and get them blooded at the top level. Our top three (well so called) kow no matter how they perform they will get picked, so stuff em and drop em.They were a disgrace last year and and have carried on in that vein.The Czechs and Swede's came with youth and were far better value for money. P.s note all other teams in the main have an young ex rider has team manager,we are in the dark ages on this one with the old foggie brigade year in year out.Mark Loram/Chris Louis please step up to the plate your country needs you like yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.I.G. Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 A truly abysmal performance from Team GB, how naive can the riders be. again they were bleating about the track being different from when they practiced around it. They should realise by now it always is, and will usually be slick as a board on the actual race day. How can they all have their set ups wrong, Denmark were spot on from the start, and Sweden soon adjusted to be competative. All around team GB lacks the talent at the top level. Nichols rarely performs as he can at league level, Harris bless him cant gate for toffee, but gives all, Richardson is too up and down, and appears to lack any motivation, Stead should never be racing at this level, just not good enough, and Allen tried hard, but lets face it, is a very good second string at league level at best. We have to accept that at this time we dont have the riders with the ability to compete at this level, perhaps as some have said in 2-3 years time we may,with the right coaching and leadership. I would love Team GB to perform well in the Semi in Denmark, but thats my heart but, my head says we will fail again. Still hope runs eternal, at least thats what they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogstar Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I think Lynch should learn to speak more clearly to his riders. Obviously Nicholls thought his manager was playing the 'CHOKER' in that heat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 just a shame the czechs got excluded on there joker we would of been lucky to finish 3rd. getting thro the the race off flattered us none of them deserve a second chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) Deary me - a rank performance and cringeworthy to watch. Only Allen can come out of that with any sort of credit - the rest - all current or ex-Coventry who seemed surprised the track was slick after earlier practice. How long have these guys been 'professionals'? And if they couldn't hack it last night, what hope on Thursday at Vojens, a track known to be slick? Get a grip team, with that sort of defeatism I'd hate to have to rely on them in a life-threatening situation!! What happened to the good ol' British digging deep, and laughing in the face of defeat and adversity and chucking it at 'em. Woeful - totally woeful. As for the post-mortems, afraid this poor situation is going to take longer than one meeting to sort out. The rot set in years ago, but collectively, whilst all the right noises are made by those in charge, as soon as they go their individual ways, absolutely nothing changes. We have a couple of youngsters waiting in the wings yes, but it's going to need a damn sight more than that to make us look anything more than also-rans for the next few years - at this rate even the Russkis are going to overtake us, and on last night's performance I'm glad we had the Czechs in our group or we might have been looking at SWC oblivion there last night otherwise! So to Thursday, and whilst looking froward to seeing Tai in our colours, realistically, I think we'll be lucky to finsh 3rd at best on current showing. Edited July 15, 2008 by rabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashman Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 simple really. we are not a top speedway nation. nicolls will never ever win a grand prix. equipment is always poor on power and he cant gate. harris again no power but can win races. simon stead never ever going to get anybetter , should come back to the premier league. lee richardson same as nicolls. oliver allen could move on and get alot better. the sooner we stat putting the young boys in the sooner we will get better, one things for sure they cant do any worse than last night. proberly the likes of gary haverlock . and stonehewer would have done better than that. anyway now ive got that off me chest am off to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogstar Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I hope that last night was a wake-up call to the Management and agree with most other posters that Thursday should be all about blooding new young riders for the future. Throw in Tai, Bridger and Kennet, maybe even Barker and try to get Havvy or Floppy involved too cos they showed great passion and pride riding for their Country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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