greyhoundp 990 Posted December 16, 2013 If you have signed Jack Kingston,you have yourself a good rider there, and will take some beating, I have you down as favourites to win the NL in 2014 already. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhilK 150 Posted December 16, 2013 The Official Fen Tigers line up to date1. Joe Jacobs2. Jack Kingston3. Josh Bates4. Brendan Johnson5. Danny Halsey ©6. Connor Mountain7. TBC (max 4.33 points available)The team has gone down very well with supporters of the MFT's 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heathen1984 139 Posted December 16, 2013 Greyhound how can you have them as favourites when all teams still have riders to sign and don't know how they will line up. Don't get me wrong midly look strong but they always do! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greyhoundp 990 Posted December 17, 2013 The reasoning is they have proven scorers there, still with an amount of improvement left, in Jack they have a young lad who will average around a high 6 average, same as our Max Clegg in 2013, maybe i should have put the words (at the moment). However the riders are not around that were around in 2013, which is as it should be, No Nielsen, Ellis, Blackbird, Morris, Kerr. Yes Cradley will have a strong Team, just as Coventry and Mildenhall have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete cc 322 Posted December 17, 2013 Good. i hope Mildenhall are strong, along with others. The last thing anybody needs is very weak teams and scoring 60+ everyweek.Riders will only develop when they are pushed into riding well every week. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adz_mft 230 Posted December 18, 2013 Taken off the Mildenhall Facebook page Press release from Mildenhall Speedway - Fen Tigers complete their 2014 line-up with a look to the future and a link to their past! Mildenhall are pleased to announce that the final team place for 2014 will be taken by Connor Coles, a signing that is sure to have a particular resonance to supporters who have followed the Fen Tigers since they first joined the then ‘National League’ back in 1975. Connor is the Grandson of Mildenhall legend Bob Coles, the man who did so much to help the Fen Tigers make a mark in league speedway over 38 years ago! Bob who was affectionately known as ‘The Rock that Mildenhall speedway was built upon” was a very welcome visitor last season when Connor rode for the Kent ‘Kings’ at West Row, his lap of honour gaining one of the biggest cheers of the season. Connor’s father Michael also had a season at Mildenhall during a long and successful career, riding for the Fen Tigers in 1988. Club Chairman Kevin Jolly was quick to highlight the importance of this signing – ‘I rode with Bob when I was starting out in my career and of course Robert (Henry) was his protégé, and there is a massive link to our clubs history in the signing of young Connor. This is something I am sure many of our fans will appreciate and understand and really get behind Connor when he rides for us. We mustn’t get too caught up though in our past as Connor is a very promising rider in his own right, he showed at Mildenhall last season he is a quick learner when he came with the Kent ‘Kings’. After a difficult start to the meeting he really clicked into the track and showed bags of potential scoring paid nine. He will start the season in one of the reserve berths and I am sure he has the potential to be one of the top reserves in the league. We will be doing all we can to support him, as we do with all our riders. We are really pleased to have secured our ‘Magnificent Seven’ for 2014 so early, and we are sure that our supporters will be happy with this young and exciting line-up. I would like to wish all Mildenhall Supporters and their families a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year from all of the management team at Mildenhall Speedway. We will enjoy the break now and then get down to business as we prepare for what looks like being a highly exciting 2014 season’ Coles was excited by the prospect of continuing his families link with Mildenhall speedway – ‘I think signing for Mildenhall is a great opportunity for me and I am really looking forward to starting the season, I hope to improve really well and quite quickly and hope to be a heat leader at some point which I think will be quite possible with the great team on the Management side at Mildenhall to support me. I have spoken to my granddad about Mildenhall and he has told me some stories and what a great place it is to be at, but I have always known myself what a good set up there is at Mildenhall and I know I am so lucky have this opportunity and intend to take it. I look forward to meeting everyone in the New Year and would like to wish everyone connected with the club a Merry Christmas’. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete cc 322 Posted December 18, 2013 The Official Fen Tigers line up to date 1. Joe Jacobs 2. Jack Kingston 3. Josh Bates 4. Brendan Johnson 5. Danny Halsey © 6. Connor Mountain 7. TBC (max 4.33 points available) The team has gone down very well with supporters of the MFT's No nathan stoneman? He was so popular when he came to monmore last year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigred 188 Posted December 18, 2013 No nathan stoneman? He was so popular when he came to monmore last year Thats cos the burger sales trippled....!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banani 5 Posted December 18, 2013 Mildy are looking a decent side, hopefully Brendan can back to the form he showed a few seasons ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TMW 533 Posted December 18, 2013 Thats cos the burger sales trippled....!!!!!! Umm my sides are splitting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banani 5 Posted December 22, 2013 I think Bates could really challenge Jacobs for the number 1 spot next season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westhamboy66 599 Posted December 23, 2013 The first point has been reported in the press & the second is because Nielsen has a PL average over 4.00 so if he's signed by a PL team he can't double-up. Signed for Coventry Storm ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islander15 1,065 Posted December 23, 2013 Signed for Coventry Storm ??? But he hasn't signed for a PL team! He can ride PL & NL as long as he doesn't have a PL team at the start of the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parsloes 1928 nearly 495 Posted December 27, 2013 But he hasn't signed for a PL team! He can ride PL & NL as long as he doesn't have a PL team at the start of the season.Not just at the 'start of the season' surely? The rule MUST apply at any point, otherwise it could be flauted simply by signing for a PL side two weeks into the new season!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foamfence 2,917 Posted December 27, 2013 I think the team looks weaker than some of the previous line-ups. Time will tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
