A ORLOV 8,628 Posted November 26, 2014 Looking at the list Darryl Ritchings from Swindon is not on it, yet he asked to be included, and tweets indicate there are more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrMungo 708 Posted November 26, 2014 It doesn't mention any ranking order on either Tier 1 or tier 2!! For example look at how far down Sergeant is in Tier 2?? Below Compton? Seriously?! Haven't they heard of 'conference calls' or 'facetime'?? Silly question I guess. Compton finished with a higher NL average than Sarjeant. It's seemingly done purely based on PL averages, and then NL averages if they've never achieved an average of over 3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Penny Cross 120 Posted November 26, 2014 Draw delayed due to traffic. how can the sport expect to be taken seriously when two years running we have a live draw in twitter and two years running it's run late? And last years was poorly done, it should be one name announced every 2 minutes, not 3 or 4 one one tweet. Make it last 30-40 minutes, bit of suspense. Even if in reality the draw is done in 3 or 4 minutes in the office. Riders get fined for not attending a meeting in good time. Fine the Promoters who are late and start without them, then let them pick from who's left in the order they arrive! British Speedway is on its knees and sinking rather quickly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Leslie 3,213 Posted November 26, 2014 Looking at the list Darryl Ritchings from Swindon is not on it, yet he asked to be included, and tweets indicate there are more. Brendan Johnson also agreed to be in the list and had emailed confirmation, but his name is missing too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beesboybert 95 Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Draw delayed due to traffic. how can the sport expect to be taken seriously when two years running we have a live draw in twitter and two years running it's run late? And last years was poorly done, it should be one name announced every 2 minutes, not 3 or 4 one one tweet. Make it last 30-40 minutes, bit of suspense. Even if in reality the draw is done in 3 or 4 minutes in the office. Exactly this. They should have a hashtag set up, and space each pick out, it can get fans tweetin about who will pick who next etc, and have a chance at trending (even if it is only in certain areas) and therefore promoting the sport. And quite why they need to be in Rugby to select their picks is a joke. surely it could be done online/conference call? Edited November 26, 2014 by beesboybert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben91 1,743 Posted November 26, 2014 How so? Thats that same EL with that format that they'll be scoring the points in again this year. Plug Auty's 4/5 point EL figure from 2013 in with the likes of Blackbird who averaged 8 odd because of the fast track heats last year and there's a big disparity. No it isn't. PL runs to a completely different race format. All the tier one riders rode PL last season, not all raced in the EL. Makes more sense to order them on averages gained in the same league. The FTD riders last year were poles apart in some cases too meaning the top riders were getting points pretty much handed to them in the reserve races, something which shouldn't happen as often next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A ORLOV 8,628 Posted November 26, 2014 Nothing mentioned on Sky news or BBC about any delay. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B.V 72 1,054 Posted November 26, 2014 If thats the order i m o its b/s you should work out an average from the league that they race in and only use the N L averages to work out where the new riders fit in. ie Newman was one of the best draft riders in the Elite league but for some reason did not do as well in the Prem league so how can you use his Prem league form to judge how he did in the Elite league. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ouch 1,191 Posted November 26, 2014 That can't be the order as surely Worrall needs to be top so The Aces choose last from tier 2. Business as usual I see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted November 26, 2014 Brendan Johnson also agreed to be in the list and had emailed confirmation, but his name is missing too... I can't believe I'm not on the list either. I want a draft place too. What a joke! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSmiler 420 Posted November 26, 2014 Casually refreshing Twitter every minute... I'd like them to have it done by the time I go to work. Bit poor that it's late. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B.V 72 1,054 Posted November 26, 2014 Prediction time Poole Newman/Rose or sargent.If not one of those two Poole will still end up with one of the strongest pairs this year,seeing as the top team from last season should get last pick this makes the draft system the way it is done look a little silly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted November 26, 2014 When is the new proposed start time? Any news on that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeicesterLion39 55 Posted November 26, 2014 Would like to see Leicester protect Josh Bates and maybe get Lewis Blackbird or Charles Wright Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greyhoundp 990 Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) I dont know who has organised the draft this year but its turned out like British Speedway in general. Auty, Garritty, Newman fast track riders ?? lol you may as well include all British riders its a total farce.. Poole will pick Newman and am i correct in thinking they have last pick of Tier 1 but 1st pick of Tier 2 ?. All of the Tier 1,s should be in the full 1 to 5s, and Tier 2 really should be the Fast Track riders..its a complete joke, FAST Track for riders who have been around for years, what a farce.. Edited November 26, 2014 by greyhoundp 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
