shinyhine 131 Posted August 21, 2015 Will this be the meeting that gets our promotion to realise changes need to be made? Me thinks no if there is going to be a change it will already be planned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpecialOne 68 Posted August 21, 2015 Are Robins still with 6 riders at the moment? Shows the farcical nature of the reserves on evenings like tonight towards the end of the season. Riders either unavailable or not interested in riding Elite despite being on the list. If we had Charles & Robert I would fancy us to go close but going to the Bees and giving them a head start is going to be too much I feel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Game On 1,117 Posted August 21, 2015 Are Robins still with 6 riders at the moment? Shows the farcical nature of the reserves on evenings like tonight towards the end of the season. Riders either unavailable or not interested in riding Elite despite being on the list. If we had Charles & Robert I would fancy us to go close but going to the Bees and giving them a head start is going to be too much I feel. I have a feeling it could be two six man teams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdmc82 2,878 Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Are Robins still with 6 riders at the moment? Shows the farcical nature of the reserves on evenings like tonight towards the end of the season. Riders either unavailable or not interested in riding Elite despite being on the list. If we had Charles & Robert I would fancy us to go close but going to the Bees and giving them a head start is going to be too much I feel. If Garrity is out then Coventry will also be a 6 man team as even less time to find a guest This wouldn't be a first for bees though. I remember last season against table topping King's Lynn when Garrity was injured and NO rider was available to guest from the whole list. Coventry asked BSPA if they could use Luke Priest and have him added to the bottom of the draft. We were already using RR for a heat leader but as the meeting was due to start King's Lynn's manager put in a dispute and bees had to race with just 5 riders and 3 races with no rider in. And yet we still won convincingly! Proves it can be done still with the right team although not ideal. Hoping we don't see either team turn up with a 6 man team. Shame as this on paper had makings of a great meeting before if not for injuries & unreliable fast draft system Edited August 21, 2015 by mdmc82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thecoombdog 2,367 Posted August 21, 2015 Garrity will ride. He's nuts. Although long term for your season it might be better if he has a week off. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdmc82 2,878 Posted August 21, 2015 Garrity will ride. He's nuts. Although long term for your season it might be better if he has a week off. That's the dilemma isn't it. If he misses tonight then we could have a 6 man team and definitely lose, however if he does race he could end up pulling out during the meeting or making his injury worse. We have injuries at the worst possible time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,114 Posted August 21, 2015 Hans has a higher 2015 average than Walasek. Lindgren has a higher 2015 average than Milik. At least we have replaced someone who has ridden as a heat leader all year with someone else who has ridden as heat leader to get his average. Miliks average is about 85% second string achieved. But, they're the rules, and tbf to Lynn, Milik replace the unlucky Rory Schlein who was averaging about 9 with bonus points this season. Typical still moaning! Walasek is riding way above Hans current level which is second string. As you say they are the rules and every manager has a duty to get the best guest available. If Garrity is out then Coventry will also be a 6 man team as even less time to find a guest This wouldn't be a first for bees though. I remember last season against table topping King's Lynn when Garrity was injured and NO rider was available to guest from the whole list. Coventry asked BSPA if they could use Luke Priest and have him added to the bottom of the draft. We were already using RR for a heat leader but as the meeting was due to start King's Lynn's manager put in a dispute and bees had to race with just 5 riders and 3 races with no rider in. And yet we still won convincingly! Proves it can be done still with the right team although not ideal. Hoping we don't see either team turn up with a 6 man team. Shame as this on paper had makings of a great meeting before if not for injuries & unreliable fast draft system even James Wright could beat Luke Priest, guested for Poole at Wolves a few years ago absolutely rubbish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpecialOne 68 Posted August 21, 2015 If Garrity doesn't ride I think that is a huge leveller and probably tips it in favour of the robins. This shows how much of a difference a strong reserve can make. Agreed has makings of a fantastic meeting, just shame about injuries and unavailability ruining it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebrum 6,829 Posted August 21, 2015 Hans has a higher 2015 average than Walasek. Lindgren has a higher 2015 average than Milik. At least we have replaced someone who has ridden as a heat leader all year with someone else who has ridden as heat leader to get his average. Miliks average is about 85% second string achieved. But, they're the rules, and tbf to Lynn, Milik replace the unlucky Rory Schlein who was averaging about 9 with bonus points this season. Hasn't Milik ridden as a heat leader this season for the Stars? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted August 21, 2015 Hasn't Milik ridden as a heat leader this season for the Stars? He has. And look at his 2015 average! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebrum 6,829 Posted August 21, 2015 He has. And look at his 2015 average! Agreed it's poor. Ditto Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen, Zagar, AJ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,114 Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) He has. And look at his 2015 average! Look at Hans average it isn't much better! Edited August 21, 2015 by foreverblue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Game On 1,117 Posted August 21, 2015 If Garrity doesn't ride I think that is a huge leveller and probably tips it in favour of the robins. This shows how much of a difference a strong reserve can make. Agreed has makings of a fantastic meeting, just shame about injuries and unavailability ruining it.I think if Garrity was riding it would of been on the website by now, they are normally quite quick in posting the team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Look at Hans average it isn't much better! Agreed it's poor. Ditto Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen, Zagar, AJ. Thats not being questions. The issue was Coventry fans "moaning" (I'd say it was observing rather than moaning) that Milik whos average is a point lower than Lindgren was replace by Lindgren. Then someone commented that Walsasek (5.96) was better than Hans (6.31). The funny thing was they seemed to think Coventry fans were moaning but at least our observation had some factual basis, not just a silly rant by two anti-Coventry posters! As it is, I don't think Coventry have done too bad out of the situation with Walasek for Hans. But I don't think therres much in it either way, you'd hope either of them would be good for 9 or 10 at Brandon as a second string. Edited August 21, 2015 by SCB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Game On 1,117 Posted August 21, 2015 I see the Swindon website has both King and Garrity riding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
