arnieg 3,648 Posted February 8, 2019 Yes noted. The Rebels team looked top heavy to start with and now looks even more vulnerable. Atkins and Rowe are both promising young talents but they really need to be riding with a strong first reserve to take off some of the pressure. It means that Grobauer will be very unlikely to get a spell at reserve no matter how badly he struggles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tigerforever 86 Posted February 8, 2019 Real shame for Somerset, Berge I believe would have been fantastic around the Oak tree arena , he also had issues with both Glasgow and Berwick and could struggle to get a team in the championship in the future unless there are a glut of injuries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Najjer 2,890 Posted February 8, 2019 Somerset should of just come out and slaughtered him, not tried to protect him about struggling to find a mechanic. Berge simply couldn't be assed and that's that, and in the process completely destroyed Somerset's team further. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldtimer 340 Posted February 8, 2019 Look on the bright side, should have plenty of exciting last heat deciders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westlakejawa 23 Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, oldtimer said: Look on the bright side, should have plenty of exciting last heat deciders. Yea,but will you be watching them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazc 7,098 Posted February 12, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 3:53 PM, Najjer said: Somerset should of just come out and slaughtered him, not tried to protect him about struggling to find a mechanic. Berge simply couldn't be assed and that's that, and in the process completely destroyed Somerset's team further. He has history when we first brought him over he was like a spoilt brat , we were slated by some on here for showing him the door , but wouldn't touch him with a berge pole. 3 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 767 Posted February 24, 2019 Bergé has acted like a "spoilt brat" in long-track racing, too, when he was beaten by Smolinki for the world title last year. He is a very good rider, but at times he's not easy to get on with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliffeboy 577 Posted February 24, 2019 Time to forget about Berge, I have, never turned a wheel for us , good riddance, his loss. It’s gonna be tough for us now as the whole balence of the team has gone out the window, bet Gary is privately fuming. It’s funny clubs often take a lot of stick when they jettison riders for poor form and such like, I suppose the Berge thing is like the boot being on the other foot. Hasn’t Bomber been similarly stitched up by Peterborough. Aaah Speedway we love shooting ourselves in the foot. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliffeboy 577 Posted March 24, 2019 Well done new Rebels skipper Chris Harris, big 15 point max for Ippo last night. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Najjer 2,890 Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) Albeit a somewhat pointless heat formula, the new cup competition in the Premiership offers even more fixtures in the comparison to the Championship. If Somerset were still in the Premiership that would of offered up at least 3 more home meetings. One of the 'positive' reasons for dropping down was for more fixtures but that has now been proven to actually have reduced the amount of fixtures. Edited March 26, 2019 by Najjer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry The Goat 23 Posted March 26, 2019 I did a quick tot-up of the number of home fixtures over the past few years... 2009 - 26 2010 - 23 2011 - 25 2012 - 25 2013 - 27 2014 - 25 2015 - 24 2016 - 27 2017 - 18 2018 - 17 2019 - 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted March 26, 2019 nothing to worry about there then ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris116 756 Posted March 26, 2019 54 minutes ago, Harry The Goat said: I did a quick tot-up of the number of home fixtures over the past few years... 2009 - 26 2010 - 23 2011 - 25 2012 - 25 2013 - 27 2014 - 25 2015 - 24 2016 - 27 2017 - 18 2018 - 17 2019 - 14 In all the leagues we need to happen to get back to a full season of racing instead of two or three times a month with all the postponed fixtures held in the last week of October. The easy way to do that with the current size of each league is to race home and away more times. Each round of fixtures to be run in a fixed month time slot. Such an arrangement would give 18 home league fixtures in the Premiership with each side racing home and away three times. First round in April and May, second round in June and July with the third round in August and September. In the Championship it would be home and away twice for 20 home fixtures. First round in April, May and June and the second round in July, August and September. The National Development League could run the same way as the Premiership with 21 home fixtures. KO Cup and other fixtures could be used to fill in any empty dates so every track is running every week through the season. Regular racing means supporters don't find something else to do and makes advertising much easier (if a track does actually advertise!) Last season at least one track had an advert just outside the stadium which was regularly showing the previous meeting when I arrived for a meeting, no wonder the crowd vanished and it went bust! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poole keith 911 Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Harry The Goat said: I did a quick tot-up of the number of home fixtures over the past few years... 2009 - 26 2010 - 23 2011 - 25 2012 - 25 2013 - 27 2014 - 25 2015 - 24 2016 - 27 2017 - 18 2018 - 17 2019 - 14 wow thats a depressing list harry!! never realised,can it possibly go any lower than 14? promoters might argue theyve reduced costs,but theyve also greatly reduced their opportunitys to make money Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Najjer 2,890 Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) No team suits and just racejackets that look like they made in the 1980s again this year Edited March 27, 2019 by Najjer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites