SPEEDY69 1,260 Posted November 29, 2023 3 hours ago, SpeedwayFan91 said: You think Janowski, Wright, Tungate, Klindt, Harris, Kerr & Atkins looks weak?…. Yep. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedwayFan91 101 Posted November 29, 2023 13 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: Yep. How? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noaksey 345 Posted November 29, 2023 4 hours ago, SpeedwayFan91 said: You think Janowski, Wright, Tungate, Klindt, Harris, Kerr & Atkins looks weak?…. Looks reasonably solid to me depending on what Magic might produce. I'd say its a Wolves type team, contends for the play offs but won't win them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooky 65 Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 7:31 PM, RogerM22 said: A #1 who can beat any of Sheffield's team, a 2-5 that are superior to Howarth/Pickering, and a reserve who could beat Sheffield's pair whilst literally carrying Henry Atkins. Not that far apart IMO. We’ll see about that lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hackett 220 Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 8:43 PM, BluPanther said: I wish the team well, but 'Spires' is a really naff name imo... Agreed !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 1:58 PM, SpeedwayFan91 said: I’m pretty sure Boughen is Leicester’s RS Boughen at Oxford. Joe Thomson at Leicester Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTT 1,227 Posted November 30, 2023 Oxford's proposed 1-7 is very underrated imo. Out and out No.1 who only missed out on the GP's due to wokeness about getting different nationalities involved rather than picking the best riders. 2-5 who are all No.3's essentially who can win races regularly at this level. A high scoring reserve who's got bags of experience on all types of tracks. The only negative is that two members may take a month to settle in after coming back from big injuries (Wright and Klindt) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hyabb17 1,077 Posted November 30, 2023 Oxford have tweeted about their signings not being over this week, assume this will be their Premiership team announced in the morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TINYS 292 Posted November 30, 2023 4 hours ago, Hackett said: Agreed !! Me too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 8:43 PM, BluPanther said: I wish the team well, but 'Spires' is a really naff name imo... I would agree but better than the awful "Silver Machine". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,697 Posted November 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I would agree but better than the awful "Silver Machine". Yes, that was certainly a strange one. 'Silver Machine' was top 3 hit for Hawkwind back in 1972, but i'm not aware of any link to that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bojangles 594 Posted November 30, 2023 20 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I would agree but better than the awful "Silver Machine". Should have been Cheetahs in the Prem, Chargers in the Champ and Spires in the NDL in my opinion. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bojangles 594 Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) Looks like the Spires team might be announced at 7am tomorrow according to Oxford's latest tweet... https://x.com/OxfordSpeedway/status/1730293114969927756?s=20 Edited November 30, 2023 by Bojangles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted November 30, 2023 17 minutes ago, Bojangles said: Should have been Cheetahs in the Prem, Chargers in the Champ and Spires in the NDL in my opinion. Agree with that...would have made sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,780 Posted November 30, 2023 35 minutes ago, BluPanther said: Yes, that was certainly a strange one. 'Silver Machine' was top 3 hit for Hawkwind back in 1972, but i'm not aware of any link to that... It was all to do with the Wagstaff/Brian Griffin idea that they hatched at Lynn in 2000, when as well as the matching Wolfsport two piece race suits all the bikes had matching silver covers. Griffin then disappeared during the 2001 season from memory and Waggy struggled on to the end of 2002 before moving the whole operation to Cowley, mainly to do with the corporate hospitality opportunities at a greyhound stadium IIRC. The silver machine nickname and bike covers went with him, was obviously an image he liked. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
