Justgotmecpc 1,059 Posted April 20 2 hours ago, mikebaker said: Greg Blair is superior to Roynon. Both good at what they do as they have both rode a bike so they know exactly what there talking about 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTD26 105 Posted April 20 Really enjoyable meeting today. Been to everyone down at Northside and have to say, that is the best racing to date. The extra dirt really helped passing massively. Could have went either way. Hope Danny King isn’t hurt badly after that unfortunate incident. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j2ohh 64 Posted April 20 celina has more b4ll5 than many speedway riders and never gives up . most entertaining rider . 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Blobby 2,678 Posted April 20 22 minutes ago, j2ohh said: celina has more b4ll5 than many speedway riders and never gives up . most entertaining rider . What’s entertaining about finishing last the majority of the time? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soupy 556 Posted April 20 I see Workington at home next Sunday 28th v Scunthorpe in a re arranged fixture.Tapes up 3-30pm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geoff100 1,432 Posted April 21 4 hours ago, Mr Blobby said: What’s entertaining about finishing last the majority of the time? Usual rubbish comment from u,the lass has guts to try and make it in what has been a male majority sport,if u think u could do better give it a go . 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grachan 7,364 Posted April 21 I watched this on BSN. A couple of things made me pay to watch it. One was to see the Workington track - which looks excellent. The other was I was interested to watch Celina ride and see how she did. It's so typical of speedway these days for people to demand changes immediately - I guess it's a product of the points limit to concentrate so much on figures - but I think it would be a major mistake to try and replace her and I'm sure Workington won't do that. Not in the short term, at least. I hope not, anyway. Yes, she's saddled with a 4 point average, but they knew that when they signed her and knew that wouldn't be easy to achieve immediately, but you can see just by watching her that there is a good rider there. Sure, she needs to improve her starting and first turns, but apart from that she's a good as many other reserves in the league. If the more experienced riders in the side can help her with that I reckon there's a bit of a star in waiting right there. Comments that she is "way off the pace" are simply not true. In one race she passed one of the Redcar reserves for a point. In another she snuk past the other reserve momentarily. Not exactly ground-breaking stuff, but not "way off the pace" either. She's also a charismatic interviewee (her dropping of the F-bomb made me chuckle) and someone whose rides I looked forward to seeing and also the main reason that Workington are the Championship side that I - as someone without a team - am most interested in at the moment. Obviously she needs to start scoring more at some stage, but I can honestly see that happening if they stick with her and support her. She doesn't come across as someone who will be phased in trying to do that. It's not all about the average. Swindon took Jason Doyle on a 13 point plus average one year and he was always going to lose about 4 points on that and I think they won the league that year. 32 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scaramanga 907 Posted April 21 Very accurate assessment From a unbiassed poster The reason it's entertaining is that she trys hard And the comets fans are behind her more because of all the others knocking her 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neila 1,172 Posted April 21 10 hours ago, Mr Blobby said: What’s entertaining about finishing last the majority of the time? A bit like some of your reserves did over the past few years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Blobby 2,678 Posted April 21 6 hours ago, geoff100 said: Usual rubbish comment from u,the lass has guts to try and make it in what has been a male majority sport,if u think u could do better give it a go . The classic you have a go comment got to love it. Like I said early take away the fact she’s female, if she wasn’t and was male would you be saying the same things probably not. She is averaging 1 point a meeting and she’s came up against Redcar twice who with ourselves probably have the weakest reserves in the league. Other than 1 point against borke she’s only beat Ben trigger who’s not very good and her team mate. You’ve been brought in on a 4 point average and your averaging 1 your not doing your job or even close to doing it, take the fact she’s female out of the equation the stats aren’t great are they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Blobby 2,678 Posted April 21 26 minutes ago, Neila said: A bit like some of your reserves did over the past few years Correct they’ve been not great either which I’ve admitted. Again they’re not much better this year young max James taking a step up into the championship and Coles hasn’t started well either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marksman 540 Posted April 21 Managed to speak to Celina in the pits prior to the meeting, she was certainly still battered and bruised from last weeks fall. She said her right hip is fully black with blood spots, and it hurts to move. She is so determined and has definitely made an impression with Comets fans young and old at an early stage. That’s all that matters here, I don’t think we or she will care about outside negativity. She is so mentally strong and will laugh the negativity off. Her dad Jurgen and sister, drove over from Germany with her best engine that was sitting at home. He only arrived in Workington at 10.30am yesterday morning having drove all night, and then proceeded to start working on her equipment ahead of yesterday’s meeting. If she can get out of the start which she’ll be working on, I’m convinced she’ll start picking up good points instead of having to do it from the back. Speedway is to me is not a tribal sport, and I don’t see comments posted here echoed around Social media platforms. However the comments here are still fairly tame compared to other sports. Would take these comments with a pinch of salt. The experience at Northside is miles better than the Derwent Park days in my opinion, I wasn’t sure on the Afternoon starts at first but the numbers of families attending is really showing. All positive stuff for me! With improvements to FIM standards coming all the time and the inclusion of a Newport style ‘New years Classic’ in the pipeline we could be running all year round on this track. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigdave 36 Posted April 21 20 hours ago, bloom89 said: Ahh didn’t know that thanks. They didn't, the track was too wet on the day Redcar wanted to use it for their practice session Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigdave 36 Posted April 21 21 hours ago, Ajr said: Redcar used workington for winter practice so will know their way around They didn't. The track was too wet on the day they wanted to use it for their winter practice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
singy13 372 Posted April 21 3 hours ago, Grachan said: Swindon took Jason Doyle on a 13 point plus average one year You can't have a 13 plus average...............the maximum is 12 points...........and no one achieves that, some have come fairly close though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
