Honey Monster
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17 hours ago, Hackney said:
It's not been a decent racing surface for at least three years how supporters turn up to watch a prossesion every week is beyond me, I think the circus outside would have been more entertaining.
Are you sure? The last few years the racing has been fine. Better than a lot of the other tracks around. Multiple passes in multiply heats. You’ve obviously not been to Leicester.
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34 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:
I watched it courtesy of BSN who I am pleased to say again made a very decent show of it.
The track was dreadful, the starting area was just ridiculous, gate four was so good nearly everyone won from it, you could count the number of genuine passes on one hand and gate 2 was as bad as gate 4 was good.
Clearly both teams were suffering from match practice and it was close so it kept the meeting watchable.
The Referee “Dave Watters” had three decisions to make all night and cocked them all up big time, the first when Kemp totally locked up and was collected by Thompson in heat 2 was frankly embarrassing, how on earth that wasn’t Kemp excluded, Thompson awarded second and Wojdylo third is anyone’s guess.
Then we had the starting gate pole left out on track in heat 3 when it clearly obstructed Palm Toft, my understanding is these are not allowed any more, so that was missed by the start Marshall and the referee who both should have known that. Interestingly it wasn’t used again after that.
And the third cock up was Kemp hitting the tapes in heat 14 which should have resulted in his exclusion but again the referee did nothing.
BSN announced a FIM referee was also watching near the booth and was approached for his comments but declined to comment, I bet he did.
Clearly the previous days weather didn’t help track preparation but why isn’t this track ever a decent racing strip which allows some kind of passing and close racing, despite many years and quite a few changes.
I was also surprised that their didn’t appear to be too many watching for the first match of the season.
I think you’re a little harsh saying that the track is never a decent racing strip.
Last night, you could see that the track was still very wet and I’m guessing that track prep was hard with the amount of rain we’ve had over the last few weeks. Race times were down by about 1-1.5 seconds. There has been some fabulous meetings in the passed few years with plenty of passing. Extensive work on the track throughout the close season has taken place so once it settles down and we get some sun on the track, it will start to produce again.As someone said about heat 2. The race wasn’t stopped (red flagged) and Rowe finished the race and a time given. I’m guessing because neither of the Leicester riders were under power they were both excluded. If it had happened earlier in the lap, Joe might have been awarded 2nd.
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Have people seen the new training track being constructed at Leicester.
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On 1/10/2023 at 10:17 PM, arnieg said:
Come now, could have gone to Leicester
Hey, there’s nowt wrong with Leicester. Had some great racing there over the passed 2-3 years.
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Kyle Howarth got it spot on a couple of weeks ago in hie post match interview.
He said the more you attack the track, the more you get out of it.
There have been some cracking races there this season. Unfortunately, all teams are not equal.-
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2 hours ago, bloom89 said:
Lindgren had a couple of away tracks he was ok at the others he was useless.
IMO with the experience Clegg has he shouldn't be scoring zero anywhere.
Only a puncture stopped Cleggy from scoring a point.
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What a brilliant team Plymouth have put together. Well done all concerned.
Got to be one of the favourites for the league.-
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31 minutes ago, Teromaafan said:
We are in search of 1 maybe 2 heat leaders and are being told that some former riders will return. No one has mentioned Eric Riss?
My guess would be either Danny King or Richie Worrall.
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1 hour ago, Skidder1 said:
So with Leicester at full strength and Poole with guests Charles Wright and Dillon Ruml in for Schlein and Neilsen, Poole will need to keep it tight for the 2nd leg.
Thoughts.....?
Ruml rode well against us for Plymouth and Charles Wright always goes well at Leicester, should be a close call. Lions will need at least a 14 point lead to defend.
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5 hours ago, Diamonds85 said:
Newcastle is decent for viewing? Or at least where I stand... Birmingham is awful and Leicester isn't the worst but wasnt the best yesterday, I didn't manage to get a spot at the front so had to view through peoples heads on the first bend and was getting shaled quite a lot, which doesn't happen at newcastle
So let’s get this right. Your nights viewing was poor because of a big crowd and a lot of shale on the track.
isn’t that what most people want from speedway?
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Dougy looked another class around there last night. Summers was a brilliant guest and Kennedy looked like he enjoyed himself there. Solid performances from Howarth and Andersen. Surprised the twins didn’t score.
Big praise to Mountain. Looked great at Scunny.An enjoyable meeting. With a great Leicester win.
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14 hours ago, iainb said:
Dunno... I'm just the guy (mug) that pays £17 to watch 4 riders in a race every week
Nobody forces you too.
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7 hours ago, iainb said:
I honestly don't want to be negative but prior to the interval as a spectacle of speedway I thought it was total rubbish, with the exception of heat 2. A lot of riders were struggling to stay on their machines, with the entry to turn 1 and 3 being most problematical. There was another race as well, 2 races in 1, with about 100 yards between them, other than that a lot of the races had the riders really strung out.
From the interval onwards I thought it was excellent speedway and you won't see a better race than heat 13 anywhere. I think a lot of punters will go home remembering those last few races.
What you have to remember, the track was underwater up until late last night. They did really well to get a meeting on.
I enjoyed the meeting again last night.
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Just now, iainb said:
Totally agree... just not sure he's number 1 material these days, I hope he surprises me because as you say he's a class act
We have been totally spoiled this year by Stewart. We have 4 number 1’s in our team.
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37 minutes ago, iainb said:
No complaints from me... as for Ans, time will tell on that one. There's not much between the leagues this year and he's currently 4th in the Peterborough averages. Doesn't matter what he says on socials it's what he does on track that will show whether he's still a number 1
Agreed, it’s about what he does on track, but if he’s not ridden the track in 3 years and it’s change a lot. He’ll have learned a lot about his set up for Leicester last night. He is still a class act.
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I can’t believe what I’m reading.
the match was over and done in 92 mins. The track grading was done efficiently and produced a good racing track with hardly any dust. Why are people so keen to get it over and done with? It was a lovely night.
Hans Andersen is definitely a No1 at this level. He was finding his feet last night. If you’d have read his Twitter and Facebook posts, he said it’s been 3 years and the track has changed lots.
speedway fans. So fickle!!!!!
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51 minutes ago, Fromafar said:
Think it is top 6
How’s that work then?
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Got to say, I thought the attendance was good on Saturday night. Can’t be far short of the last season’s attendances?
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7 hours ago, Teromaafan said:
Loving this rumour if it turns out to be true. What average would he come in on, his PL average x 1.4? If so it leaves less than 4.0 for a double change. Dan T would not let us down if a re-shuffle moved him out of the reserve berth (which will happen sooner rather than later anyway).
If a double change was made, then Anderson could come in with someone else. Maybe Jake Knight? 2nd highest average in NL and scored a max against the Cubs earlier in the year.
Anderson’s average would be around 8.6.-
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1 hour ago, KingoftheTrack said:
Bates & Proctor for Auty and anyone who's available with an average that fits.
Auty & Jake Knight
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Would Luke Becker come in on an assessed average or a calculated average using his Premiership figures?
I don’t think he’s ridden Championship before.
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3 minutes ago, Janice Jackson said:
Think you will find it’s Charles Wright and not James Wright
Pity we couldn’t get Jorgensen or Ostergaard to guest.
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Are the rising star reserve protected from go king into the main body of the team?
Just thinking at this rate, Leon Flint will be No1 for Berwick.
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The Lion Cubs are shaping up to be a very competitive team in this league
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