TigerIain Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Boughen got a 15 point maximum away at Redcar last year, and got 13+1 from 6 rides at Ashfield, including a win in heat 10 when Bomber couldn't get close enough to even attempt a pass, which is very rare at Ashfield so he clearly has got talent. (AB had a tapes exclusion in heat 3, and finished behind Bomber and Masters who had the 2nd best race of the night & season in heat 15 that night). Sadly this season he just hasn't been the same rider, and it does appear to be a mental issue. Possibly not a quick or easy fix but I hope that he does get whatever the issue(s) is/are sorted and that we do see him back on a speedway bike showing off his talent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo95 Posted Monday at 07:40 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:40 AM 8 hours ago, Mr Blobby said: surely can’t be comparing Victor not riding in Britain for 6 years too Ashton here? I would assume so if Matty did. No. Comparing it to saying Max Clegg etc not getting an average reduction. Got the impression you were against all average reductions, so I was just pointing out an average reduction from this year. Sure when Matty was interviewed at Berwick, he basically said his average was what it was so nobody had offered him a team place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted Monday at 08:04 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:04 AM If young Ashton reads this forum and sees sixteen pages dedicated to himself, he`ll never believe he was that good. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted Monday at 05:29 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:29 PM 19 hours ago, scaramanga said: some riders are expected to carry there youth/ndl form up with them when they start ridding the higher leagues what i will say watching Ashton on streams is he always seamed to be by himself more often than not in pits maybe the issue is more with the pressure on him from his own team or expectation of the people like us watching in he was great as a 15 year old just like william cairns was last year but noticed his scores have dropped a little before he turns 16 and joins poole next weekend I agree with the fact that he always seems to be alone, But in some ways I think that is of his own making. I have seen him in the pits ear pods in & scrolling on his phone whilst other riders are watching the races & seeing track changes develop. It's one thing to be your own man but you have to be aware of whats going on. This season I believe both his clubs expected him to at least maintain his scores but he has not even been prepared to race, Whilst he is not much more than a novice speedway rider he chose to race for those clubs in March & now he has chosen to stand down, I understand that but fail to grasp why he took to the track & in my opinion didn't make enough effort to race 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted Monday at 07:39 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:39 PM Heads gone = finished. Could of been and had the potential initially to be so much better. Pity for gb speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted Monday at 08:01 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:01 PM Ashton has all the machinery and backing the some young riders can only dream .Has talent not sure about attitude and bottle you need though,it’s a tough sport. Time will tell what he does next. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted Monday at 08:32 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:32 PM 52 minutes ago, ONTWOMINUTES said: Heads gone = finished. Could of been and had the potential initially to be so much better. Pity for gb speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted Monday at 10:01 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:01 PM 1 hour ago, Fromafar said: Ashton has all the machinery and backing the some young riders can only dream .Has talent not sure about attitude and bottle you need though,it’s a tough sport. Time will tell what he does next. Maybe had the backing to provide very good machines when in the NDL and lower ranks, doing very well , but now up against the big boys in the leagues, may have the macharry but not the knowledge or experience to do well. Maybe too much too soon when in a lower level ? Been a few riders like that over the years Kyle Bickley one of them 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted Tuesday at 09:09 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:09 AM ashton was/is better than kyle but you are correct kyle had best of gear so didnt need to learn to race he was always out front so when stepping up was different ball game ashton was competative when he first stepped up but dropped back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyrocket Posted Wednesday at 07:26 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 07:26 AM 22 hours ago, scaramanga said: ashton was/is better than kyle but you are correct kyle had best of gear so didnt need to learn to race he was always out front so when stepping up was different ball game ashton was competative when he first stepped up but dropped back I was concerned that this might happen with Ashton, how many times have we seen someone stepping up to soon in the past? i personally think he should have had another season in the NDL to learn more about the sport, I really do hope that this is not the last we will see of such a promising talent. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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