Berwick ‘buy a brick’ Bandits 2025

[SteveLyric2]

Just now, Fromafar said:

Yip😂👍

When is he guesting?

[Fromafar]

2 minutes ago, Robinh88 said:

I was impressed with them at Glasgow. Klindt particularly. Berwick should be alright but I would expect Plymouth will get a jolt with Scotty coming in.

Berwick reserves will need a decent night.Joe Thompson and Lasse are not bad second strings to have round Berwick 

[Catch Me If You Can]

2 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Yip😂👍

Struggled when with Poole few weeks ago but that was then

[Fromafar]

13 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

When is he guesting?

Sat for Plymouth at Berwick

[Normski]

Your Bandits will operate rider replacement for the injured Danyon Hume and employ a guest to cover for Craig Cook, sidelined for seven days after missing Monday’s Oxford Spires fixture at Sheffield with a severely elevated heart rate.

Taken from website

Edited July 15, 2025 by Normski
update

[Bandit59]

6 hours ago, Normski said:

Your Bandits will operate rider replacement for the injured Danyon Hume and employ a guest to cover for Craig Cook, sidelined for seven days after missing Monday’s Oxford Spires fixture at Sheffield with a severely elevated heart rate.

Taken from website

I like how George says Cookie is sidelined that's a new one 😂

[allthegearbutnaeidea]

Putting a lot of pressure on Wood and Smith on Saturday. 

[Bandit59]

20 minutes ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Putting a lot of pressure on Wood and Smith on Saturday. 

And Sam

[Cosmos25]

On 7/14/2025 at 4:52 PM, Pinny said:

Wonder what has caused the high heart rate?

Was always going to happen. A liability of a bloke. 

Stress, anxiety maybe.

[Fromafar]

2 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Putting a lot of pressure on Wood and Smith on Saturday. 

Bowtell at reserve will test Wood and Smith.

[Hamster00]

I would fancy my chances if I was Plymouth, a lot will depend on the guest whomever that may be and the reserves for Berwick.

The Cook signing had disaster written all over it from day one and those that hailed it as the best thing to ever happen have certainly got a dose of reality now.

Edited July 16, 2025 by Hamster00

[Bandit59]

22 minutes ago, Hamster00 said:

I would fancy my chances if I was Plymouth, a lot will depend on the guest whomever that may be and the reserves for Berwick.

The Cook signing had disaster written all over it from day one and those that hailed it as the best thing to ever happen have certainly got a dose of reality now.

Hopefully it will be Kyle again after his last guest appearance,as he's up at Glasgow on the Friday btw you're right about Cook

[Normski]

25 minutes ago, Hamster00 said:

I would fancy my chances if I was Plymouth, a lot will depend on the guest whomever that may be and the reserves for Berwick.

The Cook signing had disaster written all over it from day one and those that hailed it as the best thing to ever happen have certainly got a dose of reality now.

Dan Thompson guests for Cook

Edited July 16, 2025 by Normski

[Normski]

1 minute ago, Bandit59 said:

Hopefully it will be Kyle again after his last guest appearance,as he's up at Glasgow on the Friday btw you're right about Cook

Dan Thompson

[Normski]

Thompson for Cook Grahn for Hume on Saturday

[Fromafar]

1 hour ago, Normski said:

Thompson for Cook Grahn for Hume on Saturday

That’s better than r/r for Hume.

[Normski]

16 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

That’s better than r/r for Hume.

Defo

[gmarsbar2]

2 hours ago, Hamster00 said:

The Cook signing had disaster written all over it from day one and those that hailed it as the best thing to ever happen have certainly got a dose of reality now.

You suggest the Cook signing has been a disaster but when he's actually ridden he's done a good job. It seems like he's been ill a lot but per BSPL stats he's only missed 2 meetings.

When he's missing you should have a good choice of guests, given his average and there's only ever one other meeting. Basically any rider except the majority of other clubs number ones. Glasgow or Edinburgh riders the obvious choice if at home on a Friday night.  

 

[Fromafar]

7 minutes ago, gmarsbar2 said:

You suggest the Cook signing has been a disaster but when he's actually ridden he's done a good job. It seems like he's been ill a lot but per BSPL stats he's only missed 2 meetings.

When he's missing you should have a good choice of guests, given his average and there's only ever one other meeting. Basically any rider except the majority of other clubs number ones. Glasgow or Edinburgh riders the obvious choice if at home on a Friday night.  

 

Agree,while he has given the Promotion a bit of a headache off track ,his performance on track have been Ok.Like I said there will always be a good guest option if he keeps going AWOL.

 

[Hamster00]

1 hour ago, gmarsbar2 said:

You suggest the Cook signing has been a disaster but when he's actually ridden he's done a good job. It seems like he's been ill a lot but per BSPL stats he's only missed 2 meetings.

When he's missing you should have a good choice of guests, given his average and there's only ever one other meeting. Basically any rider except the majority of other clubs number ones. Glasgow or Edinburgh riders the obvious choice if at home on a Friday night.  

 

 

1 hour ago, Fromafar said:

Agree,while he has given the Promotion a bit of a headache off track ,his performance on track have been Ok.Like I said there will always be a good guest option if he keeps going AWOL.

 

But why would you sign someone that constantly gives you a headache? There is a reason teams like Workington moved on from him and they’ve been totally justified in that.

The fact you don’t know if he's turning up at all to any meeting should be reason enough to avoid him and as for having all these bouts of sickness well maybe the less said the better.

On track he’s been bang average imo, he’s nowhere near the rider he was years ago that would mean I could understand the excuses that were made for him.

There always is plenty of people willing to defend him and personally I don’t understand it but each to their own.