Falcon1983 Posted January 15, 2025 Report Share Posted January 15, 2025 Zagar At Foxhall 12+1 from 5 rides at no.3 11+2 from 6 rides at no.3 5+1 from 4 rides at no.1 At Lynn 12+1 from 6 rides at no.3 At Sheffield 7+1 from 5 rides at no.3 9 from 6 rides at no.3 5+2 from 5 rides at no.3 Some good scores at Foxhall and Lynn not being in the no.1 berth, think he'll get on fine at Leicester & Oxford, knows the NSS If he finds another gear at Sheffield and gets dialled in at home, he'll be a decent no.3 Lidsey, Brennan, Iversen, Douglas, Woffinden and Kildemand/Wright depending what happens at Oxford Would say Zagar at no.3 should be decent, certainly not the worst no.3 in the league by any means MJJ should be coming in on a 7.5 average at be at no.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSmiler Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 Does Kenneth Bjerre fit for the final signing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petecc Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 The last rider should be obvious, youngish ,able to improve. That rules out all the other past it, over the hill guesses I'm reading here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 Just now, Petecc said: The last rider should be obvious, youngish ,able to improve. That rules out all the other past it, over the hill guesses I'm reading here. Tom Brennan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 16 hours ago, Falcon1983 said: Zagar At Foxhall 12+1 from 5 rides at no.3 11+2 from 6 rides at no.3 5+1 from 4 rides at no.1 At Lynn 12+1 from 6 rides at no.3 At Sheffield 7+1 from 5 rides at no.3 9 from 6 rides at no.3 5+2 from 5 rides at no.3 Some good scores at Foxhall and Lynn not being in the no.1 berth, think he'll get on fine at Leicester & Oxford, knows the NSS If he finds another gear at Sheffield and gets dialled in at home, he'll be a decent no.3 Lidsey, Brennan, Iversen, Douglas, Woffinden and Kildemand/Wright depending what happens at Oxford Would say Zagar at no.3 should be decent, certainly not the worst no.3 in the league by any means MJJ should be coming in on a 7.5 average at be at no.5 I'd be really surprised if Jensen achieves a higher average than Zagar, I reckon MJJ 6.5, Zagar 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 5 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: I'd be really surprised if Jensen achieves a higher average than Zagar, I reckon MJJ 6.5, Zagar 7 I'd expect MJJ to average more than Zagar. Firstly because MJJ was in excellent form last year, but also because Zagar only rode one meeting last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 40 minutes ago, arnieg said: I'd expect MJJ to average more than Zagar. Firstly because MJJ was in excellent form last year, but also because Zagar only rode one meeting last season. The wager is on! 😄 I'm biased because I never rated MJJ when he rode in the UK before and don't care about overseas form 🙈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 20 hours ago, foreverblue said: In this league Zagar will be fine. Zagar tends to give up when at the back ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 MJJ rode here years ago and had a good year last so you'd expect he comes back as a muxh improved rider Think Zagar will get a high 6 average almost a 7 MJJ low 7ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 On 1/15/2025 at 3:18 PM, Falcon1983 said: Still room for Thorsell on a short term deal then replaced by Nick Morris? Could do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 2 hours ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said: Zagar tends to give up when at the back ... A lot of riders do that but I would not say Zagar does particularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted January 16, 2025 Report Share Posted January 16, 2025 On 1/15/2025 at 3:18 PM, Falcon1983 said: Still room for Thorsell on a short term deal then replaced by Nick Morris? I wouldn't want Nick Morris at all. Would rather have Sedgmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 Seems like the last rider is being announced today, their social media post has an ant on it…surely they can’t be almost 4 points under the limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 sounds like vuolas to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 4 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said: sounds like vuolas to me He certainly is the last member of the team,confirmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 4 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said: sounds like vuolas to me Same here, good to see him get a spot but they’ve got 7 or 8 to play with depending on MJJs average haven’t they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther1997 Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 https://www.birmingham-speedway.com/news.php?extend.3605 Voulas confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 I'd say Vuolas would be a good signing if they had 4.5 remaining, not so great when they had over 6. However, it was expected they would be building under the limit, so that's tempers any disappointment. I think Sedgmen is better now & would've picked him, but Vuolas is the better prospect for the future, so can understand the signing. Although that doesn't mean if he improves Birmingham will benefit in the future as he could move on (like Brennan). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 15 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: I'd say Vuolas would be a good signing if they had 4.5 remaining, not so great when they had over 6. However, it was expected they would be building under the limit, so that's tempers any disappointment. I think Sedgmen is better now & would've picked him, but Vuolas is the better prospect for the future, so can understand the signing. Although that doesn't mean if he improves Birmingham will benefit in the future as he could move on (like Brennan). I would say given the points available it is a disappointing signing but I imagine the last signing for Oxford will be disappointing too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSmiler Posted January 17, 2025 Report Share Posted January 17, 2025 It’s not a bad side. I do worry that it will be incredibly inconsistent and I have question marks over Zagar and MJJ’s commitment But it’s considerably a better effort than 2024. Oxford are nailed on for the wooden spoon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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