Birmingham v Sheffield Mon 4th August PL2

[Cue Ball]

What was the verdict on Morris? Decent score, but think he was gifted some of those points?

[Col]

The Tigers of Sheffield would like to thank Birmingham Speedway for two pathetic performances at Perry Barr which made our journey down the M1 worthwhile.... but mostly for lowering the average of Tobias Musielak, he's looking primed for a Owlerton return in 2026.

[stevebrum]

3 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

I havent been for a couple of weeks because of circumstances but I’m glad I didn’t go tonight, 31 points at home is unacceptable 

I very nearly stopped off on the way home from work, think I heard heat 2 as I passed.

Trouble is time is running out to watch a dreadful team get battered every week. 

[Petecc]

9 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

Why was barker in heat 15 to save money 

He was probably the only one who wanted to ride. Most of the test of them are a complete waste of time. 

[P T Preece]

Dreadful performance, Couldent get out of the gate, it wouldent of mattered but no tac sub ride. Jeppesen rubbish, got a better score for Berwick. Sack Adams, I pity anybody next season who gets involved with Tolly, Rogers and Adams havent a clue.

Two to home meeting to go thankfully and bye bye Brummies, bloody awful season to finnish on. Glad Ive only got to drag myself to two more meeting, really regretting buying a season ticket.

To the sheffield supporter who is looking forward to getting Musielak in your team, good luck with that, the bloke is an asshole.

[GeneralMelchett]

Woefull! There seems to be no effort or pride in going down fighting.

[tonyd]

11 hours ago, Cue Ball said:

What was the verdict on Morris? Decent score, but think he was gifted some of those points?

yes he was gifted a point when Jeppesen fell in his first ride where he moved at the start then missed it (and had a warning from the ref after the heat) but after that he was in the mix every race. Another couple of meetings and he is going to make a lot of doubter's eat there words.  

[drew2]

First and last visit to Perry Barr last night!

As a Somerset and now a Plymouth fan I saw my best meeting of the season so far at the Coliseum on Saturday and possibly the worst one last night! Gate and go by Sheffield for easy easy win but Birmingham just couldn't make a start. Track was awful, was stood between start gate and first bend in front of the grandstand and it was like Motocross bumping into bend one. Quite amazed only Jeppesen fell!

I can imagine the Barker nomination in heat 15 was that he was up for it when others weren't. You always get max effort from Ben but it certainly wasn't a surface that he thrives on! My son said when are they using a tac sub but in honesty it wouldn't have made any difference.

Probably the easiest max Jack has ever scored and probably same goes for Leon too. Picko was good value as always and managed one of the only passes of the night around the outside.

Finally the guy on the centre green, how quicky did he want to announce the riders on parade and why bother talking over the final lap of a race????

 

[IainB]

1 hour ago, GeneralMelchett said:

Woefull! There seems to be no effort or pride in going down fighting.

I think it's just a payday for most of the riders, sadly

[heathen52]

5 hours ago, P T Preece said:

Dreadful performance, Couldent get out of the gate, it wouldent of mattered but no tac sub ride. Jeppesen rubbish, got a better score for Berwick. Sack Adams, I pity anybody next season who gets involved with Tolly, Rogers and Adams havent a clue.

Two to home meeting to go thankfully and bye bye Brummies, bloody awful season to finnish on. Glad Ive only got to drag myself to two more meeting, really regretting buying a season ticket.

To the sheffield supporter who is looking forward to getting Musielak in your team, good luck with that, the bloke is an asshole.

I feel for guys like you that have paid hard earned money to watch the rubbish served up nearly every week by so called home riders.

[salty]

Dreadful night for the Brummies. Feel for their supporters.

[kitten2502]

1 hour ago, salty said:

Feel for their supporters.

And apparently because we wont have a team next year we shouldn't criticise the riders/management. Utter guff!

[RS50]

23 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

I havent been for a couple of weeks because of circumstances but I’m glad I didn’t go tonight, 31 points at home is unacceptable 

Had Sheffield not replaced Flint in race 14, and put their best two in race 15, Birmingham may only have scored 28.

[stevebrum]

13 hours ago, drew2 said:

First and last visit to Perry Barr last night!

Finally the guy on the centre green, how quicky did he want to announce the riders on parade and why bother talking over the final lap of a race????

 

Porky has always commented on the last lap of the final race. He likes to give it some drama. He is one of the best in the business. 

[Trackrat]

9 hours ago, stevebrum said:

Porky has always commented on the last lap of the final race. He likes to give it some drama. He is one of the best in the business. 

Over the years found him to be insulting & jokes stuck in the 70’s but each to their own.

[Villain]

Such a sad way to end Brums existence.

My reason for attending these past 3 years has been to see some good racing even though we have been on the wrong end of a few tonkings.

But last seasons poor team building and this seasons closure announcement combined with another poor team has made it very difficult to endure.

The team were obviously too weak from the off and has been gradually downgraded throughout the season. OK Tolley has lost a lot of money throughout this venture but surely the only way he was going to increase the audience was to put together a side which could at lease compete at home.

I have always loved this sport but after this I'm not sure whether I'll be attending any meetings at all next season, I'll probably change my mind as the season approaches but this episode has really skewed the way I see the sport in this country.

I only hope that Coventry make it back to the tapes because I cant see myself making many trips to Leicester or Oxford to get my fix.