spin king Posted Saturday at 10:10 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:10 PM 14 hours ago, ShanoXtra said: Last night I was bored and came up with a very very very childish idea. Such a child I know and very unprofessional. But I’ll share it anyway 😂… Well Done on artistic content. Would Jack be bothered with video? I would be surprised if he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted Saturday at 11:08 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 11:08 PM I generally dislike Jack Holder, he's not at all interesting to watch as a rider & comes across dumb in interviews... but every rider touches the tapes once a season & most celebrate winning a heat in someway.. the video is bit pathetic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted Saturday at 11:14 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 11:14 PM 1 hour ago, stevebrum said: Gotta say Fricke is a different animal in the UK this season, probably the best rider of the season? However he is still lacking at GP level and remains pretty much an also ran. Well yes... stats suggest Fricke is half a point better than any other rider in the Premiership this year. GP's have 12 also rans,3 medalist... of the also rans Fricke is probably the most interesting to watch alongside Thomsen & Lindgren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted Sunday at 11:01 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:01 AM 13 hours ago, stevebrum said: Gotta say Fricke is a different animal in the UK this season, probably the best rider of the season? However he is still lacking at GP level and remains pretty much an also ran. Reminds me very much of Leigh adams. A brilliant league rider but no quite hard enough on the Grand Prix stage to outfight riders in the first bend and not quite as ruthless as you need to be at the highest level 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted Sunday at 03:56 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 03:56 PM 4 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said: Reminds me very much of Leigh adams. A brilliant league rider but no quite hard enough on the Grand Prix stage to outfight riders in the first bend and not quite as ruthless as you need to be at the highest level hence why occasionally you have to be prepared to be a bit ruthless to get to the very top - Nielsen was the classic example - Gundersen was the nicer chap but Nielsen was prepared to stuff you to get what he wanted hence why he was the more successful of the two, for the record I preferred Gundersen - lovely fella! I still love the picture i had taken with him at Cradley one saturday night - not long after that he was injured never to ride again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted Sunday at 08:45 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:45 PM 9 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said: Reminds me very much of Leigh adams. A brilliant league rider but no quite hard enough on the Grand Prix stage to outfight riders in the first bend and not quite as ruthless as you need to be at the highest level Would agree with you with the Leigh Adam’s reference.Very stylish and safe.Has had a few hard knocks though.Shows the standard in GB though when you watch him in Poland just a decent Heatleader most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted Sunday at 08:50 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:50 PM 9 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said: Reminds me very much of Leigh adams. A brilliant league rider but no quite hard enough on the Grand Prix stage to outfight riders in the first bend and not quite as ruthless as you need to be at the highest level Would agree with you with the Leigh Adam’s reference.Very stylish and safe.Has had a few hard knocks though.Shows the standard in GB though when you watch him in Poland just a decent Heatleader most of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted Monday at 12:20 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:20 PM On 9/21/2025 at 12:14 AM, Col said: Well yes... stats suggest Fricke is half a point better than any other rider in the Premiership this year. GP's have 12 also rans,3 medalist... of the also rans Fricke is probably the most interesting to watch alongside Thomsen & Lindgren. I disagree. You need to be in the top 7 to qualify for next season. All 7 achieved that goal this year. lindgren to me is by far the most entertaining to watch unparalleled. On 9/21/2025 at 12:01 PM, Racin Jason 72 said: Reminds me very much of Leigh adams. A brilliant league rider but no quite hard enough on the Grand Prix stage to outfight riders in the first bend and not quite as ruthless as you need to be at the highest level Adams was top dog in the EL year after year for many many seasons. This is the first season Fricke will have topped the averages. I get the comparison on world stage level but Adams was in a different league in the EL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted Monday at 07:02 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:02 PM 6 hours ago, stevebrum said: I disagree. You need to be in the top 7 to qualify for next season. All 7 achieved that goal this year. lindgren to me is by far the most entertaining to watch unparalleled. Adams was top dog in the EL year after year for many many seasons. This is the first season Fricke will have topped the averages. I get the comparison on world stage level but Adams was in a different league in the EL. The EL was also in a different league when Adams topped the charts... Truly World Class talent across most teams... Mr Consistent ... A great rider ... And probably a bit too fair for his own good... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted Monday at 10:25 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:25 PM 3 hours ago, mikebv said: The EL was also in a different league when Adams topped the charts... Truly World Class talent across most teams... Mr Consistent ... A great rider ... And probably a bit too fair for his own good... Absolutely, and so were those potentially capable of lifting the world title. Adams was a whole different level to Fricke, but yes way to fair to be World champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted yesterday at 05:18 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:18 AM On 9/19/2025 at 7:56 PM, SUPERACE said: Stead blaming the ref when things don't go the way he wanted is part of the course. “Par for the course” 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago On 9/19/2025 at 8:55 AM, tyler42 said: Flint does not experience that kind of racing with GP riders. If that were a GP. One the rider would have stayed on and two it would classed as hard riding. Unfortunately Flint hasn't got the skill set to stay on the bike. Just look at heat 15. Holder and Ficke going at it flat no holds bar. and a wave after!! I'm not so sure, I've seen many falls in the GPs when riders slide off with virtually no contact. I don't think that's down to lack of skill, probably wanting a re-run. Agree ref shouldn't have excluded Fricke, who did nothing wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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