foreverblue Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 2 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Think Workington will win, should be close for the bonus point, maybe just favour the Comets. Lucky to get the draw. Batch was awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTD26 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Seriously don’t even know where to start with that. Batchelor needs to just pack in. Honestly costing the team so many points. The team manager needs gone as well cause he quite clearly isn’t capable of firing the team up. Vinnie is struggling in the main body evidently, he is a reserve and stepping up isn’t doing him any good. Jakobsen is an experiment that’s failed. Give Klindt whatever he wants because Christ, he is a machine around there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Well it looks like I’ll be finished watching speedway via my three northern teams ( Comets, Bandits and Bears )by August, as non are finishing in the play offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 40 minutes ago, CTD26 said: Seriously don’t even know where to start with that. Batchelor needs to just pack in. Honestly costing the team so many points. The team manager needs gone as well cause he quite clearly isn’t capable of firing the team up. Vinnie is struggling in the main body evidently, he is a reserve and stepping up isn’t doing him any good. Jakobsen is an experiment that’s failed. Give Klindt whatever he wants because Christ, he is a machine around there. Just as well Dan Thompson had an off- night!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTD26 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 10 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: Just as well Dan Thompson had an off- night!! 10 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: Just as well Dan Thompson had an off- night!! Yeah I was shocked at that. Tbf good job we had klindt in as well! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, CTD26 said: Seriously don’t even know where to start with that. Batchelor needs to just pack in. Honestly costing the team so many points. The team manager needs gone as well cause he quite clearly isn’t capable of firing the team up. Vinnie is struggling in the main body evidently, he is a reserve and stepping up isn’t doing him any good. Jakobsen is an experiment that’s failed. Give Klindt whatever he wants because Christ, he is a machine around there. Batch had a bad night but u can see in the pits he was working on 2 bikes and heard him say he has ordered a new engine,and ofcourse he turns up week after week,give him a bit of slack. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted July 25 Author Report Share Posted July 25 (edited) 20 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said: Just as well Dan Thompson had an off- night!! Yes but Loftus rode like heatleader Edited July 26 by topaz325 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTD26 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 2 minutes ago, geoff100 said: Batch had a bad night but u can see in the pits he was working on 2 bikes and heard him say he has ordered a new engine,and ofcourse he turns up week after week,give him a bit of slack. I’ll cut him some slack when he performs like the heat leader he’s supposed to be. This is part of the problem no wonder we’ll be picking up the wooden spoon. Loser’s mentality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinh88 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 9 minutes ago, CTD26 said: I’ll cut him some slack when he performs like the heat leader he’s supposed to be. This is part of the problem no wonder we’ll be picking up the wooden spoon. Loser’s mentality. Agreed! Im sure they mean well!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Another very entertaining meeting with some great Speedway, well done to both teams for that. The difference today was Monarchs reserve Jordy Loftus who scored more points than the total accumulated by Batch, Vinnie, Niklas and Max for the Comets. Huge thanks to guest Nicolai Klindt who was quite simply different class today, he tried single handedly to get us over the line but as a collective we were not up to the task. If Jonas had been riding today I believe we would have suffered our 4th defeat at home in the league from 6 meetings. There is still time to make team changes and I wouldn't blame the management for going down this avenue. We scrapped well to salvage a point with the 5-1 in heat 15 so well done Nicolai and Drew Kemp for that because it would have been harsh to get nothing from the meeting and was at least some consolation for the home fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet1234 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, CTD26 said: I’ll cut him some slack when he performs like the heat leader he’s supposed to be. This is part of the problem no wonder we’ll be picking up the wooden spoon. Loser’s mentality. Couldn’t have said it any better. We’re in a position that we are because there doesn’t seem to be a massive amount of thought behind the teams we put together. In terms of riders exceeding their average, the comets very rarely seem to find anyone who can do so. Thomson, Loftus, Klindt, Wood, Hagon, Flint, McDiarmid were all riders at the start of the season I would’ve loved comets to sign, as they have clear potential to exceed their average. As proven. Regarding Batchelor, The ‘new engine’ has been an issue for a while as he hasn’t been buying any new equipment allegedly. That can’t be helping performances. The mentality at Workington is now to basically expect to get beat at home as it is a ‘fair track for all riders’. Sod that, you set a track up so it suits your team and make it a struggle for the opposition. Workington 1-7 this year has been nothing short of a disaster. Losing Cook hasn’t helped and as mentioned NHJ is a failed experiment. Batchelor is finished. Tate I think has been great at times but still not consistent enough. Jonas has been a breath of fresh air, loved having him in the team. Vinnie has a limit and that’s a 4 point average. Couldn’t really understand why they had him back on something close to that. Max has done well picking up points and if he had been there start of the season (Unlucky to just miss out on average), Workington may have found themselves sitting in a more promising position. There is so much to be sorted for next year including a stronger team that looks like it has been put together by a strategy and a vision, rather than picking convenience. I for one hope that starts with Nicolai Klindt. Without knowing what the constraints were with team building, he should’ve been nailed on for this season anyhow! Hoping that Workington Comets speedway are around next year, and that the team they construct is a lot more competitive than this current one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 9 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Well it looks like I’ll be finished watching speedway via my three northern teams ( Comets, Bandits and Bears )by August, as non are finishing in the play offs. Don't forget Berwick have the KOC final to come, plus either Redcar or Berwick in the BSN final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 10 hours ago, CTD26 said: Seriously don’t even know where to start with that. Batchelor needs to just pack in. Honestly costing the team so many points. The team manager needs gone as well cause he quite clearly isn’t capable of firing the team up. Vinnie is struggling in the main body evidently, he is a reserve and stepping up isn’t doing him any good. Jakobsen is an experiment that’s failed. Give Klindt whatever he wants because Christ, he is a machine around there. Vinny definitely should be riding at reserve, I suggested dropping Jakobsen when he was still on his 5.00 average, but got a few replies saying he had promise. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 11 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Vinny definitely should be riding at reserve, I suggested dropping Jakobsen when he was still on his 5.00 average, but got a few replies saying he had promise. The main issue that Vinnie had was he was injured in the first meeting of the season. He was out for a month or so and was playing catch up in terms of race fitness and shaking off his injury. He then ended up in the main team and with not that many matches to get race fit and the step up, his form has nose dived but there are signs he can improve although in an ideal world he should be doing this in a reserve berth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTD26 Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 31 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Vinny definitely should be riding at reserve, I suggested dropping Jakobsen when he was still on his 5.00 average, but got a few replies saying he had promise. Yeah the kid maybe does have promise, done well in the danish u21 final, but in this league you struggle to carry one passenger. We’ve been there before in the first year back in the championship and it seems lessons haven’t been learned. Nicolai was always the first choice for this season, but “outpriced” himself if that’s how you want to word it, when I think it wasn’t too much to ask. Whatever he wants next season, give him it because he’s the most dominant rider I’ve seen around there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTD26 Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 17 minutes ago, M.D said: The main issue that Vinnie had was he was injured in the first meeting of the season. He was out for a month or so and was playing catch up in terms of race fitness and shaking off his injury. He then ended up in the main team and with not that many matches to get race fit and the step up, his form has nose dived but there are signs he can improve although in an ideal world he should be doing this in a reserve berth. The injury Vinnie had, I’m not convinced he’s fully fit to be honest. To come back that quick especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 (edited) As a matter of passing interest were Klindt's 6 wins all 'from the gate' or was there any passing involved? He scored 18 points for Redcar at Poole back in May! Edited July 26 by SteveLyric2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 4 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: As a matter of passing interest were Klindt's 6 wins all 'from the gate' or wasn't here any passing involved? Looking at updates he passed Grahn in heat one, apart from that all from the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTD26 Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 12 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Looking at updates he passed Grahn in heat one, apart from that all from the gate. Updates didn’t really paint the picture tbf. He made more passes than that and was made to work hard for his wins in a few of his races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted July 26 Report Share Posted July 26 56 minutes ago, CTD26 said: The injury Vinnie had, I’m not convinced he’s fully fit to be honest. To come back that quick especially. Speedway rider syndrome, if you can walk, you can race.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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