Workington 2027

[Marksman]

Antti Vuolas confirmed 

[Bomber75]

See signing No1 is Antti not surprised really.

[CTD26]

So what average does he come in on? Does he get a reduction for missing last season or not? 

[H20]

Hope we get a decent team as another season like last year with home defeats will really hurt the Comets, Antti 1st rider named but a rider no other club wanted last year even with the amount of injuries, was this down to his form away from Northside or cost ? 

Really needs to up his away form because some of his scores away were shocking compared to his home form.

[Adamski1282]

2 minutes ago, H20 said:

Hope we get a decent team as another season like last year with home defeats will really hurt the Comets, Antti 1st rider named but a rider no other club wanted last year even with the amount of injuries, was this down to his form away from Northside or cost ? 

Really needs to up his away form because some of his scores away were shocking compared to his home form.

His form around Worky is what we need - Home wins were too hard to come by last season. His form around the UK tracks does need improvement, but I'm convinced a large part of that is self confidence more than ability/skill.

For me - Antti is a very welcome return! 

[lewy]

13 minutes ago, CTD26 said:

So what average does he come in on? Does he get a reduction for missing last season or not? 

No reduction he's not British, average 6.87 

Edited 2 hours ago by lewy

[H20]

1 minute ago, Adamski1282 said:

His form around Worky is what we need - Home wins were too hard to come by last season. His form around the UK tracks does need improvement, but I'm convinced a large part of that is self confidence more than ability/skill.

For me - Antti is a very welcome return! 

I do agree we need to be winning home meetings which we failed to do a few times last season. 

Im a bit taken aback from numerous comments on this forum lately about Workington being bad payers is this thrue because I'd not heard anything of this previously the only issue was the point when they needed to sort the paperwork out which had not been done properly if at all.

You don't generally get anyone to guest if your a bad playing club and Workington had plenty of guests.

Cook had a swipe in his interview I read but again how many times have we read an interview from Craig exactly like that each winter he hoi g to do this and do that but then when the season starts he just decides he not turning up. He let the team and fans down massively last season because that was a good team until he pulled out.

[Bomber75]

11 minutes ago, H20 said:

I do agree we need to be winning home meetings which we failed to do a few times last season. 

Im a bit taken aback from numerous comments on this forum lately about Workington being bad payers is this thrue because I'd not heard anything of this previously the only issue was the point when they needed to sort the paperwork out which had not been done properly if at all.

You don't generally get anyone to guest if your a bad playing club and Workington had plenty of guests.

Cook had a swipe in his interview I read but again how many times have we read an interview from Craig exactly like that each winter he hoi g to do this and do that but then when the season starts he just decides he not turning up. He let the team and fans down massively last season because that was a good team until he pulled out.

I agree Craig let us down big style last year Im really surprised Edinburgh are taking the risk

[davie10]

16 minutes ago, Bomber75 said:

I agree Craig let us down big style last year Im really surprised Edinburgh are taking the risk

They must feel it’s a risk worth taking, or he is coming in very cheap. If it works out, it will be a master stroke; if not, no one will touch him again. The ball is in his court; it’s up to him to make it happen. 

[CTD26]

38 minutes ago, lewy said:

No reduction he's not British, average 6.87 

Thanks mate wasn’t sure it’s hard to keep up 😂

[CTD26]

38 minutes ago, lewy said:

No reduction he's not British, average 6.87 

Thanks mate wasn’t sure it’s hard to keep up 😂

[Supersteady84]

Anyone who thinks this is a good start needs their head looking at i like antti but he's nowhere near good enough away from home 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[Ryan555]

5 minutes ago, Supersteady84 said:

Anyone who thinks this is a good start needs their head looking at i like antti but he's nowhere near good enough away from home 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Considering Workingtons form at home last year paired with the lack of ability to win big enough to earn the bonus point I would say that the home form needs addressing first and foremost, which is what they have done with this signing

[mikebv]

3 minutes ago, Ryan555 said:

Considering Workingtons form at home last year paired with the lack of ability to win big enough to earn the bonus point I would say that the home form needs addressing first and foremost, which is what they have done with this signing

100%.…

Winning at home maintains crowd levels....

Lose away regularly? It  doesn't make for any great loss of fans attending at home...

Some teams are very much set up to be lower table teams, due simply to income levels, with their ambition being to ensure they come to the tapes the following season..

Winning at  home most weeks goes a very long way in delivering that... 

[ragdoll64]

7 hours ago, H20 said:

I have always thought that and im no knocking the riders as you get as much as you can out of riding but lol yeah but the sport can not sustain this on current crowds and money in speedway, its really an amateur sport especially st championship level but run as a professional sport. Riders used to have jobs and then ride speedway but the vast majority now treat speedway as a full time job. 

If you make money from it, it’s a professional sport. 

[H20]

2 hours ago, Adamski1282 said:

His form around Worky is what we need - Home wins were too hard to come by last season. His form around the UK tracks does need improvement, but I'm convinced a large part of that is self confidence more than ability/skill.

For me - Antti is a very welcome return! 

I do agree we need to be winning home meetings which we failed to do a few times last season. 

Im a bit taken aback from numerous comments on this forum lately about Workington being bad payers is this thrue because I'd not heard anything of this previously the only issue was the point when they needed to sort the paperwork out which had not been done properly if at all.

You don't generally get anyone to guest if your a bad playing club and Workington had plenty of guests.

Cook had a swipe in his interview I read but again how many times have we read an interview from Craig exactly like that each winter he hoi g to do this and do that but then when the season starts he just decides he not turning up. He let the team and fans down massively last season because that was a good team until he pulled out.

[SteelShoe]

2 hours ago, H20 said:

I do agree we need to be winning home meetings which we failed to do a few times last season. 

Im a bit taken aback from numerous comments on this forum lately about Workington being bad payers is this thrue because I'd not heard anything of this previously the only issue was the point when they needed to sort the paperwork out which had not been done properly if at all.

You don't generally get anyone to guest if your a bad playing club and Workington had plenty of guests.

Cook had a swipe in his interview I read but again how many times have we read an interview from Craig exactly like that each winter he hoi g to do this and do that but then when the season starts he just decides he not turning up. He let the team and fans down massively last season because that was a good team until he pulled out.

 The money fallacy comes mainly from one man Lewy, about time he put another record on. All Worky 2026 riders have been paid. That came from a source who would know. 

[H20]

Home form has to improve but I think we need the track prepared in a way that it gives some home advantage to our riders, to many of them seemed to like the track slick which just suited the away riders just as much mainly the gates in the meetings we list it was mainly from the gate, let's try and get the track prepared in a way that the away riders don't fancy it as much or get the gate sorted in a way for our lads to get dialed into.

[CTD26]

4 minutes ago, H20 said:

Home form has to improve but I think we need the track prepared in a way that it gives some home advantage to our riders, to many of them seemed to like the track slick which just suited the away riders just as much mainly the gates in the meetings we list it was mainly from the gate, let's try and get the track prepared in a way that the away riders don't fancy it as much or get the gate sorted in a way for our lads to get dialed into.

Well the biggest problem to the track being slick by all accounts, is heading south. So we might actually see how good it really is next season. 

[CTD26]

4 minutes ago, H20 said:

Home form has to improve but I think we need the track prepared in a way that it gives some home advantage to our riders, to many of them seemed to like the track slick which just suited the away riders just as much mainly the gates in the meetings we list it was mainly from the gate, let's try and get the track prepared in a way that the away riders don't fancy it as much or get the gate sorted in a way for our lads to get dialed into.

Well the biggest problem to the track being slick by all accounts, is heading south. So we might actually see how good it really is next season.