Where Eagles dare to fly

emjay · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:

Well, if the present team can beat Poole home and away, they can beat anyone. To our great pleasure, they have already made fools of the so called experts ( God save us from experts). And all that without the mighty talents of Nicholls, Richardson and Kennett.
If they all click together, no one is safe.

sas · Registered member Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 66

I think team spirit will play a huge part this season and if that survives in the pits then look out. I really think the lack of it last season played a part. We are capable of beating anyone despite what the "experts" say. Good luck to the guys this weekend you can do it.

parker · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

samthepalaceman · Heat Leader Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 110

I hope it will be a good reception bearing in mind he was the captain and did no wrong for us.

sussexbulldog · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject:

Kopster · Heat Leader Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 118

If the weather doesn't beat us I can see Lakeside will. We can say thing last we have a good reserve's, Floppy back and Lewis going good. But what counts at the end of the day is results on track and after yesterday I can't see us getting one today. Dryml is not going well at all, Floppy is riding ok but just not getting the point which he deserve. Kling doesn't seem to be the rider we know he can be and Cam isn't riding last season. If it was for Davey, Lewis and Simon we wouldn't had got the points we did last night. I think that the riders need our support tonight coz it going to be a tough one for them.
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Tweagle · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject:

parker · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:13 pm Post subject:

speedy dan boy · Assistant Manager Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 356

hagon sponsored robert mear WILL ride tonight in place of chris mills for the spanners as ryes match on saturday was called of very early today!!robert looked unlucky to just score 1 point at lakeside so it will strenthen the team!!!

Kevin54 · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject:

MrB · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject:

Blue sky and sunshine at the mo in Mid Sussex, can't see a problem with the weather. As for the fixture, it's probably over now but a win on the night would be nice!

Incidently why is this first round being held so early in the season. For teams who dont really have a chance in the league and go out in this round the season is virtually over after 1 or 2 meetings! Surprised

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Kevin54 · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject:

Dark clouds, squally wind accompanied by short sharp showers, then it goes calm again, forecast is for showers on and off.

citrus · Registered member Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 43

so its still on then

MrB · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject:

Me and my big mouth Embarassed

Very dark and wet here in Mid Sussex now. Whats it like near the track?

EDIT. Bit brighter now 5.20 but still damp. Roll on the summer Cool

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Kevin54 · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject:

Raining down here, Mr B, (Lewes area, 5 miles from the track), but at the moment not that hard, just uncomfortable Exclamation

Cold and windy as well, who thought of starting speedway in March Exclamation

nug · Heat Leader Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 231

Im gonna take some flack here but im concered with norris, we will wait and see if bob is as good as his word when saying he will make changes if a rider dont perform, (cant see it myself) starting to think norris should have come back in some sort of mangement role at eastbourne and not as a rider

ComeOnYouSpurs · Heat Leader Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 516

A bit better than last night but we're out of the cup thanks to the terrible performance in the away leg... which leads me to my first rant of the 2009 season...

How can a team that was put together based on strength in depth and carrying no passengers put up with 4 of it's members contributing a total of 4 points between them?

That just aint good enough.

I've read remarks on other threads like... we know this rider will come good... or... that rider is still finding his feet... or... the other rider just needs some confidence.

But how long are we prepared to wait for these things to happen?

Bob Dugard said at the start of the season that below par performances would not be tolerated and if required changes would be made.

How long will his patience hold?

We're already out of one of the major competitions and if we come up with a couple of dodgy league results while we're still waiting for riders to "come good" or "find their feet" or "get some confidence" the season could be as good as over before the end of April.

Should that happen, rather than complaining about attendances of 970, Mr Dugard might find himself praying for them!!

And while I'm having a moan... would Mr Geer please have a serious look at the teams riding order. At the moment it looks totally out of whack and unbalanced to me. Floppy should NOT be riding at no.5.

Kevin54 · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:14 am Post subject:

Fair point COUS, but Lakeside is not one of our favourite tracks in recent years, and let's face it, with the abysmal performance on Friday it would have taken something like half the Lakeside team failing to turn up for us to go through Exclamation

Plus points Question

We won.
Lukas, I've criticised him, but he got 8 points, 2 wins including one over Shields, well done.

Minus points Question

We're out of the cup, almost a re-run of what happened last time we won it.
Floppy, I still say he should be cut some slack after his injuries, being sentimental, but I am also still of the opinion that he should not be back on track, either. I have to ask what people expect from a rider who suffered head injuries resulting in major "balance" problems and has been out of the saddle for 18 months, and before that not really in a fit state to ride on occasions?
18 point maximums each meeting Exclamation

This team has far better potential than the so called "pundits" give them credit for.
Look at Poole, tipped for the top 2, and in turmoil at present with virtually the whole team being mauled in their forum, except for Screeny.

Simon has started well, Bridger is a vast improvement so far, Davey has just proved what we expected, hopefully Lukas will shove my criticism back down my throat, and now the cup is out of the way the others can fully focus on their form with "just" the league to concentrate on.

Here endeth the Sunday Sermon Exclamation

Eagle1971 · Heat Leader Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 341