Post by admin on Apr 30, 2008 9:39:14 GMT
Apr 29, 2008 20:51:14 GMT @swinetown said:
Hey - green light was def NOT on. Ref was arseing about holding starts after a few earlier eagles rollers.I still say that Bridger should've been excluded for delaying the start.
Apr 29, 2008 20:51:14 GMT @swinetown said:
You know I cannot be arsed to post on the BSF about this meeting after reading the uniform dismissal of my teams victory of Eagles - we have a team of young whippersnappers that with very few exceptions were listed in the bottom 3 of most BSFers predictions (which was OTT obviously) - and yet as we exceed those low expectations and also the slightly higher ones of the fans and the club it seems odd to come from meetings where week by week the crowd where I stand is getting louder and more animated than it has for years and be greeted by cool icy dismissal of a crap sky meeting. If people insist in making a fetish out of passing they should at least take into account the basic drama of a young inexperienced Bright New Thing holding fast and steady for a full 4 laps in front of international heatleaders and ex/current GP/Stars. Sometimes the very best races have just one pass in them - its all about the dramatic context of the meeting.
Swindon have been mighty impressive all season, especially away from the Abbey Stadium. I had them down to finish 7th and it looks like I'm going to be proved wrong - I just never saw Mads Korneliussen producing what he is.
The "young whippersnappers" are doing the business, but I can't help thinking the crucial "wheel in the cog" is Leigh Adams - he looks like a new man, several years younger and enjoying having youngsters around him willing to take on board what he's saying and then watching as they put his wisdom to use on the track.
Apr 29, 2008 20:51:14 GMT @swinetown said:
Drama in speedway - esp when its YOUR team - and you are actually watching it unfold live at the stadium - comes at you from all kinds of angles. So the sneering will go on about last night and yet some of the most cynical and pessimistic fans I know are beaming all over their faces at the moment and really enjoying the meetings.
Like yourself, I never subscribed to the theory (or fetish) that passing is the be all and end all of speedway. And one of the things that irks me about the screaming imbecile is the raptures he goes into following a dubious pass and his use of the tired anecdote "who says speedway is all from the start?"
I've always said there's "passing" and there's "passing".
A beautifully executed pass is a joyous thing to be savoured, but some poor clown losing it, drifting to the fence and losing a place is just a rider losing a place. It may technically be a pass, but to me it doesn't count.
I remember a Poole versus Swindon meeting from 2005 as being the best Elite League meeting I saw televisied last year. I don't remember any of the passes, but I do remember two tremendous heats where Ryan Sullivan was in front and harried by Leigh Adams for the whole race.