Anderson has lost his fire?

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Edited Date/Time 1/22/2019 5:07am
What’s going on with this dude? He used to be so aggressive and fun to watch. Now he putts around and literally got passed like he was standing still. Kinda hard to root for the guy when he’s riding without any heart or determination. If I were Team Manager, I’d be looking to swap his ass out with Wilson. Does anyone have inside leads to this.....except Boomerang...
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500 Mike 1/20/2019 11:33am
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I think he’s hurt and not telling anyone. He definitely isn’t the same guy who won the championship last year.
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toroP 1/20/2019 11:35am
1/20/2019 11:35am
Yep, season’s done. Fire the champ.Blink
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Bidirella 1/20/2019 11:42am
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Last week was pretty good..
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Tarz483 1/20/2019 11:45am
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Haha yeah he has lost his Fire thats it
Or he's hurt or coming back from injury!
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zehn 1/20/2019 11:46am
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Could be sick. Flu? Over-training? Epstein-Barr?

Probably none of those things. Who knows.
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Ramrod 1/20/2019 11:47am
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Hey, I'm not complaining. After 3 races we have 3 different winners.

Anderson must have something going on, he struggled last night. Last weekend he was on fire.
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Boomslang 1/20/2019 11:57am
1/20/2019 11:57am
500 Mike wrote:
I think he’s hurt and not telling anyone. He definitely isn’t the same guy who won the championship last year.
I was told he had a jacked wrist coming into A1. The result confirmed that the info was correct or he just had a real shit evening.

His ride at Rnd2 was good. A2 has me thinking that he has aggravated the "alleged" injured wrist again.

We can speculate until the cows come home but if these poor peformances continue then we can safely say something ain't right.
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DTR830 1/20/2019 12:02pm
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living in CA & not at the bakers factory have anything to do with it?
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Looby321 wrote:
What’s going on with this dude? He used to be so aggressive and fun to watch. Now he putts around and literally got passed like he...
What’s going on with this dude? He used to be so aggressive and fun to watch. Now he putts around and literally got passed like he was standing still. Kinda hard to root for the guy when he’s riding without any heart or determination. If I were Team Manager, I’d be looking to swap his ass out with Wilson. Does anyone have inside leads to this.....except Boomerang...
Speculation at this point. Only thing we know is his results are off. Hope to see him back at it soon.
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WCRider 1/20/2019 12:33pm
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After the ultra pressure of last year, the depression. I don't know but it's really weird.
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JRT812 1/20/2019 12:49pm
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It’s apparent in my opinion he isn’t 100%
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sgrimmxdad 1/20/2019 12:55pm
1/20/2019 12:55pm
It looked like he was letting people by him at one point, not the same aggressive guy from last year!
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DB505 1/20/2019 12:57pm
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Could be hurt & not telling about it!
Or that # 1 is real Heavy
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aees 1/20/2019 1:24pm
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He is hurt and not confident going down so taking it safe. Glendale was hard packed with no ruts and safe to jump everywhere.

A1 and A2 would bite you for slightest override or cross rut and was sketchy tracks = go slow and safe.
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RonSkj 1/20/2019 1:33pm
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3rd moto last night, he was about to be lapped. Has to be nursing an injury.
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uk125250 1/20/2019 1:37pm
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He ain’t winning it this year.
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ieatdirt 1/20/2019 1:43pm
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Not just California but near the beach, not conducive for a title
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mattmatt300 1/20/2019 1:44pm
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DTR830 wrote:
living in CA & not at the bakers factory have anything to do with it?
If this is the case then it’s his own fault. After his success last year he shouldn’t have changed a single thing in his program.
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kb228 1/20/2019 1:45pm
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Thumbs me down but he won the title due to being the last surviving rider. Hes proving it this year.
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tek14 1/20/2019 1:48pm
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Looked last round that he had problem putting his left hand up on podium. That could be just shoulder injury yhay will take weeks to get better even with rehab. Im sure his hand wasnt too tired after main. Maybe he will tell after season what was it.
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PJ205 1/20/2019 2:23pm
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I'm guessing that he has a nagging little injury. Hopefully it gets better as the season goes on because we all know that he has more. He definitely makes the racing more interesting out there.
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kkawboy14 1/20/2019 2:25pm
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The “Weight of the Red Plate” broke his collarbone
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Brent 1/20/2019 2:26pm
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ieatdirt wrote:
Not just California but near the beach, not conducive for a title
Ask Broc Glover or Rick Johnson or Ron Lechein or Mike Bell or David Bailey orJeremy McGrath about that.
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downard254 1/20/2019 2:27pm
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That third main his lap times were off from mains 1 and 2.
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haydos25 1/20/2019 2:35pm
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mattmatt300 wrote:
If this is the case then it’s his own fault. After his success last year he shouldn’t have changed a single thing in his program.
He wasn't fulltime at bakers factory last year either. I'm thinking there's some kind of injury in there that has hampered his fitness, maybe something stopping him from riding much during the week. I know they were only short races but full sprint for 12 minutes then a short break 3 times is still pretty gruelling, and he faded pretty hard at Glendale the week before as well.

That was also the first time i can remember him coming off on the wrong end of some bar banging, Reed served him up pretty good in the last race.
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Motofinne 1/20/2019 2:42pm
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You would assume that he is riding hurt. But the one big thing that goes against that theory is his riding at Glendale, he certainly didn't look hurt then. Although he faded in the end.
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BikeGuy321 1/20/2019 3:06pm
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Wrist injury sounds pretty likely. A2 had that landing onto the table top with a rough landing. A1 had those big doubles with a rough landing. Glendale was a much 'easier' track.
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gym_jackets 1/20/2019 3:13pm
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For some perspective, his fastest lap in Main 3 was 1.5 seconds slower than his worst lap in Main 1. That's a dude riding hurt, and 36 minutes of racing caught up to him.

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