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Would you still pick the same three riders or would you make a change?
I am not sure why Barcia was not picked. He really poured it on towards the end of the year and he had a pretty good MXDN race last year. I think he would have been a better pick over Anderson.
What about Martin? Would you stick with him or would you consider putting Forkner in? Forkner came on pretty strong towards the end of the year and he is usually a pretty consistent starter. That's more of a toss up for me. Either would be a solid choice.
I think this could have been a good team as well.
Barcia
Anderson
Webb
or
Barcia
Webb
Forkner
or
Barcia
Webb
Martin
For some reason I feel like we could have had a stronger team based on the results the last few weeks. Anderson looked okay this past weekend but no where near the pace. Seems like a real surprise pick considering he hasn't raced in a awhile.
I am not sure why Barcia was not picked. He really poured it on towards the end of the year and he had a pretty good MXDN race last year. I think he would have been a better pick over Anderson.
What about Martin? Would you stick with him or would you consider putting Forkner in? Forkner came on pretty strong towards the end of the year and he is usually a pretty consistent starter. That's more of a toss up for me. Either would be a solid choice.
I think this could have been a good team as well.
Barcia
Anderson
Webb
or
Barcia
Webb
Forkner
or
Barcia
Webb
Martin
For some reason I feel like we could have had a stronger team based on the results the last few weeks. Anderson looked okay this past weekend but no where near the pace. Seems like a real surprise pick considering he hasn't raced in a awhile.
The Anderson pick can be justified. Mainly because he's better than everyone else (USA) other than Tomac, Dungey, Baggett and Barcia. Obviously none of them were available.
Such as AMart being the "wrong" pick and Forkner being the better choice. Martin beat Forkner in about 20 of 24 motos this year. Yea... send Forkner, right?
or, Anderson being "off the pace". Checking the results from Ironman, the first American 450 guy was Barcia, who is "unavailable". The next guy down is Tomac, who turned down the selection. But the next guy...Anderson. Imagine that.
Webb is a godsend for Decoster right now, with this 450 experience. Decoster picked absolutely positively the best team we could send right now.
If you look back at the last 10 motos of the year Forkner bested Martin 6 out of the 10 motos. They seem to be pretty evenly matched. If you look at the last 6 motos of the year Forkner bested Martin 5 of the last 6 motos. So he definitely came on strong towards the end. The MXDN team isn't picked in May or June!
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Webb
Anderson
Anderson
Webb
That would be our strongest team out of ones willing to go.
Pretty far off your 20 out of 24 motos calculation...
Looking at the numbers some more...
In the first 12 motos Martin Bested Forkner 10 of the first 12 motos. Forkner bested Martin 2 out of the first 12.
Looking at the last 12 motos of the year. Forkner bested Martin 8 of the last 12 motos. Martin bested Forkner 4 of the last 12 motos.
It's pretty understandable looking at the numbers that Martin would beat Forkner early on seeing as this is Forkners rookie season. So the rooking started off pretty normal.
Then look at the last 12 motos and you can see Forkner poured it on in the second half of the season.
So definitely a case can be made that Forkner should have been picked over Martin. It's not at all cut and dry that Martin should go to MXDN over Forkner.
Andrew Short because he is as American as Apple Pie.
And then Steink Dog on the 125 2 stroker !!!!!!!
Pit Row
Peick
Forkner
Nobody else is sending their A team those guys would have a blast!
MX1 Barcia
MX2 A-Mart
MX3 Webb
For me it is a no brainer :
i think they have a really good shot like always ... look at France ?? Paulin sucks lately... Belgium ? its not like all those riders are that good at the moment. Ithink it will be a lot more exciting as last years race
The whole off-season races and stuff, I know it’s a grind, but I think I saw somebody comment on your Instagram about doing Des Nations and it sounded like you didn’t get asked to race it. Are you bummed about that? It’s another race but it seems like that’s one of those ones that you love.
I would have went if they asked. I would say they should have chose me. But obviously Eli couldn’t go. We all have super important things to do, like get our bikes right for supercross and there are more important things. But I think I’ve done very good there in the past. I won my class there a ton. I’ve really never dropped the ball; I’ve always been consistent. I’m not really mad that I didn’t get invited. There’s a ton of races and stuff but I do enjoy that race. I don’t even know who runs the gig anymore, but I didn’t get a phone call.
Based on the first 12 motos Martin gets the nod. Based on the last 12 motos Forkner gets the nod.
If I was putting the team together I think our best team would have been:
- Barcia
- Anderson
- Webb
Barcia and Webb would have been unanimous picks.Too bad Barcia was not asked to go.
Anyways, so the 3rd rider slot would have been between Martin, Forkner or Anderson (since Webb can ride either 450 or 250). Based on those three riders I likely would have selected Anderson.
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