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  1. Posted

    35 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

    Personally i think the team will be fine but the meeting was ruined as a spectacle by not putting enough water down, the meeting was delayed because they had the bowser going round so why not let it go round every 2 or 3 heats instead all we got was a couple of hoses being waved around. Not good enough. If we had the bowser going round at regular intervals there would be very little dust and a better meeting 

    There wasn’t even a hosepipe on turns three and four, until just before the nominated heats. Was there a reason the bowser didn’t reappear? I couldn’t see a thing from heat nine onwards, although I suppose under the circumstances that may have been for the best.

    I agree with you regarding the team, Holder will sort himself out, and Worrall seems to be doing pretty well for Leicester. The others are performing pretty much as expected. Also, Swindon’s top three were exceptional, so it’s a bit silly to be reading too much into one meeting. 

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  2. Posted · Edited by Nellie

    2 hours ago, Gavan said:

    He rode at reserve last season and is now in the main body can’t see how that can bring about an improvement in average

    He was riding at three or four until the end of the season.  There look to be one or two possible weak links, but I don’t think Worrall is one of them. His 2018 average was only a shade lower than Woryna, is British (so presumably has a discount), and wont cost as much. The same goes for Klindt, who averaged a pretty decent 7.38 last season.

  3. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

     He rode 21 meetings in 2018 ..   8 for Rye,  scoring 51 points from 42 rides for an average of 4.85

    He rode 13 meetings for Poole averaging 5.04.

    If you add the 2 up is 9.90 and divide by 2 gives 4.95 over the 21 meetings.

    If you take Ryes away, he average 5.04 from 13 meetings for Poole.

    How many meetings does he need to ride in the Prem for his ave to count then?

     

    Mate, I’d go and have a lie down as I think you may be mixing your Jakobsens :D 

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  4. Posted

    2 hours ago, ray c said:

    yes correct but he now rides for us so that makes all the difference as everybody wants to be a pirate or so people say :t:

    Covatti's average came from riding largely at three for Somerset and he's also pretty decent around Poole. I'm not sure there are too many who will be better on a sub five point average.

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  5. Posted

    2 hours ago, DC2 said:

     

    You think? We kept the same 1-7 except for an injury replacement, had a very good half season and were pretty good at home all year.

    While Poole were a laughing stock, particularly useless at home, used 13 riders, most with no connection to the club and got lucky.

    Ah, you mean the half a season you were here, desperately trolling Poole fans, rather than the half season where Swindon were a laughing stock and you hid.

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  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, BLACKHEART said:

    Fredrik Jakobsen may have to be released as well. Klindt, Grajczonek & Kurtz are the ones most likely to stay.

    Why? There’s no value in JG on 6.70; he proved last year he was only alright when riding at two with an ineffective number one. That’s too many points to waste on that position. Jakobsen at reserve, if available, is a must after his efforts last year. 

  8. Posted

    26 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

    Not sure if it fits, but the 1 - 7 that rode the playoff final don't look that bad 

    It doesn’t fit, and I’m pretty sure Kurtz is a shoo in anyway. I’m also not sure Poole, or anyone else for that matter, will find Harris too attractive on 7.78.

  9. Posted

    Wasn’t Swindon versus Belle Vue on the 27th September the only meeting that should have affected the penultimate set of greensheets? If so, why have so many averages changed outside of the Swindon and Belle Vue teams? Possibly because the Rye House results have been removed?

  10. Posted

    26 minutes ago, noggin said:

    Every year there is a badly worded rule that needs amending or scrapping, yet come the Agm no one proof reads the rule book, only noticing at the 11th hour. How many years have we been hearing this is a make or break Agm, well every year it's a break, and the so called clowns who run the sport never learn, 99% of the folk who post here could write a rule book that's simple, rather than a cure for insomnia and baffling to boot.

    The incomprehensible bit is that they got the rule in for the KO cup, but managed to leave it out for the play offs.

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  11. Posted

    8 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:

    Hence I said not than he can ride. But is harsh that one rule was scrapped for 1 meeting, but a similar one can't

    Oh right. I didn't realise you wanted to ignore that reserves don't get an additional 5%, in order to be able to say that MPT to Bellego is closer than Kurtz to Morris. Sorry, crack on. 

    7 hours ago, tellboy said:

    And nor should Morris qualify for the 5%

    Yeah, that wasn't really the point though.

  15. Posted

    47 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

    I posted this earlier, but not no response. Any thoughts Poole fans ?

     

    We could have Bellego as his average is near enough..... Lynn can have 5.93 with the 5%.. Bellego is only 6.07... That's less of a gap than Kurtz/ Morris at Lynn...…… Which is 6.75 v 6.91 !!!

    I'm sure Ford will return the favour and agree to it in the interest of the sport  :rofl: :rofl:

    At the risk of someone pointing out rules can be changed, there is no additional 5% when booking a guest for a reserve, home or away.

  16. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

    Kurtz last 4 home meetings saw him score  2 from 4 rides, 12 from 5,  5 from 4,  and 5 from 4. I think that's a 5.77 average. I know it was at 1, but he hasn't been setting the world on fire.

    He might of got 12, he may well have got 5, who knows. If it is Ellis, i'm pretty sure he will score 5.77, Kurtz average over the last four.. Having said that I would rather Kurtz than a guest at home. I think he has more of a chance of scoring 8 or more on the night over a guest, with the big crowd, at home and it being a play off. 

    Away. Ellis Has bagged 9 from 4, and 11 from 4 in the recent double header, where Kurtz last visit saw him bag 6 points from 5 rides. Looks a decent guest(if it is him) to me.Anything can happen. Who knows?

    Kurtz scored those at number one though and Ellis at three so, as I explained to Gavan yesterday, averages and past scores don’t really give the whole picture. Has it been announced anywhere that Ellis is guessing twice anyway? For what it’s worth, I agree with you. At Poole I would rather have Kurtz, but at the NA there’s not much in it, possibly erring towards Ellis.

    Obviously,  it’s impossible to know in any meeting what would happen if injured riders were riding, that’s why I find it odd when Gavan states it so categorically.

  17. Posted

    15 minutes ago, Gavan said:

    Up against the best top 2 in the league in Lambert and Iversen I struggle to see how Brady would score double figures and certainly at Poole Ellis is certainly not weaker 

    Why use Ellis’ previous score to explain how Poole are stronger, but not Brady’s 12 from 4 the last Kings Lynn visited, when he beat Lambert and Iversen twice each? It’s almost like you’re twisting things to suit your own agenda.

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  18. Posted

    2 hours ago, Nellie said:

    Surely you don’t really need it explaining to you why the average of a number one can’t be directly compared with those of the two, three and four?

     

    1 hour ago, Gavan said:

    As has been said if r/r can get 8 or so then that would cover a rider who has a home average of not even 7.

    And Brady isnt a number one he has the third best average in the Poole team. 

    He also has a lower home average than Josh and Klindt and is only slightly ahead of Woryna so in essence 3 of his rides are covered quite well.

    Now obviously we will never know but Kurtz could have got 12 points in the final and r/r might get only 8..................but Kurtz could also have got 4 and r/r 8 we will never know.

    Kurtz missing is comparable to Kings Lynn missing Proctor........not to Kings Lynn missing Robert Lambert.

    Its all opinion and going by Brady this season at home at Poole then r/r looks to be adequate, though having said that Nick Morris goes ok at Poole and should also be capable of the 8 points i feel Brady would get

    Oh, ok, I’m sorry, you obviously do need it explaining. Kurtz has achieved his average entirely as a number one, although he isn’t currently the number one. Woryna, Klindt and JG have achieved their averages from riding at positions two, three and four; all easier positions to score points in. Therefore, it’s really rather difficult to make a fair comparison. Unless I’m mistaken, Proctor also hasn’t appeared at number one this year so, again, it’s a bit silly to compare averages directly. As I know how much you like facts, Brady was untouchable on his way to a twelve point maximum the last time Kings Lynn were at Poole

    I can’t imagine it’s relevant though, as R/R will presumably only be a last resort, if no suitable guest can be found.

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  19. Posted

    4 hours ago, Gavan said:

    Brady at home has scored 5 in the last 2 meetings and can be replaced by riders like Josh and Klindt and Woryna who have been outscoring Kurtz.......................hope that can clear up why r/r means Kurtz can be replaced

    Surely you don’t really need it explaining to you why the average of a number one can’t be directly compared with those of the two, three and four? Poole would be mad to go with with R/R in a final, for the very reason everybody has just seen. Nick Morris would probably score similarly, although you can never tell with Kurtz, or Morris for that matter. 

    If Musielak is available to guest at the NA, I agree that Poole would be no worse off, however if he isn’t...

  21. Posted

    34 minutes ago, thecoombdog said:

    Would a shower like that after heat 5 have caused the meeting to be cancelled? Again this is a genuine question.

    No, it wouldn't and it would have been completed had this been on Monday with BT there. It drizzled for a few minutes, rained fairly gently for five minutes then petered out. The tractor came out, went around bend three/four and hey presto, the water was gone. Unfortunately half way through that two minute job, it was announced that the meeting was abandoned. Nobody went to look at the track. Everyone around me was surprised and pretty grumpy at such a poor decision. The track was far wetter before the meeting and also why bother with the interval when all in the grandstand could see the shower coming?

    I don't know who drove the decision, although handy financially that it came after the cut off, but with four heats remaining.

  22. Posted

    2 minutes ago, The Doctor... said:

    Understand that totally... hugely unprofessional tho not to give themselves a fighting chance due to individuals not conforming to rules.

    Yeah, absolutely. Kurtz possibly had mechanical issues though, as he went through the tapes, didn’t he? Sundstrom’s let himself down a bit though, he’s been here for eight meetings, so to make such a rookie mistake is silly.

  23. Posted · Edited by Nellie

    51 minutes ago, Booey boy said:

    We had both at Coventry at one time

    So you did, although he certainly didn’t hang around long. I thought his brother showed more promise here, but I suspect both are about 5 point riders in this country. 

  24. Posted

    4 hours ago, Booey boy said:

    He was crap at Coventry we got rid of him I said this on this site before the season started and got told by certain Poole fans that he was a different rider now 

    He is a completely different rider. Literally. :D

    Michał Szczepaniak was at Coventry, his brother Mateusz was at Poole and Kings Lynn and is now back at Poole. 

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