wolvesstarman

Certainly agree with the statement re Harris and Klindt, and that Poole got the best out of them. Had Harris ridden for Poole in the 2018 final as he did for us (Wolves) in the 2017 final when he was, quite frankly, pathetic, then they'd have had no chance. And I've long since had the theory that if you're prepared to err on the side of robust and go wheel-to-wheel with Klindt in the first bend, then he'll back out of it and in all likelihood tail off. The proviso with that is that you've got to be able to gate with him, and for much of the final Lynn couldn't do that.

I live in the West Midlands and classify myself as a Wolves fan, but before that lived in East Anglia and for many years Lynn was my local track. Yes, I admit I'm biased, and really, really wanted Lynn to win, and had they been able to field the riders available as at the completion of the Torun GP I'm sure they'd have walked it. The loss of Niels, and his subsequent replacement with an inferior guest, was probably not in itself the fatal blow; that was the incident at Poole that undeservedly led to MPT's exclusion when he clearly received a push from the Poole rider on the inside (Specsavers anybody ? I assume the ref had tv replays available, and it was clearly visible on BT Sport) albeit not deliberately or maliciously, and his subsequent loss from the rest of that meeting and the second leg on Wednesday.

Totally agree with the above statement. I live in the West Midlands, and now classify myself as a Wolves fan, but before that lived in East Anglia and for many years Kings Lynn was my local track. I really, really wanted them to win, and if they could have run both legs with the team available to them as of the completion of the Torun GP I think they'd have, deservedly, walked it. The loss of Niels, and his subsequent replacement with an inferior guest, was the first blow, but probably not one that would have proved fatal to Lynn's hopes had it not been for the incident at Poole which disgracefully resulted in MPT being excluded when he clearly received a push from the opposing rider (albeit not, I believe, deliberately or maliciously) and subsequently led to his omission from the second leg with a broken hand. Quite how MPT was excluded when the referee I assume had the TV replays available I don't know - the push was clearly visible on BT Sport....