ray c 2,299 Posted July 6, 2018 can see any room for scott or bomber at the moment ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pirates Of Poole 761 Posted July 6, 2018 We would have to lose Ritchie, Josh and Nico to get them in. Top 5 of Kurtz, Nicholls, Harris, Woryna & Sundstrom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve0 5,517 Posted July 6, 2018 Before everyone gets carried away with the RH riders - can I just remind them that they were battling Poole for the wooden spoon! KK is available again though 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ray c 2,299 Posted July 6, 2018 The trouble at Poole at the moment every rider is inconsistent so I think it is difficult who you change ? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,018 Posted July 6, 2018 4 hours ago, Steve0 said: Before everyone gets carried away with the RH riders - can I just remind them that they were battling Poole for the wooden spoon! KK is available again though You may joke but KK was actually in the pits on Weds!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,018 Posted July 6, 2018 4 hours ago, ray c said: The trouble at Poole at the moment every rider is inconsistent so I think it is difficult who you change ? Josh has been the most inconsistent but harsh on Ritchie if they let him go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebrum 6,820 Posted July 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: You may joke but KK was actually in the pits on Weds!! Is KK coming home? Every other club would breathe a sigh of relief if he does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,632 Posted July 6, 2018 (edited) IMO (and based on what I heard from the office on Wednesday) there is no way Nicholls will end up at Poole. Harris on 6.86 could replace any of the top five and Poole would still stay under the 42.50 team limit. Given the choice would Bomber want to displace his Glasgow team mate giving Poole the added risk of losing another track man!!?? Edited July 6, 2018 by Skidder1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DC2 11,150 Posted July 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, stevebrum said: Is KK coming home? Every other club would breathe a sigh of relief if he does. Lol “He’s coming home, he’s coming, KK’s coming home!” 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GWC 495 Posted July 6, 2018 There was a time when riders available following an unfortunate team loss would be allocated to the weaker teams. It would keep the league competitive but alas the sport has chosen a different and more destructive route now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Catalan 717 Posted July 6, 2018 48 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: IMO (and based on what I heard from the office on Wednesday) there is no way Nicholls will end up at Poole. Harris on 6.86 could replace any of the top five and Poole would still stay under the 42.50 team limit. Given the choice would Bomber want to displace his Glasgow team mate giving Poole the added risk of losing another track man!!?? Stewart has already left, Matt has realised the guys who did it before were best left alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poole keith 909 Posted July 6, 2018 stick with the team as it is,no no1 but very solid,stick with them and see where we end up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviator 213 Posted July 6, 2018 16 minutes ago, poole keith said: stick with the team as it is,no no1 but very solid,stick with them and see where we end up Sensible approach. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghosty 500 Posted July 6, 2018 All this rider move talk, after the sad demise of another track..... The words PARASITE & VULTURE come into my head - is it only me? This would be the same teams that appeared to offer no compromise to the Rye House situation. ALSO are the new prospective employers willing to offer the "super duper" guarantees that they were on @ Rye. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STEVEHOLS54 380 Posted July 6, 2018 I throw this one open to my Poole Supporter colleagues but to anyone else as we seem to be the most visited Forum topic anyway I put up the idea some time ago that MAYBE to save the sport in UK we should change the format to reduce costs. My idea revolved around one big league. Or 2 regional leagues with say the top 4 from each going into a play off system. Just knocking the ideas around here. Each team to be made up of 5 riders (come back to that) plus 2 N/L riders say 22 or under. I say that age range to give our young riders or 16/17/18 a chance as most over 22 have been around a while in N/L and either have/will never make the top 1/2 flights. Or if a promoter feels he wants to put one in his top 5 so be it. Then it surely would reduce cost by not having 7 top riders. Matches could be programmed where the N/L riders get say 2 N/L rider quality rides only against each other and then 1 from each team to be raced against each other together with a top half rider in the other 2 so they get that valuable experience of riding against proven riders and they don't get hammered each ride thus affecting their confidence as they progress. These riders can also keep their N/L places to help further their development. A min of 3 rides per N/L rider (lets call them the reserves for this exercise). The top 5 to be made up to a points limit which is workable for all or the majority of promoters. If the promotors want to use all foreign riders - or a mix of Uk/foreign or even all UK that is their choice. My reasoning behind this is that some foreign riders will still want to ride UK because either they are resident here. Such as Doyle/NKI/Klindt/Holder Sr etc or they reside mainly in UK during our Speedway season such as all the Aussies. We should not distract those promoters who do want some of the exciting foreign talent IF they feel they can afford the expense or have Sponsors who are willing to finance it. We would have a natural culling on that score anyway due to my next point. Teams should be allowed to ride on race days that suit them and not days dictated by the FIM who ultimately will protect Poland which I fully understand as ultimately whichever way you want to view it, they rule the speedway World in respect of Stadia/Crowds/Finance from local towns/cities (they are so bloody lucky)/Sponsorship and rider quality. IF a UK team chooses say a Saturday to help save the club financially and to get better support, then a rider can decide if he wants to ride UK or pass up and bow to his say Polish Masters who pay the vast majority of his salary. We have to accept that as no way these top guys will pass on Poland. Same when it comes to SWE/DK. Now this may cost us some riders and with it the promoters also save the large expense that comes with some who don't reside here. BUT the time has come for UK to get its house in order or the sport dies. Ultimately the fate of our Sport may be decided anyway by falling crowds - stadium redevelopment into residential/industrial just as it has with things like the sport itself and greyhound racing. Maybe the number of clubs will drop eventually and the force of numbers forces us into one league anyway just to survive. Obviously there are various variations or no doubt ideas on how the above could be developed, but hopefully someone out there and maybe even promoter/s may look in and take some of the thoughts forward as we sure do need to do something more radical to save the sport. Another idea is maybe 6 man teams with a 4 plus 2 or 5 plus 1 idea based on my above thoughts. Again putting out there as food for thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
