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Poole v King’s Lynn Premiership Grand Final 1st leg 08/10/18

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If both Danes are fit for Wednesday then don't write KL off.

16 is a lot, 12 would be catchable. Need to be sharp from the start.

At least whole speedway world will keep fingers crossed for Stars now, after such a big help Pirates had from referee.

 

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Just now, krompa said:

If both Danes are fit for Wednesday then don't write KL off.

16 is a lot, 12 would be catchable. Need to be sharp from the start.

At least whole speedway world will keep fingers crossed for Stars now, after such a big help Pirates had from referee.

 

Ellis is guesting for Iversen on Wednesday. 

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38 minutes ago, Bluenose said:

Yes you were right,but the things the ref missed and got wrong outdo all those things

every body moaned about the guest situation and all  we get is a crazy blind ref.

Brummie fan............Never  seen so many bad calls from a ref???????????????

could have been worse , they could have chose one of the women refs ,

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Here we go again, but the Referee's decision regarding the Heat 12 exclusion really is totally embarrassing for Haemorrhoid/Ackroyd (however it is spelt/pronounced). BT Sport provided sufficient camera angles for there to be absolutely no doubt that MPT was in front and was knocked off by his opponent attempting to come under him as they entered bend 3. It wasn't malicious, but the race has to be stopped and someone is responsible for that and has to be excluded. With enough camera angles and opportunities to replay the incident how on earth can MPT be at fault? Incidents like this are not even down to opinion, it is surely fact. If the Ref gets that wrong, what does it say about his decisions without the benefit of TV cameras at meetings? Apparently he was not available for interviewing as the cameras could not film that far up Matt Ford's a*se.

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Well I have just read through this thread with tears of laughter in my eyes. What a load of Poole haters on here tonight.

Mind you I do agree with one thing. The ref made a howler. He warned Ellis. And what happened? Ellis then rolled to two victories. The crowd clearly saw him roll but the ref let it go. Very unfair. What’s the point of warning a rider then allowing him to get away with it twice more? Elliss got his come uppance in heat 13 and heat 15, but the six points he scored shouldn’t have happened.

As for everything else, I though the ref got it all correct. Toft took a dive, could easily have stayed up. This is the final. Racing is hard. If there was the slightest of touches, it wasn’t enough and like Doyle last week, the refs are wised up.

Pirate fans couldn’t have asked or expected for more. A 16 point lead. In all the playoff history I can’t remember such a lead being turned over, so Kings Lynn will have to break records to win the title this year.

A fabulous performance from the boys, who even after allowing Kings Lynn a comeback mid meeting pulled away again. 

Is 16 enough? Possibly. Possibly not. Middlo said in the post meeting conference that Buster Chapman has already spent the day cooking the track to make it ultra grippy, as he did last time when Poole visited. The boys said they were all expecting it to be grippy and will be ready for it.

Very pleased at half time. The boys have said there will be no complacency and they will be going to Kings Lynn to win.

Expecting Kings Lynn to come out all guns blazing so we will need to keep it tight.

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2 minutes ago, Teromaafan said:

Here we go again, but the Referee's decision regarding the Heat 12 exclusion really is totally embarrassing for Haemorrhoid/Ackroyd (however it is spelt/pronounced). BT Sport provided sufficient camera angles for there to be absolutely no doubt that MPT was in front and was knocked off by his opponent attempting to come under him as they entered bend 3. It wasn't malicious, but the race has to be stopped and someone is responsible for that and has to be excluded. With enough camera angles and opportunities to replay the incident how on earth can MPT be at fault? Incidents like this are not even down to opinion, it is surely fact. If the Ref gets that wrong, what does it say about his decisions without the benefit of TV cameras at meetings? Apparently he was not available for interviewing as the cameras could not film that far up Matt Ford's a*se.

I, too, used to think that if enough TV cameras were available to view, no referee could ruin a sporting spectacle. Then I saw the Football World Cup Final earlier in the year....

No matter the sport, some referees will just see things that others don't!

Far from the thriller I was hoping for and it won't go down as one of the Play-Off greats, but an interesting meeting, if only for the controversy!

Delicately poised @ 16 point lead. Much will depend on Palm Toft's fitness, and what sort of track Mr Chapman produces. Certainly if MPT is fit, the King's Lynn reserves can do what Worrall and Jakobsen did tonight - think it's another one that will go down to the wire.

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Poole get most of the luck and a ref on their side. It’s all there’s to lose now.

the injury to Iversen has as good as handed the title on a plate.

have to feel for Kings Lynn who always seem to have the worst luck.

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Neutral viewer and the Referee made totally shocking decisions tonight!  Getting fed up of Referees messing it up...

 

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2 hours ago, Phil The Ace said:

It's been confirmed that the ref did indeed have tv replays. OMG makes it even worse

What is the source of this information?

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If Poole end up winning the title I think it’s safe to say 2018 has been a horrendous year for the sport in this country.

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Grw123 and gavan (among others) are making this Poole victory march almost enjoyable.

Complaints about the track tonight, woah, wait till you see what is served up on Wednesday. 

Don't think this is over if mpt is fit to ride Wednesday,  but it will be tough for kl to retrieve tonight's damage if he is out.

Rico :rolleyes:

 

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Only able to watch the meeting on TV.

Referee got the MPT decision totally wrong. No intent from Jakobsen, he just picked up grip and it shot him forward. Absurd decision.

Poole have got a great chance now.

However, dont start counting the chickens. Just remember Workington v Edinburgh!

 

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Decisions go for you, some go against. All part of life’s rich tapestry.

Poole went for it early doors and it looked all over.  Lynn to thier credit didn’t lay down and fought back. Had high hopes they were gonna keep it around the 8/10 mark. Then, fair play to Poole they found another gear and stretched the lead again.

Is it all over ?  Opening few Heats will be the key.  If Lynn can half the lead in the opening half dozen heats then it’s very much game on.  If not then Poole win the play-offs.

Do others see this as a dead rubber ?

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If I was Buster I’d be getting the riders together today with a view of preparing a very dodgy track 

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22 minutes ago, semion said:

Decisions go for you, some go against. All part of life’s rich tapestry.

Poole went for it early doors and it looked all over.  Lynn to thier credit didn’t lay down and fought back. Had high hopes they were gonna keep it around the 8/10 mark. Then, fair play to Poole they found another gear and stretched the lead again.

Is it all over ?  Opening few Heats will be the key.  If Lynn can half the lead in the opening half dozen heats then it’s very much game on.  If not then Poole win the play-offs.

Do others see this as dead rubber ?

Excellent post..

Speedway in Britain doesn't have 'proper competitions' due to its nonsense system anyway so losing in one of the 'competitions' shouldn't be seen as any disaster....

Similar to winning any of them doesn't bring any great glory...

Remember, the authorities think 'credibility' is to have two Swindon riders in opposition in a Grand Final featuring Poole and Kings Lynn...

And that is because it was seen as better than the original plan. A plan devised, within the rules, by those who run the Sport....

Lets just reflect on that for a moment and be honest to ourselves..

Winning such a competition that allows such nonsense has no kudos does it really?

 

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