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Poole v Swindon. Prem. 19/8/19

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8 hours ago, poole keith said:

his last ride was ht 14 which was his 4th ride,perks had beaten covatti in his last ride and poor kyle was never going to beat anybody so worth a gamble with perks jmo

Sorry & yes you’re right then.

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7 hours ago, Col said:

I don't need to see the consequence of their choice. Gate 2 was the best gate on the night. Ellis won from it, Musielak won from it, Perks scored a point from it. If the Swindon team manager hasn't figured that out he is an idiot.

He needed 3 points to get a losers bonus point, so take the best gate and put your best rider on it.

Swindon got a 5-1. That gets them nothing more than a 3-3 would. They had the best two riders at the meeting. The only way they could have scored less than 3 barring a mechanical disaster was to hand Poole the best gate.

Poole needed to put their only rider capable of out pacing Batchelor & Doyle on it, in Kurtz & hope Holder can sneak past either Robin as they queued behind Kurtz.

Utter ineptitude all around.

Heat 15 didn't matter to Poole, let them enjoy a 5-1 makes no difference. Doyle would have won from any gate. 

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2 hours ago, Crazy robin said:

Sorry & yes you’re right then.

He's not right. Newman only had 3 rides. Perks replaced him in heat 8 and also scored 0.

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So it was a good tense meeting last night with a much better attendance and atmosphere than of late. I've now also watched the BT version which does give a slightly different perspective compared to actually being there.

As much as many are saying it was Poole's reserves v Swindon's top 2, I think the other factor was the number of last places - Swindon 9 Poole 6 (with 2 of those coming from Klindt's worst performance so far!!).

Middlo's strategy was to fill the minor places and let Doyley (and Batch) do their thing and it just about worked.  Kurtz was struggling with bike issues all night and Jensen was clearly suffering with his wrist injury from the previous night's Championship action.

Should make for an interesting third meeting on Thursday.

As for the track there was some 'rippling' going into the first bend but for Doyley to state on camera that the track was awesome and well prepared and allowed for great racing was good to hear - something that Tatum also alluded to in his pre-racing track report.

Well done to both teams - hope its the final.

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2 hours ago, foreverblue said:

Heat 15 didn't matter to Poole, let them enjoy a 5-1 makes no difference. Doyle would have won from any gate. 

He didn't in the TS ride!

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5 minutes ago, Skidder1 said:

So it was a good tense meeting last night with a much better attendance and atmosphere than of late. I've now also watched the BT version which does give a slightly different perspective compared to actually being there.

As much as many are saying it was Poole's reserves v Swindon's top 2, I think the other factor was the number of last places - Swindon 9 Poole 6 (with 2 of those coming from Klindt's worst performance so far!!).

Middlo's strategy was to fill the minor places and let Doyley (and Batch) do their thing and it just about worked.  Kurtz was struggling with bike issues all night and Jensen was clearly suffering with his wrist injury from the previous night's Championship action.

Should make for an interesting third meeting on Thursday.

As for the track there was some 'rippling' going into the first bend but for Doyley to state on camera that the track was awesome and well prepared and allowed for great racing was good to hear - something that Tatum also alluded to in his pre-racing track report.

Well done to both teams - hope its the final.

Did he actually use the word 'awesome' though? And if he did, does he think he's 7 years old? ;):D

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54 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

Did he actually use the word 'awesome' though? And if he did, does he think he's 7 years old? ;):D

just you think if batch had been on fire Swindon would have won . :D don't think doyley said the word awesome though :t: don't forget to wish craig cook good luck in the gp challenge on Saturday need another brit in the gps :t:

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4 minutes ago, ray c said:

just you think if batch had been on fire Swindon would have won . :D don't think doyley said the word awesome though :t: don't forget to wish craig cook good luck in the gp challenge on Saturday need another brit in the gps :t:

Ha, okay Batch was on fire last night!! Apart from H13 but he tried everything to get past so can't fault him for that. 

I don't really watch the GPs anymore so Cook is welcome to them! 

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Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country..

  • Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes.
  • How many Brits on show?
  • Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max.
  • a boring non eventful advert for British speedway.

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33 minutes ago, Odds On said:

Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country..

  • Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes.
  • How many Brits on show?
  • Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max.
  • a boring non eventful advert for British speedway.

Most thoroughly enjoyed last nights meeting. You are in the minority.

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36 minutes ago, Odds On said:

Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country..

  • Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes.
  • How many Brits on show?
  • Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max.
  • a boring non eventful advert for British speedway.

Obviously speedway is not  your sport to follow find something more sedate like football:cheers:

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Just now, ray c said:

Obviously speedway is not  your sport to follow find something more sedate like football:cheers:

ha ha..I've been following it for around 45 years or so, last night was a borefest and if you found it exciting can I recommend a 5000 piece jigsaw to really blow you away!

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21 minutes ago, ray c said:

Obviously speedway is not  your sport to follow find something more sedate like football:cheers:

Or tiddly winks..:party:

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27 minutes ago, ray c said:

Obviously speedway is not  your sport to follow find something more sedate like football:cheers:

well you find too many Brits in the top league in football!

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1 hour ago, Odds On said:

Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country..

  • Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes.
  • How many Brits on show?
  • Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max.
  • a boring non eventful advert for British speedway.

Track was a little bumpy but many are not just Poole.

There were plenty of passes, I think you must have dozed off.

 

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