Poole vs Edinburgh 4/8/21

[JanAndersen 821]

5 minutes ago, Marshall07 said:

It costs far too much for Poole to live stream when they have a crowd in. No club other than Edinburgh are currently doing it in house to make it viable

Ok fair enough. Pity, I was looking forward to it. 

[tellboy 3,658]

2 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

 

Must be the same ones that were at Lynn on Monday.Think they are making a week of it.They did announce on the tannoy all the meetings they were going to be at.Fair play,great support.Unsure if they mentioned whether they are going to be at Peterborough tomorrow night as well.

[JanAndersen 821]

Well this is going well……

[Triple.H. 1,979]

1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said:

No live stream. Big crowd coming in bunch of Monarch fans decamped next to us. Should be fin!

Your hipflask must be leaking if they sniffed you out before the bar 

[JanAndersen 821]

Will take a point. Slow start but looked to have improved as the night went on

[Bagpuss 10,742]

Monarchs top heavier than Sam Fox but that's a good point which looked highly unikely early doors.

[Mike0310 660]

Good point at least they got something for there southern trip  but I bet they thought they would get more.

[Endeavour 681]

3 minutes ago, JanAndersen said:

Will take a point. Slow start but looked to have improved as the night went on

Agree. Good that Nathan scored a few points. Slow start cost us big time. Well done to the boys who turned it around.

Hopefully pick up some points next week on the road.

Really need all the team to chip in on the scoring front.

[Endeavour 681]

Have we no room to manoeuvre re more team changes. Other teams seem to be able to strengthen up.

[ray c 2,299]

10 minutes ago, JanAndersen said:

Will take a point. Slow start but looked to have improved as the night went on

You sure did good job your top three never had any back up 

[JanAndersen 821]

Just now, ray c said:

You sure did good job your top three never had any back up 

Will be he story of the season i fear. We can't have two riders scoring one between them. Happens too often.

 

[Endeavour 681]

8 minutes ago, JanAndersen said:

Will be he story of the season i fear. We can't have two riders scoring one between them. Happens too often.

 

Apart from Berwick can’t think of a match away from home where 2 from number 2, 6 and 7 scored well.

[Mr Blobby 2,637]

Just about sums us up that, can’t get the job done at Plymouth but can get a point a poole. 
Lawson is going to cost us big time come the business end of the season 4 points he managed to accumulate in the last 2 meetings.

 

[Steve Shovlar 10,439]

Just got back. All very, very easy for Pirates with the meeting all but over by heat 8. Edinburgh are a three man team and managed a bonus point by having the luck of losing the toss. Danny King chose 1 and 3 which gave Edinburgh 1 and 3 in heats 13 and 15. The problem for Poole with that is that not one heat was won off gate 4 all night. Never seen the gates so lopsided as this. Will also say the track was not as good as it has been this season, with an issue on bend one, which was quickly addressed, and something coming out the back straight of bend two which caused Pickering to Buck and rear, allowing Schlein through, then the same happening to Shclein in a lap latter returning the compliment to Pickering. Rory said after the meeting that the track only had one racing line tonight with no grip on the inside, allowing riders to go wide and not be caught.

A very good crowd in on a lovely evening and a small group of Monarchs fans made themselves heard at the end of heat 15 when they got a point. Good for them but it means nothing in the scheme of things. Poole were a class above and are two riders short at the moment.

For Poole.

Schlein rode well. Outgated in heat 15 and impossible to do anything. Rider of the night.

Guest Buckley tried hard but found it tough. Ben Basso comes into the team from now on. Can’t expect much at first.

Steve Worrall rode well but had two poor rides….when off gate 4.

Stefan Neilsen battled but had a t/r against him in one. Had a decent battle with Pickering in heat 14.

King was good until heat 13, when off gate 4.

Zach cook did his job when guesting for his brother, as did Danny Hume with one great ride to beat Richie Worrall and winning heat 8.

 

For Edinburgh.

Masters was good as expected. Rode better when it slickened off.

Lawson was poor. Only beat guest Buckley and was tailed off in his other rides.

Thomson was ok. Seemed fast at times. 4 paid 5 is ok.

Pickering was Monarchs best rider for entertainment and clearly loves the Poole track. Lots of battles and never gave up. Good effort.

Richie Worrall was good and improved when the track went slick. Knows his way around poole so no surprise he scored well.

Luke Craig was completely out of his depth.

Greaves did very little either, two second places and 3 lasts.

Not sure I can see how Edinburgh can seriously challenge for the title with their current lineup. Certainly Leicester look stronger and so do we. Having said that Edinburgh will have their home advantage on Friday and I expect them to beat us in the return. 

So Pirates continue to March up the table and with Cook back hopefully next week we should be looking very good indeed. 

 

 

[Endeavour 681]

13 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Just about sums us up that, can’t get the job done at Plymouth but can get a point a poole. 
Lawson is going to cost us big time come the business end of the season 4 points he managed to accumulate in the last 2 meetings.

 

Aye the Scottish Smarzlik isn’t at the races is he?