Pirate Baz

Just crossed M4 and raining!

Reached Marlborough and it's pi$$ing down and has been for the last 20 miles. Dry in Swindon!!!???

Who was doing the spelling for him?

BBC forecast has light rain at 5 but ok after that. Met Office has the rain at 6 then ok. Who knows?

I believe you'll find that Garry May previously went to press on this one. Wolves declined the offered date of 15th as Lindgren was not available due to riding in an unofficial meeting so Wolves wouldn't have had the guest or r/r facility. They prefered to take this week when they would only have one rider (Thorsell has obviously since declined to be involved in GP practice as a meeting reserve) and preferred to take the option of going with guests and r/r. Going to the 29th would have been a month since the Rebels last home meeting, and with a final for the winners, Australian GP and play offs to consider, all at risk from the British weather it really had to be 15th or 22nd. Wolves will get through anyway and subject to sorting out more dates and relying on the weather they could now still have Lindgren and Masters available for the final.

Do you really believe that?

Credit to Kyle though for slowing the race up. Not to suggest anything untoward but the last two heats have kept it interesting for BT and may put a few more on the gate for the second leg. Realistically a Robins win by 16/20 in two weeks time.

Been good all afternoon with some good sunny breaks in the cloud. Bit of black cloud at present but some blue breaks around as well. What can I say? Showeres. Unpredictable. If it was 7:30 now I'd be confident but nearly four hours to go still.

So that's not a comparison?

Agree Skidder. Always a Kyle fan. Would just say that while Gavan and co. are slagging off certain Poole fans reactions what would have happened if such a move had been carried by Poole? Guess it would have been total acceptance, peace and tranquility. Perfect result ...... Poole get a double figure win to keep things interesting and Kyle top scores for the Robins. What's that? Jason who?

Early doors still and with showers predicted it's when and where they hit. We're just over a mile from the track and it's damp from overnight showers and had one lightish shower so far but the current bun is out and it looks a nice day ..... but it's 9:20 so who knows what i's going to be like at 19:30. PS Doyle will give 100% tonight. He's still got a chip on his shoulder when it comes to Poole.

I think Rye are in the ascendancy while the Aces are going through a slippery patch. I feel that Swindon will pick Belle Vue and let Rye go to Wolverhampton with a team that can ride Monmore. Probably still fancy the Wolves over two legs but it could be close. Whoever wins that one earns the right to be 2017 runners up to the Robins.

I did say most. Lahti in heat 3 and King in 15 stood out. I don't count Hans getting it all wrong and getting passed, and Shanes was always just in front of Kyle, although that was a good race bearing in mind the relative experience of the riders concerned. I hope we do keep Shanes next year as he is a 100% trier and improving. After all it's his first year in the Premiership. Actually it everyones.

Think that may be "out of the window" now as the Play off Finals have been brought forward to the dates set for that. Most races settled by the back straight on lap one though Steve. Not much passing.

Worked for Poole v Rye House didn't it. ......... or did it ?

Swap POOLE for RYE HOUSE and I'll be on your wavelength.

Wolves by 10.

Hang on Steve. When I said this to you in the pits at Poole a few weeks ago you gave me a right ear ache with comments like 'No Chance' and various others. You must be getting to the conclusion that my speedway knowledge is greater than yours then.

I would have thought that it's a bit early to start planning for 2018. We don't know for sure what new rules are going to be demanded by Poland. We don't know what stupid new rules are going to be introduced by the BSPA. We don't know if fixed nights are going to be introduced and how this may impact on some tracks. We don't know how many teams in each league until the November conference. Why is this always so late? I expect some teams to be finalising their lineups in March, as per usual. In the meantime have a good Christmas everyone.

The actual meeting sponsors last night were Wessex Marine and their owner David Adams had a very good letter posted in Speedway Star this week. OK much of what others have been saying and much of it won't happen, but a genuine sponsor with genuine speedway interest ..... and concerns.

Let it until this morning to post just in case it was a bad dream. Humiliating is the word. Outclassed from the gate and on the rare occasion a Pirate gated they were passed within half a lap. Slight improvement in the later heats but the Rockets had probably eased of a bit by then. Thank god for Leicester (no personal offence intended) but we should just about avoid a trip to Sheffield or Glasgow. Only other comment is that Gav's been quiet post meeting. Strange scenario in strange season. Teasing Gavin for predicting a Poole WIN and getting it wrong. Time to update the stats Gav. Your PC not mirroring on track performances.

Got to conceed to your statistics Gavan. Think I'll stop going to meetings and play with stats on the PC. Essentially Lahti was the difference recording a double figure score. Much better performance than recent and seemed more fight. Even dreaming now of a home win on Thursday. What do the stats say Gav?

It's all about watching speedway as opposed to playing with statistics on the computer, and being intelligent enough to understand that no two days in life are the same whatever one is doing. If you've played any sport at all you would understand that more. One day everything clicks and you feel like a world champion. The next day you perform as if you've never played the game before. That's real life, not a computer simulation.

Bet your bookmaker loves it when you come through the door. If we hold them to 20 I'll be surprised. Wolves were unlucky last time. Howarth to make up for last times misfortune and go through the card. Hmm. Might see what the odds are for that.