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  1. Posted

    Excellent crowd and Poole can only beat what is in front of them, but it wasn’t a great meeting, not much passing as it was so on sided.  Poole look very strong, Oxford look well short. Haven’t seen the Cook brothers for a while they are excellent, great to see Scotty still giving it everything at 44, top class.

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  4. Posted

    48 minutes ago, chunky said:

    Why? It never has been! World Finals were never chosen because of the quality of the racing, were they? Wembley was chosen because of the occasion, the capacity, and the location.

    Amsterdam, Munich, and L.A. were all temporary tracks. Norden certainly wasn't chosen because of occasion or location...

    There really is a lot more to take into account than the racing.

    There shouldn’t be. If you can’t put the ‘entertainment of the racing product first’ then you will never continually grow the sport as the spectacle won’t be there. It’s all well and good picking these nice stadiums in City centre locations,  but if the track and racing are garbage the TV audience won’t be attracted. There lies the problem with the organisers, their picking good cities/locations but they’ve completely compromised the racing which won’t attract many back or support growth in global TV numbers. It needs a balance of stadia/racing quality.

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  5. Posted

    A truly dreadful meeting of follow the leader on a crap track. I took two newbies to their first meeting and was royally embarrassed. The Bewley win saved the show - well done Dan.

    I don’t buy all the razzmatazz of “yeah but it’s Cardiff”, first and foremost the racing has to be right,  and time and time again we’ve seen if you give these boys a decent track they will put on a spectacular show. The organisers really need to sort this out as it’s been happening far too long - sort the bloody GP tracks out. The crowd looked at least 10,000 down on the  usual Cardiff crowd which was a shame. 

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  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, Turnip said:

    Pay at the gate. There are 2 entrances, one on the back straight (glass fronted grandstand) & home straight (open grandstand). Either gives u access to all areas.

    I get there bout 605 as queue is usually long by 630.

    Why park away from the stadium? Plenty of parking spaces in the big car park at the stadium for a small charge.

    I don't know where u can park away from the stadium as I don't drive & don't live in Poole.

    Hope this information helps.

    Welcome to WINborne Road ahead of ur visit :t:

    Thanks pal that’s very helpful. I’ll be a neutral so I’m just looking for a good meeting it’s been 3 years since I’ve been to Poole, I couldn’t get there last year as my lad wasn’t well. I’m looking forward to a good safe meeting for all involved. 

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  10. Posted

    12 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

    I find it strange for Plymouth to nurture ruml and cook as assets and then not continue to use them subsequently. 
    although I’m sure cook has been tapped up by Poole 

    I agree - Ruml was riding quite well at the end of the season and looked like he could have been a decent prospect, I can only assume Ruml and the last riders average don’t fit or maybe he didn’t fancy returning. It looks a more balanced team than last season

  12. Posted

    13 hours ago, mikebv said:

    Not the greatest season ever, tracks have been too poorly prepared too often (soaked through),  for it to be a classic. Good tracks at that as well..

    However, still plenty of top racing which highlights just how great this sport can be when properly presented and structured...

    Time for a few to drop out permanently now I would hope, Zagar and KK have given excellent value over the years but some younger blood now needs to be introduced..  

    Hopefully Lambert can get a WC as there are certainly a fair few examples this year where he has shown he is capable, and 10th in the world is a fair achievement...

    Hopefully the Polish track bias will reduce next year and a few more technical tracks join the circus...

    Great to see a brand new name to be added to the list of greats who have won the World Title..

    Probably the worst series in a while - there was what one decent GP out of the 11 rounds in Wroclaw on the 2nd night? The rest were awful mainly down to a poor choice of venue or poor track preparation the riders deserve much better from the organisers. 

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  13. Posted

    10 hours ago, Skidder1 said:

    The Plymouth Promoter (Mark) said in video interview after the meeting that he was sorry that the track was far too dusty and there was hardly any overtaking??!!

    There is a bias by a few posters connected with Plymouth that start glowing about the track and racing even if it’s 15 heats of processional racing ! Some of the comments about last nights meeting are a classic example the above quote sums it up in contrast to certain posters.  It’s like some are on the payroll! I’ve been to most meetings and I’d say the following :

    1. Well done to the promotion on a slick presentation and providing competitive speedway in the south west especially after the Rebels sad demise. Thank you for live  speedway !

    2. The racing is compromised by its shape and size and anyone disputing that needs to be objective and the racing is sometimes very processional , but the size does none the less keep the racing close. If the track could ever be widened that would be hugely beneficial but I expect it is cost prohibitive.I’ve seen many riders bust a gut for 4 laps on the outside and they have simply  gone backwards. 

    3 . The people are very friendly and welcoming  and it’s a very pleasant evening out - again well done to the club and all the volunteers connected with the club. 
     

    Finally I wish the club all the best over the winter and I look forward to returning again in 2022. 

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  14. Posted

    12 hours ago, iainb said:

    TV money?

     

    Those teams and riders are of 5 and 6 years ago though and none of those riders were of the quality then as they are now.

     

    10 hours ago, GWC said:

    People see a name from 5 years ago and compare them to today thinking they have the same ability which is clearly not.

    Dan Bewley is a case in point!

    I don’t think many of the Somerset team from 2016 have improved that much IMO in the last few years, there will generally always be exceptions like Bewley ,Lambert etc and riders on an upward trajectory. Allen, Tungate, Wright, Josh G, Strake from 2016 have all broadly found their level mainly doubling up between the two leagues over many years and aren’t significantly improved riders from 2016, but granted perhaps a little more consistent and naturally experienced.

  16. Posted

    2 hours ago, Dickie Head said:

    I’m surprised a Rebels fan thinks this and you clearly don’t know how Garry May ticks. If there is a way of improving the Gladiators even in the short term, Garry will find it and try and make it happen.

    I was thinking more so financially with so few meetings remaining as others have said Bjarne and Crumpy can’t come cheap. I’m all for progression but just trying to be realistic - I’d love to see a more competitive team especially away from home. I guess it will depend on finances. 

  17. Posted

    18 hours ago, lewy said:

    That's not necessarily correct, if Eastbourne drop out and the points teams have gained from Eastbourne fixtures are taken away from them plus the fact that their is one less team and they would have to win all their remaining fixtures highly unlikely but possible :o

    I admire your glass half full approach nothing wrong with a bit of optimism especially at the moment

  18. Posted

    1 hour ago, Doners123 said:

    So today the true set of averages come out for Plymouth and sees Jason crump on a new average off 6.98.

    This is something I believe Plymouth were hoping that would happen at the start of the season and means they have around 4.96 to spare.

     

    Bringing in a rider in place (for example) of one of the riders on a 4 would give 8.96 spare. A rider under that average would include someone like Lawson. 
     

    This would give the support needed to Jason and Bjarne. 
     

    Be interesting to see if they change the line up or keep it as they are with minimal meetings left. 

    Not much point is there with so few meetings remaining ? They are not going to make the play offs 

  19. Posted

    Not a great meeting last night purely down  to the amount of delays and crashes it just never got going. I hope all the injured riders are ok and recover quickly. The ref didn’t help it seemed to take an age for the 2 mins to come on for each heat, granted the riders needed more time after crashes and reruns but even so the delays seemed excessive IMO.

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  23. Posted

    2 hours ago, Tommy Sweetman said:

    Sorry Dan,I was a bit riled by the original post I suppose.Think covid posts should be banned by the admin on here,it's been a stressful 18 months for everybody,let's just talk about speedway. 

    No worries Tommy ! I agree with you let’s keep it about the Speedway - good health to you and your loved ones pal. 

  24. Posted

    2 hours ago, Tommy Sweetman said:

    I can say something visa versa about Wolverhampton / Brighton but I won't because I'll probably be banned.         My ex wife comes from Brighton,and I've been going down there for over 30 years,and believe me I've seen things down there that wouldn't happen in Wolverhampton.So don't talk such rubbish.Covid cases in Wolverhampton are no worse than anywhere else in the country.

    No criticism pal of Wolverhampton I was just agreeing with the poster that the West Midlands has been hit harder than some other parts of the country that’s all ! 

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