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A half decent race then. Took until heat 9! Should be tight all the way as it's gate and go tonight.

Kildermand rode a very hard 1st bend that time. Much better than his first outing. Hoping for some track evolution as meeting isn't the most exciting.

Looks hard to pass and harder to ride out wide tonight. It does look smooth though. Processional so far. Poole need to wake the f up

Poole getting slaughtered out the starts. Ruh Oh! Kildermand looked uninterested

Ahh, that is bad news about Cookie for the neutrals & Belle Vue fans. I'd fancy us to win by 18-20 now.

Sure, but I need to go and speak with SouthernAce about the spreadsheet for the Poole Fantasy League first. Once I've dealt with that, I'll be in Champs.

Not everyone can afford a chauffeur, so not being able to drink there shouldn't be a problem!

Yeah - that's a good shout - that chippy is okay - eaten there before. There is a curry house on the corner there too... but might be cutting it tight on time

@ouch No, you need cash to pay to get in, and the food quality inside the stadium is not the greatest. I choose to have the chicken strips from the 'glass stand' when I have to eat at Wimborne Road, but they are an extortionate price. I'd recommend eating elsewhere if you can.

I'd pick Charlie Wright over Josh Auty 99 times out of 100, but each to their own !!

@Gavan Ever heard the phrase - one swallow doesn't make a summer? I am not diminishing the value of course form etc, but your application of it. Ever heard of sample size? We may disagree (often), but you are entitled to your opinion. I don't begrudge you that. However, you always portray your opinion as 100% correct, without fault. Everything is black and white. I've seen you try, on occasion, to have a debate, but 9/10 you dig in your heels and start shouting and ranting. For that reason I think you're a troll, or perhaps the world's most blinkered, stubborn person. Feel free to prove me wrong by conducting yourself like a positively contributing member of this speedway community. Most of us on here are fans of speedway and we can all see the sport is in the rubbish. Least we can do is be somewhat nice to each other and discuss the sport between ourselves in a civil manner.

They thumped us several times last year!?! Including at Wimborne Road! Now we have dispelled the troll, we can get back to proper Poole v Belle Vue chat! I do see Poole winning handily on Wednesday, 53-37. UP THE PIRATES!

Slight exaggeration. Even taking the Gavan route and basing Worrall's average on his 16-pt score only, remove the tactical points, and bonus points (thanks SS), his one-match CMA, at the peak of his powers at Poole, would be 8.66. Pretty sure there are multiple riders in the league who averaged similar, so "utterly irreplaceable" is pure hyperbole.

Sorry Sidney, we only operate on FACTS and STATS, as dictated by Gavan. There is no room for opinion, or conjecture.

Like all trolls, you're trying to change the subject once your flimsy 'argument' has been taken apart. Get back in your cave! #NeverForget #Worrall16

He also scored 4+1 last season at Poole... did you miss that one?

@Steve Shovlar FWIW, I made his CMA based on the eight listed matches, 6.92 (counting his tac-sub win as a straight 3pts). 64 total points from 37 rides. If the tac sub does count as a 6, it's 7.24

I literally just did the exact same thing Steve!!! You did miss (there was a page 2!): 05/04/17 - Steve Worrall 3 1* 3 1* = 8+2 (4) But your point remains about how much the team will miss him... The answer is, he is far from a certainty for double-figure at Wimborne Road.

Thanks @ouch

@Gavan Give us more than one score by Worrall at Wimborne Road then? It's pretty f'n simple. Preferably his last 6+ performances - that should be a solid benchmark to work out what his form is like riding at Poole... Or, keep bleating on like a broken record, stuttering the same old misinterpretations and falsehoods?

Speedway, a sport built around rider's average score, but all it really boils down to is your last match [in Gavan's mind, when it suits him]. Maybe we should scrap averages, and just build teams based on one-match CMAs? Is this where the sport has being going wrong!?

How many times has Steve Worrall rode at Wimborne Road? Care to quote any of his other scores?

Sure. I was making more of a tongue in cheek comments about speedway and transparency to the paying public in this case. Obviously every case should be treated on its own merits.

You're surprised that speedway promotors are mis-managing the sport and public relations!???

Are you a mind reader? Because you are claiming to know what Steve thinks. How very prescient of you.