Belle Vue Aces Vs Poole Pirates 28/04/2014

[semion 2,192]

I read that Ward might be missing for another month, despite riding in Poland and the GP. So will that give Holder another month to reduce his average ready to replace another team member when the time is right. I smell something fishy, and Im not talking about the contents of Baldricks apple Pie.

 

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/11175421.Poole_Pirates__Ford_reveals_injured_Ward_could_miss_more_than_a_month/

Edited April 29, 2014 by semion

[Dornier 804]

The Poole following seem to be the only ones not concerned where Smart was !!!

[Wolfsbane 12,944]

One of our Lee Smarts is missing.

 

(For our posters of a certain age )

[dorset delight 209]

I read that Ward might be missing for another month, despite riding in Poland and the GP. So will that give Holder another month to reduce his average ready to replace another team member when the time is right. I smell something fishy, and Im not talking about the contents of Baldricks apple Pie.

 

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/11175421.Poole_Pirates__Ford_reveals_injured_Ward_could_miss_more_than_a_month/

 

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[Wolfsbane 12,944]

.....Holders dislike of the track shining through.......

Like the blue groove at Wimborne Road then.

[lionheart 86]

One of our Lee Smarts is missing.

 

(For our posters of a certain age )

 

Probably shot down over Poole Harbour

[BluTiger 21,719]

has anybody asked where Lee Smart was last night......

Silence is golden...Still trying to come up with a good excuse probably...

[Wolfsbane 12,944]

 

One of our Lee Smarts is missing.

 

(For our posters of a certain age )

 

Probably shot down over Poole Harbour

 

Apparently engine failure just outside Lancaster

[Gavan 5,068]

Yet again just smacks of underhand tactics again.

 

Smasrt isnt close to being up to the level required. Poole knew this from day 1 when rumours were circulating before the season started he was being replaced.

 

Got a better reserve in Greenwood and still lost lol

[John Leslie 3,213]

Just heard that Matt Ford has but up a £1,000 reward for the safe return of Lee Smart and Chris Holder's bottle. Both of which were lost in Manchester last night.

[TonyE 822]

Smart's absence certainly needs an explanation but, then again, Poole are involved so it probably won't be forthcoming!

[Wolfsbane 12,944]

In the cold light of day once the emotions have settled it's interesting to compare the 2 threads from last nights matches.

 

Wolves dropped a point because Woffy was poor. The fans reactions are something along the lines of 'For gawd's sake Tai, get it sorted sharpish, we need you but you're costing us points which could come in handy at the end of the season'.

 

Now compare that to some Poole fans. Their team was beaten and you don't have to be a brain surgeon to work out why, Holder and Janowski were poor. The initial reaction 'Cookie's a roller'.

 

Blame anyone but yourselves.

 

If Woffinden, Holder & Janowski had done what they're paid to do then both teams would have more points on the board this morning.

 

It's a shining example of one of the reasons why folks get on Poole's case.

Smart's absence certainly needs an explanation but, then again, Poole are involved so it probably won't be forthcoming!

To be scrupulously fair, that's not just Poole's problem, it's the attitude of most people who run the sport. 'Keep quiet and they'll get fed up of asking after a while'. Historically it's called omerta, these days, mushroom management, 'keep 'em in the dark and feed them $hit'.

Edited April 29, 2014 by Wolfsbane

[waiheke1 4,295]

I read that Ward might be missing for another month, despite riding in Poland and the GP. So will that give Holder another month to reduce his average ready to replace another team member when the time is right. I smell something fishy, and Im not talking about the contents of Baldricks apple Pie.

 

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/11175421.Poole_Pirates__Ford_reveals_injured_Ward_could_miss_more_than_a_month/

FFS people, paranoid much?

if holder's average drops below wards, they can only bring back ward by ditching milik for a three pointer.

to subsequently bring holder in, holder would need to get his average down below pawlickis, which if he is to achieve over the next say 6 meetings prior to wards reckon would mean he'd need to score around 3 per meeting or less, .

Poole do have history, but in this instance i think its safe to say holder had a bad meeting end of. jeezus, imagine if tai was a poole asset what conspricay theories there'd be...

 

if you want a team bulding plan which could happen, it is that milik gets his average up to over 7 and then gets replaced by the play offs by a dudek/lindback etc.

[Rico 210]

FFS people, paranoid much?

if holder's average drops below wards, they can only bring back ward by ditching milik for a three pointer.

to subsequently bring holder in, holder would need to get his average down below pawlickis, which if he is to achieve over the next say 6 meetings prior to wards reckon would mean he'd need to score around 3 per meeting or less, .

Poole do have history, but in this instance i think its safe to say holder had a bad meeting end of. jeezus, imagine if tai was a poole asset what conspricay theories there'd be...

 

if you want a team bulding plan which could happen, it is that milik gets his average up to over 7 and then gets replaced by the play offs by a dudek/lindback etc.

 

If someone is signed as an injury replacement (which has an attaching 28 day minimum) it didn't previously matter what the rider did in the interim, you could always bring back in the original rider as a straight swap for the injury replacement. Are you suggesting this rule has changed ?

 

In the current scenario, even if Holder's average drops, Poole could still bring Ward back for Holder when he is fit to ride. The talk of Darcy being out for another month is interesting and will only be questioned if Ward rides in Poland/Sweden/GPs but not Poole after the initial 28 days are up.

 

Rico

[John Leslie 3,213]

If someone is signed as an injury replacement (which has an attaching 28 day minimum) it didn't previously matter what the rider did in the interim, you could always bring back in the original rider as a straight swap for the injury replacement. Are you suggesting this rule has changed ?

You are correct in the case of an injury replacement.

 

But in this case Holder's average is higher than the injured rider (Ward), so it doesn't appear to be a one-for-one injury replacement. It appears to be a team redeclaration with a higher averaged rider (but still under the points limit).