BobC 664 Posted October 16, 2018 Everyone knows we were fortunate, if thats the right way to put it,' with the injuries to the other teams riders at critical times. All credit must go to both Somerset and KIngs Lynn for taking the semi and Final to the last races. I am in no doubt we almost quite literally rode our luck. 12 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,035 Posted October 16, 2018 Well it was one of the closest playoffs in terms of teams strengths and any injury or ref decision could have quite an impact on the result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sherborne Green 320 Posted October 16, 2018 1 hour ago, BobC said: Everyone knows we were fortunate, if thats the right way to put it,' with the injuries to the other teams riders at critical times. All credit must go to both Somerset and KIngs Lynn for taking the semi and Final to the last races. I am in no doubt we almost quite literally rode our luck. I agree fully with you Bob. Poole won the Championship for 2018. Poole came 3rd in the full league program. Kings Lynn finished top of the league by quite some way. Kings Lynn were very unlucky with injuries. This kind of results and injuries have happened other years as well. No more can really be said about the 2018 season. The KO cup is now coming and best of luck to both Kings Lynn (1 injury) and Somerset (3 injuries) Hope to be at Oaktree tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Sherborne Green said: I agree fully with you Bob. Poole won the Championship for 2018. Poole came 3rd in the full league program. Kings Lynn finished top of the league by quite some way. Kings Lynn were very unlucky with injuries. This kind of results and injuries have happened other years as well. No more can really be said about the 2018 season. The KO cup is now coming and best of luck to both Kings Lynn (1 injury) and Somerset (3 injuries) Hope to be at Oaktree tomorrow. I think both teams have good guests so should be a good meeting Edited October 16, 2018 by foreverblue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottyfan 824 Posted October 16, 2018 4 hours ago, johnno4 said: Perhaps Gavan feels you were gifted it with no Holder and NKI ? You could be right, Poole had no Holder all season!!.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r8gdp 461 Posted October 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Star Lady said: Are we gonna have to put up with this carp until next March! and they wonder why people get sick of (some) Poole fans. The blokes not on this planet every Speedway fan knows Poole got lucky that s why I don't like the play off s deciding who becomes champions??? The team that finishes top are the champions The winner s of the play off are play off champions and before the Poole supporters start that should have applied to the year Poole lost to Coventry Poole over the season were the best side that year 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starman2006 2,355 Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, BobC said: Everyone knows we were fortunate, if thats the right way to put it,' with the injuries to the other teams riders at critical times. All credit must go to both Somerset and KIngs Lynn for taking the semi and Final to the last races. I am in no doubt we almost quite literally rode our luck. Maybe mate, but some on here just couldnt think or stand the thought of us winning the league, so they now get what they sow. Edited October 16, 2018 by Starman2006 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starman2006 2,355 Posted October 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Star Lady said: Are we gonna have to put up with this carp until next March! and they wonder why people get sick of (some) Poole fans. Never know, i might give it a break at Christmas. Just for a week mind.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,035 Posted October 16, 2018 33 minutes ago, r8gdp said: The blokes not on this planet every Speedway fan knows Poole got lucky that s why I don't like the play off s deciding who becomes champions??? The team that finishes top are the champions The winner s of the play off are play off champions and before the Poole supporters start that should have applied to the year Poole lost to Coventry Poole over the season were the best side that year Yeah and we didn't win the league! Plus we were 20 points ahead in the table, more than double what KL were over us! So if I can take that, surely you lot can handle this. Or maybe not.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r8gdp 461 Posted October 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Yeah and we didn't win the league! Plus we were 20 points ahead in the table, more than double what KL were over us! So if I can take that, surely you lot can handle this. Or maybe not.. Don t want to fall out over this but the play offs are not for me I live in Sheffield so last year watched us top the league and for me that was us the champions. The play offs I could nt get into sorry I would like to see the team that finishes top crowned the champions and maybe the top 4 contest the knockout cup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,035 Posted October 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, r8gdp said: Don t want to fall out over this but the play offs are not for me I live in Sheffield so last year watched us top the league and for me that was us the champions. The play offs I could nt get into sorry I would like to see the team that finishes top crowned the champions and maybe the top 4 contest the knockout cup No falling out needed! I like the playoffs even when Poole don't win them. It's an exciting end to the season! And I was completely gutted when Poole lost in 2010 to Coventry but you know what I posted 'well done Coventry' on the same night, shame some KL fans couldn't do the same. But if they want to hold on to their bitterness than that's up to them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bellevueace 913 Posted October 16, 2018 Considering everything comes down to the final four meetings of the season its no wonder the regular season matches are so poorly attended, they are just seen as qualifying matches and as we see every season the crowds only turn up for the finale where something is actually at stake. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,666 Posted October 16, 2018 1 hour ago, bellevueace said: Considering everything comes down to the final four meetings of the season its no wonder the regular season matches are so poorly attended, they are just seen as qualifying matches and as we see every season the crowds only turn up for the finale where something is actually at stake. Even then, I couldn't be bothered with the Play-Offs as they were live on TV. At £20+, I feel justified as each meeting proved not to be value for money racing wise. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therefused 819 Posted October 17, 2018 10 hours ago, Daniel Smith said: Even then, I couldn't be bothered with the Play-Offs as they were live on TV. At £20+, I feel justified as each meeting proved not to be value for money racing wise. Kings Lynn was £18 for the final Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted October 17, 2018 47 minutes ago, therefused said: Kings Lynn was £18 for the final True and very good value in my opinion although had we lost I may have a different opinion! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites