poole keith 911 Posted May 17, 2023 lisa people on a speedway forum dont do "shots" maybe a sherry or dubonnet probably just a bottle of brown ale!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,378 Posted May 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, IronScorpion said: Which is similar to ALL league meetings this year. Correct Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,036 Posted May 17, 2023 24 minutes ago, poole keith said: lisa people on a speedway forum dont do "shots" maybe a sherry or dubonnet probably just a bottle of brown ale!!! What no tequila kicking around? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,789 Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) The R/R's put this tie heavily in Poole's favour IMO which is a shame as it could/would have been very close with two full teams. As an aside if a team in one semi can use a guest from a team in the other semi that'd be laughable and quite ridiculous. Although seeing as it's happened already in a three team group I wouldn't be surprised. Edited May 17, 2023 by Bagpuss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,049 Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bagpuss said: The R/R's put this tie heavily in Poole's favour IMO which is a shame as it could/would have been very close with two full teams. As an aside if a team in one semi can use a guest from a team in the other semi that'd be laughable and quite ridiculous. Although seeing as it's happened already in a three team group I wouldn't be surprised. I actually disagree with that, riding for another club in a semi, CAN'T hurt your own team. In previous years riders from play-off teams couldn't guest for other play-off teams despite once again not being able to hurt their own sides chances of winning. In the league or BSN groups, you CAN stop your own team qualifying, which is what's rediculous, should be avoided as much as possible! A very simple option would've been stopping riders guesting for teams in the same group as their own. Edited May 17, 2023 by szkocjasid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,049 Posted May 17, 2023 4 hours ago, foreverblue said: I agree , King and Wright are capable of 15 each with 6 rides each, we should win but wont be as easy as some seem to think. I don't think it will be easy for Poole, but I'm expecting a big win because they are very very good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted May 17, 2023 4 hours ago, lisa-colette said: Agree. Be interesting to see how they prepare the track. Hopefully they will just go with how the Poole riders want it. But must be tempting to try and do the opposite to how King likes it Edit - if anyone gets bored during the meeting, you could always take a shot every time they mention King making his return. Although you prob won't remember what happened the next day! You know Danny King will have a good meeting, he will want to show we kept the wrong one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted May 17, 2023 21 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: I don't think it will be easy for Poole, but I'm expecting a big win because they are very very good! I hope it is a decent meeting for tv but with both the Cooks able to take an extra ride it should be a fairly comfortable win for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,036 Posted May 17, 2023 4 hours ago, foreverblue said: I agree , King and Wright are capable of 15 each with 6 rides each, we should win but wont be as easy as some seem to think. 11 minutes ago, foreverblue said: I hope it is a decent meeting for tv but with both the Cooks able to take an extra ride it should be a fairly comfortable win for us. Changed your mind already? 14 minutes ago, foreverblue said: You know Danny King will have a good meeting, he will want to show we kept the wrong one. Which is fine. But some people in the media seem to go on and go about it and make it to be a bigger thing than it is. No offence to Danny but bigger names have been left out of the Poole team before and never been this much of an issue. They will prob go on about it tonight non stop but we will see! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted May 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Changed your mind already? Which is fine. But some people in the media seem to go on and go about it and make it to be a bigger thing than it is. No offence to Danny but bigger names have been left out of the Poole team before and never been this much of an issue. They will prob go on about it tonight non stop but we will see! It should be comfortable but not as comfortable as some think. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,789 Posted May 17, 2023 1 hour ago, szkocjasid said: I actually disagree with that, riding for another club in a semi, CAN'T hurt your own team. In previous years riders from play-off teams couldn't guest for other play-off teams despite once again not being able to hurt their own sides chances of winning. In the league or BSN groups, you CAN stop your own team qualifying, which is what's rediculous, should be avoided as much as possible! A very simple option would've been stopping riders guesting for teams in the same group as their own. Hurting your own team wasn't the angle I was coming from really, more the integrity thing. Although I appreciate that ship has long, long since sailed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmarsbar2 174 Posted May 17, 2023 9 hours ago, lisa-colette said: Unlike Plymouth last night, Redcar don't have a lot of guest options available for today. Puts a lot of pressure on to Bailey and Edwards imo. One of them needs to get 7+ Edit - scratch that. They pretty much had no guest options as Rory guesting for Edinburgh! Anyone else would have been quite far below Riss ave so maybe thought r/r better option. Redcar could have used a Premiership rider who doesn't ride Championship with an average below 5.49 (8.24/1.5). Jaimon Lidsey 5.16 would have been an option as Belle Vue are racing tomorrow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old bob at herne bay 828 Posted May 17, 2023 You really need a full team to have any chance at Wimborne Road. Poole once again have struck lucky and face a weakened side..... Home win tonight and by a decent margin . Redcar will do well to win the second leg by a small margin , especially if Riss is still out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Normski 1,316 Posted May 17, 2023 Poole 55 Redcar 35 according to my crystal ball Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 5,035 Posted May 17, 2023 Looks like the tide is in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
