Shaleshifter 177 Posted April 20 (edited) Weather permitting, this Wednesday Pirates take on the Monarchs in the K.o.c cup quarter9 final 1st Leg. Due to rain offs this is only our second meeting of the season since the big home win over Oxford on Good-Friday. Looking at both teams 1-7 I feel that Poole have the edge. Edinburgh have Josh Picketing back leading the team backed up by Justin Sedgmen, a good top two. Kye Thomsom being the third heat leader. I feel that Poole have a stronger top three with Richard, Ben and Tom. The Monarchs have Paco Castagna and Lasse Fredriksen as second strings and the Pirates have Zach Cook and Tobias Thomsen. If Tobias has a good meeting to back up Zach than hopefully they Wiil out point the two Monarchs. This leaves the reserve pairings. Sam Hagon and Max Perry for Poole against Connor Coles and Max James for the Monarchs. Personally I think Sam has the beating of both of them and Max Perry should at least see off Max James. Home win for Poole not sure by how many points but enough for us to take up to Armadale for the second leg. Thoughts? Edited April 20 by Shaleshifter No date entered Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,651 Posted April 20 4 minutes ago, Shaleshifter said: Weather permitting, this Wednesday Pirates take on the Monarchs in the K.o.c cup quarter final 1st Leg. Due to rain offs this is only our second meeting of the season since the big home win over Oxford on Good-Friday. Looking at both teams 1-7 I feel that Poole have the edge. Edinburgh have Josh Picketing back leading the team backed up by Justin Sedgmen, a good top two. Kye Thomsom being the third heat leader. I feel that Poole have a stronger top three with Richard, Ben and Tom. The Monarchs have Paco Castagna and Lasse Fredriksen as second strings and the Pirates have Zach Cook and Tobias Thomsen. If Tobias has a good meeting to back up Zach than hopefully they Wiil out point the two Monarchs. This leaves the reserve pairings. Sam Hagon and Max Perry for Poole against Connor Coles and Max James for the Monarchs. Personally I think Sam has the beating of both of them and Max Perry should at least see off Max James. Home win for Poole not sure by how many points but enough for us to take up to Armadale for the second leg. Thoughts? Tobias scored a decent 11 points in Denmark today so should be on it on Wednesday. 53-37 I reckon 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,397 Posted April 20 14 minutes ago, Shaleshifter said: Weather permitting, this Wednesday Pirates take on the Monarchs in the K.o.c cup quarter9 final 1st Leg. Due to rain offs this is only our second meeting of the season since the big home win over Oxford on Good-Friday. Looking at both teams 1-7 I feel that Poole have the edge. Edinburgh have Josh Picketing back leading the team backed up by Justin Sedgmen, a good top two. Kye Thomsom being the third heat leader. I feel that Poole have a stronger top three with Richard, Ben and Tom. The Monarchs have Paco Castagna and Lasse Fredriksen as second strings and the Pirates have Zach Cook and Tobias Thomsen. If Tobias has a good meeting to back up Zach than hopefully they Wiil out point the two Monarchs. This leaves the reserve pairings. Sam Hagon and Max Perry for Poole against Connor Coles and Max James for the Monarchs. Personally I think Sam has the beating of both of them and Max Perry should at least see off Max James. Home win for Poole not sure by how many points but enough for us to take up to Armadale for the second leg. Thoughts? Big 1st leg for Poole and they will go through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,087 Posted April 20 Poole 99% certanties to go through for me. Only question is will they win both legs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Blobby 2,678 Posted April 20 I think we’ll do well to get 35. Coles seems to be on a scooter so far this season and Kye seems to have started the season like he finished last which isn’t great. Sedgy and Josh fairly decent round Poole, paco had a good meeting when last there. Lasse you’re never sure what you’re getting. Just need to hope we can keep it somewhat respectable so the 2nd is still going to be competitive rather than a pointless exercise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,799 Posted April 21 60+ for Poole I'd have thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,042 Posted April 21 4 hours ago, Bagpuss said: 60+ for Poole I'd have thought. Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. Josh and Paco should enjoy the extra banking that is at Poole atm. Sedgy normally has good first few rides until H13. Coles and Kye have had a good odd race at Poole but not consistently (although Kye did get 9+1 at Poole last year in the league meeting!) Haven't seen Max James race before, so that will be interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allthegearbutnaeidea 1,735 Posted April 22 On 4/21/2024 at 11:20 AM, lisa-colette said: Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. Josh and Paco should enjoy the extra banking that is at Poole atm. Sedgy normally has good first few rides until H13. Coles and Kye have had a good odd race at Poole but not consistently (although Kye did get 9+1 at Poole last year in the league meeting!) Haven't seen Max James race before, so that will be interesting. Paco enjoying the banking??? He’s an inside specialist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,042 Posted April 22 1 hour ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said: Paco enjoying the banking??? He’s an inside specialist. Really? In the August meeting last season he was hugging the air fence in a few of his races. See what he does Weds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GiveusaB 1,156 Posted April 23 On 4/21/2024 at 11:20 AM, lisa-colette said: Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. Josh and Paco should enjoy the extra banking that is at Poole atm. Sedgy normally has good first few rides until H13. Coles and Kye have had a good odd race at Poole but not consistently (although Kye did get 9+1 at Poole last year in the league meeting!) Haven't seen Max James race before, so that will be interesting. Paco never left the white line at Brum! (sounds quite suspicious that....LOL) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GiveusaB 1,156 Posted April 23 On 4/22/2024 at 1:37 PM, allthegearbutnaeidea said: Paco enjoying the banking??? He’s an inside specialist. Specialist? I wouldn't go that far? More like 'no-bottle' for the outside Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,042 Posted April 23 1 hour ago, GiveusaB said: Paco never left the white line at Brum! (sounds quite suspicious that....LOL) It was only the one meeting he did it. A couple of times he did come off because of it. Also it was a dayish meeting I think like 5pm on a Sunday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,651 Posted April 23 Paco and Tobias should have some decent races - they are good mates! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PTW 38 Posted April 24 Can see Poole being between 55-60 tonight to strong in every department Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,042 Posted April 24 1 hour ago, PTW said: Can see Poole being between 55-60 tonight to strong in every department I'm gonna go with 52-38. Paco and Kye are better at Poole than Heeps and JJ, so don't think it will be 60 again. Only if Coles struggles I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
