The Pirates take on the Bears this coming Wednesday in thier opening league fixture after the Bsn series. This will be a good test for the Pirates and in particular with the form of reserve Jody Scott at the moment. I feel that Poole have a stronger top 5 so the reserves will be key. Looking forward to seeing who comes out on top between Cooper,Will ,Scott and Mulford. Thoughts?

Would be very surprised at that on current form. He’s prone to having a stinker now and then and maybe that could be today so it’s not impossible, but I’d be very surprised if he only has four rides and doesn’t make heat 15 on his current form. We’re going to need another double figure score from him today. He’s currently the most important rider in the team at the moment and the one we’re hanging our hat on. He’s been instrumental in us winning all but one of our fixtures to date.    If he has a stinker, then we’ll probably lose. 

He was excellent in the win away at Lynn also, but then very poor at Northampton as well as the two home fixtures. He’s incredibly inconsistent and frustratingly, he’s inconsistent during meetings not just meeting to meeting. He can have a couple of fantastic rides where you think he’s on it, then can run a couple of lasts of third places and look all at sea.    Hawkins was singing his praises last year and tipping him to go to the very top and challenge Bewley and Lambert as top Brit in seasons to come, but the lad turns 25 this year so he needs to start getting a move on pronto. He’s not old no, but he isn’t some emerging 19/20 year old either he’s been around a while now and he needs to sort out the inconsistency in his riding.    He looks miles off GP standard at the moment. 

I would be very surprised if Mayfield haven’t been slightly involved in conversations regarding this, they are a very professional outfit and have already confirmed they are in communication with the football club. Last time out in 2024, the speedway meeting was the same time 14:15, however the parade started later at just gone 12:00 from Portman rd and commenced at 13:45 which gave a lot less time to get to Foxhall. This time around it starts at Portman rd at 11:30 and is set to climax at the latest 13:00

Best I've ever seen him ride at NSS when Witches visited a few weeks ago.

well I'm gonna make the effort again today and hope they have sorted out the speed of getting customers thru paying cash quicker.. at the south stand area.