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The 'thick' people are those who take what Shovlar says seriously.

Bloody hell that was so long ago I swear I could see Charlie Chaplin walking across the center green.

And if Ipswich riders had a brain they would ride the white line more

i love reading the Poole threads... pure comedy

With all the early call offs there must be an agreement between clubs to save as much as they can.. And to be fair, myself and around 500 others I am sure would have given tonight a swerve if the weather looked ropey.. The sad thing is not one rider there tonight would attract 500 extra punters over and above the usual crowd yet the weather will remove 500 due to the fact we have all felt conned in the past by getting meetings on at all cost or watching nonsense racing to get a result... The irony is that using just a fraction of the TV money over the years for track covers would, I am sure, have given greater confidence to those 500 to attend, as more chance of a meeting being on if all the rain has fell pre start time, yet millions have been spent on riders who have very little impact on the crowd levels.. A strange business model indeed...

I'm not surprised - I just don't understand.

I don't think you will have to worry about the PL matches finishing that quick! It rained all the way through so the sensible thing to do was get a move on if the match was to be completed. Well done to all involved. If it had been a PL match we would have been waiting around in the rain to see if the riders were going to come out for the next race ~ an hour's delay to see if the rain would ease off ~ then home soaking wet after seeing 10 heats .........if we're lucky.

Hmmm, I tend to agree with you however reading back your wording on some of your posts i would suggest you reign it in a little. The guys who were posting are decent reliable who don't post BS. Yes we were all concerned about Doyle but there are many people on here who know the Polish scene very well and have direct connects into the meetings and deserve respect and not to be sniped at. HenryW and Racers and Royals are certainly two people who know what they are talking about and don't deserve snarky remarks. Anyway we are all glad he is ok and we move on......

Come on people, don't feed the troll.

The Coventry meeting yesterday had no effect on the decision to postpone the Leicester vs Poole meeting tonight. The forecast has always been for constant rain in Leicester from lunchtime continuing all day which has proved accurate so correct decision. I am sure most of the riders will be glad of the early decision too as although most will have still flown back into the U.K. this morning they can go straight to their U.K. bases to relax rather than travel all the way up to Leicester for the meeting to be called off

Nothing is the answer. If you live in Leicester you will know that it started raining at 12.30pm and hasn't stopped since so it was a good decision to call this off early. The fact there was racing on the circuit yesterday makes no difference to the amount of rain that's fallen. It would still be soaking wet if the track had stood empty all day and you can't prepare it when it's chucking it down with rain.

Oh Didums. I sussed you out a long time ago and you can’t handle the fact I call you a Poole hating troll with never anything good to say about the club. Proved by the fact you are really only ever on the Poole threads and rarely venture anywhere else.

I am neutral speedway fan of over 40 years and I was on the 1st Bend. No one was 'clamped' on the kerb. Watch the video. The point of contact was just slightly over half way across the track as I was stood directly in line with it. JBA did drift wider than he had done in the 3 previous laps however you could argue he was slightly in front, maybe. However, what is certain is that he did know that Worrall was on his outside and he did clip him. Not necessarily on purpose but certainly enough for Worrall to be offset and then with no where to go when the bike straightened up. Worrall looked really good up this point and proper #1 for Scunthorpe so I hope he gets better soon.

Full credit to the club's reputation as 'safe hands' for a big event.

The NL riders are more likely to ride in wet conditions though..

next thing he will be saying, Morris is better than Kurtz

When you have such huge gaps in the fixtures it makes sense to run meetings profitably in good weather than struggle through in front of a pitiful crowd and lose a packet. Supporters have seen too many 10 heat scrambles or call-offs once they've paid their money and avoid meetings when the weather is doubtful. Decades of neglecting customers and "we've not had a drop of rain all day" messages are now coming home to roost.

5 live TV matches last weekend, and weather permitting next weekend we will go one better with 6 !!!!! Friday April 13th Czestochowa v Tarnow N sport programme starts 6pm UK time 1st race 6.30pm UK time Saturday April 14th Pila v Gdansk Elevens sport 3 programme starts 3pm UK time 1st race 3.15pm Torun v Wroclaw N sport programme starts 4.30pm UK time 1st race 5pm UK time Sunday April 15th Lublin v Gniezno Polsat sport start time 1.45pm UK time Zielona Gora v Grudziadz N Sport programme starts 3pm UK time 1st race 3.30pm UK time ON FREESPORT in UK at 10.15pm Leszno v Gorzow N sport programme starts 5.30pm UK time 1st race 6pm UK time

WOW. Both village idiots on my case.

IF some of the issue are private and personal then they should not necessarily be placed in the public domain.

To be honest you know nothing about Wolves finances, which were boosted by another semi-final and grand final appearance aswell as the home leg of the KO cup final at the end of last season. You are adding 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5. The decision to go with Jacob as our number 1 was mainly to do with averages as we wanted to keep the core of the team as stable as possible although admittedly a little bit to do with the uncertainty over the BT tv deal.Had we gone with Freddie and his average the rest of the team would have been compromised. Also I did my bit last season, took a friend with me midway through last season and he didn't miss a home meeting after that, regularly taking his family with him

The track may not be the everyone's cup of tea but i don't think there is much wrong with the stadium. Personally i have enjoyed my trips to Monmore and hope to continue to do so.

That seems to refer only to the initial team declaration.

I was there

If we take the number of times a team's riders have been chosen, and use this as a form guide, the league table should finish as:- 35 Birmingham 33 Mildenhall 30 Belle Vue 26 Eastbourne 14 Kent 10 Coventry 6 Plymouth 2 Buxton 2 Isle of Wight 2 Stoke

Thought I'd do a bit of analysis on which riders are being picked most often. Not surprisingly, the highly rated 3.00 riders are most popular and fill 3 of the top 4 places. (Kyle Bickley being the only non-3.00 rider in the top 4 picks). Adam Roynon is the highest averaged rider to be picked. chosen by 2 people on 9.67. (Max Clegg, Luke Bowen and Ben Morley are other 9+ riders to be picked twice). 23 teams entered means 161 places available (160, as one person picked a rider who isn't in a NL team). But out of those 160 place, only 32 riders have been chosen. They are (with number of times chosen) :- 21 Drew Kemp 18 Jason Edwards 17 Kyle Bickley 17 Leon Flint 10 Jack Smith 9 Danyon Hume 8 Mitchell Davey 7 Jack Thomas 6 Danny Phillips 6 Jordan Jenkins 4 Jamie Halder 3 Tom Brennan 3 Georgie Wood 3 Henry Atkins 3 Danny Ayres 3 Taylor Hampshire 2 Ben Morley 2 Matt Marson 2 Max Clegg 2 Charlie Brooks 2 Luke Bowen 2 Adam Roynon 1 Josh Bailey 1 Alex Spooner 1 Layne Cupitt 1 Tom Perry 1 Richard Andrews 1 Connor Coles 1 David Wallinger 1 Anders Rowe 1 Joe Lawlor 1 Ben Woodhull

I'm sure JBA and Bjerre had a coming together in the 4's individual meeting a couple if years back (handbags and all that) when Bjerre was pissed at JBA's tactics. Re: other comments, I would never consider Richie as a dirty rider.

Have you listened to Hancock’s Reel45 where Chris says time and time again that he’s waiting for his passport and can’t do anything without it (why he didn’t say). He also says that he has all the same probs as last year re his son and ex but is coping with the situation better which hopefully is a positive for his fans and clubs.

@Gavan Ever heard the phrase - one swallow doesn't make a summer? I am not diminishing the value of course form etc, but your application of it. Ever heard of sample size? We may disagree (often), but you are entitled to your opinion. I don't begrudge you that. However, you always portray your opinion as 100% correct, without fault. Everything is black and white. I've seen you try, on occasion, to have a debate, but 9/10 you dig in your heels and start shouting and ranting. For that reason I think you're a troll, or perhaps the world's most blinkered, stubborn person. Feel free to prove me wrong by conducting yourself like a positively contributing member of this speedway community. Most of us on here are fans of speedway and we can all see the sport is in the rubbish. Least we can do is be somewhat nice to each other and discuss the sport between ourselves in a civil manner.

To add some balance the rain has got steadily worse and this meeting would be now probably be heading for a postponement as of 5 oclock. No problem with this, my nark was the postponement coming at 2 o'clock with it being bone dry. Obviously someone has access to better forecasting than me. Happy to set the record straight

How About giving Nathan Greaves a chance.

Saved me a job with the figures. It shows an impressive growth rate especially looking at the two most recent seasons. Casting that forward just reinforces the view the Steve is utterly irreplaceable. Gutted. Advantage poole

Worrall last year was our best rider in the WTC final he mixed it very well when others were well off the pace . A six point average right he would of put at least a point on last years average no problem now that has been dented because of the injury he got at Scunny the other night. Now he will do well to get back in action within 3 months the comments you made about Steve shows you odviously no nothing about Worrall's ability.

Details here from the BSPA site. https://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.34125

You can’t really take one meeting as a guide to a riders ability. Looking at Steve’s scores from last year you see he is our second best away rider nearly a point higher than Max, so every rider who is eligible for R/R is weaker then Steve on away tracks. Steve averaged 6.89 away from home last season. Lawson averaged 5.40 away from home last year so when you look at things over many meetings rather than just cherry picking here and there it shows we are considerably weakened.

What has become of this sport. The forecast on BBC weather is for light rain from 3pm all through to midnight. That's exactly what we have now 2 miles from the track, a few spits and spots, absolutely nothing. Many times I've seen the guys at Wolves preparing the track in the afternoon, they put plenty of water on the track, gallons more than the few spots we have had today. This match in my opinion has been pulled because a few spots may put a few people off going, it seems promoters are now not prepared to run meetings in anything other than bone dry conditions. Wow finances must be near the knuckle if this is the new order. Lets not have promoters complaining over lack of dates at the back end of the season when they are calling matches off this easily.

Glaagow fri wton sat newcastle sun and now belle vue will inform all teams when i intend to travel so it can be called off!!

Richard Lawson’s last meeting at Poole Richard Lawson - 2 3 3 3 2 = 13 In Gavans world that surely means Belle Vue are now going to win. I mean, it’s not much if any different to Worralls last score with one ride less. Clearly now the same strength as if Worrall was riding.

The emphasis on "ENGLISH" in your previous comment paints a certain picture of the poster. And then there is the follow up about "little bubble" and "do not understand the bigger picture". Amusing contradiction there in the current political climate.

I don't understand why Poole wouldn't of just said from the get-go Holder has visa issues that need resolving. None of this 'personal problems' nonsense. Speedway fans continue to be treated like idiots by promotors and people in power within the sport in a bid to pull the wool over their eyes. The truth always comes out eventually so why they didn't just say that from the start is baffling.

Best ignore Flange, he trolls every Wolves thread with bile and nonsense. I've lost count the amount of people I've taken along to watch racing at Monmore. Peter Adams is right, and that goes for every track and every supporter. The product we have is as superb as it's always been. I'm a proud supporter of British Speedway and I love showing newbies what it's all about. Sadly however those that run our sport are ensuring they cipher more and more of the last standing fan brigade with totally ambiguous sets of rules that change at will. We almost have to drag as many as possible to make up for those true fans who say enough is enough. Sad really.

Buffoon!

Remind us the last time your mighty Belle Vue won the league

Correct. Especially when riders are rusty through no practice, the last thing that a rider or a team wants is to be denied the opportunity to get some practice in. The meeting was lost early.

Each stadium / track will have it's own for's and those that are against , at the end of the day it's another speedway track that is still open for business , like it or like it not , which we should all be grateful for with the sport as a whole in decline and very little chance of seeing new stadium development anywhere .

If we have a 'National Speedway Stadium' then why is this not utilised for the use of The National U'21 title ?

I think steve was slightly more to blame for trying to clamp kus down,2 riders giving it all.

Nicola Sands(don`t know married name) and Marta Poltorak

Is it "no longer appropriate" or is it the Right wing chauvinistic press under the guise of "PC" making sure women don't get seen, jobs, or allowed to be what they want?

Echo those words above., kyle is 100 percent trier, never ever gives up, you won't be disappointed. Again like above, always welcome back as a Witch.