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Both teams agreed to give it a try. If the riders wanted to give it a go who’s in the better position to judge, the guys putting their neck on the line of some bloke on the internet who’s probably never swung his leg over a bike?

Except Vaculik isn't Polish

What an idiotic comment to make about suing Swindon. Both teams have to agree to race which they did. Go back to whatever hole you crawled out from.

You are a piece of work! Is it a crime to mention he isn't Polish or because you were wrong? Obviously i hope the non-Polish Vaculik is ok!

Let's Just wish all the fallen riders good health or speedy recovery, all this constant bickering needs to be toned down, too many keyboard warriors on here spoiling for an argument........pathetic.

I wish we went that route

Despite having a bug I still dragged my arse out of bed and drove to support us. Thank God I did. No1 else bothered LOL It was a lovely summer's day down there but I diddnt expect the track to be great because they have had alot of rain the last 3 weeks. But I never expected It to be that bad. It was still a little bumpy AGAIN i thought. And it was very very spongy and patchy. All riders struggled with it. Especially bend 3&4. Maybe they should have postponed this meeting and gave the track more time. But then again I suppose 14 riders got through the meeting safe, JUST. We all know Poole are the best team assembled so it was always going to be hard. But we gave it a good go. The score really flattening us TBH, we got a little lucky to go 6 up and then the luck ran out and the guests just gave up. Pathetic from them. All the aces riders gave it there all in tricky conditions so just coming out of that meeting safe and well I will take. For them Kurtz was a class above. Love this kid. He's another one that's going to be special. The rest all chipped in for them BATCHELOR: we know he hates a dodgy track so in hindsight we should never have got him in. Very poor STARKE: did well. Battled hard. Well done LAWSON: made the gate in first while others were all over the place. He then went missing. Very poor TUNGATE: very poor, typical early season form for him. But we know he's only really here for his home form FRICKE: fast, very fast. Best I've seen him there. The only one to get near Kurtz and if track was better I think he could have passed him. He was captain to BEWLEY: a great performance great win in 14. We all love danny boy ETHERIDGE: Gifted his heat 2 win but did his job. Wasn't far of the pace. So the guests lost it us. We've been lucky with guests lately. Today not so lucky Onwards and upwards

Welcome everyone to the 2018 s**t shovelling season from Mr S**t Shoveller himself

A track does not go from being considered suitable to race on to a state of being unfit in less than one minute, but this is essentially what the Referee has admitted to. If the crash was down to rider error alone, then the meeting would have continued. The fact that the crash (involving injuries), seems to have been a wake up call is poor. Whilst the Swindon promotion should not be exempt from some criticism regarding track preparation, the Referee should be questioned here. They can hide behind the excuse that riders were willing to race but the riders did not abandon the meeting. If you have the authority to abandon the meeting, you are surely singularly responsible for giving it the go ahead (despite pressure from other parties).

If everyone coming off was inevitable when racing at full speed, then you've rather proved that the track wasn't fit for racing.

What a load of Ill informed s**t being spoken on here....nothing changes , the track was totally suitable to start on the pits bend looked greasy compared to the first corners but all 4 riders went into the 3rd corner at full pelt which resulted in the inevitable, despite what Hans typically says in hindsight everyone was keen for the meeting to commence so keep your bull***t opinions to yourself MattFordFan you total fanny

He certainly not a Poole supporter best to ignore him

Amen.

No need for any of that. If both teams agreed to give it a go, it’s just an unfortunate racing accident.

The nutters are out tonight

I suppose if it's rained off us Berwick fans can be proud that despite most people writing off our team,at least we'll have been unbeaten in our first three fixtures.

Not actually correct Gavin said the averages last season said Morris was better than Brady

Are you really sure that Cook and Worrall wouldn't of scored 12 or more points between them, cause that was all they would of had to do to beat Poole last night. Poole were lucky, end off.

Not much sympathy for the travelling fans here is there? Anyone remember the travelling fan? Those fans who followed their favourite team or riders all over the country and who organised their lives around the fixture list? Speedway used to have some of those in the olden days, before promoters made being a travelling fan into a hellish experience. Yeah, that endangered species...Those who booked time off work to go to the original fixture, who may have booked a hotel if they didn't fancy the drive back afterwards, who then had their day off work wasted, and who had to cancel their hotel booking possibly losing their money in the process, not to mention needing to book more time off work, now that the fixture is on a Wednesday, possibly needing another hotel booking... Who cares about messing fans about? Not the BSPA / SCB, that's for sure, and not by the looks of it, those whose idea of "going to the speedway" means sitting at the computer "watching" the Speedway Updates site. No wonder the sport is losing it's fanbase. #speedwayshambles

To right, why don’t we have this here. I can’t see any reason why this practice should not take place before every meeting. It gives both home and away team an idea of track conditions re set up. Correct set ups gives better racing. But f..k it - promoters don’t want fans to go home having seen good racing. They might return and British speedway hasn’t got anymore room to fit all the fans in.

Then the ref should have postponed the meeting alongside the captains. To blame Swindon is unfair IMO

Both teams agreed to race....Do I think it should have started, no. But to make your ridiculous comment about suing is just that, ridiculous. We all know you sit at home when meetings are on so I can’t take anything you say seriously.

Batch only cares about Batch..But is no match for Buster

Sounds like you tar all Poole fans with the same brush. You do realise there is childish gloating and wind ups carried out on this forum by supporters from all clubs right? I stand by the fact that Matt Ford runs Poole Speedway the way he does because its his main income and his passion. Poole do bend the rules to breaking point at times, but that's because we're run by a man who wants to win. If other clubs were run by people as ambitious and dedicated to the cause as Matt Ford, then speedway would be in a better place. I'm well aware other will disagree, and that's their prerogative. As for the boasting about being champions, who doesn't celebrate their club's successes? How many times will people bring up Poole losing to Coventry in the final that one year? Are they boasting/gloating? This forum is an incredibly toxic place. Yet I can't think of a single heated argument I've had with opposing fans at any live speedway match I've been to in the 28 years I have been going. Strange that. How about people take some responsibility for their actions and words and consider what they are saying before posting? Posts like yours continue to fuel ill will. We all see the sport struggling, so why don't we try and act like adults with a common interest and start playing nice. Cut out the name calling. Be a bigger man/woman!

Never read a truer post Fact is it’s only morons like Shovlar and 1 or 2 others who are the issue most of the Poole fans are decent enough

I'm not usually one to make negative comments (so now you know one is coming) - we all realise no-one is making money from speedway in this country, we should be grateful for any track continuing to run, etc...but... RH have achieved something that I wouldn't have believed possible. They have actually made the 'stadium' worse. That monstrosity of wooden planks held together with iron bars near the start line has to be a late April Fool joke, surely? And I do hope the ArenaCross(?) track in the middle brings in some decent money, because from a speedway fan's point of view, it makes the place look dreadful.

No you get the stick because of your arrogance and complacency and seeming inability to realise that childish gloating only offends those with a brain. You hide behind "prove it" and try to comfort yourselves that "the haters are just jealous". No, there are serious concerns about Poole's role in the current collapse of British Speedway. The sport has lost credibility here and the never-ending 'pure coincidence' of rules being changed to suit Poole's needs is a root cause. You boast about being champions. Try behaving like champions and you might finally get some respect. Blind faith isn't supporting your club or sport.

Your comment about Steve Worrall tells us everything about you very childish to be honest . And who has ever bigged up Steve ? i haven't all i have said was that Steve was going to be a huge loss but for you to have a big downer on Worrall is so weird as you could not wish to meet a more level headed modest professional rider.

I tell you something Aces what a performance that was to keep it as close as you did i feared it could of been a big home win.Fricke has scored 36 points from three meetings and fingers crossed he can push on Max and Kurtz are both knocking on the door of the GP series but Cook/ Worrall were both huge misses tonight.Poole will be mighty hard to beat at home but away it won't be a cakewalk at certain tracks interesting times ahead the Robins at least beat a full strength Aces team at home that augers well for us.

This could be a early contender for most idiotic posting on forum

MFF sounds suspiciously like JCF who haunts Petebog....

Juggle them around all you like before you publish the fixture list, but once the fixtures are published, stick to them. Don't advertise that an event will be at location A, and then when people have had a chance to book hotels, take time off work, and make other arrangements, then move the event to the other end of the country. That's just blatant pi$$ taking.

Just had a quick run through Wolves’ away matches in the regular season last year. If I’m correct (I did rattle through it a bit), Thorssell rode 13 of them and finished ahead of the home No.1 at some point in eight matches. Not every time they met, and not all race wins, but pretty decent going all the same. I very much take the point that riding at No.1 (for the pressure almost as much as the harder outings) is a different kettle of fish, mind.

Thought the press conference was far better than any winners lap.

Kelvingrove Museum andTransport Museum are well worth a visit and are free entry.

The good old days

Overnight rain expected later but clearing early morning should give the track a natural watering then prepare the track later. Not much wind later on & temperature around 12C so wrap up.

Trouble is it goes on and on. It might just be funny the first time but these kind of comments have gone on for years. And yes it does effect how we see poole. If a pub had a load of irritating knobheads I’d choose to go elsewhere. The trouble is this is the only BSF so if you want to chat speedway here’s where you come. There is a very serious debate to be had about last night in the context of British speedway as a whole but it would very quickly descend into farce, so as with last night why bother?

It's still stupid! I don't have a problem with Ipswich cos of Gavan, I don't dislike Swindon cos of DC1/2 ( whatever his name is!) and I don't dislike Wolves cos of BWitcher or Stevebrum.

Download the Scotrail app will make planning your journey pretty straight forward.

To lose by 10 points with a severely weakened team against a Poole team that most neutrals favour to top the league, sorry but I dissagree. If we had had our starting 1-7 I believe we would of won that meeting last night. My only concern at present is Rowens poor away form. As for Poole, they should get better so long as their Poles improve to what their fans are expecting. Time will tell.

Hotel prices in Edinburgh are high,would think Glasgow would be cheaper.Will leave Ashfield to Queen Street to someone who knows better than me its not far though Mayebe £8- £10 taxi fare.

I think Wolves will be in real trouble if Schlein turns out to be your best rider. He's a good rider but will do well to maintain his current average. I hope Howarth does have a good season. He has been a steady improver during his career and has the ability to continue to do so.

If I remember rightly about in line with the current crowds at the time

I find it quite interesting you have mentioned Sam. If I had to pick one of our riders to challenge Jacob for the no 1 spot it would be Rory. Shows what strength in depth we have in our top 3, possibly the strongest in the league. I also think Kyle will improve his average to 7+. I prefer to say the glass is half full not half empty.

I think we can conclude from the evidence available that the racing was poor and Belle Vue probably would have won the meeting with their declared 1-7 and no guests, regardless of what propaganda is forthcoming.

I'd rather see what Jacob can bring to the table before writing him off. I fully expect him to be in the top 6 end of year averages.

I've never before heard anyone blame riders as the sole reason for the decline of crowds. Having followed speedway since the mid 50's I can't say that I've ever thought that riders take fewer chances in any era. What I do think is that riders are no longer allowed to be characters, to react to on track incidents or to refereeing decisions and that has certainly had a detrimental affect on the overall entertainment.

Nutters? By the way you have never seen me shout abuse at riders. Yet more buffonery from you! Madder than a box of frogs comes to mind!

I did not see the point of denying them. EDIT: in fact there’s an annual team meeting early on in the season in Germany, where countries ride and a couole of years ago Finland was there as well with Germany, Denmark and Sweden all wearing their official national race jackets. Why didnt FIM do anything with that? EDIT: And one team event (Denmark, Germany, Poland and Team Europe) in Pocking has been cancelled this weekend due to rain. Why did not FIM stop that?