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Anyone know if there are any tickets left for the Poole end of season dinner dance next month?

Common sense would dictate that 14 riders all on track at full speed at the same time would be a disaster waiting to happen. hot laps are rider doing laps at full speed in relative safety. I thought anyone with with an iota of sense could see the difference.

Agreed. Szczepaniak has exceeded my expectations to date. He's been solid or better in every meeting to date. Fans who thought Woryna and Szczepaniak were suddenly going to be 7.50+ riders were extremely optimistic.

najjer has made sensible posts,and it appears all fans have supported the flying lap idea,you reply with an ignorant and rude post, very poor show,like many others im completely baffled by your regular references to "sandcastles"please can you explain this to everyone?

Lindgren hates Poole more than you do Gavan and Tai will only help Wolves. I'd much rather have Brady anyway, he'll be better than them in a year or so.

Terrific effort by the Robins last night and I'm glad I went. I can't remember seeing Troy Bachelor ride that well for a long time. After the first 6 heats it wasn't looking great as we were 10 points down and hadn't provided a heat winner. Nick had taken a fall in the first heat and according to Rosco's after-meeting comments had felt he'd damaged his number 1 bike and his reserve machine lacked pace. However there seemed to be a concerted team effort and they all dug deep to turn it around. Everybody contributed, even Mitchell Davey didn't look too far off the pace although he failed to score. A special mention for Zach who continues to improve and he had a great scrap with Kurtz in Heat 12 picking up a valuable 3rd place to give us a 4-2 heat victory. I know its early days yet but the Robins are shaping up well. I think there's scope in this team for a number of riders to improve their averages this year; Zac Toby and Adam and if Batch can maintain something close to the form he showed last night I think we can compensate for the loss of Doyley. For Leicester, they look a much better side and I know Bjerre's return of 6 paid 8 was a little disappointing (though according to another poster he was on borrowed equipment last night) I think he's a very good choice of cover for Vaculik for that track as he's a gating specialist which is big advantage there. Well done Budgies, onwards and upwards, a very entertaining meeting.

Sorry Chris, but I find myself at odds with your comments on the Rye managers offering congratulations to Dan. My game was Rugby both league and union, and we were told that you congratulate your opponents after the match, it was called sportsmanship in my day, yes, in the dressing room you let your feelings be known about the performance or lack thereof, but a performance like Dan’s should be recognised. I’m old fashioned, tell them well done but kick their backsides next time.

I don't believe anyone has forgotten, but whilst he's scoring like he is, we're all currently quite happy !

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1944049679002275&id=129552893785305 Dan the man's heat 15 win

Reckon Ivan, and also Ove Fundin, would have won more World Championships under the GP system. And Ivan a-l-m-o-s-t won 6 in a row ! As we know: he took out 1968-1970, Ole Olsen won in 1971, Ivan won again in 1972, and had he waited another 3/4 of a lap to pass the Pole Jerzy Szczakiel in 1973, it could have 6 on the bounce. But any rider will say if you see a gap then you really must go for it as you may never get another chance, though there are relativley few 'must win' races under the GP format. Ivan disproved his 'just a gater' tag in that 1973 Final when he was passing for fun around the outside on his longstroke JAWA, and while he must have been well peeved at the time (to say the least !) and also afterwards at being constantly asked about it, he bore no ill will towards Jerzy "he was a better rider than most people thought plus he deserved to win because I fell off and he didn't", says a lot about the man Ivan Mauger....

7 actually, but it's easier to just say Poole Pirates.

Think it's the other way round.

Bachelor's ability has never been in doubt. Its his Attitude, Arrogance, and Self importance that fans don't like. If his persona wasn't so self driven, then probably he would have the support his talent deserves. If you remember 2 yrs ago every Swindon fans were well pleased he left. No-body had a good word for him... Its amazing how quick they can forget this...

Anybody with good sensible suggestions regarding the good of sport (like Najjer)are welcome on a King's Lynn thread any day.

Im warming to these pre laps proir to the meeting sounds a good idea perhaps matt should give it a try?

What are you on about it was a poole poster who said it .I happen to like craig cook 100% british and belle vue speedway i replied to someone who was knocking craig !!!

Yep that was one of my posts - a great idea and one that a lot of tracks could take on board. It's the sort of thing a sponsor is likely to want to get on board with offering a financial prize at the end of the season to the winner.

I find all this embarrassing. Rye House have always been a second tier club running on weekends and have done pretty well too. Now we are running again on an unfamiliar night and given the side we are putting out the crowds will dwindle. Harris Robson and Nicholls have hardly set the Second tier alight and at this level are the basis of a side that will get mauled every time away from home. We didn’t make the playoffs last year, we have learned nothing from team building last season and the current side would struggle against Championsip teams. Even down to no team Kevlar we look a second rate club going nowhere and have a stadium that has gone backwards since the BMR mob moved in. Fans wanted Silver out and now they have what they wished for

We offered to go to Workington on Saturday not been confirmed wether Workington have given it the ok. Not too bothered what happens as it is all hot air and bluster from some on here when they post before the brain engages.

Writing off Poole's season in April - you're having a larf!!

He discovered pies.

All I can say is. Tonight was an "I was there moment" Bewley take a bow. The kidda is class

Please could anyone confirm whether the relegation race off is in place again this year? Just asking for a friend who lives in Dorset.

It is what it is, but for us to cast judgement and say it's very badly advised may itself be badly advised. We only have our selfish opinions as fans. We aren't close enough to the guy or his family to know all the facts that went into making that decision. It might be unfortunate for the world of speedway, but there's a lot more to life than just speedway.

It's called realism when you are paying the bills.

in addition to the ones I suggested? Ok, how about having a 3 week break in your initial fixture list; who thinks that is a good way to attract and retain a crowd . as another poster pointed out you will be playing catch up and could even be out of the competition before you've really got started, which is sad cos on paper you are better than Berwick and Edinburgh and with our tentative start to the season you would likely beat us on Saturday. But hey I'm not really bothered when the match takes place but when it does I hope you get the crowd you deserve

Excellent value, wish more clubs would do similar occasionally. Hopefully, you'll get a good turn out..

If Middlo has lost the passion to get the team going why don't Poole go for Stewart Dickson former team manager at Glasgow? In a lot of people's opinion one of the best managers in British speedway and would maybe relish the new challenge. Was he not going to be stand in for Middlo the other week, I read somewhere that Matt Ford had asked Dickson to take the team as Middlo was on holiday. Yous could do worse

I think you will find it is only one and he is not really a poole fan as you put it

Doyle's late career development is very rare and not a realistic comparison for any rider.

That's why I've been involved in marketing for 8 years on a daily basis! It's great to see team(s) embracing things like this and we can only hope other teams follow suit.

I’m not Batchelor’s biggest fan, but when he’s got his gating gloves on and he’s out in front, he looks a million dollars. Terrific and in my opinion, unexpected win at Leicester. Well done Swindon and an excellent start to the season

Has this been suggested to Robin, the leaderboard? He knows now and thinks it’s a great idea so hopefully they can sort it Good call Najjer ....

Yep but at least we got a point there. This should also suit us. I was very disapointed with Kildemands input last night, and Shpaniack was no better. Brady did his job as to a certin extent did james and a couple of the others, but we need to find more, starting tomororrow night. Wolverhampton is a bogey track for most clubs because of the nature of the track, it will always have home advantage.

Im assuming that thats a tongue in cheek comment re Brady good rider that he is

Very good comeback from being 10 down during the meeting, all the riders pulled out the stops and showed what Swindon can do after a couple of rides on an away track. Feel for our reserves who seem to be putting in a lot of effort and not always getting the scores they deserve, but hopefully that will come. I thought we would keep within six points of Leicester and get one away point but to win was a real plus and showed what grit the riders have. Well done Rosco and the team.

Depends on how many you need to change and what riders and point are available. How long do you keep a struggling Sundstrom? How much time do you give Woryna? Is Kurtz going to up his game or do you go for a Woffinden/Lindgren instead. I for one dont believe in this early days crap. You need to hit the ground running or you can get to far adrift to make the points up. My team Ipswich , like Poole a favourite for their league have lost 3 matches 2 at home and the fans want better, Poole can be no different

Scored 7 for Swindon at Leicester last night including a good race win, so all good

You think Kings Lynn should have romped the league with their terrible team!!

I think everyone knows Poole will come good. The banter now is purely because of the over confidence shown by some at the start of the season. Im sure we all expect Poole to easily make the play offs

Right thread. Just 5 months too early.

Ole Ole Ole Ole Champions Champions Oops, sorry, wrong thread

Have to give credit where credit's due. Perfect Team Managership by Roscoe, knowing exactly who to use & when to use r/r's and t/s. The additional rides for Troy & Tobias helped tremendously.. I personally expected more from Kenneth but very early days to be fair to him, an encouraging debut from Todd, but I've huge concerns over Sarg. With Kyle moving to No.2 it's now really exposed the Lion's reserves should the top order not perform.

If you feel like that I suggest a new name for you. Rosco’s Super Fan. You can now cheer on Swindon. Happy days.

I seem to remember the same being said about Adam last year. ( when people conveniently forget he was riding with a broken wrist) Give Davey time, I’m sure he’ll come good. Believe me. For a young rider to be seeing fans calling for him to be replaced isn’t a good thing.

This Rye House team is utter rubbish apart from KK. One point more than they managed in that garbage I endured at Monmore last week I suppose. Harris and Nicholls aren't even great 2nd Division riders, so why they're still competing at this level is anyone's guess.

What a comeback by the lads & take a bow Troy especially as he is certainly glad to be a Robin again.

Nice to see Heeps off the mark & Ash maintaining his form. The pre-season prediction of a Pirates juggernaut is looking a bit wobbly at this early stage. Time will tell I guess.

Gavan the forecast is now for persistent rain from around midday tomorrow right through til Wednesday morning The band of rain is now so widespread there is little or no chance of it bypassing the Showground Perfectly sensible decision