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I love your attempt at trying to deflect the allegations against Poole Palm Toft pulled out when Redcar raced at Eastbourne after 2 rides. He then missed numerous matches for Redcar and Kings Lynn.............you know Kings Lynn...the track that MPT flies around......you know Kings Lynn.....the team that cant make the play offs.....you know Kings Lynn....nothing to gain from Palm Toft not riding.... Ricky Wells RODE a full meeting for Edinburgh on Sunday He then was declared 'unfit to ride at Kings Lynn...you know Kings Lynn.... a track that Wells is awful at Poole want to finish top............everything to gain for replacing Wells Wells then deemed 'unfit' to ride at Poole Thursday.......Poole get in track specialist Douglas in. Wells like 'Lazurus' is able the next evening to not only ride for Edinburgh but get a maximum If you think the Palm Toft/Wells situations are the same that you are quite clearly deluded..........as proved that your post was liked by Shovlar lol If Wells does not ride Monday..does not do the play offs...then its cheating plain and simple......Poole speedway mantra

Should’ve supported your old boys rather then sticking with your usual stance of anyone but Glasgow

Well at least refurbishment of the back straight bogs is underway https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/14/gold-toilet-reportedly-stolen-blenheim-palace-cattelan

The attraction is that it helps to maintain interest in the sport. I cannot understand why people think it is a bad thing to have speedway on tv. I remember the 1990s, when there was no speedway on, and it helped towards the decline. I think a major contribution towards falling crowds has been the points limit - even more so now it is lower. I remember Oxford in the 80s. Succesful team. Big crowds. Eventually the points limit got them. Crowds visibly dropped instsntly. It's then hard to get those lost supporters back. So, another team takes over from Oxford. They then finish top, get nobbled by the points limit. The crowds drop. Then another team. Then another team. And so on, until, eventually, Swindon get to win the league. Then they get get nobbled by points limit too. Vicious circle. The only other time I've seen an instant, visible drop in crowds was when the double points replaced tatical subs. Did those people return when the tac subs came back? Not many, I'll bet. Anyone who thinks wesker sides is the key to the future, by the way, is clearly nuts.

justice in speedway . depends on who you know, and more importantly who you are riding for at the time of any incident .

Is it what has driven the majority of people away though? If it was purely down to racing then Belle Vue, Scunny etc would be packed to the rafters. I’d suggest there are several factors ie admission cost, rule bending, poor atmosphere, poor facilities, poor marketing etc.

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Where did you get the idea that Mondays and Thursdays are because of BT? Surely Mondays and Thursdays are because Poland have weekends, Sweden have Tuesdays and Denmark have Wednesdays.

well here we go again for one last time as the potters take on the cubs in the last ever meeting at loomer road. as per usual both teams have riders missing which is a shame but hey ho lets just enjoy it and hope it is a good and fitting match to end on. I am sure it will be a very emotional and sad evening. to hear dave tattum on local radio in the week was very hard to listen to and no matter what axe to grind with him anyone may have had in the past surely we can turn out in numbers and just enjoy some good racing on a very good track and do the promotion proud. for me this is probably the end of my time watching speedway as after reading about the sharp practice and manipulation going on at poole last night the premier league is not for me thank you very much. the win at all cost attitude of some promoters is doing the sport no favours and will drive good honest supporters away from the sport as it all leaves a bitter taste for some fans. anyway that is enough drivel from me so come on the potters lets go out with heads held high and good luck to all the riders on both sides but just a tad more luck for the potters please.

Something that the club would've known, last Saturday anyway, and definitely in the last few days, yet chose to say nothing. Not even the clubs un-official spokesman on here could bring himself to let us know. Very poor, but not a complete shock.

He has been in poor form for quite a few weeks for Poole hasn't he?If that is the case,why didn't Poole get rid of him just before the transfer deadline.It would have all been done according to the rules then you wouldn't get all this nonsense.

Don't see why anyone should be critical of Berwick's performance last Wednesday. Birmingham always looked more likely to win and several times the match seemed to be running away from Berwick, but they showed dogged resilience in battling back and had a real chance of snatching it at the finish. A single point wasn't enough for them to keep alive their play-off place in the end - but they certainly deserved the point they did get.

Well, I can only speak as a Swindon fan. This season has been the best racing for several years at Blunsdon. I’ve seen more passing in one meeting than in several years, which suggests that it is the type of track, which needs to be considered. I would say the best tracks for speedway, I’ve seen anyway, are all similar Peterborough, NSS, Somerset and this year Swindon. I’ve not been to Norfolk or PL tracks so can’t include them but those tracks mentioned certainly show good close racing with multiple lines to ride. I wasn’t aware there was a 5 year tv deal in the offing until I read flagrag’s comments. That is welcome news given the general pessimism surrounding the sport and shows to me that the sport itself is still well regarded, certainly within tv, otherwise, why commit on a long term basis. Go back to the 2 youngsters at reserve. 23 and under with GB only or certain qualifying criteria for non UK, team that wins league teams use their average, have a week of speedway some time in Summer holiday where its £5 entry across the board with supporters to be registered to local club to be eligible at the start of the season (or agreed cut off) but pay normal price to own club’s fixtures. Reciprocal agreements for matches between clubs e.g £30 entry, programme and travel. The deal I just had with the match at BV for the cup final was superb value. There is no way I would have gone without the deal and BV received an additional coach load of fans they wouldn’t have ordinarily seen. There really needs to be more collaboration between clubs and leagues for speedway to grow. The sport is struggling because there is too much self interest, at all levels, with promoters only concerned for their own club and not the sport as a whole. Promoters have to go out and sell the sport and your target audience are the children, pure and simple. It’s them that have to be engaged, not me. There is a whole generation that either don’t know about speedway, or have never been introduced. That needs to change. If it’s BT that is looking at the 5 year deal then there should be a caveat about going to schools or marketing the sport locally. Lee Kilby has undertaken lots of initiatives at Swindon and responds to fans quickly via social media, gets things sorted and clarified but he is a lone wolf (there may be others but they are the exception rather than the rule) and that enthusiasm needs to be seen across the sport. I’ve enjoyed the racing again at Swindon, it’s the reason we all go and should be the primary consideration of all clubs. The rest, including marketing, sponsorship and new supporters will be easier with decent racing and we can hopefully look forward to a future for the sport.

If it’s possible for a rider to be ‘stood down’ or for him to ‘withdraw his services’ for the Play Offs then the transfer deadline might as well be done away with as a club could use the same guest for its four play off meetings thus effectively signing that rider for the remainder of the season.

Can't wait for the next press release which gives the reasons Wells is out of the play offs!! Gonna be comedy gold!

A decent meeting at Eastie tonight watched by a big crowd. The highlight for me was two brilliant rides from Scott Nicholls to pass Lawson and Schlein. There's still life in the old boy!.

As should any foreigner wanting to ride over here. If they are good enough to ride in another country the minimum should never be less than 4.

I guess Fraud rubs off on some Poole fans.

Probably because it sounds like Shielfield

No bumps or ruts now AORLOV. Craig Cook says it's lovely to race on. Don't worry though i'm sure we can disguise a few well positioned holes to upset Doyley an Batch etc. Ha ha

It will be a long time before Shovlar apologises for the rumour he started. If i had put everything i have heard over the years on here the forum would have been in meltdown.Some times you just have to keep stum,on this occasion Steve couldn't.

So you started the rumour then.You didn't have to put that on here,but then you can't help yourself.

I just don't see how it is more interesting watching a sporting event where I already know the score. I know what you mean about all the fill ins though. I normally start watching about an hour after the start and skip bits until I catch up.

And Palm Toff pulls out on Thursday, but rides Friday, not a mention about that, how strange but know surprise

Last i saw he was on 3.65 albeit had a couple of falls whilst in scoring positions. Lowest he can go is on a 4.00 obviously but that would be a good average for Sam with next season in mind.

poiole are staging there meeting in October it will probably be . the end of season bash when we parade the premiership trophy around Wimborne road

That’s a 28 day ban - Edinburgh will be pleased. If he continues to ride in CL and not PL then just shows how corrupt British Speedway is

Too bloody right it does!

Where was this appeal held,and who are the people behind SCB who were on the panel.?My guess is the the appeal was held down the pub,with the fine for cook being just keep the beers coming until he got the lot pissed,and the statement was all the could muster up because they were so drunk!!!

When it comes to Greg, I think that Phil Rising said it best a few years ago when talking about a possible wildcard for a different rider, who was much younger than Greg.... "Look to the future. ****** is a lovely guy but frankly has had his time and does he really get the pulses racing..." As far as I can see, this fits perfectly for Greg...

Totally other end of the scale.Toft actually withdrew from a meeting riding for Redcar.Somehow Wells completed his rides for Edinburgh but gets injured. Why would Lynn want to pull the injury card for a rider who is riding well at the moment,especially at the NA.I could understand your thinking had Toft been scoring 1's and 2's like Wells but he wasn't. Don't really think the stick is being aimed at Wells but Poole who are likely to have instigated it.

Dag admitted in his very candid interview with Backtrack many years ago that he had reached the point where he lost his verve for racing and was scared of being seriously injured. When that happens to a rider, he is right to pack in.

Swindon have nearly tracked the same 1 -7 for last two years with hardly any guests it's never been better .. never heard nothing form any Swindon fan being worried about Ellis Perks riding for a Pl side ...as I said just more myths made up . Because of the high ave age of a speedway fan they tend to moan about most things some with good reason but most of the time just for the sake of it .

Some comments made by (I think) Dale Allitt in the SS last week were worth reading a few times. I came to the conclusion from his words that at Wolverhampton, Cook was taken out of the match by Paramedics because he was experiencing some kind of mental meltdown, which Allitt found distressing to witness. If that was actually what happened, then shouldn't Craig Cook have been automatically barred from riding for a set time period, both for his own well being, and the safety of other riders?

Its a laughable decision. Cook is guilty of starting the whole sequence of events which led to other bans. In essence his club as got off scott free....not fair at all. What is even more laughable is people saying 'leave him alone, he's got mental health issues'...well if that's the case he definitely should not be on a speedway track right now.

Bailey keeps Barker. Good luck with that.

Yeah fair enough. Sorry for the name calling. No need.

Noticed on the updates they are calling Danny ‘two tracks’ I’m very curious to why this is because I can only think of one

Skidder what do you not understand. If Wells bags a few on Monday then no need to replace him. But if he has another mare then he will be injured for the play offs. It's really not that hard to grasp.

What's his score got to do with anything? Plenty said we are cheating cos he wasn't gonna ride anymore, but he is going to ride. So everyone should apologise for these ridiculous accusations! Simply outrageous. Strangely they have gone quiet now, wonder why?

Oh Skidder you could have waited for Mon to say this, it was fun watching them get all het up for nothing!

Yes 3 ageing heat leaders and journeymen second strings terry tulloch excepted, yes Sampson as he was then would have been a hell of a improvement,made it worse that mal corradine had his best ever season at middlesborough that year,it was a very poor season,only kept off the bottom because of scunthorpes problems that year.

Skidder - I support Poole and Brady is a Poole rider so no problem in my book posting on Poole 2019. i have been shouting about how highly I rated Brady since he arrived here at 16. Early in that first season I even emailed Matt/the Club try and sign him up as looked a future World Star. I am not a Brady knocker. However whichever way you put it, other young stars seem to be developing quicker around Europe (incl in my book young Jack Holder) and he is if anything going a bit backwards which is what concerns me. Yes the POL EXL is brutal and maybe not so easy riding with Emil. However not every race he is paired with Emil plus other younger riders seem to be overtaking him progress wise. I 100% hope he does push on and maybe he is more of a slower developer having originally impressed so highly that the topPOL EXL team signed him on a long term contract and put him in their first team. However the fact is that after the baptism of fire of his initial season and getting used to all the commuting UK/POL/SWE he has not pushed on in my book. He is now coming to the end of his 6th Season riding in UK and is about to turn 23. Maybe a move away from being amongst so many top riders in one team may do his confidence some good but at the same time not so good for confidence if he does get dropped. Its a simple decision for Leszno of him or Hampel have to go so not as if that's an easy one. As for Poole his GSA is still decent enough to keep him as it has the potential to still improve in a grossly inferior league. The problem Poole will have is that IF Chris Holder is allowed back who would make way ???. Klindt has arguably been their best rider this season and swapping for Holder in my book won't strengthen them even if Holder has a POSSIBLY attractive 7.16 GSA. But that's a discussion for later ;-)

bring yer buckets n spades as well as a waterproof hoodie .if there is an inch of dirt on top , it will be classed as dangerous .. just jesting of course . following this on updates . have an enjoyable night of thirty races

It's what is called having a pop at Poole

Fair play to them. I like Brum as a track, i've been six times from London this season.

nice sentiments mimmo I am sure there will be plenty of tears tonight. my home town club was Coventry but I had left for pastures new before they closed but this is a bit more personal. I have had a bit more involvement through sponsorship and other things at stoke so am feeling it a bit harder. lets just hope it is a cracker of a meeting and the potters are victorious though with riders missing again I think it will be a tough ask. come on the potters do us proud.

Don't think it matters as I still think you lot will win the league & ko cup

Not too late I hope to pass on the benefit of your wisdom to Glasgow who race against Sheffield and Berwick today at Ashfield. Adult ticket price £30 instead of £34 (2 x £17). Certainly don't want them to fold before next season!