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Nothing is worse than Brexit

Cracking rider and a lovely kid as well, glad to see he’s made his mark this year after a couple of bad knocks

What you doing on here trackprat, didn't expect that with paul winning earlier today, glug glug

Must admit I found Rab C Nesbit funny. And I hope they gain independence from the rubbish show which is brexit and this god awful useless government.

We’ve just got a better sense of humour

Quite possible to be both critical and a fan, not everybody thinks the sun shines out of their promoter's rear.

Good to see you back with us Geoff... Thought the Final had done you in you were so quiet.....

I do believe in the playoffs. Poole are not Champs until we win the final. But top 4 teams only, not 6. Much time has been wasted with the quarter finals. Unnessasary. These playoffs could and should have been already finished.

Going back to the NDL and its rider developmentsuccess or failure - for me there needs to be a clear distinction of what success means. For example, there are riders who will always make it regardless (Gilks, Brennan, Edwards, Bewley, Lambert, Pallin), those that enter the NL on 3.00 and leave on 9 plus.. they would have made it regardless of the league structures or if there was only second halves after main meetings and amateur meetings available to them. For me success or failure of the NDL is whether those riders who perhaps have to work a bit harder (I dont know a different phrase for this and I am not suggesting that those who will make it regardless have not or do not work extremely hard for their success and indeed I am sure it always contributes to it), for example here Danny Ayres, Ben Morley, Alfie Bowtell, where participating in the National league really made a huge difference to them and was probably the only way the made it to higher leagues. Can we say in 2021 any middle order riders at the start of the league are now able to make the step up? This is where the NDL should really come in to its own for rider development in my view, for riders like Spooner, Verge, Coles to really give them the step up they need to Championship but also a "challenging" cushion in the NDL for confidence and experience. And the only other option is to have a properly MDL/NJL formated and enforced second teams to run, without fail, after every league meeting by every UK club.

To rebuild some of the club finances!! Are you really a Pirates fan as you seem to be critical of quite a few things to do with Poole?

The people

You prefer rough places instead? Poole is a really lovely place to live. Miles of golden beaches, resteraunts, second biggest natural harbour in the world, Jurassic coast on our doorstep. And the biggest speedway club in the country. What’s not to like?

Iv no idea where the NDL goes from here, will the BSPL keep it to its current points level which will mean some riders will fall by the wayside because of averages, some of those that move up will also find it tough because of the inflated averages due to the BSPL imposed points limit, they have dug a bloody deep hole that they need to get out of, if keeping NDL costs down is the most important aspect of the NDL then i fear for its future, the BSPL need to look at the costs of senior racing had they done this in previous seasons then the NDL and Speedway in the UK might not be in its present predicament, role on 2022 and lets see what those in power decide for next season.

I wouldn't worry yourself about Paul, we have been the best team all season and Middlo will make sure everyone is fired up and ready to win.

Nothing is worse than brexit. Nation ruining far right nonsense which has wrecked business and everything in between.

As it is a very rare occurrence no can’t say I have.

They said on the news that Scottish independence would be worse than brexit!

Anyone but Glasgow, should know this by now.

It’s all he has left after his team take another doin today. His wind up posts usually backfire and then he disappears until the dust settles.

But also the best I remember him riding this season. Making starts, passing for fun when he needed to.

Never a fan of p.offs to be honest. Performance over the entire season should be what counts ...not just over 30 heats in a sudden death final. This season Poole would have been league champions. p offs running in early winter i n the mud are hardly a good advert for speedway. If the TV sponsors want to have their cameras at a "grand final " meeting then by all means have a "p off" called the BT Sports Trophy or something.

Brilliant Basso! Poole win at Edinburgh!

'the guy' you obviously don't know much about Mr Black and his love of the wind up.

one thing i would say is it is not as easy as some think to have a live stream, you need more than just rocking up with a camera and an internet connection. Edinburgh have been working on it for 3/4 years and have been evolving the service to where it is now. Even this year over the course of the season they have continued to improve adding replays and improved the graphics, it really is quite impressive. To do it all in house means they can cover every match and have done all Monarchs and Devils matches this season. I wish more away fans had tuned in this season, i really think if more had known about it and seen it they would really see the benefit. If you are a poole fan and not travelling today you shouldefinitely check it out www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/emtv Glasgow pay QTV for their service, they do other sports including scottish football teams during lockdown. It is a pretty good service as well although not sure many clubs could afford that, i hope they got enough folk watching so they can continue to do it next year. I watched on thursday and was glad to have access, well i was until about ht6. Was great to see Redcar get there stream started although i was at the meeting so not seen it in action.

Haven’t seen it but suspect a lot of Glasgow fans would agree that he’s a balloon.

Thought Middlo had a nose bleed if he drove past Manchester

Thanks for the info. I happy to use the stream again. Hoe Glasgow gets a “good” meeting awarded for all the efforts…… GP Challenge would be good. They put it to rubbish tracks recently, be good to see it at a good one.

Sullivan was never a Poole legend. Terribly underperformed imo and went back to Peterborough in 2006.

Saw the clip, and yes that was out of order, however you need to realise their is a fierce rivalry between both clubs and when the tigers were the poor relations for years, we Glasgow fans took an immense amount of stick, and now that Glasgow are doing well, some Monarch fans can't take it, and I assure you the abuse we got last week from some of those fans, I wouldn't even repeat and that was after we applauded their team for the win, so please don't judge us by one clip, there are good and bad fans in both camps

Thank you for buying the stream and am pleased you thought the track and racing was good. The efforts of the track staff and volunteers to get this meeting on were unbelievable. Regarding the lights they are ok for those riding and those viewing at the track. Filming always makes things look darker and quite frankly we shouldn't be racing in October so presumably the costs of further upgrading the lights on the off chance that a meeting occurs AND is filmed in October wouldn't be cost-effective. Re-the delays I'm surprised by your comments as you actually watched the stream unlike others who just like to criticise. It may be that some of the info relayed to the crowd via the announcer wasn't repeated by the commentators, so here goes: Heat 4 bad crash resulting in exclusion of Miskowiak and eventual withdrawal from meeting. Heat 6 both GB riders fall, race stopped and re-run with the 2 remaining Poles. Heat 9 delay as doctor assesses Miskowiak, plus member of crowd takes ill and is seen by para medic/first aiders. Also discussions between ref and clerk of the course re-decision of Polish TM as to whether Miskowiak would be replaced by the other U-21 rider in this race. Heat 10 scary crash by Chris Harris, race stopped and re-run. Heat 11 slight delay as Poland forced, under rules, to only go with one rider (see Heat 9). Heat 13 unfortunate delay as Team Managers work out riders for the remaining 3 heats. Under the rules Heat 15 would feature the two top scorers from both teams. In the case of GB this meant Bewley and Lambert or Harris - so not clear cut. In the case of Poland this meant Zmarzlik and Musielak or Janowski - also not clear cut. The remaining riders would then be selected for Heat 13 and 14 with the added issue of what happens to Miskowiak's 'ride' - presumably Lampart? And presumably both team managers were waiting to see what the other would do, after all both teams could still win! All the ref could do was constantly ask the Clerk of the Course to contact him and he did. I suppose he could have put the 2 minute warning on and excluded 'riders' under the 2 minute rule but he like everyone else wanted to see racing not exclusions! Meanwhile whilst all this was happening the rain started and we'll never know who was selected for Heats 14 and 15, unless someone who was in the pits can advise. I was hoping for a SoN rematch in a last heat decider, that would have been something else, but we'll never know.

I think your assessment is pretty accurate, and I think it's as much a statement on society and how mindsets have changed. People today seem to only respond to instant gratification and instant stimulation. Long gone are the days of supporters who would be there through thick and thin. It's to do with the gimmick mentality, the new era, call it what you like, there are so many things competing for our attention these days. You only have to look at a speedway crowd and they are watching a race, then looking at there phones, then watching a race etc. There's so much competition for our attention and our ££ and unfortunately speedway and it's promoters don't have the skillset or desire to keep up. They chuck in the playoff hoping to attract new supporters forgetting what impact it will have on their hard core fans, much as you stated above. Now don't get me wrong, you can't keep all the people happy all the time. But to demonstrate the business acumen of our beloved speedway promoters, consider this: We've had a pandemic for over 18 months changing the way we live, travel and socialise etc. During the height of the pandemic, some tried a streaming service a couple of times, then gave up. How do you get an ever aging fan base to watch and pay for speedway, how do you get away fans to watch speedway and not have to travel. The sport has been begging for clubs to add to their revenue by offering a streaming service, a centralised service, a season ticket holders service, just to allow say 500 fans from 300 miles away to watch their club and vice versa. So in 18 months 12 of which were sat on their backsides, both Scottish clubs have demonstrated their business acumen, Redcar have stepped up and are doing the same. If I've missed any others out, I apologise, but they obviously haven't advertised/promoted it well enough for me to notice (Poole once or twice maybe?). And that's it. My hat goes off to the promotions of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Redcar. The rest? You deserve all you get Here was the chance to centralise a scheme, offering season long passes for different leagues. How do I add a few hundred away supporters from Poole or Kent to my revenue in Glasgow or Edinburgh ? Exactly! what about the reverse arrangement? People have changed, their attention spans have changed, the only constant is the leadership of the BSPL.

Spoilt at Brough Park

Nothing wrong with poole, lovely part of the country

Heat 14 would have been Brennan, Harris, Lampart & Janowski, with Bewley, Lambert, Zmarzlik & Musielak in Heat 15

I agree on top 4 rather than top 6 for playoffs, but I also understand why it’s top 6. It does mean there’s more speedway top watch, and if the season starts when it should next year, perhaps it will be easier. Perhaps. Really looking forward to the final, not least because when Poole visited at the start of the season, it was streaming only (I think). Will be nice to see in person, even if it will be cold. Forecast is grim but Tuesday’s forecast is only for light rain at the moment, so a little improvement might make the difference, as it did this week. I’m trying to be optimistic.

Completely forgot this was a 2:30. Might have taken a trip across to cheer on Poole if I’d remembered. I’d like to see them win one trophy but definitely not the other one!

Problem is it wasn’t a fan it was your team manager on the back of the parade truck giving people hand gestures. Then decided to give more abuse afterwards. Not exactly professional.

You realise riders don't live at the track right? Glasgow I expect only Connor stays in Glasgow, Edinburgh I don't know if any of them will. Maybe the Aussies.

One of the biggest meetings in both clubs season yet it’s not being streamed. Tinpot

Fierce rivalry or not no need for anything I've heard from both sides last few weeks. I'm all for celebrating but sore losers and sore winners ruining the whole atmosphere. Getting to stage not going to be away fans going which is what neither club wants. End of the day as the northern outposts of British speedway we need each other and everybody needs to realise that.

Give the man a break. There’s nothing better than a bad loser venting his spleen on a website. Maybe someone should feed him a dodgy burger and then see if there’s a lax rule that allows a guest reporter for today.

Last night I used the Stream ticket to watch the GB v Poland match. Track was good, as was the racing, but really the track need some investment in lighting. First 2 bends were ok-ish, but bend 3/4 really dark. It’s now it is to riders that is important but viewing stream it seemed pretty mediocre. I know there was a couple of accidents, but that match was too strung out and really could have been over before the wet weather came.

I drove through Poole once. Once was enough.

Haha remove your tongue from cheek you know exactly of what I speak

Not many as well organised in that respect as Monarchs,great credit to them over the years for getting the equipment in place and not having to pay outside Companies to stream Matches.Not a lot of money to be made if doing it by that Method .IMO.Maybe even a loss.!! If uptake was poor.

I meant Marcin's bike failure probably cost us a point and it could be crucial this evening.

All Promoters will know what the proposals are for 2022, discussions go on through the season prior to the AGM

Of the 56 starting declared riders there have been 12 retirements from Speedway that i have seen (yes amongst those are Knight and Dugard who have had multiple retirements across their years). There are also a few released riders that remain status unknown. Whilst natural attrition will always occur thats a figure approaching 25%. In the case of the NDL in its current form will it be a case of anyone with bikes gets signed next season rather than those who are sufficiently capable?

Better than the random musings of a bitter old crank casting aspersions

GB were worthy winners,but all this criticism of Janowski is pathetic,he is total World class made a small error and suddenly he is useless and a bottler.Get a grip. Did Tai not make a small error on the 1st day. Anyway ,best wishes to Tai for speedy recovery.