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I'm off... before the Poole fans get here, congratulations on winning the lower league 😁

Young lad should be careful what he wishes for. You actually need to have talent on a Speedway bike if you want to play a panto villain role like Nicki P.

is it not turnbull in drag.

50/50 decision, Killeen can count himself unlucky but so could foord if it went other way, love Vinnie winding up Oxford fans, what speedway needs

If being hit in the head impacted his performance at Oxford, he shouldn't have been allowed to continue.... let alone be racing tonight.

If that was his dad giving it the big one as they walked off the track then I'm sorry but he's not alright at all, he's a complete cock for the way he was behaving.

Nicki P was always in control though

Vinnie Foord should have his license taken away. He's a bull in a china shop that's either going to put himself in a wheelchair or someone else. A big difference in a tough racer and someone who is out of control and a danger to everyone involved.

good job speedway riders arnt as scared as you lot of snowflakes 🤣

Christ speedway fans can moan

Ref bottled excluding 2 pie rats in a row. Simple as

If that's the case should have been ruled out and scb should susspend his licence just like a refused drug test I'm a big fan of Tom's but sorry that's putting others at risk

I wasnt saying he is like a journeyman like kasprazak, it’s the point about him wining a race beating the best and then shutting off in his next ride and goes missing, it isn’t a slight lack of confidence it’s a massive lack of confidence,as I said there is a difference between losing and shutting off, shutting off is a sign you don’t want to be there and for a rider so young that’s a problem, what I see is a rider who doesn’t like to be in traffic, is a world beater when he gets fresh air but gets frightened when anyone around him

Thomsen has been decent for Poole this year. The score is all that has kept this meeting entertaining. The racing has been terrible.

Great meeting, tough racing and lots of controversy. It's what it should be all about. What BSN do so much better than Eurosport is transferring the crowd atmosphere onto the screen. Super stuff!

And it's gone downhill ever since!

There is no doubt Pedersen was dirty but he knew exactly where he was putting his bike and was levels and levels above Foord ability wise. Think Foord is more Jason Garrity than Nicki Pedersen.

Half the GP said Nicki Pedersen was dangerous, didn’t stop him being 3 times world champ, speedway isn’t a popularity contest

Interesting bit of commentary there. Vinnie Ford might have to borrow someone else's bike for his remaining rides. If you were a rider, would you lend him a bike?

More worrying is that he doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong!

Boughen not interested,going through the motions no commitment.

Ref is the star tonight

The refereeing up and down the country this year has been the absolute worst I can ever remember!

What an awful spectacle so far. It is easy to see why the sport rarely attracts new fans, if this was your first time watching you'd of switched off by now.

If Vinnie Foord doesn’t seriously injury himself, he’s going to seriously injury somebody else. Absolute liability on a bike.

Seemed to be affordable in 2017

It's not. They're in because there are GPs in Germany and Czechia. That's neither woke nor anything to do with diversity. It's a questionable business decision, nothing more.

Give me 40 with an 8 team league and 2H2A, rather than 38 with a 9 team league and 1H1A.

Just got back from a fantastic final. If you didn’t like that you don’t like speedway. Huge crowd, fantastic atmosphere wound up to eleven, top aggressive riding and knocked the Belle Vue / Leicester PO final into a cocked hat. First of all commiserations to Oxford who battled well in the final and had a deserved advantage coming into the second leg. 12 points is a hell of a lead with no tactical allowed. But it seemed there was trouble afoot in the Oxford camp before tapes up. Boughen had upset the management and rumours said he was packed and in his van by heat 13 of the first leg. Then his failure to show in the u19 final the following day. Hearsay today is that he wants to go to Glasgow. Be interesting how this plays out. Killeen was meant to be a serious threat at reserve but before the meeting it was very quiet on his fitness after taking a heavy fall in the U19’s at Cowley. Given a hard time in heat 2, and rightly excluded, he then fell on his own which ended his evening. Paid 14 last time, zero tonight. Every race was tough. Every rider giving beyond their comfort zone, shown straight away in heat one. Richard Lawson said he thought he was through on Masters going into the third bend but Masters started leaning, and leaning, then slid off. Lawson thought it was a tactical fall but those are the margins. Heat two and although Killeen gated, both Pirates were through on him going down the back straight. Killeen tried to get a place back but clipped Vinnie Ford and down he went. The right call and gifted Pirates a 5-1. Special mention to Tobias Thomsen with a brilliant paid 12 from 5. He started the season well, faded after an injury, but was man of the match for me. Vinnie is brilliant. Only 17 but what a battler. Never gives up. Yes he makes mistakes but I would have him signed for next year already. Going to be a bit of a star imo. Our top 4 all did their job tonight. Brennan said afterwards the reason Poole had to work hard tonight was his fault as he’s employed as a heat leader but rode very poorly in the first leg and wanted to make it up. Certainly did. Both Cooks did their job though afterwards Ben was far from happy running a last. For Oxford Masters was solid but faded, Nicholls had a bit of a stinker. Gilkes was a good guest, Heeps did what Heeps does, Boughen gated in one race, Killeen was injured and Scott out of his depth. This is what our sport is about. Tonight had everything. Hard racing, drama, crashes, a huge noisy crowd and Pirates crowned Champions. What’s not to like? Hope the Oxford fans had a safe journey home and the good news is we do it all over again next week in the KO Cup Final. Will Oxford get their revenge or will it be a clean sweep for Pirates?

POOLE PIRATES ☠️ LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 🏆 2024

But surely that’s an aspect which excites you about speedway, he gets an emotion out of you, surely that’s what’s life is about

He was the biggest loss to the GPs in the last 10 years, keep hoping they give him a danish GP wildcard before he retires like they did with gollob

Bang on. Comparing Foord to Pedersen is laughable.

Take a bow Ashton, brilliant ride considering the night he's having, well done. Come on Oxford!!!

Wish I was an Oxford or Poole fan tonight and been there

Did they not drugs test Vinnie Foord before the meeting, what planet is he on. Its the Poole ‘win at all costs’ mentality coming across here, and something regrettable could have happened tonight

What did Scott do wrong there Dean Machine? Left Foord nowhere to go?

Foord is a disgrace. An absolute danger to the other riders

His head has gone

So sad that Eastbourne speedway are not welcome at Arlington. Must be some deep divisions in the Dugard family.

He took a big tumble But was it not caused by Tom lifting and going towards fence when all the others were heading left to go round first been

No better than this years team, reasonably solid, but won't win you the league. I'd want Sedgmen at 6 with a re-jig of the middle order (much of a muchness) to accommodate an 8 pointer to support Fricke. Easier said than done though with points limits and rider availability/affordability to consider.

If it's a 40.00 limit the team picks itself. 1. J. Holder 2. Howarth 3. Pickering 4. Harris 5. C. Holder / Woffinden 6. Rowe 7. Edwards (RS)

Tipp-ex make a mess of you screen though.

You ride half your meetings at home and Ellis is very good at Foxhall, injuries are an issue but I think he’s good value on his average. would like to see doyle, Ellis, rew, Brennan, emil, dan t, rising star wpuld like to see Boughen as the rising star but can’t see Oxford letting him go and I’m not really clued up on who would be eligible for the rising star list next year so time will. Tbh I’d be more than happy to keep Jordan and Dan as our reserve pair and just swap out king for Brennan from this years side if the rules allowed

I fancy Poole to turn it around , the middle pairing look miles better at home and there's so much pressure on oxfords front 2 to get 23/25 pts between em, last time was a bit of fluke and I can't see where the other main points are coming from for the cheetahs

Yes - basically capitalism in operation, about the least woke thing you could imagine

Can Promotions afford it??

Regular speedway is a must.

Then pull out. The CL shouldn't be backed into a corner by one party, or a minority of parties.