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A massive hat tip to the Bandits promotion and to Mr Dickson for getting us out of a sticky situation after it appeared Rory was unable to return. Cook and Kildemand are rivals to any top 2 in the league and in Borke, Hagon and Kemp we have some exciting talent which is sure to improve. An exciting season to look forward to for sure and I for one think this team is the business.

That looks a right entertaining side from Berwick, hopefully they can have a injury free season they deserve a bit of luck.

Terrible signing, I said earlier numbers game is a smokescreen, I think they have made a real mess of this years team, Starke is well past his best, ridiculous to think he is a 5 pointer on a 3 point average. Vinnie is improving and getting better, way better than Starke.

As expected. Didn’t realise he was 3.36. An absolute gift at reserve. He knows bike issues won’t be tolerated and what’s expected of him. He is more a 5-6 pointer. Should make mincemeat of many of the Championship reserves.

The Lions look s#!t Happy now

I'd argue at this point Berwick need to do what's best for them. You've got Hodder who let's be honest, there was plenty of times where he could've been dropped, but Berwick stayed loyal and kept him in the side, and for what? For him to jump ship to Glasgow the following year. And again, offered Ablitt a place and he's shot them down because it's too far to travel. I don't think Dayle is the best signing. But at the same loyalty goes a long way. If he can score above a two point average and show some commitment to the cause then it's a much better move for them than to have a rider to leave after a year.

You're right, of course. Berwick, having been knee-capped by Rory's late (but fully understandable) decision to retire then go on and sign up a two-time GP Winner and the reigning British U-21 Champion -- and all the (ahem) forum funnies can go on about is sarcasm about the signing of (quite possibly) the best-still-available 2-pointer around.......

Why does nobody want to talk about Kildeman and Hagon.🤔 Maybe nothing too moan about.😂😂😂

Berwick’s biggest challenge in 2025 will be filling the void left by the departing Freddie Hodder.

That's me 👮‍♂️🚓 This topic should be for slagging the 2025 Leicester team off 🦁 Merry Christmas 🎅🏿

Daniel Levy at Spurs would love to be bored out of his pants from now until the end of the season and see Spurs finish in the top four... Instead, he will be taken on a rollercoaster of victories and defeats, watching loads of goals, and seeing his team fail to reach the Champions League.. And will be very, very disappointed come May.. As will all the Spurs fans.. Not many will be looking back and saying "wasn't that four three defeat by Chelsea at home a great game?" at the end of the season.. In sport, winning is everything, otherwise, no point in actually doing it... Personally for me, Speedway, (in the UK), given its lack of any major financial gain by winning, almost non existent MSM publicity, and its ludicrous ad hoc team structures, is something I watch as "sports entertainment" rather than something I consider a "bona fide" sporting competition... However, plenty still feel it is "proper competition", and good luck to them, as they are still supporting the sport, and it needs as many as it can find to keep doing so.. Poole know "winning" is key to making a profit, so, quite rightly, they set up their operating model to always be in the mix to win... Perfect sense...

Wood could surprise a few he was a lot faster and controlled last season, finished the season with a higher NDL average than the likes of Harrison, Pijper, Hodder, Spencer and Perry. Also scored 3+1 beating both Mulford and Trigger when guesting for Edinburgh at Redcar. Tike will tell if he can do it consistently at Championship level but I’d say he’s on a par with most of the two pointers signed so far.

So that'll probably be the team then! 🤣🤣

Why worry about the track or the racng? The punters are happy... That is what is important... Win at home each week and it keeps them coming.. Seems strange that so many moan about them..

Is he not the first Cairns?

And that’s my point, it was a shocking excuse when they let Vinnie go, I think 99 percent of Poole fans would rather have him in the team rather than Starke? Unless….. the number 7 has a higher average than 2.00

Still want to deny the numbers game excuse was BS 🤣

How do you think he got that average?

Are you trying to convince yourself or are you trying to convince everyone else lol.

Arthur54 why don't you take your head for a tom twit.

r/r and guest haven't signed for any one yet

Starke back at Poole https://www.poole-speedway.com/news/view/2024-12-11-starkey-makes-it-six

to cut out any speculation on the subject Luke was asked at the last meeting of this season if he wanted to return. We felt that a different track would of benefitted him in his progress with oxford ,Leicester or redcar being the preferred options sadly none could fit him in thus leaving him without a space. This was a family decision and was fully discussed with Simon and Rob at Scunthorpe who were both supportive of the decision.

Very happy with the side. Kildermand should love shielfield. Dayle wood seems keen as mustard! That goras a long way. Good luck to the guy

Don't think that would be an issue in the slightest. Should know each well from being Workington teammates 15 years ago 😆

Bit if an arrogant post making assumptions on other people and how often seen him. Seen him plenty as I'm sure have many others. I'm happy to be proven wrong and if he goes on to be the best 2 pointer around best of luck to him. But I wouldn't have wanted him in my team

I believe the young up and comer Dayle Wood has got that gig

If he's on a 6 in the Prem then we're quite simply idioted.

David Kujawa turned up with just a helmet and had 3 last's in his only meeting. He was the world u21 Champ only 3 years before. They don't get much worse than that signing

And Ake Andersson , the consequential replacement for Charlie Monk.

A certain Chris Harris rates it as one of his favourites as well.

Having watched Loram, Rickardsson, Holder and Ward around Wimborne road, I'm sure a lot of us do

Leverington was far from a bad signing really - I always remember him as a solid middle order rider. I do remember there being a big debate on whether he would be on an assessed 7.00 or 3.00 average though. Glasgow have had way worse signings from overseas ... Mitchel Davey was a far worse signing than Leverington.

Whats entrainment? I think you will find winning is everything in football.

That is more to do with the quality of rider. Maybe the riders would prefer it if we made it bumpy again!!

Poole know a winning team gets them a decent following.. They also know that hardly anyone could name the Premiership Champions let alone those the two tiers lower.. Therefore. Why lay out £100k more to maybe be lower in the table and reduce crowd numbers? An excellent business model for Poole...

There’s more chance of Long Eaton finishing in the top four than Plymouth.

our season normally finishes before Butlins 😁

Was quite optimistic about him after watching him in the SON, but that optimism didn't last long. He seemed scared to race other riders round Glasgow, think he'd be equally terrified of Berwick

Agree with this, Kildemand has only ridden in Denmark the last couple of seasons and obviously isn’t the force he once was but it’s the best option on the table given Rory’s withdrawal and I am pleased the promotion have given it a go rather than going down the route of someone like MPT for instance. Cook is and always will be a question mark, how Borke comes back from that injury is the biggest question mark for me given the nature of the injury and the fact that 6 months down the line he still seems to be in rehabilitation mode. The other 4 are good signings imo, Hagon and Kemp especially.

I think it's difficult to assess until we know who the number 6 actually is. I agree the "All about the points/numbers limit" does make it look at bit strange considering where we are at, where Vinnie would have fitted even on a 40 point limit, considering he had already been allegedly allocated a slot when it was 38 points. Even more strange when the top 5 had near enough been agreed/known about by a good few on this forum long before any announcements. Suppose we just have to wait a bit longer to find out the number 6 in order to work out maybe why. If it is a young Aussie then you would think all the planning - Work Visa - accommodation - Engineers - sponsors - equipment etc would have taken a long time to sort out before any actual signing/announcement. That's without the fact they would have considered such a rider to have more potential than Vinnie. Difficult considering that any undiscovered possible gem would not have ridden UK tracks yet. Harrison Ryan is one of the very few as he did a few meetings for Leszno U24 last season and chances are he will be again in 2025. Have seen a good few of his races on Youtube but difficult to assess if he would be better. Having said that I thought Ben Cook when he first signed would be out by the time of first GSA back in 2021 based on his Aussie form so got that badly wrong.

8.50 Champ confirmed on Berwick's rider profile page for PK which means that he must be a 6.00 in the Prem.

Why? Let's see...... He started speedway in Oz in 2022. Admittedly a late beginner, but that's when it was. In 2023 he came to the UK, a very raw rookie, raced NJL for Edinburgh and averaged 4.50. In 2024 he continued at Armadale, improving his average to 7.76. That's a big jump! With bonus points, this is a better CMA than Ace Pijper, Max Perry, Luke Harrison, Freddy Hodder or the much-vaunted Vinnie Foord. All of whom have been racing speedway bikes for a lot longer than Dayle Wood. Were he younger, people would be praising his progress, signalling him as one of the best 2-pointers available to Championship clubs. And maybe, with Berwick, he will be.........

And at number 1.

With three riders announced and by the looks of it seven signed up its already looking like a strong team again from the Cubs, and I suspect the favourite to win the league. I guess being to offer young riders almost unlimited track time (unlike many clubs) is a highly attractive proposition for riders.

I’d put the crack pipe down and re post in morning pal

Sandi conda, Harley horwood, joey Ringwood, Corey Blackman, lee smart, Peter juul. All far worse 🤣

True...but by the time the play offs come along, all the other clubs will be up to speed and besides that, they certainly wont be able to match Ipswich ! (obviously, depending on injuries etc...)

I can only assume you didn’t see any Glasgow meetings last season, or you’ve suffered a serious brain injury. The word ”woeful” doesn’t even cut it. The biggest letdown in the history of Glasgow speedway.

Judging by your profile picture you know plenty about under performing.