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No you aren't. Yep, I even read this site and take feedback during events.

Well a lot of people are commenting on why the forum is in decline, this past several posts is a point why a lot of people don't interact anymore. And most of it is on the Poole page so it's affects their popularity as well. Why can't these pointless posters stop their fued

Batch had a bad night but u can see in the pits he was working on 2 bikes and heard him say he has ordered a new engine,and ofcourse he turns up week after week,give him a bit of slack.

We'll have to say it's never a hindrance to us and if anyone wants to chat or sit on the bike it's no problem.

I've got the all on "ignore", it really is a useful tool (unlike them!!).

I post on there now and again, seems a shame not to at least look in now and again after all the hard work @IainB put in setting up the new site, on the plus side at least this site has improved since its been back online regarding adverts coz it used to craze me the amount of adverts popping up every time i looked in, and i haven't set up an ad blocker so fingers crossed it continues as it is currently.

Moderation on this forum ? Yes please, it would see the back of you with all of your aliases with any luck. I live in hope.

The Isle of Wight will wake, from its slumber, this Tuesday 28th July Warriors v A R H Cradley Heathens battling it out for the Vince Mapley Memorial Trophy Warriors Ryan Ingram Mickie Simpson Aaron Butcher Charlie Southwick Danno Verge (C) Tayla Street A R H Cradley James Shanes Nathan Hargrave Harry Sadler Alex Spooner Charlie Wood Seth Norman

Happens every year an absolute shocker of a rider makes it through 🤣 It's the reason I'll repeat again. The Speedway Grand Prix Series should be a closed shop. The best rider's in the world should be hand picked. The top 12 automatically qualify & the best 4 rider's with the highest amalgamation of averages from at least 2 leagues from:- •Ekstraliga •Elitserien •Speedway Ligaen •Premiership

Bears could start by making you the team manager 😄

Huckenbeck is the unlucky rider. Without doubt. Feel for him. Magic probably too.

Kim made the semi finals in Målilla this year. I don't think he will be top 6-7 but he will for sure make some good rounds.

Not as bad as Ermolenko doing the punditry! He is as baffling as ever.

Unfortunately there are many who dislike Poole enough to post these uncalled for observations.

Your dislike of the team and the track have clearly made you miss everything that’s going on with the stadium and has been for some time - it’s all in the public domain

its got a whole lot more professional since then ,, riders don't have time for the plebs who pay their wages anymore ... some are so selfish they don't even do the victory parades because their vans are loaded and off to Poland . I've even seen one refuse to do heat 15 in case he missed his flight

Hopefully not

The irony of you calling me a muppet & thick with a post with 2 commas & then a capital letter after them is hilarious, even by your standards.

At this stage why don't we just allow the premiership to race over the weekend? Yes we will loose some top riders but this is a price we might have to pay. The general public don't know who Dan Bewley and Jack Holder are, they just want an enjoyable night out at a reasonable price. If clubs don't have to pay for the top riders then the meeting might be more affordable. Also, the racing is likely to be closer as more clubs can compete at a similar level. We always compare ourselves to ice hockey but they don't spend all their money trying to get players from the NHL over so why should we?

Jordan riding tonight hopefully he's fully fit

I'll be honest with you, the riders don't really care for it. Sure you'll get a couple who will smile for selfies and go through the motions but only because the promoters have told them to. In fact most promotors see it as an inconvenience but see it as a necessity to keep what paying punters they have happy. And don't even get started of the snarling pit marshals. You lowly creatures of annoyance are on his sacred patch. This is his kingdom and if you outstay your welcome he will be snapping at your heels like an angry jack russell.

Weather forecast looking better for afternoon and evening, so come on comets fans get down to the GT tyres Northside arena to cheer the comets on 🔵⚪🏁😄 could be close but comets to sneak a win

Barely anyone. No logic in everyone using both as it'll just be the same posters posting the same comments on both forums to a point where it's just a waste of everyone's time.

Having just made my annual trip down to sunny Dorset, I was pleased to see that the Poole promotion still allow the fans into the pits until 30 minutes before the start; a great opportunity to mix with the riders and mechanics and brilliant for the kids. Which other tracks offer this facility? I am hoping to visit Northampton soon. Do they?

Lebedevs isn't finishing top 7 unless he has a stellar Riga and his form improves elsewhere. Hasn't been as good this year.

Yeah I was shocked at that. Tbf good job we had klindt in as well!

Like it or not the observation walking back to my hotel was shocking, the state of disrepair the builds are in, and as said I hope the Fords have a back up plan for a new stadium,

Qualify top 7 you mean? If Lambert, Woryna, MJJ and Lebedevs get top 7 this season in SGP then Jakobsen and Harris are automatically qualified into 2027 SGP.

So I’ve taken a look at the league table tonight and I don’t see the top four being displaced at this stage which means Redcars season will prob finish in early Sept, the current 7 ( excluding wright and Klindt previously) are too inconsistent , if there are options to include wright and Klindt we need to seriously look at this , if not let’s start planning for next season where if the rules change I would include Wright , Klindt and Jody Scott , the rest would prob benefit from riding elsewhere to further their careers as they seem to be stagnant at Redcar. Granted we still have a chance to retain the BSN trophy but we don’t beat teams by big enough margins to win over two legs particularly if it’s Poole in the final.

Harris still might get in! Woryna, Lambert, MJJ and Lebedevs all top 7 finishers… never say never!

Could the crowds also improve if Ipswich raced on a Friday night or on a Sunday afternoon? What the audience really lacks in my opinion is jeopardy in the league. The problem now is the playoff system means that the majority of fans don't need to bother much until September. If your team is last don't worry as there is no relegation. Also, you will see the same teams time after time as there are only 5 other teams. If we move all teams to the weekend then yes the teams will get worse but likely championship teams will be interested in stepping up. The riders are more affordable so the league will be more competitive, meetings closer and much more difficult to make the playoffs (if we keep that format). If we keep trying to bring in a few 'big hitters' it is more of the same. Why don't we try something and if it doesn't work at least speedway goes out with people trying to fix it instead of it's current wimper.

Well, the commentators have missed that the top two has already qualified before the final 4 heats.....

If we can see it, what are the refs doing???

Seriously don’t even know where to start with that. Batchelor needs to just pack in. Honestly costing the team so many points. The team manager needs gone as well cause he quite clearly isn’t capable of firing the team up. Vinnie is struggling in the main body evidently, he is a reserve and stepping up isn’t doing him any good. Jakobsen is an experiment that’s failed. Give Klindt whatever he wants because Christ, he is a machine around there.

You can even play footy with the Scunny riders if you want...the above post sounds to me like someone years ago wanted to get involved but got told to F.....Off. i like the idea of a track walk, especially if someone explained what riders are looking for..its about understanding, how tracks change,which lines riders like, how much prep has gone into it, By talking to the riders you get to know whos approachable or who to avoid,anyway the riders arent working on their bikes its the mechanics..after 7pm they go and get changed then the bikes warm up

Must be quite inconsistent, feel like he often scores well, but average doesn't rise much.

I was expecting to go down by 20+ Sheffield is a place where a string of 3 4 5 consecutive 1-5 heats can slip by very easily Neither happened so I felt it was decent That 1 extra point could be vital - no need for the super heat next time 😉

Aye you got more than a brief mention on BSN last night as well during the Scunny v Redcar meeting . Something to do with having the same name as someone famous. No mention of any royalties though. 😂

Hence why I say I don't know why. It's just a weird feeling I have that he'll do it, because it'll be so incongruous if he did. I'll be pleased for him, even it he isn't good to be in it. At the end of the day it is an oxymoron for anyone who says that the event is stale or that they want change then moan when the true open way in throws up a weird qualifier like Kim Nilsson. Or a decade of Andy Smith :ha:

Dont think his comment was out of order He dont know level of rain put down he was just replying to a comment regarding current weather at time When I got up at 5.30 it was clear bright sky 9am was heavy ish rain If that lasted meeting would have been of as riders wouldn't and shouldn't ride in them conditions

I'm not sure you can claim Kurtz as 'one of your own'. He had already been riding in the UK for 6 years, with 4 years in the top flight at Poole, topping their GSAs in his final year with them. Yes he has improved while he has been with Belle Vue but that would have happened with age and experience wherever he was riding. His improvement is not much different to Jack Holder who left Poole at the same to join Sheffield. Both have been loyal servants since then, but neither club can claim to have nurtured them to the extent that you may have done with some of the others.

£15 to see the same bunch of riders you will see in the same style of meetings you'll see at Iwade and IOW. Nah you're ok thanks. If I want to watch repeats I'll stick to BBC2

More Steve's previews of Poole's matches....

We definitely need a win right now which will require a collective pulling together to achieve that objective. Getting turned over again at home is not acceptable so it is up to the team to give the fans something to shout about which generally hasn't been the case in the last two home meetings. Come on you Comets lets have some fight . 👊

Bit of an overstatement if you say its been "watered" by trad means ! Hardly enough to dampen the roads !

that dosent mean they follow them

For me the play off system stopped me attending , what's the point of going to a meeting knowing the result is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. You could support your team home and away all season winning every meeting, tream suffers injuries and subsequently loses the tittle

You have to click on download to download the file and then open the PDF document to see the scorechart.

Still this one, the orgainal and going over 30 years! https://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/ The British Speedway Forum has been bringing fans together for over 30 years. During that time it has been far more than just a discussion forum—it has been a community. Members have shared countless moments of fun and enjoyment, formed lifelong friendships, including marriages, and, sadly, mourned the loss of fellow members. Through all of life's highs and lows, the forum has endured and continues to thrive, remaining a place where speedway fans can connect and keep the community alive.

I think you're right. Speedway has bred a generation of riders who want to have their cake and eat it: they want to earn their bread and butter in the UK leagues and chase the Polish Zloty to put the jam on top. This forces the British promoters to dance to the Polish tune when trying to plan the home fixture list. This can't go on. We've blamed the promoters for years for the mess we're in, but nobody points the finger at the greedy riders whose jet-setting international ambitions leave the promoters tearing their hair out week after week to put on a do-able programme of racing. If British speedway is to survive, 2027 has to be the year when we revert to a single nationwide league (see my previous posting) and riders are forced to decide: either sign a contract to race exclusively for one of the 15 teams in a revived British speedway league, or clear off and ply their trade elsewhere. I reckon the promise of 36+ guaranteed matches per season without the need for expensive international travel - albeit in a slightly less competitive league - will be more than attractive to the vast majority of riders. For the rest we're probably better off without them. And for those people who always argue that there aren't sufficient riders around to run a 15-team league without doubling up, it may come as a surprise to learn that the list of registered riders on the BSL website runs to 249 names. It's time for speedway to bite the bullet or face the inevitable.