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I think you will find it is a reaction to the past where many have said Poole had choked. It is not a term i like or have used much in the past and in all honesty i don't believe it to be true in the vast majority of cases.

We were celebrating the win which was fantastic after being 12 down, nothing more, we knew it would be tough to get the win overall, we were not thinking it was all over. You are the one who keeps ruining threads by your constant sniping at Poole and your ongoing feud with you know who. I do hope Ipswich give a good account of themselves to make it a decent final and not roll over like Wolves did.

Rather not have to go to Foxhall every week thanks!

Don't know where this dropping down a league nonsense came from, there is absolutely zero chance of it happening.

Well you did ok against Poole!

With Heeps and Allen back to form i think Ipswich will win the home leg, those two ride like heat leaders at Ipswich. If NKI and Harris can produce something extra special then who knows what could be achieved.

Well done Swindon top team against a very disappointing Wolves side, can't believe how bad they were.Onwards to the final where Ipswich have perennial play off man Harris who always struggles at Ipswich but could be a trump card at Swindon.

Overall I thought Wolves would win given their reserves but Douglas doesn't ride the track well anyway and worse when its wet, the Wolves riders seemed to struggle with conditions and it cost them. I would hope they give it everything tonight and Swindon need to guard against complacency.

On a dry track he would have been fine.

You are a very sad person to keep coming out with the old schoolboy jokes.

Wolves choked tonight to lose by 10 at home.

Shame he wasn't spoken to when he was at Poole!

You see you can be amusing when you try!

No still has plenty to offer.

I do he would be terrific at a track he loves.

Can’t see them keeping it close and Batchelor will struggle to beat Thorsell and Masters at Monmore but this meeting Swindon should win fairly comfortably.

I think only light rain so hopefully not enough to call the meeting off.

Forecast isn't great Thursday so Swindon may have the second leg after all.

Hoho my sides are bursting!

The main advantage of finishing first in the league is to choose opponents, the reason most teams choose to have the home leg second is to celebrate with more of their fans if they win.

So you don't want the playoffs on tv anymore? I think tv has been good for the sport in general. I would prefer the home leg second so you can celebrate the victory if you win at your home track but it wouldn't have changed the result of the first semi in my opinion.

Poole had to have the fist leg, not their choice it was forced upon them.

I can excuse Kurtz a little but Holder has not been consistent at all, more often than not coming last in his first heat. Mistakes were made that is clear, I said at the time, they should have got Wells as a temporary replacement for Worrall to see how it went before dumping NBJ who had done little wrong, then we would have had more options, once that error was made as you say we should have got any rider of similar average to Worrall just to ensure Covatti stayed at reserve, I suggested Josh Auty as his average fitted but as long as the rider coming in was higher than Covatti we would have been able to cover an off night for another rider. Anyway all water under the bridge now but we need to learn from our mistakes.

I would expect Wolves to race at home on the Monday if they beat Swindon and if Swindon win then Swindon at home on the Thursday. I think Ipswich probably would be more flexible.

I would see how it goes with Wolves first before you gloat too much!