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Harris beat Kurtz 5 times out of 7 races last season so yes maybe will be the better of the 2 but no foregone conclusion that he will beat Harris on either track Barker beat Kurtz everytime as well so i cant see why Ben wouldnt do better in match races v Woryna And in match ups i would expect Robson to easily outscore MS Although i would expect Woryna, Kurtz and MS to have higher final averages than those you have matched them up against would expect in head to heads it would be much closer. I would say Rye and Wolves , although with weaker teams than Poole, will be harder sides for Poole to beat over 2 legs than say Belle Vue

OK lets look at last year v this year and what was said at the START of last season and rider for rider theres nothing in it. KK V KURTZ.......................at the start of last season you would have said KK would average more than Kurtz this season J HOLDER V WORYNA................at the start of last season you would have had Holder over Woryna every time HANS V JOSH.................... again Hans NEWMAN V HOLDER................no brainer Holder KURTZ V SUNDSTROM.................Kurtz all day long KLINDT V MS..................probably Klindt Now obviously we know that the Poole 1-7 last season underperformed either poor management or poor track the reasons i guess. BUT at the start of last season you and others were crowing how amazing the Poole side looked and it did and it blew up spectacularly...........................it could happen again as there are just as much doubts this season over 4-5 of the riders

Poole choked big time last year....but if it goes wrong this year it will be even bigger

Poole have stuck to the rules regarding the Poles but its the rules that are wrong not Poole signing them. Poole look to have the strongest 1-7 but also they are the side with the most question marks against them. Will Kurtz take the next step like Nick Morris did. Will Holder increase his average Will Sundstrom hit form after being away for so long Will the Poles settle and do ok?

Mark Loram v Chris Louis 1997 British Final was as good if not better in my opinion

At Ipswich we have a long line of Aussies from my time of starting to go in the early 80's starting with Billy Sanders. We had a few characters none more so then Craig Hyde and Steve Widt. I remember Ipswich riding at Lakeside and Craig Hyde did a full circuit of the M25 before finding his way back! Shane Parker coming over and scoring 19 points in an away match at Rye House in his first season was pretty special. Then you had the Langdon brothers at Poole who werent exactly quiet either

Woryna i would expect to do a full season but the other one could be gone i would imagine. Poole never go a full season without changes hence why they often successful. Its to blinkered to expect the current 1-7 to be the end 1-7. This time last year Poole were huge favourites and nobody could have predicted that the best number one in the league (KK), Mr Loyalty (Newman) and a high scoring reserve (Klindt) would be binned off in favour of Kennett , Starke and Lahti.....if you had suggested that on here you would have been laughed at........so its naive to think that no changes can or will be made

Pooled number one at the end of the season will be Kurtz by over a point I reckon

You may be often strange in what you post and I guess we will never see eye to eye on here but in no way would I wish ill health on anyone (been there myself) so welcome back to the forum Starman and here's to hopefully many more disagreements! Keep well

Surely you have to win something to be in a shield? It would be Swindon v Belle Vue surely, with Wolves the next best

Thought this was all done and dusted!!

Dont disagree But if your first match is say at home to Rye House................shovlar will say your underdogs trust me

So if Shanes has been done ages ago then why is Sundstrom on Pooles team on the website but Shanes isnt?

Because before every season Poole is always the best 1-7 and everyone else looks poor. Then before every single match he will put up a preview classing Poole as the underdogs.then if Poole win it will be against the odds Happens every season and the vast majority on here just laugh at it really

No he didnt. 3 days ago he put ' The news regarding me and Poole speedway is out' and then more tellingly added 'hope things go the way we want' then added cross fingers emoji. Hardly seems to me that its all 100% ok

All the Poole fans saying the rule has been dropped. So why no announcement of Sundstrom and Shanes then??? The riders themselves havent said they have signed either. Last minute issues??

so why no announcement from Poole or the riders themsleves that they have signed?

But it doesnt matter who scores the most points and the best average........................Kurtz is better

No whats happening is people are mistaking talent for success. Darcy Ward probably one of the top 3 most skilled riders ive ever seen. For me Mark Loram took some beating on that front, nobody got their wheels in line and made long straights like Mark could. The thing is natural talent in most sports doesnt equate to winning as much as you should Take snooker i think most people will say the most talented players are Ronnie, White and Alex Higgins, those 3 have 7 world titles between them Davis, Hendry and John Higgins have 17 Mauger and Rickardsson and Nielsen probably not as naturally talented as Ward, Loram, Lee but will always be more successful

im not disagreeing im just saying out of all the teams in the league i feel over 2 legs it would be Wolves who would cause Poole the most problems, simply because not one of the Poole riders goes very well there

Please find the quote where ive been anti Poole and then we can have an adult debate

agreed All im saying is that although Wolves team isnt the best i think that it is the track that will cause the current Poole 1-7 the most problems. Over 2 legs its possible given the choice that Poole would choose Belle Vue or Leicester over Wolves

Nope havent done that take a little look harder next time. Simply said Pooles riders struggle at Monmore. I think Belle Vue and Leicester have better teams than Wolves , but i would fancy Poole over 2 legs against both of those. For me Poole will find it harder over 2 legs against Wolves then any other side.....thats my opinion or do you expect Poole to smash everyone! Poole should breeze into the play offs with the 1-7 but there are risks there simple as that.

exactly how i see the Poole team........but yet shovlar and other accuse me of moaning about Poole lol

Josh G 2 & 3 from his last 2 visits Kurtz 4 Shanes 3 & 0 Holder 8 & 5 Woryna 4 & 4 You then look how the Wolves boys go at Poole Howarth 7 & 10 Schlein 8 & 11 Thorsell 15 Could be very difficult for Poole to beat Wolves over 2 legs. I would fancy Poole over 2 legs against most teams but will be hard against Wolves